Bulls STRATEGY (not age) destroyed Bad Boys

[Da_Realist]

Straight from the mouth of John Salley. The Bad Boys couldn't match up with Pippen at the point and they couldn't deal with the triangle while at the same time try to contain MJ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNPP-Cjw8Xg&t=6m33s

[ArbitraryWater]

but what happened to the bad boys in '92

[RRR3]

So Pippen was the key to defeating them?

[LAmbruh]

no pip no chip

[Da_Realist]

but what happened to the bad boys in '92

They lost their edge. The league saw them get swept the year before and then walk off without even shaking hands like defeated cowards. It's hard to recover from getting swept. No one was intimidated any more.

They imploded. The friction that resulted from Isiah Thomas being left off the Dream Team that was coached by Chuck Daly caused an internal rift that would never fully heal. Daly left for New Jersey at the end of the season.

They lost chemistry. Vinnie Johnson was shipped off to San Antonio. James Edwards was shipped to LA.

[Da_Realist]

So Pippen was the key to defeating them?

The Bad Boys had 3 HOF players not named Adrian Dantley/Mark Aguirre, Vinnie Johnson or Bill Laimbeer and were led by a HOF coach that eventually coached the Dream Team.

Makes sense that it would take more than the great Michael Jordan to beat them.

[RRR3]

The Bad Boys had 3 HOF players not named Adrian Dantley/Mark Aguirre, Vinnie Johnson or Bill Laimbeer and were led by a HOF coach that eventually coached the Dream Team.

Makes sense that it would take more than the great Michael Jordan to beat them.

Aguirre, Johnson and Laimbeer aren’t HOFers

[Da_Realist]

[QUOTE=RRR3]Aguirre, Johnson and Laimbeer aren

[AirBonner]

MJ had to stack the deck to beat a deteriorating bad boys

[RRR3]

not named

Yeah, saying that insinuates those guys were HOFers too

Especially Aguirre since you listed him with Dantley

[guy]

MJ had to stack the deck to beat a deteriorating bad boys

How did they do that? They had no significant roster changes from 88 to 91.

[Manny98]

John also said that your hero isn't top 5 all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRbtqTkssis

[Da_Realist]

John also said that your hero isn't top 5 all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRbtqTkssis

He also admitted hating on MJ because he's a "Bad Boy" which Jalen Rose (little brother) called him out on. See video in OP.

The point is this Bad Boy that has admitted to hating on MJ had every opportunity to blame age for why his team lost to the Bulls. He didn't. He pointed to strategy. And insinuated that they trash talked Pippen into a migraine headache in order to beat the Bulls in 1990.

[Ainosterhaspie]

Record and SRS show Pistons peaked in 89 and declined in 90, then declined significantly in 91. Losing to the Bulls put an exclamation point on the decline, but it was already clear they weren't the same team anymore.

[guy]

The Bad Boys had 3 HOF players not named Adrian Dantley/Mark Aguirre, Vinnie Johnson or Bill Laimbeer and were led by a HOF coach that eventually coached the Dream Team.

Makes sense that it would take more than the great Michael Jordan to beat them.

These arguments about expansion and the Pistons getting older being the reason the Bulls won are ridiculous. What’s lost is that the Bulls GOT better which younger teams tend to do over time. Pippen and Grant made leaps in those years and that had a much bigger impact on them winning then anything else. Start the Bulls dynasty 3 years earlier and put the 91-93 Bulls in place of the 88-90 Bulls and the Bad Boy Pistons never make a finals in those years and the Bulls still win 6 championships.