http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/08/29/hakeem-olajuwon-david-stern-enshrined-in-fiba-hall-of-fame/ He's so deserving of every accolade and award he gets.
People say that but you never know. We definitely had problems with Seattle but remember that the 96 team was badly banged up (Drex has a severe ankle sprain and Cassell was still recovering from elbow surgery). It wasn't until gave four that we started playing better against them. Sometime it takes a while to figure a team out, you just can't say that we would have lost to them - especially when they lost to Denver. Maybe Seattle wasn't ready until 96
Actually, I think the 93-94 Nuggets could've really gave us fits in the WCF had they passed the Jazz. They won the season series 3-2, snapped our 22-1 streak and granted the last game of the season we rested guys, but still. Denver had a lot of bigs, athletic ones as opposed to the bangers of New York and Jazz. Reggie was crazy clutch and carried them, Stith was a strong good defender who got into Max's head a couple of times, Pack was all energy and Abdul-Rauf could get hot any time and had Kenny's number a couple of times. Then there's Mutombo who was no slouch. I really wish that would've been our WCF opponent, since the Jazz were pretty bad and didn't give us any competition.
