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    NBA Legend AirBonner's Avatar
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    Default How good do you think the Celtics would of been

    in the 90's had Reggie Lewis and Len Bias stayed alive?

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    They were crazy talents. I think if they lived there is a real possibility that Jordan would be ringless.

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    Default Re: How good do you think the Celtics would of been

    Quote Originally Posted by AirBonner
    in the 90's had Reggie Lewis and Len Bias stayed alive?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni7t4swtdYw

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDQnsK6bpPM

    They were crazy talents. I think if they lived there is a real possibility that Jordan would be ringless.
    Not at all. They would make the Celtics more of a threat maybe on the level of the 90s Knicks but maybe not.

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    Default Re: How good do you think the Celtics would of been

    Had Bias survived, he would have challenged Jordan to a coke-off, and jordan being the competitor he is wouldn't say no, and Bias would get him killed. Jordan wouldn't have a legacy

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    Default Re: How good do you think the Celtics would of been

    Reggie Lewis wasn't really GOAT material (aside from good scoring numbers, he had middling efficiency and wasn't exactly lighting up other aspects of the game). He'd be someone like Derozan today --- a guy who could get some all stars, but would be more suited as a secondary star. Also, he was already 27 when he died in 1992-93, so he was at -or near- his peak as a player.

    Bias is harder to predict. The only article I've really read that analyzed his statistical production in college is http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4011. It basically says Bias would have been similar to James Worthy or somewhere near that area. Possible top 50 all time player, but again, not someone you'd really expect to stop MJ,

    Now a BIGGER what-if is what would have happened had Bird and McHale stayed healthy along with Bias and Lewis as complementary players. I think they could have possible won over Detroit in 89 and 90, but the Bulls of the 90's were too good at that point IMO to lose 91-93.
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    Default Re: How good do you think the Celtics would of been

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