That's the real GOAT matchup.
LOL at everyone who killed Scottie Pippen For saying Bulls would handle Warriors
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That's the real GOAT matchup.
Negro please.
This era is just weak. Stop trying to now elevate a flawed Thunder team into all-time greatness.
Prime LeBron, Wade, and Bosh would run them off the floor once again.
He wouldn't play enough minutes to even come close to averaging that #, well not unless Phil would intentionally drop games.
lol so in your opinion rodman is going to be riding the bench?
you want to go small the bulls will hit you with
rodman
kukoc
pippen
jordan
harper
everyone 6'6 and over athletic and can switch anything.
First of all before we continue what Bulls team are you talking about here.lol so in your opinion rodman is going to be riding the bench?
you want to go small the bulls will hit you with
rodman
kukoc
pippen
jordan
harper
everyone 6'6 and over athletic and can switch anything.
Rodman would be seeing a lot of the bench if he wasn't providing anything on offense - that's if Phil actually made the adjustment. Else yeah he would be putting up high rebounding #s, only problem is the Bulls would be losing in the process.
explain how the bulls would be losing, and what adjustment is phil making putting rodman on the bench?
Rodman (for his offensive shortcomings) is the greatest pound for pound rebounder ever.
The thunder are absolutely crushing the warriors on the boards and they're doing it starting a liability on offense in roberson.
You can't "hide" curry on rodman because dennis would get 10+ offensive rebounds a game, so curry would have to guard harper who had a solid post game and potentially could get steph in foul trouble. You would have to put dray on rodman, and dray isn't holding rodman on the boards, which leads iggy and klay guarding jordan and pippen while barnes takes toni who would abuse them.
The bull have a better small ball lineup than the warriors because like the thunder everyone is big and athletic and can "switch" anything.
in 1996 the bulls had 3 1ST TEAM ALL NBA DEFENDERS. The thunder have 0 and they're holding the warriors offense in check.
Now the warriors will come back and win the series, but that does not take away from what the thunder did in games 3 and 4.
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Durant, westbrook >> any duo jordan faced
They were good but westbrook and durant better idk why this makes yall so mad its common senseMalone and Stockton didn't exist? Payton and Kemp?
El Poyo Loco
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Beat them twice in back to back years
The Bulls would crush the Warriors.
Golden State couldn't compete physically.
And if the Bulls could play in this era, Jordan would be unstoppable.
shyt even that Jazz team would win the chip in this era.
Golden State couldn't compete physically.
And if the Bulls could play in this era, Jordan would be unstoppable.
shyt even that Jazz team would win the chip in this era.
That wasn't what you said though you assclown. And I quote:
You're saying that neither Stockton+Malone nor Payton+Kemp were top 5 during their run-in with the Bulls. Not that Westbrook or Durant are any better - which is arguable.
Your goalpost moving has no bearings here.
To generate more offense whenever he becomes a net-negative on the court.
You need to stop marginalizing the game into layman's. It's not as simple as it doesn't matter if he doesn't provide offense, he can just rebound. You've got to first look how his lack of offense is affecting the game against a team which can generate points at all positions, on both sides of the ball and if his rebounding activity not only gives them an advantage (if it makes up for what they lose in offense) but also what it does to influence other areas.
The difference here is, Roberson is a wing player who can guard and limit all the action the Warriors have on the perimeter and with the Thunder's adjustment over the last two games has now been an offensive threat because he's knocking down shots and is cutting to the rim. Rodman at that age wouldn't be able to provide the PF-equivalent on offense. Not to mention the Thunder are arguably the greatest rebounding team since the early 70s.
They would leave Rodman unguarded.
Curry has been dealing with Westbrook posting him up this series and has done a stellar job on not only holding his ground but contesting shots too; there's no reason he couldn't hold his own against Harper too with the help of his teammates in case his length becomes a problem - you'd have the free safety help.
Why are you only telling a small part of the story here? You only focused on rebounds, what about Draymond not even having to guard him on offense and helping out on other Bulls players when they have the ball; what about Rodman having to guard Draymond on offense and trying to chase him off the 3-pt line and out on the perimeter where he's handling the ball and helping run the offense? Late 80s/early 90s Rodman would have absolutely no problem with handling Draymond (it would be basically like looking in the mirror), but mid-30s Rodman who had lost most of his lateral quickness and spent most of his time in the box waiting for rebounds? Not so easily.
Then you'd need to weigh into account that if Rodman was in fact guarding Draymond (which I don't think he would be as Phil would have to adjust by chucking Harper on him) that he would be further away from the basket and his rebounding advantage would noticeably shrink.
MJ will get his. The Warriors could live with that. Especially trading those midrange actions with 3-pt attempts. Pippen's another story and I'm skeptical over how much impact he would have in the scoring department, given how he would need to deal with the help scheme the Warriors would implement (providing Rodman was still on the court) and how much gas he'd have left in the tank as the game went on when trying to defend Klay and/or Curry.
Why are you ignoring all the matchup advantages the Warriors would have? Where the hell would the Bulls hide Kukoc?
This is not true. Only Pippen, MJ and Harper could switch on anything. Rodman and Kukoc would not be able to deal with Curry and Klay or any of the other faster Warriors guards. And their small ball lineup wouldn't be able to match them offensively either.
This doesn't mean a cotdamn thing without the proper context. Which leads us to another problem, if this series is played in a vacuum you have to account for how long it would take for the Bulls to adjust to work out how to defend the Warriors, how long it would take for them to have success trying to defend them and how to get around trading 2s for 3s. The Warriors would be more prepared and equipped due to not only having the knowledge of the past, but also dealing with similar style teams who work within the arc.
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Ive never considered John Stockton or Shawn Kemp top 5 at any point in the league, considering Shawn Kemp top 5 is actually laughable, prime Amare >>> KempThat wasn't what you said though you assclown. And I quote:
You're saying that neither Stockton+Malone nor Payton+Kemp were top 5 during their run-in with the Bulls. Not that Westbrook or Durant are any better - which is arguable.
Your goalpost moving has no bearings here.
El Poyo Loco
Akrassikauda = Black Scorpion
Not just the Jazz but Bird's Celtics,Showtime Lakers,Bad Boy Pistons would add chips ,90's Knicks,Shaq & Penny,Zo and Hardaway would finally get 1 hell Hakeem could probably get another 2 in this era why won't they face it this era is watered down.The Bulls would crush the Warriors.
Golden State couldn't compete physically.
And if the Bulls could play in this era, Jordan would be unstoppable.
shyt even that Jazz team would win the chip in this era.
How you gonna be down 3-1 and talk about washing the 96 bulls?
These dudes are straight retarded.
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