Originally posted by The Wanderer:
those Laker and Celtic teams may have beaten those Blazer/Sun/Jazz/Sonic teams handily, but so what, Jordan's Bulls would have beaten those Laker and Celtic teams more often than not, especially the late 90s team with Rodman/Harper/Kukoc; those Celtic and Laker teams couldnt match the defensive juggernaut of that Bulls team
Originally posted by bonoman:
Well if your talking defensive Jordan is one of the greatest if you talk offensive he is the greatest. If you talk clutch, greatest. If you talk rings greatest.
I'll say greatest.
Even better would be imagining anyone from those Bulls teams trying to stop Kevin McHale in the low post.Originally posted by speedracer:
Um...try to imagine Luc Longley and Bll Cartwright defending Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish for a moment, please.
Originally posted by The Wanderer:
haha!!!!
oh man, well you ruined all your credibility with that last statement speedracer, you're starting to sound like Bill Walton
say what you want about the center matchups, but I seem to recall the Bulls being able to contain centers in the East like Patrick Ewing and Shaquille O'Neil on a regular basis, and of course they it goes without saying they did the same to guards and forwards like Malone, Stockton, Payton, Kemp, Reggie Miller, Drexler, Hardaway (both), Barkley, KJ, etc, etc, etc...
Check some tape of how the worm fared against Herman Munster McHale in his Piston days...Rodman usually had more fouls than minutes played.Originally posted by The Wanderer:
McHale and Worthy would have had to match up against Rodman -- who may be the greatest rebounder/defender at his position in NBA history...
Originally posted by Hewson:
Herman Munster McHale
Originally posted by Hewson:
if you recall your local history it was Danny Ainge who nicknamed McHale "Herman Munster".
Originally posted by speedracer:
I've never been impressed with Jordan's defensive ability. It seems like he makes all his defensive plays when he gets assigned to the other team's weaker guard and can play help defense against guys driving to the basket.
Originally posted by Hewson:
Actually I would take Kevin McHale over Karl Malone without question.
Fact: Kevin McHale only player in NBA history to shoot 60%FG and 80%FT in same season.
Those shorts were hideous.
Simple longevity.Originally posted by Hitman:
Malone will go down with better career stats, however....