Bill Simmons: "96 Bulls are not a top-10 All-time and are worse than the '01 Lakers"

[QUOTE=joe;908645]if you actually read Bill Simmons chat, you'd see that he has issues with the forumula John Hollingre used to come to that conclusion, mainly the fact that it didnt take into account the quality of the league for the year Given Team won the championship.

his argument was that shaq-kobe lkaers from 2001 went through an extremely talented western conference, along with the sixers who had Iverson and Mutumbo during his prime.

also, he said that the league was at one of its absolute weakest eras from 96-98.[/QUOTE]

The 01 Western Conference wasn't that great. LA's first round opponent, Portland, was in basket case mode by the playoffs. That team totally collapsed, and there was no way they would win a game. Their second round opponent, Sacramento, didn't have Bibby yet. And, San Antonio, their WCF opponent, had a banged up Admiral, and DA was missing.

Also, Mutombo wasn't in his prime in 2001. That Sixer team was one of the worst to make the Finals.