Scottie Pippen says '95-96 Bulls would sweep Warriors

[Optimus Prime]

Pip is totally correct. These Warriors are a direct result of years and years of the NBA being transformed into Charmin. Players can't play defense any more, especially on the perimeter, and post play has become basically extinct because of the rules changes favoring perimeter players and 3-point shootouts.

MJ would destroy everything, Pip would shut down Curry big time, and Rodman would average like 30 rebounds per game. It wouldn't even be close.

[Da_Realist]

They didn't sweep the Knicks or Sonics. They wouldn't sweep the Warriors either.

Sonics and Knicks have nothing to do with the Warriors. Different teams, philosophies, strengths, weaknesses, etc.

[Lebron23]

Pip is totally correct. These Warriors are a direct result of years and years of the NBA being transformed into Charmin. Players can't play defense any more, especially on the perimeter, and post play has become basically extinct because of the rules changes favoring perimeter players and 3-point shootouts.

MJ would destroy everything, Pip would shut down Curry big time, and Rodman would average like 30 rebounds per game. It wouldn't even be close.

First time I agree with your posts. Curry would still be an elite player in the 1990's, but he won't average over 28 ppg with the older rules.

[FKAri]

Pip is totally correct. These Warriors are a direct result of years and years of the NBA being transformed into Charmin. Players can't play defense any more, especially on the perimeter, and post play has become basically extinct because of the rules changes favoring perimeter players and 3-point shootouts.

MJ would destroy everything, Pip would shut down Curry big time, and Rodman would average like 30 rebounds per game. It wouldn't even be close.

That's exactly why the Bulls wouldn't crush the Warriors. Because the league has changed so much; because it is so soft. The Warriors are the epitome of today's league. Unless, ofcourse, you're talking about playing with the old rules.

[zbott]

Bulls sweep in older era ..... 4-1 or 4-2 in this era ...

[Optimus Prime]

They didn't sweep the Knicks or Sonics. They wouldn't sweep the Warriors either.

The Riley Knicks played ferocious defense and would beat up these little Warrior kids. They would hold the Warriors to 60 PPG and send them all crying to mommy.



Come on, man.

[Da_Realist]

That's exactly why the Bulls wouldn't crush the Warriors. Because the league has changed so much; because it is so soft. The Warriors are the epitome of today's league. Unless, ofcourse, you're talking about playing with the old rules.

You're forgetting that the Warriors couldn't touch the Bulls either. Today's lanes are wide open. Look at the Sonics Bulls games to see how hard those guys made MJ work to get the ball in the post. Can't wrestle him today. He'd just waltz to the block, turnaround and shoot. Or pump fake and dunk (look at all the layups today's guards get after beating their man). He wouldn't even get tired. Pippen too.

Meanwhile, Bulls have MJ, Pippen, Harper and Randy Brown to throw on Steph. They could take turns to keep everyone fresh. Rodman would do a good job defending Green and making him work. Bulls match up well against Golden State whichever era you want to talk about.

[Marchesk]

I think that Sonics team would have matched up real well with the Warriors too. They had excellent perimeter defense. Would be interesting seeing Payton on Curry and Green on Kemp.

[FKAri]

You're forgetting that the Warriors couldn't touch the Bulls either. Today's lanes are wide open. Look at the Sonics Bulls games to see how hard those guys made MJ work to get the ball in the post. Can't wrestle him today. He'd just waltz to the block, turnaround and shoot. Or pump fake and dunk (look at all the layups today's guards get after beating their man). He wouldn't even get tired. Pippen too.

Meanwhile, Bulls have MJ, Pippen, Harper and Randy Brown to throw on Steph. They could take turns to keep everyone fresh. Rodman would do a good job defending Green and making him work. Bulls match up well against Golden State whichever era you want to talk about.

Lanes are wide open only because players can shoot 3's. This is not an era specific thing at all. The lanes would be wide open in any era where off ball shooters are a bigger threat than drives to the lane.

The Bulls defense has never played against a team even remotely as good at shooting as the Warriors. That being said, the Bulls' defense actually has some very good tools to deal with the Warriors. Namely the ability for their wings to guard multiple positions and switch seamlessly.

The biggest thing the Bulls have going for them is Michael Jordan (duh). You have MJ with no handchecking. And in 96 he's still fast enough to blow by anyone. The biggest plus however, is that he's already got that jumper perfected. That jumper is going to be even more valuable to him in today's NBA than it ever was in his career. 90's MJ translates much better to today's league than 80's MJ. As great as year1-3 MJ was and looked he wouldn't look as good in today's league. Whereas first 3peat MJ (hell 90's MJ in general) might be even scarier now than he was in his time. That's just my personal opinion.

[CuterThanRubio]

The Bulls NEVER swept in the finals, yet all of a sudden they are going to sweep the best team of all time?

I'm not buying it.

They allowed JOHN STOCKTON to drop 15 and 8 on them while shooting 50 and 40.

Talk about lockdown perimeter defense.

Curry would torch them and shoot 70 percent from the floor.

[Da_Realist]

Lanes are wide open only because players can shoot 3's. This is not an era specific thing at all. The lanes would be wide open in any era where off ball shooters are a bigger threat than drives to the lane.

The Bulls defense has never played against a team even remotely as good at shooting as the Warriors. That being said, the Bulls' defense actually has some very good tools to deal with the Warriors. Namely the ability for their wings to guard multiple positions and switch seamlessly.

The biggest thing the Bulls have going for them is Michael Jordan (duh). You have MJ with no handchecking. And in 96 he's still fast enough to blow by anyone. The biggest plus however, is that he's already got that jumper perfected. That jumper is going to be even more valuable to him in today's NBA than it ever was in his career. 90's MJ translates much better to today's league than 80's MJ. As great as year1-3 MJ was and looked he wouldn't look as good in today's league. Whereas first 3peat MJ (hell 90's MJ in general) might be even scarier now than he was in his time. That's just my personal opinion.

Early MJ would be much, much better than Russell Westbrook, who gets to the rim at will.

[AirBonner]

The Bulls NEVER swept in the finals, yet all of a sudden they are going to sweep the best team of all time?

I'm not buying it.

They allowed JOHN STOCKTON to drop 15 and 8 on them while shooting 50 and 40.

Talk about lockdown perimeter defense.

Curry would torch them and shoot 70 percent from the floor.

Doubt it. Just like he torched the celtics

[90sgoat]

Early MJ would be much, much better than Russell Westbrook, who gets to the rim at will.

These Jordan haters have no logic.

Russel Westbrook who doesn't have a jumpshot scores damn near 30 points with 10 assists and the guy who averaged 32-8-8 in the 80s and was a far superior player, MVP, DPOY in a league with Bird and Magic, wouldn't completely annihilate this league?

James Harden who has NO midrange game gets to the hoop and line at will with only a pump fake and 1-2-3 steps scores 30ppg.

People are forgetting, this is also MJ with an extra gather step, this is MJ beating his man with a quick shimmy then taking ONE dribble then 1-2-3 into a lane that is open because of defensive 3 seconds.

We'd miss out on a lot of MJ's posters because there wouldn't be any big man quick enough to cover that ground once MJ gets his 1-2-3 gather step.

[CuterThanRubio]

Doubt it. Just like he torched the celtics

A modern team with modern defensive schemes and philosophies is more capable of discovering successful techniques to stop their gameplan.

Lets not forget how the mighty mighty 96 bulls got ROASTED by REX CHAPMAN and DAMON STOUDAMIRE.

Two can play that game.

[andgar923]

A modern team with modern defensive schemes and philosophies is more capable of discovering successful techniques to stop their gameplan.

Lets not forget how the mighty mighty 96 bulls got ROASTED by REX CHAPMAN and DAMON STOUDAMIRE.

Two can play that game.

It's one thing to get hot one game when nobody is expecting it. It's another when the defense is geared to stop someone.

Not saying Curry would be utterly shut down, but he sure as **** won't be scorching the Bulls.

Curry would get brought down to reality.