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fpliii
06-30-2014, 03:43 PM
How does history change?
Bodhi
06-30-2014, 03:45 PM
You'd be a Rocket fan instead of a Laker fan
Johnny Jones
06-30-2014, 03:58 PM
You'd be a Rocket fan instead of a Laker fan
:lebronamazed: :lebronamazed:
Smook A.
06-30-2014, 04:09 PM
The Rockets would've won more than 10 championships with Hakeem & MJ.
MrC1991
06-30-2014, 04:13 PM
Hakeem and MJ...good god. Does Pip stay in Seattle then?
Milbuck
06-30-2014, 04:14 PM
They'd definitely win a couple championships. At least 2 for sure.
riseagainst
06-30-2014, 04:14 PM
current bulls fans would be rockets fans. Chips from 86-98. #13peat
Fiddlesticks
06-30-2014, 04:23 PM
MJ would have been to Hakeen what Kobe was to Shaq.
jstern
06-30-2014, 04:25 PM
I honestly think they would win 10 championships. + or - 2.
Micku
06-30-2014, 04:27 PM
They wouldn't lose to the Jazz in 85.
stalkerforlife
06-30-2014, 04:54 PM
You'd be a Rocket fan instead of a Laker fan

:lebronamazed:
Marchesk
06-30-2014, 05:04 PM
The word is Portland would have sent the 2nd pick and Drexler to Houston for Sampson.

So we're talking an MJ/Drexler/Olajuwon dynasty. If the Rockets didn't want to keep Clyde, then they probably could have traded him for another pick in the draft.

Stockton/MJ backcourt with Hakeem. Or, they could have gone after Barkley. Not sure what Drexler's value was at that point, but I'm guessing the Rockets could have made a deal work for Philly's pick.

Barkly/Hakeem frontcourt with MJ.

Anyway, that tells you how much Sampson was valued early on.
Marchesk
06-30-2014, 05:08 PM
Houston missed out on a dynasty that could have rivaled the 60s Celtics by not trading Sampson to Portland.

But what if Sampson didn't have injury issues? The Rockets were pretty formidable with a Sampson/Olajuwon front court.
Hamtaro CP3KDKG
06-30-2014, 05:10 PM
MJ and Hakeem are by far the 2 greatest players of the 90s
they win like 95% of the rings
Phantom84
06-30-2014, 06:25 PM
MJ would have been to Hakeen what Kobe was to Shaq.

Hakeem is great and I don't want to take anything away from him, but MJ is nobody Robin. If they both play together it would be Superman and Batman on the same team. Good luck going against that team
Rubio2Gasol
06-30-2014, 07:00 PM
12 Championships, Hakeem and Jordan 1&2 respectively all time.