Just watched some of the Bulls-Suns 1993 series

[JohnMax]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...s-vs-suns.html
http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHO/1993.html

[Da_Realist]

My God, LeBron would score 50 per game on that shit tier defense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8MP6839B78

Hilarious. Lebron wouldn't do sh*t. The Suns strategy, except for game 4, was to make MJ beat them from the outside. His drive and midrange game scared them to death.

If they tried that same strategy on Lebron he would have to face his greatest enemy, the Wide Open Jumpshot!

Make sure you look at how MJ moved in the triangle -- cutting, screening, popping out, etc, to get good looks at the basket. You'll never see Lebron move like that. He would palm the ball, jab step, jab step, jab step, do his awkward dribble between his legs thing where he's still in the same spot after he finishes before he shoots an off balance, ugly, falling away jumpshot prayer.

[90sgoat]

The Suns defense was horrible

You are horrible, waste of space, you're lucky to not be banned.

[livinglegend]

WTF was the defense?
And that teams made the finals with that defense

[Dray n Klay]

WTF was the defense?
And that teams made the finals with that defense

[Poetry]

If anyone was wondering what the pace was for that series...

1993 NBA Finals (89.7)
2015 NBA Finals (90.7)
2016 NBA Finals (92.0)

[AirBonner]

3ball seriously used Oliver Fat F*ckin' Miller to compare the front line of the 93 Suns...to present day Golden State.

You cannot make this shit up.

I'm not even debating team strength or competition. Only that the Warriors had a superior front line, which they did.

This. 3ball is a crock just like the competition that Ordan faced.

[Da_Realist]

Can anybody dispute the vids that 3ball posted? They back up what he is saying. It sure looks like Lebron routinely had wide open lanes to drive in. I can only surmise what MJ would do with a toll-free lane straight to the basket.

[livinglegend]

Apart from the extremly bad defense, another thing to notice is how they call fouls for Jordan with little contact.
If those kind of fouls were called in this year's finals, both teams would foul out.

[Dray n Klay]

Did I mention that the Suns defense was horrible?

[bigkingsfan]

Might as well be playing patty cake out there.

[madmax]

The master rim protector, Oliver Miller, is dumbfounded how to handle Jordan.

[3ball]

Might as well be playing patty cake out there.

How can you guys think THIS (wide open paints):






tougher than THIS (packed paints):






Ignorance and a blindness to the facts, that's how

[3ball]

The master rim protector, Oliver Miller, is dumbfounded how to handle Jordan.

You guys talk shit, but you know nothing about the game - you should be ****ing embarrassed



..............................................Oliver Miller........ Andrew Bogut

Career Blocks per 100....................3.4........................2.8
Career Block Percentage................4.7%.....................4.3%



You guys should know that bigs in previous eras were far superior - Oliver Miller would view today's frontcourts as like, JV or something

[julizaver]

My God, LeBron would score 50 per game on that shit tier defense. Heck, Durant or Kobe would come close to doing that too. It's fvcking funny watching this kind of prehistoric basketball in 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8MP6839B78

I mean you only need to look at how that first shot is defended to see what a bunch of idiots those coaches and players were when it came to defense

Weak contests all around, no resistance at the rim (notice how the offensive bigs just push the defenders out of the way in the paint, making the path completely free), if you make more than two passes you get an open shot...

shit was ez af, yo

Suns were not famous with their defense at that time. During those years teams in the east were better defensively. Just as a note. If someone one to watch defense just see the Knicks Bulls games.