Do people still think 16' Steph/Klay Warriors would beat MJ/Pippen from 96'?

[3ball]

How could Steph/Klay beat MJ/Pippen? Seems impossible - massive size/athleticism gap plus superior ring count/wisdom/swagger..

the Warriors are a tiny team and would get thoroughly bullied.. Bulls sweep, maybe one of those 5 game sweeps


It's like saying Steph/Klay could beat 2 kawhi's, except MJ/Pippen > 2 kawhi's.. we know MJ scores a lot more than kawhi, while being the best defender ever at his position
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[bigkingsfan]

Pippen was a nobody, so Steph/Klay by default.

[3ball]

Pippen was a nobody, so Steph/Klay by default.

I'd take pippen over Klay and so would you

[bigkingsfan]

I'd take pippen over Klay and so would you

Klay doesn't ball dominate and better off ball scorer. Pippen was a bum.

[Dray n Klay]

LeBron needed to average 11 rebounds and 9 assists to beat them

Jordan's 4 rebounds and 2 assists wouldn't cut it


Warriors in 5 games




3ball, explain how Jordan gets 11 rebounds and 9 assists

[Marchesk]

3ball, explain how Jordan gets 11 rebounds and 9 assists

Jordan had 41/8.5/6.3 in one finals and 31.2/6.6/11.4 in another.

[Da_Realist]

How could Steph/Klay beat MJ/Pippen? Seems impossible - massive size/athleticism gap plus superior ring count/wisdom/swagger..

the Warriors are a tiny team and would get thoroughly bullied.. Bulls sweep, maybe one of those 5 game sweeps


It's like saying Steph/Klay could beat 2 kawhi's, except MJ/Pippen > 2 kawhi's.. we know MJ scores a lot more than kawhi, while being the best defender ever at his position
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I was saying this in the middle of the Warriors 73 win season

[warriorfan]

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[ImKobe]

LeBron needed to average 11 rebounds and 9 assists to beat them

Jordan's 4 rebounds and 2 assists wouldn't cut it


Warriors in 5 games




3ball, explain how Jordan gets 11 rebounds and 9 assists

No he didn't, he needed his teammates to carry him in crunch time.

MJ carried the crunch time scoring and overall scoring production in a way that Lebron could only dream of, MJ could average 40+ and shoot over 50% while Lebron was shooting below 40% in the Finals when trying to score more than 35.

Jordan was capable of averaging 31.2 ppg on 56/50/85 shooting while also putting up 11.4 apg to only 3.6 TO in the same damn series.

He would have averaged 10+ rebounds too if teams shot more 3s. We saw him average 41 ppg 9 rpg on above 50% shooting with 40% from 3 against a run & gun team that shot more 3s, he was more than capable of rebounding the ball.

[3ball]

LeBron needed to average 11 rebounds and 9 assists to beat them

Jordan's 4 rebounds and 2 assists wouldn't cut it


Warriors in 5 games




3ball, explain how Jordan gets 11 rebounds and 9 assists

Various guys can get around 12 rebounds and 9 assists (Magic, Westbrook, Harden, Jokic, etc.), but only MJ averages 44 on 50%, and against a goat team

And mj was the far better 2-way player - imagine if he let an 8 ppg bench player double their average and win the MVP - that alone makes his performance superior, even without considering goat clutch or his 37 ppg average after adjusting for pace

[iamgine]

Young Kerr would be so shook meeting old Kerr he'd play really badly. Warriors win easily.

[Phoenix]

3ball, explain how Jordan gets 11 rebounds and 9 assists

Explain how Lebron gets 40ppg on more than 40%.

[SpaceJam]

Jordan had 41/8.5/6.3 in one finals and 31.2/6.6/11.4 in another.

Doesn't really look like 11 rebounds and 9 assists does it

I'll ask again...

3ball, explain how Jordan gets 11 rebounds and 9 assists

[hiphopanonymous]

the rules changed

if it's '16 era I think the '16 team wins

if it's '96 era the '96 team wins

totally different defense and offense allowed

for example, all those moving screens on the '16 warriors not to mention the lack of hand check wouldn't fly in '96 - this was KEY to them getting the space to shoot lights out from deep. Without that they'd need to be making 2's and they'd be nowhere near as good at that as the '96 Bulls.

Flip side is Bulls couldn't keep pace if suddenly transported to '16 because they weren't built to keep an offensive pace with accurately shot 3's that take advantage of the modern leeway of moving screens and minimal defensive contact in '16 - they'd likely be trying to catch up to the 3's playing '96 style ball, even if they were effective at it keeping pace with the 3's would be tough with how the game is called in '16

[Da_Realist]

Doesn't matter the era. The Bulls had the perfect team to defend GS and force them to make tough shots to win. They couldn't do it against that length, athleticism and defensive IQ 4 games out of 7. The Bulls front court could switch amd not lose any effectiveness. The only difference in the eras is GS would have a better chance to win a couple of games in 16 than they would have in 96.

On the other side of the ball, Chicago would punish Steph Curry. Chicago was long (6'6" - 6'8") and smart. They'd post up whoever Steph was guarding and get buckets every time down the court. That's just one advantage. MJ would slice up anyone guarding him. Rodman would own the boards because GS has never been a great rebounding team.

I think it would get ugly. 4-5 games. Does anyone really think Cleveland could beat GS but the 96 Bulls couldn't??!