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Evidence that Hakeem and Akeem whipped Jordan's Bulls

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Feb 11, 2008.

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  1. Jerry36

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    You're still talking about regular season games!!!! Can't you get that through your head. You bring your best effort in the playoffs. And the rockets didn't rise to the occasion.
     
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  2. tinman

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    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to verse again.

    Verse,
    the answer is simple, they aren't Rockets fans then.

    If I were the owner and I saw any of these pretend Rockets fans sitting at Toyota Center, I would have security escort them out and replace them with people wearing Dirk Nowitski and Karl Malone jerseys.
     
    #422 tinman, Jun 7, 2010
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    was that final block on MJ? icing on the cake.
     
    #423 bullardfan, Jun 7, 2010
  4. tinman

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    WGN (Bulls network): "Jordan for threeee..BLOCKED BY OLAJUWON!"
    :cool:
     
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  5. Jerry36

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    Jordan wasn't at his best in 95. He came back in 96 a full year and the Bulls dominated. How is Seattle and La completely irrelevant, didn't Oljuwon have the matchup advantage. Those same two teams lost to the Bulls in the finals. Notice I said Playoffs, not regular season. There is a difference in case you didn't know. I don't know why it's so hard for you to understand. When it came time to play your best game in the playoffs, the rockets didn't rise to the ocassion. The playoffs is where you bring your best game to try to win a championship. The Rockets best game wasn't good enough. All you're doing is making excuses as to why the rockets didn't play the bulls. If the rockets could beat the bulls they would've won the championship, but they didnt case closed.
     
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  6. tinman

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    You have no chance of defeating the real Rockets fans on this topic dude. especially Verse. he's a freaking 99er.

    They have too much knowledge, pride and passion.

    Hence the "Clutchfans".
     
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    Mad Max didn't shut down, contain, or even slow Jordan. Mad Max just didn't buy into the Jordan hype. During the 90's some guys would go up against MJ and the game was over before it began. If they won they would feel lucky. Vernon would get on the court, and in his mind he thought he was better than Jordan. I remember the games where they ran up and down the court jawing. A lot of players were too intimidated to do that. Payton didn't back down either and Jordan had the worst finals of his career.
     
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  8. Jerry36

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    You make your name in the playoffs, not regular season. It's basic common sense, try using some.
     
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    That sums it up for me. I would have drafted Hakeem over Jordan every day of the week and twice on Sundays. That's something a lot of "outsiders," like Mr. carmichael dave, will never understand. Attempting to explain it is a waste of time. Jordan himself has more respect for The Dream than "carmichael" will ever have. Shaq has more respect for Hakeem than Mister Dave will ever possess. Shaq experienced Dream in the Finals. Jordan is damn glad he didn't have to.
     
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  10. tinman

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    Yeah, we won two championships, its called Clutch City, something you obviously don't know about.
     
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  11. Jerry36

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    Don't get away from the argument. Can the Rockets championship teams beat the bulls championship teams. No. 6-0 in the finals Dynasty 2 Three-peats.
     
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    During the 90s, the Bulls are clearly the better team. Let's count the rings:

    Bulls: 6
    Rockets: 2

    I WISH they would have met in the finals, so the Rockets could have beaten them, and I have the satisfaction of saying that the Rockets are the better team, I WISH that the regular season records mattered (see Tracy McGrady), I WISH that the fact that we beat an Orlando team that beat Jordan meant that we were better than the Bulls, even though the Bulls beat the Sonics and Jazz that sent us home, but the key word is -

    IF
     
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    Throughout NBA history, regular season games have a very high correlation with how teams will perform against one another in the playoffs. They serve as a fairly accurate predictor. As previously pointed out, it's a game of match-ups.

    You are so emphatic that there is no relation between the two that it's obvious you're over-compensating for a weaker position.
     
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    they never played so we would never know.

    but I believe they would.

    Especially the first 3 Bulls teams with that weak front line.

    The Lakers Dynasty lost to the Pistons.

    Don't get away from the argument that you completely ignore all the games that REALLY did happen.

    I believe in the Clutch City Rockets. Their championships were absolute.
    Jordan and even the real Bulls fans acknowledge that the Rockets were the worst matchup for the Bulls as evident in their meetings in the regular season.

    The theme for the Rockets championships was "BELIEVE IT" and "BELIEVE IT AGAIN".

    therefore I do. I believed that Robert Horry and Sam Cassell and Mario Elie were clutch, they proved that after their Rockets careers.
     
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  15. tinman

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    No, don't read the cliff notes of the NBA.

    McGrady doesn't belong in a discussions of all time greats by the way.

    That Bulls team that lost to Orlando was not the same Bulls team that beat Seattle and Utah. Go check the rosters.

    The point of the thread is the actual recap of what really did happen in the years before the 'retirement'.
     
    #435 tinman, Jun 7, 2010
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    Fair enough. If we are talking about 1995, then sure I definately think the Rockets could have beaten the Bulls in the finals, if they had made it that year. I thought this thread was about how the Rockets were better than the Bulls throughout the 90s, but even still, one cannot be sure either way, there are too many IF's involved (that is the reason I brought up Tracy McGrady).
     
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  17. tinman

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    There are no ifs, this is the past and these great players battled each other on the court.

    To not even acknowledge these games being intense and entertaining is an insult to both Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon.

    To not even acknowledge to read the game recaps shows that people didn't care or just want to troll.

    It's not about what you think would have happened, its your perception of the teams now based on learning about their battles.

    Also, to learn about the great Rocket teams of the past. What about 1986? the Rockets weren't suppose to beat the Lakers! But what happened?

    How would that team matchup against the Bulls? How are the matchups?

    How did Kenny Smith match up with BJ Armstrong, what about a young Robert Horry?

    All of those stories are answered here.

    And if you want to base things off playoffs, the 95 Rockets had the most amazing playoff run ever, the display of HEART is unrivaled.

    remember?

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    #437 tinman, Jun 7, 2010
  18. BarkleyHater84

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    :confused: Wish we could have played in the finals....
     
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  19. Curly

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    Golf clap tinman/verse couldn't have said it better myself.
     
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  20. david_rocket

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    Check this stats and tell me if Jordan wasnt at his best on those playoffs, the reason why the didnt get to NBA finals was because they didnt have a good PF.

     
    #440 david_rocket, Jun 8, 2010
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