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Brandon Robinson, known as "Scoop B," shares his experience of being drafted 8th overall in 1987 and immediately traded for Scottie Pippen. Robinson recalls how the trade happened the night before the NBA draft, and the NBA didn't officially announce trades until after the draft began. Robinson believed that if the trade had been conducted correctly, he and Pippen would have been traded for each other but without any connection.
He knew he was going to Seattle and had an agreement that he would be drafted there. When the fifth pick was about to be announced, David Stern surprised Robinson by saying, "The Seattle SuperSonics select... Scott Pippen!" Robinson had never heard of Pippen, so the surprise trade came as a shock.
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