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Rules to this game are that every player relevant to any of the 6 championships must be selected and paired with a player from the other 3peat to create a fusion player with the best qualities of both players. Irrelevant players should not be used.

If a guy appeared in every playoff game and played more than 5 minutes per game on average then the guy is relevant.

Need to pair like with like not pair a guard with a center.

My picks
Paxson Kerr
Armstrong randy Brown
Hodges Harper
Jordan
Pippen
Grant Rodman
Cartwright Longley

Stacy King, Purdue Bison Dele
Williams Wennington
Levingston Kukok
2nd copy of Hodges and Jud Beuchler

I have kind of broke the rules 3 times.
The size difference between Rodman and Horace Grant is arguably too large. Rodman was 6’ 5” and Horace Grant was 6’ 10” but they were the starting power forwards for the 2 3peats. A 6’ 10 version of Rodman which is what we get would be so dominant and this 6’ 10” Rodman gets to score like Grant instead of being afraid of the ball.

Using Hodges twice is kind of cheating. My alternative is to pair 1993 Trent Tucker with Judd Buechler. I had forgotten that Trent Tucker ever played for the Bulls. Tucker played every game but did not play much. Tucker was arguably relevant for the 1993 championship. I would rather use better player and better 3 point shooter Hodges twice than use old fading from the league 1993 Trent Tucker.

Stacy King was relevant for the first 3 championships. Purdue was relevant for 1 of the first 3 championships. Purdue was relevant for the 2 in between the 3peats years. Purdue was relevant for being traded for Rodman.

First 3peat Jordan combined with 2nd 3peat Jordan is an improvement over the real Jordans. 1st 3peat Jordan attacked the rim and 2nd 3peat Jordan hit jumpers with a hand in his face.

Levingston fixes Kukoc’s lack of speed, lack of defensive aggression and lack of defensive skill which lets you play Kukoc for his passing and 3 point shooting without getting burned on defense.

Post Cavs and Clippers injuries Ron Harper was a weak offensive player but adding Hodges to Harper lets Harper become a floor spacing 3 point shooter. But Hodges only shot open 3s not 3s on the move with a defender’s hand in his face Klay Thompson style.

But could the team win the 2025 championship if the team was inserted into the current NBA? The only thing wrong with this team is that they do not shoot a lot of 3s. Their 3 point percentages are OK but their volume of 3s is too low. They would be a good 3 point shooting team by 1990s standards and this fusion player thing makes them a lot better at shooting 3s then any of the real 6 Bulls champions were.

But do they shoot 3s well enough to win the 2025 championship?

Rodman was not 6'5...

tsherkin wrote:Rodman was not 6'5...

I mean, he was listed as 6'7". NBA players are known for having their height measured in shoes and then rounding that number up.

But OP can't use Grants listed height (6'10") and then cut down Rodman.

Rodman may have switched from undercounting his height to overcounting his height.
Adding an inch or 2 or 3 to your height is normal in college and NBA.

There are some guys that reduce their heights.
6’ 5” Is probably Rodman’s true height where as Grant may add the standard 2 inches.

Rodman may have used his true height as a Piston because where did I get 6’ 5” from.

Jordan was measured at 6’ 4” and 3/4ths at the Olympics where they do not maintain American height lies.


My understanding is that Bird really was his NBA listed 6’ 9” and was the only dream teamer not adding fake height to his NBA listed height.

Many fans always knew about the height lies but many fans only can to know the truth when the Olympics accurately measure the Dream team’s heights.

“””””””” For instance: Patrick Ewing, a 7-footer for the Knicks, is listed here as 6 feet 10 inches. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, both 6-9 during their entire careers, have mysteriously shrunk to 6-7. Michael Jordan, 6-6 in Chicago, is a 6-4 Olympian. According to the roster, there is no 7-footer on this team, as David Robinson, 7-1 at home, is really 6-11.””””””””” So this got Bird wrong. Magic really was 6’ 7”. For

But I am pretty sure Rodman was listed as 6’ 5” when he was a Piston.


Usually the height lies include the lies that the high school tell the colleges.
Rodman went to an obscure college. Rodman’s high school coach thought Rodman could not get a scholarship so there was no point in lying. Rodman grew a lot in college.

SinceGatlingWasARookie wrote:Rodman may have used his true height as a Piston because where did I get 6’ 5” from.

Can't speak to all potential sources but Hollander's '1988 14th Edition Complete Handbook ...' (from 1987, the first version with him in, he's not included as a 2nd round pick in the previous edition ... well not in the main section ... but let's look at the draft board at the back ... 6-8 there too) has him as 6-8.

One online source which allows two possible listings (for guys like Sikma, Bol, Bogues - though relatively sticking to "official" heights because only 6-11 for KG) does give Rodman 6-7 as well as 6-8.

USA lies about everything and then the media backs ups those lies.

Dream team Olympic heights are available if you dig enough. And yet Wikipedia’s article backs up the NBA lies, why?

2nd hand sources have Pippen’s true height as 6’ 7” below 6’ 7” and a half.
Rodman is probably truly 6’ 5” but almost 6’ 6” so rounding to 6’ 6”. We have a photo in this thread. Jordan is the only true height measured Dream teamer who has not reverted to his pre olympic liar height in media. Jordan was 6’ 4” 3/4 in truth world, 2 1/2 inches shorter than Pippen.

So Rodman looking 1/2 inch or less taller than Jordan probably really was 6’ 5”.
But was Horace Grant his listed lie 6’ 10” or 6’ 7” and 1/2.

Media does not care about truth on any topic.

From The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance:

Ransom Stoddard : [Scott burns his notes] You're not going to use the story, Mr Scott?

Maxwell Scott : No, sir. This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

Dude, you're crashing out about BIG HEIGHT when all breh said was don't use Horace Grant's listed height if you're gonna compare it to Dennis Roman's legitimate height