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1992 had a better bench
1992 Dream team
2008 Redeem team
92 here and its not close.
1992 had a better bench
Like I said.. 1992.
92
A team with Magic/Jordan/Bird would beat any team comprised of any set of 12 other players who ever lived.
I agree in their prime....I agree...but in 92 only MJ was in his prime.
The team with the greatest player ever, the greatest PG, the greatest SF, couple of the top 3 PFs and a few of the top Cs....Plus the 2008 Redeem Team is hyper athletic but they aren't are smart as the Original. If they played a best of 7, it would be 4-1 or 4-2 Dream Team....And Kobe is the best all around player right now but he's not MJ. It's a shame that time makes people forget how good and how compe ive MJ was. Put him on this years Lakers and they'd win the Finals....no way he'd let Paul Pierce outplay him...
Nope. MJ would not carry this Laker team past the Celtics. He slows Pierce down a little, but no way does he plug up all the enormous defensive holes that existed. All the Celtics would have to do is run screen roll plays for Pierce to switch off MJ. Whose gonna block him at the rim....Gasol? I don't think so.
The teams that had the best success against the Celtics were tough and physical teams like CLE and DET. Teams that could keep Pierce and co. in check with multiple shot blockers at the rim and force him/them to shoot outside.
Even MJ wouldnt lead a bunch of softies like The Lakers past this last years Celtics. You're right, its a shame that time makes people forget how compe ive MJ was, but its a shame how people can overhype him aswell.
I forgot MJ never had a bad series or lost in the playoffs. I totally forgot, I thought he won every game while scoring 40 per game on 90% shooting all while playing defense on each opponent for the entire game.
He never lost in the Finals. He never played on a team that set a record for epic losing in the Finals. And he'd never quit on his team the way Kobe has done plenty of times in the past. Kill yourself.
He would never have allowed that Game 4 meltdown to happen.
Sure they do....I can play your game.
He would never have allowed that Game 4 meltdown to happen.
Swap out Pippen and replace them with Gasol and let's see how the Bulls do.
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He would never have allowed that Game 4 meltdown to happen.
If they replace Marbury with Jordan, Knicks would be champs right now.
92 in an all-out runaway ROUT!
That '92 team was THE best team ever assembled in basketball history. Need proof? That team amassed the largest average margin of victory of any team in Olympic history.
On many an occasion, I've listened to interviews where either Jordan or Magic proclaimed that the toughest compe ion they faced was in practice against one another. Those sessions would be all-out wars. The intensity was so high that there would be near-fights every single day.
That team was so vastly superior in mind, body and heart, that one cannot compare. Those guys would "wax the floor" with this latest collection of pampered NBA superstars.
hmm..you would think that the margin of victory was so high because maybe the compe ion sucked ass. Wait...thats exactly what Magic and Jordan proclaimed.
Bird was a clearly lesser player by that time, but Magic was only 31 or 32 and was still a franchise-level player at the time, even after a year away from the game.
Lakers still lose to Boston. Bulls are soft and worse off but MJ is a god so Chicago wins. fail.
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Jordan on the Lakers doesn't change the FINAL outcome of the series one bit. The Lakers major problems were on the DEFENSIVE end, mainly in terms of shot-blocking and rebounding. Two areas where Jordan would have the LEAST impact. Nice try.
It's incredible how stupid people are when it comes to star players. You need a TEAM to win at the highest level, no player in history has ever done it entirely on his own. Not even Jordan, he failed many a time until he got a quality cast of characters around him and a great HOF coach to help guide him.
Jordan's a far superior defender to Bryant. You could throw Jordan on Pierce or Allen instead of hiding Bryant on Rondo. Jordan is also the ultimate finisher at the rim, and no one (or four) keeps him out of the lane. With Jordan instead of Bryant, no way LA takes more than 6 to win the series.
You mean like that HOF coach Kobe has and that deep supporting cast that blitzed through the western conference playoffs?
Medvedenko... you DO realize Kobe is ing sucking it up in the olympics so far except for that sweet alleyoop from Kid.... right?
There is no freaking way Jordan would have sucked this bad.... and Kobe isnt even that bad. In fact he is damn good..... Jordan was just that much better.
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