96 Bulls Jordan Harper Pippen Rodman Longley 6th Man: Kukoc Coach: Phil Jackson Face it this team went 72-10, and won it all. Like it or not this was and still is the best record in season history, these guys meshed so well, no disrespect to the other teams you mentioned. My favorite lineup however was the 03 Mavs Nash Finley Najera Nowitzki LaFrentz Coach: Don Nelson 6th Man: Van ExelKoFoNiO
How would those Bulls deal with the Celtics front line of Bird, Parish and Mchale, along with a decent defender to possibly slow MJ down (Dennis Johnson, who could score also) + some solid role players.
The show-time Lakers also had a pretty good defender in Michael Cooper to possible slow MJ down or make him work harder and be less effective, along with a whole slew of very good to great players. IMO it's not a given that the Bulls had the best squad ever.
Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippen were two of the best outside defenders of all-time, and Dennis Rodman was the best defender in the league for years. You also have to remember that Ron Harper was a borderline all-star as well. Even though MJ did most of the big-time scoring, the bulls had 5 great shooters: MJ, Scotty, Kerr, Harper, and Kukoc. I'm going with this man, ron harper was the poor mans MJ.
[QUOTE="KoFoNiO"] My favorite lineup however was the 03 Mavs Nash Finley Najera Nowitzki LaFrentz Coach: Don Nelson 6th Man: Van Exel Good call Kofonio. Those Mavs were exciting to watch, especially Van Exel. I still remember when they dropped like 84 points in the first half on the Kings in the playoffs. I hated when they got rid of Van Exel. In fact, getting rid of Van Exel and trading Devin Harris are my two least fav moves by the Mavs.
In my opinion, and I know alot of people arent going to agree with me. I think the 03-04 Pistons were a really good lineup. They basically DESTROYED the Lakers in the finals. They all worked together as a whole team and thats what I liked about that line up, there wasnt one superstar that would just be the only dominant scorer. With Billups, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Tayshaun Prince all playing together.
azizalbaker
I agree the lakers where stacked Kobe, Shaq, Fisher but they still couldnt beat the pistons and the next year 4 of the 5 starters made the all start team
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