Look, they pushed Magic's Lakers, arguably the best dynasty ever at their peak to 7 games in '88.
If they could do that, there's lots of champions they could've beat because the '80s Lakers are sweeping 90% of the teams in NBA history
In '89, it's not like they didn't show up against Golden State.
Stockton put up 30 & 14 in the 1st game & 34 & 16 the 3rd game
Malone puts up 37 & 22 in game 2.
It's just that Chris Mullen went out of his mind in that series. He's in the Hall of Fame & was on the Dream Team for a reason.
Mitch Richmond's in the Hall of Fame too.
In '90, they lost to a Phoenix team that beat Magic's Lakers in 5 games, so Phoenix couldn't be that bad
In '91, they get revenge on that Phoenix team in the first round, but lost to a Portland team that was in between Finals runs
In '92 they lost to Portland, who gave Jordan's Bulls hell in the Finals, not a scrub team
In '93, they lost to a Sonics team that was just better. That Kemp/Payton team would go on to be a 64 win team a few years later & this team included a lot of really good players from that era like Ricky Pierce, Derrick McKey, & Sam Perkins
In '94, they lost to a top 10 player ever at his absolute peak in Hakeem Olajuwon & that Houston team beat a great Knicks team
In '95, they again lost to a better team in a peak Hakeem Olajuwon with Clyde Drexler, who'd go on to sweep Shaq & Penny in the Finals
In '96, they pushed a 64 win Sonics team to 7 games, there is ABSOLUTELY no shame in that.
So, basically, like I said, the NBA was competitive as hell in their era and yeah, maybe they could've won one or two of those series, but if you look at who they lost to when they lost to them, it makes sense.
Even the Golden State team in '88 was led by 2 Hall of Famers on it and were coached by a Hall of Fame coach
It's not like they were losing to The Clippers or some thing
Dude, the commissioner of the NBA just came out & said that they changed the rules to make it easier for smaller players like Steph Curry to look good, give it a rest.
Look at my post to Rhakim, they were losing to Hall of Famers & teams that beat Hall of Famers
They didn't lose to ONE scrub team.
The Golden State team they lost to had a guy on the Dream Team, a Hall of Famer, who was considered the 2nd best SG to MJ for most of the '90s, and a Hall of Fame coach in Don Nelson.
And no, Rodman joined San Antonio in '93, not '94.
And still David Robinson & Sean Elliott did have a Hall of Fame coach. If they actually won something, he probably would've stuck around longer.
