The Los Angeles Clippers have been involved in some crazy trade rumors over the years. And while most of the rumors never came to fruition, it has still been fascinating for fans of the club to follow the rumors and see what type of players the front office is trying to acquire.

For this piece, we take a look at some of the most bizarre trade rumors involving the Clippers.

Clippers get Michael Jordan from Bulls in 1988

In his book “The Jordan Rules,” legendary writer Sam Smith reported that the Bulls seriously discussed a trade that would have sent Jordan to the Clippers for the No. 1 and No. 6 picks in the 1988 draft.

Fortunately for Chicago, the deal never happened and Jordan became the best basketball player in NBA history, winning six titles and six Finals MVPs with the Bulls.

The Clippers, meanwhile, are one of the few NBA teams with zero championships in franchise history.

Clippers, Knicks talk Blake Griffin-Carmelo Anthony deal

The Clippers and New York Knicks discussed the idea of trading Blake Griffin for Carmelo Anthony in 2014, per a report from ESPN's Chris Broussard.

However, the trade never happened.

What is interesting, though, is that the Knicks wound up trading Anthony in the summer of 2017 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, while the Clippers dealt Griffin in 2018 to the Detroit Pistons.

Clippers trade Eric Bledsoe to Boston for Kevin Garnett

According to Sean Deveney of Sporting News, LA contacted the Celtics to discuss a potential trade in 2013. The deal would have sent Garnett to the Clippers and Bledsoe and Caron Butler to the Celtics.

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Boston traded Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets in the summer of 2013. LA, meanwhile, sent Bledsoe to the Phoenix Suns in the same offseason.

Clippers inquire about James Harden, Bradley Beal

As they made a push to land Kawhi Leonard in free agency during the summer of 2019, the Clippers reportedly inquired about Houston Rockets superstar James Harden and Washington Wizards All-Star Bradley Beal, according to The Athletic's Jovan Buha and Sam Amick.

Both the Rockets and Wizards weren't interested in making a deal.

Los Angeles wound up signing Leonard and trading for Paul George instead.