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96-98 Chicago Bulls Appreciation Thread
Sccit:
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on March 25, 2015, 12:27:07 PM ---Interesting point I saw on this. I did mention Shaq, but the Bulls went through many centers in the playoffs. Maybe the trick is a lack of center to beat the '96 Bulls, or at least go 6 or 7 games with them.:
Kareem would cause the Bulls problems, no doubt about it, but he wasn't the juggernaut he was a few years before. He was 39 years old and 'only' a 17/7 guy at that stage of his career.
Magic would be definitely shared between Michael, Harper and Pippen, with Pippen playing against him the most.
Bulls never played the rockets in the playoffs, so you can't really say how they would go against Hakeem.
Just for note in 1996 the Bulls beat teams on the way to the Championship with the following centers -
First round - Miami Heat - Alonzo Morning (a 22/10 guy during that regular season)
Second Round - New York Knicks - Patrick Ewing (a 22/11 guy during the regular season)
Third Round - Orlando - Shaq (a 27/11 guy during the regular season)
Finals - no real center
That's 3 very good centers. You could argue that all 3 were better than Kareem at that stage of their careers (only looking at the relevant season we are talking about, not over their whole career!). None of the centers dominated the series against the bulls and all scored around their season average during the playoff series against the Bulls (Alonzo - 18ppg, Pat - 23ppg and Shaq - 27ppg)
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those are all second rate centers....alonzo, patrick, and shaq before he hit his prime. furthermore, those centers carried the bulk of their teams load on their shoulders. theyre not playing alongside magic johnson, james worthy, byron scott, bob mcadoo, jamaal wilkes, ac green, michael cooper, kurt rambis, etc....cmon, now.
Hack Wilson - real:
is NIK arguing the Shaq-Kobe lakers over Jordan/s Bulls or the Kobe/Gasol Lakers????
i can understand someone arguing the Shaq/Kobe lakers over the Bulls because Shaq was the best center on the planet and Kobe was good enough to at least make Jordan compete lol
Sccit:
--- Quote from: Hack Brodenheimer on March 25, 2015, 06:06:39 PM ---is NIK arguing the Shaq-Kobe lakers over Jordan/s Bulls or the Kobe/Gasol Lakers????
i can understand someone arguing the Shaq/Kobe lakers over the Bulls because Shaq was the best center on the planet and Kobe was good enough to at least make Jordan compete lol
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no, the 09/10 lakers dont belong in the discussion. kobe took a solid team that wouldnt have even made the playoffs without him to consecutive titles. no one has won with less, besides maybe hakeem.
but yea, the 80s lakers > early 2000s lakers > 90s bulls >>>>>>>>>>>>> late 2000s lakers
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: Sccit on March 25, 2015, 06:48:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hack Brodenheimer on March 25, 2015, 06:06:39 PM ---is NIK arguing the Shaq-Kobe lakers over Jordan/s Bulls or the Kobe/Gasol Lakers????
i can understand someone arguing the Shaq/Kobe lakers over the Bulls because Shaq was the best center on the planet and Kobe was good enough to at least make Jordan compete lol
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no, the 09/10 lakers dont belong in the discussion. kobe took a solid team that wouldnt have even made the playoffs without him to consecutive titles. no one has won with less, besides maybe hakeem.
but yea, the 80s lakers > early 2000s lakers > 90s bulls >>>>>>>>>>>>> late 2000s lakers
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It's funny, I was talking to the older homie, the homie that watched all of Showtime and the 90's Chicago Bulls. He is a Laker fan, but he's way more of just an NBA fan than pure Laker fan. I asked him. He said that the 96 Bulls would win. Basically he said it comes down to outside game, and he said that Pippen would get Worthy because he was more athletic. Also Kukoc would spread the floor too much. And that's the big homie, and his opinion I respect a lot. If the big homie said the 96 Bulls beat the 87 Lakers, then you best believe that's the truth.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on March 30, 2015, 08:18:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: Sccit on March 25, 2015, 06:48:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hack Brodenheimer on March 25, 2015, 06:06:39 PM ---is NIK arguing the Shaq-Kobe lakers over Jordan/s Bulls or the Kobe/Gasol Lakers????
i can understand someone arguing the Shaq/Kobe lakers over the Bulls because Shaq was the best center on the planet and Kobe was good enough to at least make Jordan compete lol
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no, the 09/10 lakers dont belong in the discussion. kobe took a solid team that wouldnt have even made the playoffs without him to consecutive titles. no one has won with less, besides maybe hakeem.
but yea, the 80s lakers > early 2000s lakers > 90s bulls >>>>>>>>>>>>> late 2000s lakers
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It's funny, I was talking to the older homie, the homie that watched all of Showtime and the 90's Chicago Bulls. He is a Laker fan, but he's way more of just an NBA fan than pure Laker fan. I asked him. He said that the 96 Bulls would win. Basically he said it comes down to outside game, and he said that Pippen would get Worthy because he was more athletic. Also Kukoc would spread the floor too much. And that's the big homie, and his opinion I respect a lot. If the big homie said the 96 Bulls beat the 87 Lakers, then you best believe that's the truth.
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It's funny. I was just watching the Laker channel the other day, and they showed a lil clip of Gary Vitti saying "the 87 Laker team was the greatest team in basketball history"
keep fightin for the other side to prove a point tho ;)
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