He's talking about championship Bulls bruh...why would anyone overrate a Bulls team that didn't win a title???
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He's talking about championship Bulls bruh...why would anyone overrate a Bulls team that didn't win a title???
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Rodman's reputation was in the dumps after the 1995 playoffs. The Spurs wanted to get rid of him but nobody wanted him.
The Bulls were just desperate for a rebounder and defense after Horace Grant feasted on them in the playoffs... They got Rodman in exchange for Will Perdue!
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He said the whole franchise, not just championship teams, so ask him
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
I’m here for the scraps
To hype up an era. Same reason that dumbasses are out here hyping up the 90's Knicks, Trailblazers, Pacers, and Hawks in threads.
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Breh imagine Dominque playing in this era
Imagine Nique been able to give you a hesi out of a triple threat from the 3 point line... and just take off into the lane and you just got to let him go cause if you touch him it's a foul...your big man can't really contest his shot otherwise he going to be on the bench in 23 seconds with 2 fouls...
Nique would be a 20 ppg scorer on nothing but dunks
I feel like 40 games into the season he would have 800 shot attempts and 650 of them would be dunks
What are you not getting? There were more foul calls in the 80's by a wide margin he would get to the FT less in this era. I'm talking players getting to the lines up to 12 times a game in the 80's, getting easy points at the line do you know how ridiculous that is? Lmao at can't contest his shot today's elite rim protectors are allowing 40% FG at the rim with the verticality rules. Guys like Porzingis, Embiid, Gobert, Whiteside are extremely difficult to finish over.
No, he would not get to the paint as easily because help defense is much stronger now without illegal defense rules and defensive 3 seconds rules which forces bigs to venture out the restricted area and close the gaps more. Nique would see zones and pseudo zones to keep him out of the paint. He would still be an amazing slasher but 20 points on nothing but dunks? Lmaooo.
He's nowhere near the player LeBron is
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...on the otherside of the pond
For the LIFE of me, the only reason the 90s Knicks are still remembered is because they play in the media capital of the world and "played the Bulls hard."
The problem with this statement is thinking that lebron could play through it with no problem...where he is now playing the softest era of basketball ever...so regardless of his size...i don't see how you can be absolutely confident that a guy who now plays in a league where if you touch him it's a foul can go play in a league where rodman can come across his head AND THEN dump his ass in the front row...
look at what Lebron did when Nazr shoved him...a bunch of nothing...your "270lb former all state football player" just got shoved to the ground by a dude and he would not even move until there were players, coaches, and refs between him and Nazr...Ray Allen standing over him like he about to take a bullet from the upper deck from Bron
Now...you telling me this same dude is somehow going to play through getting yoked by Rodman, getting hip checked out of bounds by Mahorn, getting flatout punched and clotheslined by Lambeer...
You ask "what does that have to do with basketball". Nothing
You seem to think just cause dudes smaller than bron played through it, that bron played through it...where really it's the mental aspect that is the hardest to overcome...
It's like Zeke said...it's easy to rampage down the lane now when you know if anybody touches you it's a foul...you know if anybody touches you hard it's a flagrant and they might get thrown out and then for the rest of the game both teams shooting a 100 million freethrows...versus before...where a goon like Lambeer might just flat out punch you in the face...he might just flat out clothesline you...and if you bold enough to square up with him zeke just might come behind you and jump on your back like he did that one dude...
And you going to say "that shyt didn't happen every game they not going to fight every game they not going to clothesline somebody every game"...and you right...they not...they only got to do it once...to let you know that they WILL do it...
So he not scared of Nazr...he just pretends to be?
So then I expect him to not be scared of Rodman...just pretend to be? To not be scared of Lambeer, but just pretend to be? Not be scared of Mahorn, just pretend to be?
If your premise is Lebron is not scared of this dude who pushed him he is just acting...that is a problem cause there are a lot more dudes who would be willing to push him back then than their are right now
He going to win an Osacr back then cause he going to be pulling a lot of theatrics
He just laid there because he's smart. He's the best player on his team, why would he get in a fight with the 12th man off the bench and get himself thrown out? Thats the only reason Nazr was in the game
Lebron just willed his team back from 1-3 in the Finals with a GOAT performance, leading both teams in major stats. I don't think we can keep calling him weak hearted.
Lebron would give the Bad Boys the business. Whenever people talk about current players playing back then, they nevre mention that current players could hit back too. Lebron would be the most physicaly gifted player on the court, yall acting like he couldn't clothesline a nikka too
For the LIFE of me, the only reason the 90s Knicks are still remembered is because they play in the media capital of the world and "played the Bulls hard."
90s Knicks are better than any current team in the east besides Cleveland
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
I’m here for the scraps
Stop it. John Starks was their second best player. Their second best player's best season was I think 19 points per game on 43% shooting from the field.
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The problem with this statement is thinking that lebron could play through it with no problem...where he is now playing the softest era of basketball ever...so regardless of his size...i don't see how you can be absolutely confident that a guy who now plays in a league where if you touch him it's a foul can go play in a league where rodman can come across his head AND THEN dump his ass in the front row...
look at what Lebron did when Nazr shoved him...a bunch of nothing...your "270lb former all state football player" just got shoved to the ground by a dude and he would not even move until there were players, coaches, and refs between him and Nazr...Ray Allen standing over him like he about to take a bullet from the upper deck from Bron
Now...you telling me this same dude is somehow going to play through getting yoked by Rodman, getting hip checked out of bounds by Mahorn, getting flatout punched and clotheslined by Lambeer...
You ask "what does that have to do with basketball". Nothing
You seem to think just cause dudes smaller than bron played through it, that bron played through it...where really it's the mental aspect that is the hardest to overcome...
It's like Zeke said...it's easy to rampage down the lane now when you know if anybody touches you it's a foul...you know if anybody touches you hard it's a flagrant and they might get thrown out and then for the rest of the game both teams shooting a 100 million freethrows...versus before...where a goon like Lambeer might just flat out punch you in the face...he might just flat out clothesline you...and if you bold enough to square up with him zeke just might come behind you and jump on your back like he did that one dude...
And you going to say "that shyt didn't happen every game they not going to fight every game they not going to clothesline somebody every game"...and you right...they not...they only got to do it once...to let you know that they WILL do it...
he got up, kept dominating the game and leading his team is what he did...and what he always does. i don't know where this idea that when lebron breaks down and plays scared when he get fouled hard or gets tested physically comes from. he's been knocked down, hit in the face/head, landed on dude's feet, had dudes land on him, flew into cameramen, took cheap shots by nazr and shyt...and it's never stopped him from getting into the paint, drawing contact, fighting for rebounds and generally throwing his body around.
yeah, he isn't some goon who wants to get his tyson on in the middle of the game, okay fair enough. that doesn't mean he's a guy who can't mentally handle some rough treatment though. that narrative doesn't match the reality.
and again, for the millionth time, the 80's was not the goddamn battle of stalingrad on the court every night. sure it had it's ugly moments, certainly more than nowadays but jesus...some of y'all stay acting like nba games were basically just gang fights with a basketball.
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What are you not getting? There were more foul calls in the 80's by a wide margin he would get to the FT less in this era. I'm talking players getting to the lines up to 12 times a game in the 80's, getting easy points at the line do you know how ridiculous that is? Lmao at can't contest his shot today's elite rim protectors are allowing 40% FG at the rim with the verticality rules. Guys like Porzingis, Embiid, Gobert, Whiteside are extremely difficult to finish over.
No, he would not get to the paint as easily because help defense is much stronger now without illegal defense rules and defensive 3 seconds rules which forces bigs to venture out the restricted area and close the gaps more. Nique would see zones and pseudo zones to keep him out of the paint. He would still be an amazing slasher but 20 points on nothing but dunks? Lmaooo.
He's nowhere near the player LeBron is
These type of arguments are make no sense...you telling me Porzingis is some elite rim protector...but in reality the knicks are 24th in giving up points in the paint. When you are 6th to last in the nba for giving up points in the paint...you don't have an elite rim protector...because if you did...you wouldn't be 6th to last
...seems like a lot of people do a lot of finishing against the knicks in the paint every single night...You talking about "elite rim protectors"...uh...that is like 3 to 5 guys...what about everybody else...cause you know there are more than 3 to 5 centers and power forwards in the nba...i watch every spurs game and i can assure you pau fukking gasol NEVER gets the benefit of a verticality rule
...every fukking time pau gasol puts his hands up in the post on defense it is a foul Knicks sixth to last in points in the paint with what you call an elite rim protectors but spurs are top 10 in fewest points in the paint with a guy who has spent his career being a defensive sieve huh
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Rest In Power Kobe
Oakley and Mason were both better than Starks.
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Barely got by the Bulls without Jordan