Jordan/Bulls <> Duncan/Spurs

If/when the Spurs win the 2006 championship, I'll be happy to participate in this discussion. :)

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Originally Posted by polandprzem

The game has changed.
If you put the Bulls (teleportation) to the 2005 iI think that they would have a giantic problems with the spurs. It's about the evolusion in the game.
I don't think the Bulls met that kind of phisycall play. It was a little difrent.

But If you would gave them time to adopt, well intresting matchups and probably the Bulls (2nd peat) would win.

Tough Q as alwayes when considering and compering the Champions through the years. How about the Bird Celtics? or magic's Lakers?

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The Knicks and Heat were pretty tough back then, see what happened to them. They were arguably tougher (or more physical) than the Pistons and Spurs (does not = better defensive team).
I would have thought it would be an interesting matchup. The Bulls won 6 titles, but I believe most of those games went 5 or 6 games. The Bulls never had an overly stellar record in the post season, always lost a few games here and there, and that is including the extremely weak opposition they faced in the first round.
As much it is to pain me, the Bulls probably would have won in 6 or 7 games, mainly because of their perimeter defense (the Spurs have ball-handling issues, and the Bulls excel at exploiting that) but the Spurs have a good chance of beating them as well due to their interior strength in terms of rebounding and scoring. It would be a close series.

Bulls Win...oh and the the Lakers in their 3 peat would have won as well....2 words for you....Phil Jackson...nuff said.
Oh and another thing, the spurs squeaked out a 7 game win this year, clearly not as dominate as those bulls teams or the Lakers for that matter.

7 games Medvedenko? 2000 WCF and 2002 WCF nuff said


To go with a discussion - I know which teams were phisycal U talking Miami , NY , even Bad Boys. But they front cours was not as mobile like todays best frontcourts. That gives a lot on defense. I know the rules with hands I know what referess are whisteling, to add some more agument to todays spurs we have a zone. Bulls played many on isolation and they would had a trouble in that aspect.

It's freackin' tough question and compareing the Champions is the thing I don't like

Is this a fucking joke? That Bulls team is one of the greatest NBA teams ever, this Spurs team not so much. Guess who wins.

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Originally Posted by Warlord23

What? The Bulls having problems with physical play? Ever heard of the Bad Boys .. whom the Bulls had to get past in order to get their first 3 peat ... that was an era when hand-checking was allowed, and the Pistons put out a good old beatdown on Jordan.

The Knicks of the mid-90s were one of the most physical and defensive-minded teams you could play against.

You want defense? The 95-96 Bulls had 3, count 'em .. 3, guys on the All-Defensive First Team (Jordan, Pippen, Rodman). They embodied the tough defense that you're talking about. And oh, they won 72 out of 82 along the way.

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The Bulls lost to the Pistons because they weren't that good back then. Pippen and Horace weren't nearly as good as they became when they won their first title. It wasn't because they weren't as tough, they simply weren't as good as the Pistons in the years they lost to them.

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or the Lakers for that matter.

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Anyone from the west was going to beat whoever came out of the east during their run. As soon as the east fielded a decent team, the Lakers were done.

Those Bulls teams did face teams with superstar 4s, but never really a dominant pivot player that I can recall. It's a shame that they never faced off with Hakeem's Rockets.

I don't think any team of the modern era could have beaten the '98 Bulls. I hate to say it but they were probably one of the greatest teams ever. The 2005 Spurs would have given them a hell of a series, but I say '98 Bulls in 6.

The 97 Bulls would win. Micheal Jordan is unstoppable.

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2 words for you....Phil Jackson...nuff said

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I could have coached the teams he had to Championships easily.

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Originally Posted by Shawn Michaels

The Spurs squad can pull off a 70 win season, I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!


but a certain trade in the PG deparment must be made

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Pickup Billups but that might destroy the great chemistry San Antonio has. No way they should change point guards. Parker will only get better and his speed is crucial to San Antonio's offense.