{"id":1164604,"date":"2020-05-09T14:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T18:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1164604"},"modified":"2020-05-09T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T18:46:37","slug":"a-look-back-on-the-crazy-trade-that-nearly-sent-michael-jordan-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/a-look-back-on-the-crazy-trade-that-nearly-sent-michael-jordan-to-the-los-angeles-clippers-in-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back on the Crazy Trade That Nearly Sent Michael Jordan to the Los Angeles Clippers in 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1988, the Chicago Bulls<\/a> hadn't yet won a championship in their 22 years in the NBA. Obviously, that would all change in the 1990s when Michael Jordan<\/a> led the team to six NBA crowns in eight seasons and established himself as arguably the greatest player the world has ever seen. In 1988, the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, who had joined the NBA in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves, also hadn't won an NBA championship, which still rings true to this very day. But just imagine how different things could have been had a reported trade involving the Bulls and Clippers gone down in 1988 that included His Airness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Jordan was the NBA MVP in 1988 and led the Bulls to the playoffs as the Clippers had yet another dreadful campaign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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