Ron Harper: 1997 Bulls Would Sweep the Warriors

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People forget what made the bulls so great was they had arguably the greatest.....once again for the slow folks....arguably the greatest defensive players at their positions of all time.

MJ (SG), PIP (SF) and Rodman (SF)......on top of that together they could guard all 5 positions at times when needed.

That is one of the main reason why they were so great. No team in modern history could say they had the all time greatest defensive players at their individual positions. Plus dudes had some of the highest basketball IQs in the league. Then one was the best scorer in the league and one was the best all around player in the league and the other was the best rebounder in the league.
 

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People forget what made the bulls so great was they had arguably the greatest.....once again for the slow folks....arguably the greatest defensive players at their positions of all time.

MJ (SG), PIP (SF) and Rodman (SF)......on top of that together they could guard all 5 positions at times when needed.

That is one of the main reason why they were so great. No team in modern history could say they had the all time greatest defensive players at their individual positions. Plus dudes had some of the highest basketball IQs in the league. Then one was the best scorer in the league and one was the best all around player in the league and the other was the best rebounder in the league.

Who forgets that they had all-time great defenders?
 

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Regardless of anything, his statement is shyt. The Bulls would win but not sweep. The couldn't sweep all the teams they played then, so how would they do it against the greatest shooting team in NBA history. Bulls in 7. Nobody is stopping steph, regardless. You stop everyone else and outscore the warriors.
 

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Bulls in 6:ehh:

Outside the Flu Game, that 97 team is heavily slept on. GS would steal a couple of games because of the 3s falling. The Bulls always let a couple of games get away in the Finals. Outside of their first Finals against Magic, they all went to 6 games. Brian Williams (Bison Dele) off the bench, who was a late season pickup, would give GS fits. MJ & Pip would kill anyone guarding them. Klay and Iggy would be in constant foul trouble. I could see GS trying to put Green on MJ:mjlol:
 

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Win, yes.

Sweep no.

The teams that took the bulls deep in series all had good-great outside shooters. Indiana, Utah. The Warriors have that as well.
 

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lets talk about the 1998 pacers taking the bulls to 7 games in the playoffs

if reggie only had a klay on his team
No different than Lebron and his d league squad taking the Warriors to 6 in the finals. :yeshrug:

I agree with Harper. Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes would get exposed something serious in this series
 
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