AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
If Isiah don't fukk up his ankle in 88 Detroit gets that W too89 LWO was hurt but
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Maybe but that's why I can't discount 89. Injuries part of the game.
Boonapalist
Superstar
Everybody keeps repeating he beat Magic, Bird, Jordan, and now Kareem. Magic and Byron were injured in 89. You could argue that they should’ve won in 88 but they didn’t. Kareem was nearing retirement. And Bird and the Celtics were injured and past their prime.
Jordan detractors feel the Bad Boy’s were past their prime when he beat them, well why isn’t that fact mentioned when we talk about Isiah and the Bad Boys wins.
Jordan detractors feel the Bad Boy’s were past their prime when he beat them, well why isn’t that fact mentioned when we talk about Isiah and the Bad Boys wins.
Dont disagree but you can't ignore them beating the Bulls thrice before they finally got over the hump and closed their chapter. That's why Zeke can legit pop shyt.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
The Lakers had the second best record in the league the year the Pistons beat them.
Boonapalist
Superstar
I was talking about the Celtics being past their prime. I should’ve been more specific about that part. 89 LA was sweeping through the playoffs. And Magic was in his prime
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
Magic got hurt in game one, but they were losing that series anyway89 LWO was hurt but
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
The Pistons were an in bounds play away from beating them the year prior.
The Earv injury was the death blow. Got swept. Cap hung it up. End of the Showtime LWO. If Magic don't get hurt, the Pistons may have still won since Byron was out but it damn sure wasn't gonna be a sweep.
Boonapalist
Superstar
Bird was injured in 87 too and I think Mchale. But the Lakers beat them that year so I didn’t want to say anything
Yeah, the Byron injury hurt. Earv went out in game 2.
Fully healthy with Byron mighta been another 7 game series
Why should he? He beat him more (3 straight playoff eliminations of the Bulls).
Beat the Showtime LWO, Celts, and Bulls. He can pop shyt even though all this shyt is arbitrary.
GOAT is still an opinion at the end of the day.
Bron definitely ain't runnin through the east then like he did fo sho
facts Zeke got a winning record against Jordan
viktordoomsecretwars
Superstar
Magic was injured and missed almost the entire finals, Bird was also going through some injury issues with bone spurs in his ankle and even had to do surgery for it the following season, Jordan's supporting cast was too raw and not yet ready to complement him. The moment they got better, Isiah and the Pistons got swept away to irrelevancy. As for him beating Kareem, Kareem was damn near 40 and was a walking geriatric skeleton at that point.
As for the Pistons being past their prime. Isiah was 29, Dumars 27, Rodman 29, Salley 26, Aguirre 31, Laimbeer 33.
Everyone is ancient when Jordan and his boys get up in that ass.
No they weren't bruhBird was injured in 87 too and I think Mchale. But the Lakers beat them that year so I didn’t want to say anything
NYC Rebel
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Nah. Not that year. The Pistons were on a mission.