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Still a Heat fan
Get your facts straight, he was only 174 years old.
Trojan always exaggerating to give the Lakers a pass. He was 173 and turned 174 during the playoffs.
Get your facts straight, he was only 174 years old.
The answer is no. Those mid 90s Lakers were a lost cause. By the time Kobe/Shaq came along and got good enough to compete Barkley was long gone.
Off topic...
What do you think about Trey Burke?
I find it odd that the Jazz have given up on him already and decided that Exum is the starting pg.
Don't get me wrong, Dante is gonna be a stud.
But, he looks to be like 2 Seasons away....
Do you consider Trey a longtime Starter?
Looks like he can be had...should the Lakers take a swing?
Now put Barkley on the Knicks...
Unless that Lakers team made some other moves along with trading for Barkley, he likely only improves them enough to maybe get a 5 seed, so his best chance vs. those MJ Bulls was with the Suns.
Now, if they had gotten him about 3 years later when they got Shaq and Kobe................
Shaq and Kobe came to the Lakers in 1996. Barkley played for the Rockets from 1996-2000. So yes, had he gone to the Lakers, he may very well have won a title.
Holy crap I had no idea Barkley held on until 2000. I thought he left the league like 97/98. I had to look that up. Granted he only played 20 games in 2000, but a ring is a ring. I'd rather get a ring while not contributing and hurt than never have a ring at all.
If MJ would have stayed retired....
CHUCK might have squeezed one out...
But then so would REGGIE...PAT...KEMP....STOCKTON/MALONE...
Two things: Scottie was wildly overrated and Sir Charles was never a killer. He never made the team he was on.
Scottie...he was no MJ, but I disagree about wildly overrated...he never won one w/o MJ, but MJ got zero rings w/o him also.
Charles imo after Doc and Moses left, he was never on a team good enough to take it all. Losing to BOS his rookie year in the conf finals was a huge disappointment in Philly...the PHX teams were good, not great.
The Bulls won because of MJ and Phil, not Pippen. If neither played for Jackson, I am not sure if they win as many rings.
As for the Suns, I agree that they were good, but if they would have made the Rodman for Richard Dumas trade in the Fall of 93 that they almost did, I can see the Chuck Wagon getting a ring or two.
1st off.. Jordan and the Bulls weren't unbeatable. I saw them lose. I remember the Pistons.
That 8 year stretch from 90-91 to 97-98 they were .750. That is pretty close to unbeatable in basketball.
Honest question here. Has anyone had a winning clip like that over 8 years? I don't know but I bet a fan of a team that has would know.
80's Sixers didn't have the longevity to go 8 years.Haven't looked, but I'd bet the 80's Lakers and Celtics were pretty close. Maybe the 80's Sixers as well?
80's Sixers didn't have the longevity to go 8 years.
Bulls regular season win % 0.747 90-91 to 97-98
Lakers regular season win % 0.736 32-83 to 89-90
Celtics regular season win % 0.751 79-80 to 86-87
But only half the rings for each as they had each other to compete with.Yep, that's pretty close. Thanks.