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Message: [QUOTE="3RingsCT, post: 3522970, member: 4717"] Yeah, it’s not that simple... Pippen really made Kraus the enemy because of his contract....was the 122nd highest paid player in the league, and was arguably top 5 in the NBA at the time...Pippen wanted a payday and was leaving, no matter Phil Jackson was on his way out. Never believed in staying past 7 years as he believed your message would be stale. Jordan was burnt out and said he would never play without Phil coaching. Rodman was bench player towards the end of the 97-98 season The others were just role players. They couldn’t win without Jordan and Pippen. Reinsdorf is on record as saying “as long as we have Jordan, we have to find a way to win”. The problem was, the supporting cast and coach were all on their way out for many different reasons. [/QUOTE]