Evidence that Hakeem and Akeem whipped Jordan's Bulls

How sick would it have been if we made the NBA Finals in 1993 or 1996? Would we have beaten the Bulls? I think so but we'll ever know...

 

This is one of the great "what-ifs?" of NBA history.

I had the pleasure of broaching this topic with a Chicago fan the other day at work. He almost had an aneurysm, as fast as he was pumping out excuses.

 

But, of course. Bulls get bulldozed.

 

His only two major arguments were:
1. Rockets weren't even good enough to meet the Bulls in the finals
2. The regular season doesn't matter

My counter-points were:
1. Basketball is a game of matchups. For the same reason the Rockets frequently got punked by the Jazz, the Bulls could've gotten punked by the Rockets.
2. Several seasons of regular season evidence is a heckuva a lot better than no evidence at all.

 

Of course. his excuse is Jordan was "rusty". Haha.

 

having respect for a great player doesn't mean you can't appreciate other players, especially those even greater players, saying i believe MJ's bulls is a better team than hakeem's rockets doesn't mean i disrespect the clutch rockets championship team, bulls was not able to go to the finals in those years to face the rockets, but the rockets could not go to the finals to face the bulls in those 6 years bulls got the chip, you can always argue both ways

posting some reports from houston chronicle doesn't change my opinion at all, you can find same articles when the rockets beat any good teams now as well, hometown media will always say godd things and support its hometown team, i stand by my stance that MJ with the bulls would win in the playoffs against the rockets with Hakeem in 94-95, great players always elevate their play in the playoffs, that's what you don't understand about MJ, this guy would destroy anybody in his way, too bad we don't get to see those 2 great teams play, in fact last year when those people say the GS would beat the 72 win bulls, i said the same thing, MJ would not have allowed that to happen, this guy in his prime is an animal

 

Nah if anything, he had fresh legs

He still played nearly 20 regular season games that year so he couldn't have been all that rusty. Stats looks similar to normal across the board too. From YouTube games I've seen, he looked pretty good.

 

Ah man the good ol days!!!! Thanks for the videos!!!

Styles make fights and mad max al aye wanted to fight MJ

Rockets would've beat them in 6.

 

Prime Olajuwon dominated the game in more facets than prime Jordan did... The Dream was a Defensive monster and unstoppable in the post on O

You missed out on true greatness if you weren't alive back then

 

The Bulls were a great team in the 90's but they weren't going to win 8 championships in a row. They were bound to be upset by someone eventually and the team they had with Grant and Cartwright at the front line during the first three peat needed to be retooled in order to return to greatness. Even if Jordan hadn't retired, its incredibly difficult to win 4 championships in a row especially when you face a hungry team led by MVP Hakeem Olajuwon. The Rockets were the team that had the potential to upset the Bulls in the finals, the Bulls always struggled against Hakeem and Maxwell was capable of slowing Jordan down just enough. Thorpe had the length to bother Horace Grant and Bill Cartwright was simply getting too old to stay with Hakeem. The Bulls needed to retool and they did, the season after Jordan came back.

Jordan was still playing in 95 and he was well rested. His team got swept by Shaq and the Magic which is the same team the Rockets swept in the finals that year.

Excuses are like assholes, though. Everyone has one.

 

exactly