Bulls vs. Warriors: Harper/Jordan/Pippin vs. Curry

I would pay good money to see Dennis Rodman and Draymond Green annoy the hell out of each other in the paint.

Curry would run circles around Ron harper and his two bum knees. Chicago Ron was no where near the athlete he was in Los Angeles.

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The real question is who could guard Kukoc off the bench?

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Ummm this is truly the Bulls' X-factor?

There are like 6 guys on the Warriors who could guard him.

Bulls Starting Five vs Warriors

PG - Harper - Curry
SG - Jordan - Thompson
SF - Pippen - Barns
PF - Rodman - Green
C - Longly - Bogut

Bench
Kerr - Livingston
Kukoc - AI
- Speights
- Barbosa

I grew up watching the Bulls and they were unreal but so is this Warriors team. If you played just the starting 5 I would go with the Bulls

If you add the bench, I would have to give the edge to the Warriors. I think that is one of the real reasons the Warriors are so good in their depth.

Still cannot believe that the Spurs are also on pace for a 70 win season

That would be cool to have 2 70 win teams

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Pippin

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Show some damn respect

I think Pippen could keep Curry in check. By keep in check Curry still scores 20 points but still he'd force more turnovers

I fricking loved the 90s NBA and MJ but this thread is absurd. I think it would be a great series, at least 6 games for sure, but some of the comparisons have to be trolling. If I had to pick I say Warriors in 7

Dubs are incredible. Super fun to watch. The difference here is that the Bulls have the single best player to ever lace them up, and three of the best defenders of all time. Nobody on the dubs can hold a candle defensively to MJ, Pip and Rodman. Curry gets his, he'll go bonkers, the great ones always do, but the Bulls can use their three best defenders to effectively take out Klay, Dray and #4/TBD. Crunch time you put MJ on Curry.

Dubs have a deeper bench, but its the playoffs/finals, and rotations tighten up big time.

Lastly, the Dubs have to win it all before this is even a fun hypo. To do so they have to get through a solid clips team that does not fear them, SA/OKC and then Bron. That is a rough road.

ETA: Dray is a great defender, but let's see a few more years of this before we throw him in the MJ, Pip, Rodman level.

ETA2: Pip, MJ and DR were each first team all NBA defensive players in '96.

ETA3: LAst edit, Pip, MJ and DR can all guard multiple positions, so switching/picks are not going to be a problem for those guys.

MJ plays deny ball on Steph while Pippen controls Klay. Real battle is down low with Rodman and Draymond. Bulls would look to slow the game down and get into half court sets with MJ working the paint. Warriors might have the edge on the bench but Point Guard Steve Kerr calls out all the Warriors plays before they happen and Bulls win.