Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller joining the late 1990's Jazz.

[Lebron23]

Can they beat the 1997 and 1998 Chicago Bulls?

[3ball]

Can they beat the 1997 and 1998 Chicago Bulls?
Obviously... :rolleyes:

People compare teams over eras all the time, but the reality is that you can't compare teams in a 2-star vs. 2-star format to today's 3-star vs. 3-star format...

Obviously, if you added a 3rd star to Stockton/Malone (who already destroyed Duncan/Popovich and Shaq's 4 all-star Lakers), they could beat any team in history

[SouBeachTalents]

:biggums: What a dumb question

[StrongLurk]

Obviously... :rolleyes:

People compare teams over eras all the time, but the reality is that you can't compare teams in a 2-star vs. 2-star format to today's 3-star vs. 3-star format...

Obviously, if you added a 3rd star to Stockton/Malone (who already destroyed Duncan/Popovich and Shaq's 4 all-star Lakers), they could beat any team in history

Remember when Lebron swept the 60-win, 4 all-star Hawks in 2015 with no Kevin Love and a hobble Kyrie Irving?

In b4 whataboutism.

[tontoz]

Miller would have been perfect. With him they definitely beat the Bulls, twice.

Nobody would look to add Barkley when the already have Malone.

[3ball]

Remember when Lebron swept the 60-win, 4 all-star Hawks in 2015 with no Kevin Love and a hobble Kyrie Irving?

In b4 whataboutism.
Sure but did the Hawks have Shaq?

I remember the aftermath of the Hawks series - I was mildly surprised they folded so easily

MJ beat similar talent in the 89' Cavs (#1 SRS) - they had three guys that were 3x all-stars (and were all-stars that year) plus 20/5/5 Ron Harper..

and MJ didn't have the services of an all-nba sidekick to help him for a couple games like Lebron did... ultimately, the stats tell the story - lebron never carried a bad team like MJ did that year.. don't say the 09' Cavs compare when they had a decorated cast compared to MJ's nothing, and they underachieved in the playoffs, while the Bulls overachieved tremendously.. lebron's 28/8/7 yielded 19 more wins than MJ's 33/8/8.. Cavs were the 1-seed and league favorite

[SouBeachTalents]

Sure but did the Hawks have Shaq?

I remember the aftermath of the Hawks series - I was mildly surprised they folded so easily

MJ beat similar talent in the 89' Cavs (#1 SRS) - they had three guys that were 3x all-stars (and were all-stars that year) plus 20/5/5 Ron Harper..

and MJ didn't have the services of an all-nba sidekick to help him for a couple games like Lebron did... ultimately, the stats tell the story - lebron never carried a bad team like MJ did that year.. don't say the 09' Cavs compare when they had a decorated cast compared to MJ's nothing, and they underachieved in the playoffs, while the Bulls overachieved tremendously.. lebron's 28/8/7 yielded 19 more wins than MJ's 33/8/8
You really trying to hype up Kyrie scoring literally 26 points the entire series :oldlol:

[3ball]

You really trying to hype up Kyrie scoring literally 26 points the entire series :oldlol:
That's huge

Stints like that give teams a huge boost - see Game 5 of the 19' Finals when KD's 12 points allowed the Warriors enough production to win that game

or the Willis Reed heroics

And plenty other examples

Regardless, the Hawks weren't good and MJ had bigger carry-jobs..

lebron was also 28-27 last year, whereas old MJ was 24-11 without Pip in 1998 (1 seed)

[Lebron23]

Miller would have been perfect. With him they definitely beat the Bulls, twice.

Nobody would look to add Barkley when the already have Malone.
Barkley played the small forward position for the Sixers. Imagine these starting lineup C- Greg Ostertag, Malone, Barkley, Miller and Stockton with Jeff Hornacek coming off the bench. They definitely would destroy the Bulls.