List of All Time Greats Jordan denied a ring - Page 4

Sin City

Yes, Jordan did this all on his own..

TBear

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Originally Posted by Since 1985

Kevin Johnson was an excellent player as well. That Suns team in '93 was very good with Barkley, Johnson, Ainge, Majorle, etc.

That championship series against the Bulls in the finals was classic. Nothing like a triple overtime in the finals!

Since 1985

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Originally Posted by Sin City

Yes, Jordan did this all on his own..

Of course not, but do the Bulls come close to winning without him?

Since 1985

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Originally Posted by TBear

That championship series against the Bulls in the finals was classic. Nothing like a triple overtime in the finals!

Yes it was, thank God for John Paxson. Good times man!

TBear

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Originally Posted by Since 1985

I agree. That Rockets team would've had a very good chance to beat the Bulls. Chicago had zero answer for "The Dream".

I really liked Olajuwon and the Rockets but they did lose to the Bull's in the regular season and were eliminated from the playoff's the years the Bulls won the title. The two years the Rockets won the title were the two years Jordon was retired.

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Originally Posted by Sin City

Yes, Jordan did this all on his own..

Agreed, it takes a whole team to win. Often it takes a great player to bring a team to the next level, to be a great team. But it is still the team that does it all the way.

Vilicious86

The world champion Rockets got owned by the '96 Bulls. The Rockets would've lost to Chicago in the finals.

MaD vEiN

Rockets vs. Bulls would've been a great series, no doubt The Dream would carved up the Bulls frontline easily

but i would agree with Pat Riley: "no one could beat MJ in the Finals"

Shepporooni

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Originally Posted by TBear

I really liked Olajuwon and the Rockets but they did lose to the Bull's in the regular season and were eliminated from the playoff's the years the Bulls won the title. The two years the Rockets won the title were the two years Jordon was retired.

Agreed, it takes a whole team to win. Often it takes a great player to bring a team to the next level, to be a great team. But it is still the team that does it all the way.

Jordan was back in time for the '95 playoffs and played pretty well. But that year the Bulls were beat by the Magic. The Magic ended up meeting the Rockets in the Finals and were swept.

As a fan of the Rockets I have to admit Jordan retiring for a while kind of gets to me. I say this because those two championships that the Rockets won are the only two championship titles that the city of Houston has (I don't care for WNBA or MLS). Yet some people seem to want to put an asterisk next to it because of Jordan's retirement. Would people have done the same for the Knicks had they had won in '94? They couldn't have done it for the Magic in '95 since the Magic did beat the Bulls with Jordan.

Just one of those "what ifs" in sports that the fans will always talk about I guess.

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