The 99-2000 team if the Pippen trade didn't happen

8 seasons in Indiana he averaged 18.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg, and 2.4 bpg. I hardly consider that a small window and it also ignores his defense. Dale Davis played 4 seasons for us and averaged 7.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game with little else.

It was a horrible trade no matter how you view Jermaine's career.

 

Bad trade sure but I don't see Jermaine at his peak as the guy would've kept it all together for the Blazers. Say they don't make that trade in the west there was still the Spurs, Lakers, Dallas, Phoenix all better then them though throughout much of Jermaine's prime. They recovered ok it just took a couple of really terrible years which may be keeping Jermaine keeps them from I don't know.

 

Well it's impossible to know what would've happened if we kept Jermaine, but I do know for sure that Dale Davis wasn't the answer. Brian Grant was by far the heart of that team. He was good for Miami too until he unfortunately started showing signs of Parkinson's disease. That's two good players they lost for basically nothing. That's not a good strategy to keeping a championship window open.