96 BULLS vs 16 Warriors

[juju151111]

What can they do with Two the grestest perimeter defenders ever against them.

[Quickening]

Warriors win, late 90s era of basketball was the weakest period of the last 30 years.

[Da_Realist]

What can they do with Two the grestest perimeter defenders ever against them.

You were the one that insisted it would go 7. :facepalm

[livinglegend]

Bulls never faced teams as good as OKC and Cavs.
They never faced players as good as Lebron, Kyrie, Westbrook and Durant.

[juju151111]

You were the one that insisted it would go 7. :facepalm
It would :wtf: i said the bulls would win. Lets not act like Warriors didn't have tough breaks these whole playoffs. Curry injury,Draymond suspended, and Bogut got injured. If not 7 definitely 6. I still said the Bulls would win

[juju151111]

Bulls never faced teams as good as OKC and Cavs.
They never faced players as good as Lebron, Kyrie, Westbrook and Durant.
Is that the reason the scrub Raptors beat the Cavs twice? Good has Okc? The same Okc that TO the ball 100 times in every big 4th Q? Kyrie and Westbrickplaying in a era made for little man to succeed.Gary payton gets the same boost if you put him in this era.

[livinglegend]

Is that the reason the scrub Raptors beat the Cavs twice? Good has Okc? The same Okc that TO the ball 100 times in every big 4th Q? Kyrie and Westbrickplaying in a era made for little man to succeed.Gary payton gets the same boost if you put him in this era.

Gary Payton < Kyrie or Westbrook.
Raptors were not scrubs. They had a very good team and were at peak in those 2 games.

[juju151111]

Gary Payton < Kyrie or Westbrook.
Raptors were not scrubs. They had a very good team and were at peak in those 2 games.
96 bulls>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Raptors. If they can beat the 16 cavs twice bulls definitely have a great chance at beating them

[andgar923]

What can they do with Two the grestest perimeter defenders ever against them.

Under 90s rules I'd put Randy Brown on Curry, forget about Pip or MJ.

I do gotta confess, Green is a beast, better than I gave him credit for initially. But we've seen how he can be affected mentally, and Rodman is the master. I think he'd dominate Green with mind tricks.

Bulls wouldn't sweep, I'd say they win in 5 tho.

I feel Klay may get hot in a game if Pip defends him. Not to diminish Pip's defense, but he'd be floating to help on Green. Bulls would make adjustments and instead of playing the perimeter players one on one, they'd switch everything. Pip would switch, MJ would switch, Rodman would switch, they'd all switch on the perimeter since their interior is weak.

I can see the Warriors taking one game and making it close 1 more game. Otherwise it's a clear W for the Bulls the rest of the series. The Warriors have NO defense and no way to stop the triangle, specially in the post.

Under today's rules it's a slaughter to be honest

No way to stop MJ under today's rules.

[Micku]

Bulls never faced teams as good as OKC and Cavs.
They never faced players as good as Lebron, Kyrie, Westbrook and Durant.

Shaq and Penny. Shaq in 96 was better than all of those guys except maybe LeBron in the regular season, but that's arguably. Shaq was great in the playoffs but LeBron James was better to me. At least more accomplish since he won. And you have Mourning and Ewing who arguably was better than any guy on the list other than Durant and LeBron. And you have Gary Payton.

The Bulls faced great players. And these guys played in a position where they are at their weakest. You should argue that they didn't play teams to the quality of the Thunder and Cavs. But in terms of talent? The Orlando Magic was more talented than the Thunder.

[Da_Realist]

It would :wtf: i said the bulls would win. Lets not act like Warriors didn't have tough breaks these whole playoffs. Curry injury,Draymond suspended, and Bogut got injured. If not 7 definitely 6. I still said the Bulls would win

5 games, tops. Bulls would neutralize their small ball lineup and kill them with precision offensively. Count the layups Cle and Okc were getting. Okc should have taken them out in 6 but self-destructed. Wake up.

[atljonesbro]

Well if we're playing on a shortened 3 point line the Warriors would shoot around 60% from 3 so I gotta go with them

[Sarcastic]

Bulls in 4, maybe 5 if Jordan goes out gambling the night before g4.

[Da_Realist]

Bulls in 4, maybe 5 if Jordan goes out gambling the night before g4.

Yep. Too much length, intelligence and versatility for Chicago defensively. Too smart offensively (they would do a better job targeting Curry than Cleveland just did).

[Height Freak]

Warriors win, late 90s era of basketball was the weakest period of the last 30 years.

Even the 97 Bulls will win. A handy of teams with worst record on paper would destroy the beta warriors team.

[WadeStan]

Dude, even Kyrie Irving thrived to some extent defensively against Curry (and definitely was making him work on the other end). You're telling me Pip, MJ, Rodman, and Harper wouldn't have a field day against Curry and Klay. This discussion is over. It was over when the Dubs should have lost last round, and lost this one. :roll:

[90sgoat]

Shaq and Penny. Shaq in 96 was better than all of those guys except maybe LeBron in the regular season, but that's arguably. Shaq was great in the playoffs but LeBron James was better to me. At least more accomplish since he won. And you have Mourning and Ewing who arguably was better than any guy on the list other than Durant and LeBron. And you have Gary Payton.

The Bulls faced great players. And these guys played in a position where they are at their weakest. You should argue that they didn't play teams to the quality of the Thunder and Cavs. But in terms of talent? The Orlando Magic was more talented than the Thunder.

This really is prisoner of the moment.

Durant is a great player, but also one made for this era. If we look purely at production, Karl Malone is a superior player, does it matter if he doesn't shoot 3s? Malone put up 20-8 as a 39 year old, one year before Lebron was a rookie. There is quite literally an overlap, we KNOW that Malone as 39 year old could put up 20-8 in this so called modern era.

Malone put up 26-10-3 in the finals. TWICE.

If Lebron had a statline for 26-10-3 on 47% and almost 80% FT what would people say about that?

Durant is not as good as Malone. Curry is not as good as Malone.

If MJ never player Malone would easily be top 10.

It's the same with people not realizing just how good Sir Charles was, we KNOW Malone put up 20-8 in the age of Lebron, but Sir Charles edged out Malone in his peak. Sir Charles won MVP in a season when Malone put up 27-12. What does that say about Charles Barkley? What would he average today?

If you replace them on Cavs instead of Lebron, yes they win a ring too, absolutely.

[Da_Realist]

I've heard Gary Payton and Isiah Thomas chirping all year. Same with Barkley, Pippen, Ron Harper, Cedric Ceballos and even Oscar Robertson. I get the feeling a lot of old school guys saw through the smoke screen and wanted a piece of these guys (16 GSW). Most of them were probably glad Cleveland proved them right.