A Jordan/Hakeem/Barkley Big 3 Almost Happened...

Storm Surge · Post #1 » by **Storm Surge** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:31 am

http://www.clutchfans.net/news/670/jord ... r_wizards/

WOW

RoyceDa59 · Post #2 » by **RoyceDa59** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:34 am

Lakers would have owned them.

Patterns · Post #3 » by **Patterns** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:34 am

lol. They'd be the worst team in the NBA.

Barkeley and Hakeem pretty much had nothing left when they retired.

Serpo · Post #4 » by **Serpo** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:36 am

All three have already been way past their primes at that time . Wouldn't have been that great.

magicfan4life05 · Post #5 » by **magicfan4life05** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:36 am

I also heard something about the Rockets getting Jordan, Drexler, and Hakeem all at the same time, but someone did not want to trade their 3rd pick or something. It was really interesting, I'll try to find where I found it from, but the writer said it wouldve been a "dynasty of epic proportions"

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #6 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:37 am

magicfan4life05 wrote:I also heard something about the Rockets getting Jordan, Drexler, and Hakeem all at the same time, but someone did not want to trade their 3rd pick or something. It was really interesting, I'll try to find where I found it from, but the writer said it wouldve been a "dynasty of epic proportions"

It was Ralph Sampson for Drexler and the #2 pick. Could you imagine Drexler + Hakeem + Sam Bowie?

magicfan4life05 · Post #7 » by **magicfan4life05** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:47 am

Buckeye-NBAFan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

It was Ralph Sampson for Drexler and the #2 pick. Could you imagine Drexler + Hakeem + Sam Bowie?

Yes!!

where did you hear that from? i cant remember lol

thanks

Storm Surge · Post #8 » by **Storm Surge** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:49 am

Buckeye-NBAFan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

It was Ralph Sampson for Drexler and the #2 pick. Could you imagine Drexler + Hakeem + Sam Bowie?

Even w/o Bowie the Rockets would have given the Bulls a tough time, I see that duo winning 4 rings at least.

Joseph17 · Post #9 » by **Joseph17** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:54 am

Peyton, Malone, Shaq, and Kobe were all on the same team at one point also.

Storm Surge · Post #10 » by **Storm Surge** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:06 am

joeyyowee wrote:Peyton, Malone, Shaq, and Kobe were all on the same team at one point also.

Quality over quantity, in their primes I would take hakeem, barkley, jordan to play for my team over GP, mailman, kobe, and shaq.

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #11 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Fri May 30, 2008 3:22 am

joeyyowee wrote:Peyton, Malone, Shaq, and Kobe were all on the same team at one point also.

Two superstars, two above average starters (but certainly not all-stars at that point in time), and Fisher, with no bench and Stanislav Medvedenko or Devean George starting.

And they finished #2 in the league, with Malone injured.

Sounds about right.

The names don't mean anything. Payton wasn't even as good as Sam Cassell at that time, and Malone wasn't much more than what Udonis Haslem is now.

Hakeem, Drexler and Jordan would've all been in their prime in the late 80s early to mid 90s.

10scott10 · Post #12 » by **10scott10** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:03 am

well MJ and hakeem almost happened at the start of their careers.

they almosted traded ralph sampson to the blazers for the second pick.

now tell that team of MJ and Hakeem in their prime wouldn't have shifted history.

Texas Longhorns · Post #13 » by **Texas Longhorns** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:05 am

Hakeem > Shaq

ninetyone4ever · Post #14 » by **ninetyone4ever** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:26 am

Hakeem and Barkley would have probably added 5-7 wins to that first year MJ/Wizards squad. That would have got them in one of the final couple spots of the playoffs. They would have been a dangerous playoff team because of their experience, but there's no way that they would have been good enough in the regular season to get a high enough spot to advance very far. The Jordan Wizards expirament is very unfortunate. Charlotte and Milwaukee were talked about as comeback possibilities as well and both would have been better fits. I still wish he'd sign a 1 game contract and retire a Bull.

Post #15 » by **Snakebites** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:17 am

Well, there already was a washed up Barkely, Hakeem, Pippen trio....

Yeah, Jordan/Charles/Hakeem would have been better, but I don't think it would have made THAT much or a ripple in the league at that stage in their respective careers.

frankiethefixer · Post #16 » by **frankiethefixer** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:40 am

how well did hakeem/ charles and pippen work out in 99' when they were much younger? in 2001 when jordan came back hakeem and charles were done

tha_rock220 · Post #17 » by **tha_rock220** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:50 am

10scott10 wrote:well MJ and hakeem almost happened at the start of their careers.

they almosted traded ralph sampson to the blazers for the second pick.

now tell that team of MJ and Hakeem in their prime wouldn't have shifted history.

I don't know. Hakeem and Jordan were both such good players that them being paired would have really made it tough for them to separate themselves. I think both players would be lower than they're currently ranked because people would always say they had each other.

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #18 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:09 am

Texas Longhorns wrote:Hakeem > Shaq

Homer

Post #19 » by **Optimism Prime** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:55 pm

The trade (read this in Dream's autobiography) was:

-Either Ralph Sampson or the #1 pick
for
-Drexler and the #2.

MJ/Drexler/Hakeem. Deadly.

Post #20 » by **CellarDoor** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:49 pm

Storm Surge wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Quality over quantity, in their primes I would take hakeem, barkley, jordan to play for my team over GP, mailman, kobe, and shaq.

Alright, assuming that the other starters and benches were comprable...you're an idiot.
Scrub<GP
Jordan>Kobe, but closer than GP and scrub by about 50 miles
Scrub=Scrub
Barkley<Mailman
Hakeem=Shaq

Team quantity for me please...