Replace Sampson with Jordan

[Marchesk]

How many rings would Hakeem have?

[Gotterdammerung]

More than two, likely.

However, we don't know how they would have played together, who would be the right coach to get the best out of both players, and what the GM would've done to build around these two amazing talents, without playing favorites.

They both were ultra-competitive but raw when they were drafted in 1984. It is probably not likely that the Rockets could've beaten the Lakers in the 1986 Western conference finals because Hakeem was not that great on defense - he was foul-prone who jumped at every shot. Jordan wasn't as polished on offense as well. It took them both to suffer losing for 7 to 10 season before breaking through in reality, so that means they would've lost first before they began to dominate the league as a team.

The real question is - would Jordan be willing to feed Hakeem the ball on the block 20 times a game, and hope he would pass the ball back when he cut to the basket? Would Jordan be willing to work with the proud and angry Hakeem before he rediscovered Islam and found inner peace? Would Hakeem be willing to let Jordan break from the offensive sets during the clutch, and take the tough shots? Would Hakeem cover for Jordan on defense? These sort of questions are all hypothetical ones that are nearly unsolvable. :confusedshrug: