Could this team win a championship?

[exkonvict]

Smush Parker/JJ Reddick
Michael Jordan/Larry Hughes
Scottie Pippen/Adam Morrison
Reggie Evans/Chuck Hayes
Kwame Brown/Jason Collins

Umm, no. Jordan would yell the **** out of them. He would go public and have them traded/waived, or demands to be trade.

[kooldude]

if Jordan and Pippen are in their prime, I don't see why Larry Hughes can't be and Hughes were pretty decent a few years back.

[AxnJxn00]

No chance in hell

[Rooster]

Not a chance. Two guys can't win you a championship. They don't have enough up front or off the bench. Oddly enough, if you start Hughes over Smush, starting PG is the least of their worries.

Add prime Hakeem and then we're talking.

[Parasight]

Yes.

The confidence of subpar or terrible players tends to rise when matched up with champions. Suddenly they feel that they have a chance to make an impact, therefore with Jordan and Pippen they likely wouldn't be playing the way they are right now. They'd be in a different state of mind.

[JusBus32]

I've noticed a lot of people on RealGM believe that Jordan in his prime on any team can win a championship.

Jordan and Pippen cannot play 48 minutes a game for 82 games plus playoffs (if they make it there).

Smush Parker alone will put that team at a disadvantage. Like what the Lakers had to do for the past 2 years, Jordan and Pippen would have to also deal with Parker's player since he played zero defense other than playing the passing lanes.

Kwame Brown blows easy layups. Perfect passes from Jordan/Pippen drawing double teams would still lead to this.

Don't forget that prime Jordan would have Kwame's psyche for lunch.

Hughes probably won't be a spark off the bench and none of the other players have enough playoff experience to help the team out. First round exit (in the West) or second round exit (East).

Oh yeah, if you don't think that teams would try to make Jordan's life a living hell by double and triple teaming him near the three point line (kind like what they did to Kobe last year and the year before) you're crazy.

[kooldude]

Not a chance. Two guys can't win you a championship. They don't have enough up front or off the bench. Oddly enough, if you start Hughes over Smush, starting PG is the least of their worries.

Add prime Hakeem and then we're talking.

what if you add a prime Mutombo?

[kellex]

any team with a michael jordan in his peak has a chance to win it all.

[exkonvict]

any team with a michael jordan in his peak has a chance to win it all.

He might need to average 100 points for this team to win. ROFLMAO.

[Rasheed36]

LOL you kids............................



Jordan and Pippen will show these young guns how to truly ball.(that includes offense and defense)

[eyejayem]

I think this team looks a lot like the bulls teams of the 90s. I probably woundn't start Smush but then again he knows the triangle offense. JJ Redick is Paxson , Kerr , or any designated 3 point shooter. Larry Hughes would probably start and is like Ron Harper or Randy Brown(good defender). Adam Morrison and Chuck Hayes combine to make Toni Kukuc's spark off the bench but Hayes goes back to Horace Grant days. Evans plus the left over Hayes has to make up at least 75% of Rodman. Evans will do the 12+ rebounds while Hayes does the hustle. Kwame would be by far the most gifted Center bulls played with not named Cartright. But all he would have to do is play decent defense, rebound, catch passes(tough) in scoring positions. Collins is Wennington or John Sally, or even Livingston.

[crzy]

Yes they can.