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IMO to me the 01 Laker playoff team is one of the top 3 teams of all time and the BEST team since 1990.
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IMO to me the 01 Laker playoff team is one of the top 3 teams of all time and the BEST team since 1990.
I think the 1991 Bulls were better, and Jordan had just started tearing teams apart.
Jordan would score 60 and Kobe would score 0..jordan is that good.
Prime Shaq. Athletically prime Kobe. Prime role players.
MJ would get his numbers but Kobe was an AMAZING perimeter defender in his younger days...
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96 Bulls would own them.
PG - Harper owns Fisher/older Harper (advantage Bulls)
SG - Jordan owns Kobe (advantage Bulls)
SF - Pippen owns Fox (advantage Bulls)
PF - Rodman owns Grant (advantage Bulls)
C - O'Neal owns Longley (advantage Lakers)
Bench - Kukoc/Kerr/Wennington/Simpkins owns Shaw/Horry/Rider/George (advantage Bulls)
That series goes 5, maybe 6 games.
And SHaq would drop 40/20...
good for him. who's helping?
The 01 Lakers might take the 96 Sonics to 7 games. That would be a series worth watching.
in this Defensive 3 second violation, no hand checking, ticky tack foul era, Jordan would drop 50 per game.
There has never been a player that could drive and finish like Jordan could.
He would go to the free-throw line so many times, you guys would sound like 2006 Maverick fans
bulls would sweep the lakers....
didnt chris richards/miamiheat ask if this years Cavs could beat those Bulls teams?
Don't confuse me with that turd Laker fan trolldidnt chris richards/miamiheat ask if this years Cavs could beat those Bulls teams?
The 2001 team would lose to nobody in 5 games. Are you serious?
Harper was a very good point guard back in his day but Fisher shot over 50% from 3 pt land in those playoffs. He was QUICK and actually really frustrated Iverson in the latter part of the finals. A wash IMO.
Jordan would get his no doubt. But like I said Kobe was an AMAZING defender back in his day. And don't forget Kobe average 29 7 and 6 those playoffs IIRC.
Pippen would struggle mightily to drop 20 on Fox. Fox couldn't score on Pippen. Bulls advantage.
Rodman is rendered USELESS in this series against Horace. Horace was a rebounder defender and role player.
Shaq would just ANNILATE Longley and AVERAGE 40/20 in that series.
I have a really hard time seeing ANYTEAM beat this team in a 7 game series...let alone that Bulls team who won 70 games in a WATERED down league.
Like I said, there were two teams in 1996 better than the 2001 Lakers. Bulls and Sonics both.
Jordan and Pippen are too deadly on the wings. Kukoc is a better version of Odom too. I dont see the lakers having a good chance.
If it was so watered down, why couldn't anyone else even come close to 72 wins?
Ah, laker fans regur ating stuff they heard other kobe fans say, those nutjobs who try to dismantle MJ and bring him down to kobe's level.
son, there is nothing on this planet earth that would have allowed Kobe to stop MJ from dropping 50 on him in today's ticky tack NBA. on the other hand, MJ's defense was more than just elite. Jordan is arguably the greatest perimeter defender OF ALL TIME.
He and Pippen were ing rabid bulldogs causing havoc and getting steals. Kobe would be hounded constantly by MJ-Pippen duo. 2001 Kobe would be shut down into another one of those ty shooting nights.
By the way, Rodman is no slouch. He might be one of the worst offensive players in history, but that man can rebound on anyone.
honestly speakin LA in 6...this team is just tooooooooooooooo good right now...........but its all heresay since these teams r from different times anyways............
considering the league has expanded to more teams now than in 96, it's hilarious to say the league was more watered down back then.
Goodness.
No other team won 70 because .... take a ing guess.... IT WAS WATERED DOWN!
I fully understand Jordan was a GREAT defender...one of the best ever. I still believe Kobe could and would score on him. He was playing out of his mind in those playoffs. Good offense beats good defense in the NBA. MJ would have the advantage no doubt...but not even HALF as much as the advantage an absolute PRIME SHAQ who would command a ing triple team against Longley.
The Lakers would win this series because of Shaq...not Kobe.
So go stick that up your ing Kobe hating ass .
Do you have any idea what the term watered down means? Because the league is more watered down now than before. There are more teams in the league now. Ipso facto, that makes it more watered down.
Bulls in 5... Kobe with 4 fouls in 14 minutes trying to guard MJ. Phil Jackson playing mind games with both Bynum and Kerr.
I would actually pay to watch as both Rodman and Artest try to outdo each other with freaky hairdo's and funky nail polish.
The East was a joke that year.
IIRC it was Bulls
Magic
Pacers
Knicks sucked that year.
Everybody
You had the Sonics in the West.
Wtf? There should be no comparison between these 2. They shouldn't even be mentioned next to each other.
BULLS FTW
Are we comparing this years Lakers to the 90's Bulls?
If so there's no comparison.
01 Lakers vs the Bulls would be VERY compe ive but i'd still pick the Bulls. Shaq and Kobe still would not be able to beat MJ. He's just too good
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