Many think Heat could play with the Bulls, let me tell you why you are not only wrong, but shouldn't talk basketball anymore. First, Jordan wouldn't have to guard wade (even though he would at times) Harper would be all over Wade. Jordan would guard Chalmers. So the Heat Back court would struggle. Pippen wouldn't guard Lebron, Rodman would. Bosh would be played by Longley and Pip would guard whoever the Heat put on the floor, lets say Lewis for now. The Heat are most successful playing small ball (Lebron at the 4 and Bosh at the 5) that plays right into the Bulls hands as 1-4 are 6'6' to 6'8'. With Rodman on the boards, the Heat won't get many second chance points.
With Jordan and Pip playing lesser players, they will help alot and run the floor for fast break points. Now, the coaching staffs, Phil wins that by a margin we can't measure, so lets move on to the benches. Kerr, Kukoc, Buechler and Caffey are all better players, shooters and passers than anyone on Miami's bench except for Allen who at this stage isn't better than Kukoc. So once, LBJ and Wade got tired, and the subs came in vs the Bulls subs, the lead would grow by about 5 3pointers. Playing by either the 90's or today rules, the Bulls would crush them defensively, if you can put a hand on Wade and Lebron, they can't use their speed (which is how they get so many and ones), and the basic contact in today's game fustrates them now, just think what those old Knick and Piston teams would have done to these Heat minds!
In today's rules, the biggest help for the Bulls would be no hand checking, so MJ and Pip could cut through the Heat pretty easily and they would shoot 15 Free throws a game. From there, another help from todays rules is the Zone defense. Put these great one on one defenders in a zone, you may not get a 3 pointer off.So hopefully this clears those funny thoughts of the Heat being better than the Bulls. Mind you, many of the Bulls records have yet to be broken. In a 7 Game series, I would give the Heat one Game on their home floor 4-1.
With Jordan and Pip playing lesser players, they will help alot and run the floor for fast break points. Now, the coaching staffs, Phil wins that by a margin we can't measure, so lets move on to the benches. Kerr, Kukoc, Buechler and Caffey are all better players, shooters and passers than anyone on Miami's bench except for Allen who at this stage isn't better than Kukoc. So once, LBJ and Wade got tired, and the subs came in vs the Bulls subs, the lead would grow by about 5 3pointers. Playing by either the 90's or today rules, the Bulls would crush them defensively, if you can put a hand on Wade and Lebron, they can't use their speed (which is how they get so many and ones), and the basic contact in today's game fustrates them now, just think what those old Knick and Piston teams would have done to these Heat minds!
In today's rules, the biggest help for the Bulls would be no hand checking, so MJ and Pip could cut through the Heat pretty easily and they would shoot 15 Free throws a game. From there, another help from todays rules is the Zone defense. Put these great one on one defenders in a zone, you may not get a 3 pointer off.So hopefully this clears those funny thoughts of the Heat being better than the Bulls. Mind you, many of the Bulls records have yet to be broken. In a 7 Game series, I would give the Heat one Game on their home floor 4-1.
