<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Grant-Hill.jpg"></figure><h1>Grant Hill tabbed to replace Jerry Colangelo as USA Basketball director</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-04-03T10:26:05-07:00">April 3rd, 10:26am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-04-03T10:26:05-07:00">April 3rd, 10:26am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Hall of Famer and former Team USA standout Grant Hill is set to be <a href="https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31188277/usa-basketball-picks-grant-hill-replace-jerry-colangelo-managing-director">named as the new managing director of USA Basketball</a>. He’s taking over the role previously held by longtime executive Jerry Colangelo, per <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1378379463889653762?s=20">ESPN</a>‘s Adrian Wojnarowski.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Talks have been ongoing for several months on Hill taking over Colangelo after the Tokyo Olympics. Adam Silver was a major proponent of Hill candidacy, For starters, Hill will be tasked with selecting next USA coach post-Gregg Popovich. <a href="https://t.co/Q1JU5Puytd" target="_blank">https://t.co/Q1JU5Puytd</a></p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1378379463889653762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 3, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Colangelo has been at the helm since 2005 when he first oversaw the team’s bid in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and then the 2010 FIBA World Championship. According to the report, talks about Grant Hill’s potential move to assume the role has been going on for several months. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, was also reportedly endorsing the candidacy of the former NBA vet for the position.</p><p>In addition, Grant Hill will also lead the organization’s search for its next head coach, after the brief tenure of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-gregg-popovich-climbs-the-ranks-with-historic-feat/">Gregg Popovich</a>. The multi-titled mentor previously took over the role from former head coach Mike Krzyzewski back in 2016.</p><p>Compared to his predecessor, Popovich didn’t see much success as the head coach of the team. Without having the league’s top talents, Team USA was forced to settle for a seventh-place finish in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. At the age of 72, Popovich could already be nearing the end of his coaching career. Hill’s first focus should be to find a younger replacement, in an effort to have continuity in the program.</p><p>Grant Hill also wore the national team’s colors as he was a member of the Team USA squad that competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta. His arrival back to the program will hopefully resurrect the team’s chances of being a dominant force in the international basketball scene once again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grant Hill tabbed to replace Jerry Colangelo as USA Basketball director

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Grant-Hill-pulls-Zion-Williamson-rookie-card-from-NBA-Hoops-pack-during-Suns-vs.-Mavs-Cards-Writer-ONLY.jpg"></figure><h1>Grant Hill pulls Zion Williamson rookie card from NBA Hoops pack during Suns vs. Mavs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-02-08T08:33:24-08:00">February 8th, 8:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-02-08T08:33:55-08:00">February 8th, 8:33am</time><address><a>Julio Luis Munar</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When you’ve got Grant Hill opening a pack of basketball cards on live television, you know that the sports card craze is here to stay.</p><p>During a halftime break, the former NBA star revealed a hobby pack of 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium and proceeded to open it. The first card to be shown was of Kyrie Irving. It was followed by the base cards of Matthew Dellavedova, Malik Monk, and a High Voltage insert of Kawhi Leonard.</p><p>After Leonard’s card, Hill showed a Red Flesh parallel of Rui Hachimura’s Tribute rookie card and a Thaddeus Young silver card. What followed surely made most card fans drop their jaws.</p><p>The last card Grant Hill pulled from the pack was a Zion Williamson flash parallel <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ja-morant-vs-zion-williamson-whos-the-better-investment-for-nba-card-collectors/" rel="noopener">rookie card.</a> Moreover, it wasn’t just any card of the 2019 No. 1 pick. It was a variation card with a shorter print run than the base rookie card, making it more valuable.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>How valuable is this card Grant Hill pulled? Well, this particular Zion Williamson rookie card recently fetched <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/ZION-WILLIAMSON-2019-20-HOOPS-PREMIUM-STOCK-ROOKIE-FLASH-SILVER-VARIATION-RC/333873021567?hash=item4dbc62027f:g:ThkAAOSwb41gFIdb">$86.89</a> in an auction on Feb. 7. The highest sale, meanwhile, goes to a BGS 9.5 graded copy of this card, which was auctioned off for <a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Zion-Williamson-2019-20-Hoops-Premium-Stock-Rookie-Variations-Flash-BGS-9-5/333854680021?hash=item4dbb4a23d5:g:XckAAOSwuf9f~ORq">$349</a> on Jan. 16. </p><p>That amount is just based on recent sales. You also have to factor in Williamson’s impressive performances to his potential card value. If this potential is included, you can expect this card to spike up somewhere in the near future.</p><p>It still remains to be seen if Grant Hill knows the real value of the card he pulled. Once he discovers, perhaps he’ll start collecting basketball cards soon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grant Hill pulls Zion Williamson rookie card from NBA Hoops pack during Suns vs. Mavs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/oladipo2.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Victor Oladipo speaks out on comparisons of his injury to Grant Hill, Kawhi Leonard’s</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-31T17:38:17-07:00">July 31st, 5:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-31T17:38:17-07:00">July 31st, 5:38pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/justintalvarado" rel="facebook">Justin Alvarado</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As human beings, it’s simply second nature for us to constantly draw comparisons. NBA players are no exception as similar injuries are also compared in which the trajectory for recovery is also relatively expected to be the same. Indiana Pacers reporter, J. Michael recently questioned Victor Oladipo’s return in which he implied that he might have come back too soon.</p><p>The reporter also drew comparisons to Grant Hill and Kawhi Leonard who were in the same boat when they were also injured back then and tried to rush their respective returns from injury. Oladipo shrugged this off and answered that he has his recovery in complete control. As of the time of writing, the <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsJMichael/status/1289289795567407104">tweet</a> has gained 3 Retweets/comments and 7 Likes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Asked Oladipo if he thinks about/considered what happened w/guys like Grant Hill who came back too soon: "Things are different from me, different from Grant, different from Kawhi…I'm trying to figure things out. Essentially this is my knee, my leg, my body." <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PacersSixers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PacersSixers</a></p><p>— J. Michael (@ThisIsJMichael) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsJMichael/status/1289289795567407104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This news comes off the fact that Victor Oladipo suffered a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-victor-oladipo-showing-no-frustration-amid-injury-woes/">ruptured quad tendon</a> in his right knee on Jan. 23, 2019, and returned earlier this year only to play a total of 13 games with an average of 14 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists per game. His recent return has brought speculation in which the decision to step on to the hardwood floor again might have been rushed.</p><p>Nevertheless, Oladipo will play in the NBA restart. Look to him to produce good numbers to provide a boost to the Indiana Pacers as they make their push to the postseason. In the Pacers’ second scrimmage against the Dallas Mavericks, Oladipo performed exceptionally well with 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. He also split double-teams and traps, got into the paint and found shooters spotting up, and was 4/8 from three-point territory,</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Victor Oladipo speaks out on comparisons of his injury to Grant Hill, Kawhi Leonard’s

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The Rockets’ leading scorer lost a ton of weight during the NBA hiatus.</p><p>Now, we’ll have to see if all that work will pay off in the playoffs, where Harden has gotten tired in previous years.</p><p>Before the<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-nba-season-suspended-after-rudy-gobert-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/"> season was suspended in March</a>, Harden was leading the NBA in scoring for the third consecutive year. The Beard was averaging 34.4 points, 6.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists in 61 games for the Rockets while shooting 43.5 percent from the field, 35.2 percent from beyond the arc and 86.1 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>Westbrook, meanwhile, was putting up 27.5 points, 8.0 boards and 7.0 assists in his first season with the Rockets after having a legendary run with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The former MVP was shooting 47.4 percent overall, 25.4 percent from deep and 77.7 percent from the charity stripe. Westbrook also racked up 21 double-doubles and eight triple-doubles.</p><p>Before the 2020 playoffs start, the Rockets will face the Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers in the seeding games. It will be a good opportunity for Harden and Westbrook to knock off the rust after not playing in a game since March.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets are ‘a dangerous team that nobody wants to play,’ per Grant Hill

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jamal-Crawford-recalls-Chicago-wanting-to-sign-Tim-Duncan-Tracy-McGrady-Grant-Hill.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Crawford recalls Bulls wanting to sign Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-05-21T08:20:49-07:00">May 21st, 8:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-05-21T08:20:49-07:00">May 21st, 8:20am</time><address><a>Bruno Manrique</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Crawford came to the Chicago Bulls in 2000, drafted as a top-10 selection two years into the post-Michael Jordan era. Being there gave him the window to see Jerry Krause plotting to reel in would-be Hall of Famers Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, and Grant Hill — all in one season.</p><p>Crawford explained how Krause intended to turn a Bulls rebuilding year into an accelerated flip.</p><p>Via <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/jamal-crawford-jerry-krause-bulls-duncan-mcgrady-hill-michael-jordan-214457227.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports</a>:</p><blockquote>“My first year and second year, we’re the youngest team in the league, right? And the fans knew, like, ‘OK, it’s going to be a rebuilding year.’ But my rookie year, Jerry thought he was going to get Grant Hill, Tim Duncan and T-Mac,” said Crawford as a guest of The Platform Basketball Podcast.“So, obviously, MJ just retired, right? We have all this cap space, and so we have all these rookies. And he was like — go back and look, I guarantee Grant, Tim and T-Mac were all free agents. And Jerry wholeheartedly believed we would get all three of them. Even if we get two of them at the time, boom.</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bulls GM Jerry Krause thought he was going to get Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Tmac to come to the Bulls after Jordan left 😳 <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JCrossover?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JCrossover</a> via theplatformbasketballpodcast <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/9dX3FkIjIf">pic.twitter.com/9dX3FkIjIf</a></p><p>— Swish Cultures (@swishcultures_) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/swishcultures_/status/1262788866857029633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Hearing Crawford say this about the late Bulls GM just calls for one thought: delusions of grandeur.</p><p>Krause has been accused of thinking the Bulls could reel in free agents for way less than market value. According to another former player close to the situation, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-former-player-recalls-chicago-low-balling-tracy-mcgrady-jermaine-oneal-free-agency/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Krause low-balled</a> McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal, who was also among the list of would-be free agents back then.</p><p>Krause was hoping that the six Bulls titles in the ’90s would be enough to sell players into coming to a championship organization — but he was dead wrong. Once Michael Jordan walked away from the game during his second retirement, out went the championships and the prestige the Bulls had in the eyes of many, especially after other key cogs like Scottie Pippen and Steve Kerr went out after that 1997-98 three-peat season.</p><p>To think Krause could reel in three would-be perennial All-Stars just on past merits is as next-level cuckoo as it gets. 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Jamal Crawford recalls Bulls wanting to sign Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill

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