And what I mean by that is Is jordan has 40 pierce Gets 30 or more.
Next you will say that Pippen's on pierce And mike's got ray.
Well Pippen Was great on D But is he that much better than defensively than Lebron, Prince, Artest, Kobe, or whoever else Pierce has torched in the past.
Either way the combined points of Allen And Pierce would be very similar to Jordan Pippens totals.
With all due respect...No.
Allen gets completely shut down by MJ, completely,,,lucky to hit double figures.
Yes Pierce may have done well in some games against Kobe, Lebron, and Prince, but he was not guarding MJ on the other end. Pippen would lock him up especially with Pierce be winded from guarding Jordan.
Not to mention..who is guarding Pippen? Ray Ray,,,no way. I am a die hard C's fan but the matchup of Ray and PP v. MJ and Pippen would not be "very similar totals"
And who D's up on KG? Fine, Jordan shuts down Ray, that means he has to more or less face guard him, Pip on Pierce, same thing, but that leaves the Ticket. I think you're forgetting he would HAVE TO be double teamed for the WHOLE game, Rodman would get absolutely punked so they'd have no choice, and that would leave guys like Ray and Paul open just like they are against any other team. And even that aside, KG could draw Rodman away from the basket and neutralize him somewhat on the boards, PF's of that era did not have KG's range, Perk would eat up those offensive boards.
It was an expansion year as well, Toronto gave them some trouble but that was such a weak time for the NBA. The C's found themselves as a team in the Finals for the very first time and they showed it, so to me anything prior to the finals is a moot point because it took that long for them to finally find themselves as a team, the Bulls had that before the season already began, just like the undefeated Patriots. The C's won 66 games without true team cohesion, a new found starting PG, 2nd round draft picks, a guy playing with one leg, etc.
Let's not forget, the flippin' Sonics brought them to 6, they had somewhat of a similar lineup, GP/Rondo, Detlef/Paul, Kemp/KG, Hersey/Ray, and well, Sam's not comparable to anybody. The C's were far superior in every facet of the game and every position but PG, they had both a more potent offense and defense, true superstars, they relied on SHAWN KEMP, and Hersey Hawkins was playing with one foot in the grave.
Once the Bulls hit a somewhat of worthy opponent in the Finals with a blend of scoring and defense that could match them at both ends of the floor their aura of invincibility was gone, and against last year's C's they would have had their hands full. Before the Finals they played Miami, pathetic, Orlando who were defensively ill-equipped for the Bulls and the Knicks who were obviously past their prime with only 47 regular season wins.
I once again find this sort of thing sort of dumb to some degree, because every contender these days has 3 unbelievable players, back in the day they had one, maybe two if they were lucky. Patrick then who? Reggie Miller then who, Rick Smits? Shaq then Penny? The Bulls had sub par competition and they were ahead of their time, like everything to do with Michael Jordan once Bird and Magic were out of the league.
There are no true shutdown defenders anymore, there are guys that are capable but the fact you can't touch a guy added with floor spacing and three point shooting being such a well defined art now (don't forget the 3 pt line was shorter that season) teams like the Bulls who locked down with individual defenders would be exploited, that would apply to Michael as well. Saying he'd shut down Ray makes no sense, they couldn't shut down John Starks or Reggie Miller half the time, you can't just shut down a shooter when you have two other guys on the floor that command a double team, common sense.
The real question should be if the 72-10 Bulls got a full season in today's era and had to face the C's in the Finals who would win? And the would be 65 or so win Bulls, I think, would still lose, too many offensive weapons for the C's for them to handle.
Now, with today's cap and talent, that team would remedy the problem, THEN they'd probably win. They're a superstar short to beat a team like that of today's era IMO.
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