98 Bulls vs 09 Lakers- Would it be close in a 7 game series?

[Doormatt]

MJ's WS and PER are better still right

yeah, MJ is just a goddamn beast when it comes to PER and WS, but kobe is relatively (sort of) close. he has 2 seasons with a higher PER than 98 and his rookie year, and just 1 point below 97. apart from Jordan's injured seasons, kobe never comes close to him in WS/48, except for 98 (where its still higher).

id be interested to see the bulls ortg off/on with MJ (second threepeat) compared to prime kobe. i feel like they both impacted the offense similarly, with MJ likely peaking higher. i know 82games has something like that, but only back to 2002 i believe.

[Anklebreaker702]

Bulls. Talk about the last year of the threepeat that Horace was still around.

The Bulls elevated to the next level once they got Rodman. I'd take my chances with a Rodmanless BUlls

give the man his due, dennis elevated the bulls...i will go to my grave believing that if they handnt had dennis those years, mj would be stuck on 4 chips.

You could be right.

[DEEP3CL]

Lakers could win the series if Pau played balls out and not fall for Rodman's mental s**t.

[kobeaki]

The Bulls elevated to the next level once they got Rodman. I'd take my chances with a Rodmanless BUlls
give the man his due, dennis elevated the bulls...i will go to my grave believing that if they handnt had dennis those years, mj would be stuck on 4 chips.
You could be right.

im not flaming, ot trying to be a jackass...but mos def, the jazz wouldve gotten two titles...malone was a beast against everyone and thing those two years except, dennis...without dennis, who guards the nearlt unguardable? longley? kukoc?

[Ken North]

The Bulls elevated to the next level once they got Rodman. I'd take my chances with a Rodmanless BUlls
give the man his due, dennis elevated the bulls...i will go to my grave believing that if they handnt had dennis those years, mj would be stuck on 4 chips.
You could be right.

im not flaming, ot trying to be a jackass...but mos def, the jazz wouldve gotten two titles...malone was a beast against everyone and thing those two years except, dennis...without dennis, who guards the nearlt unguardable? longley? kukoc?

"Most definitely" isn't a term that should ever be used about a team that never won a championship.

[kobeaki]

The Bulls elevated to the next level once they got Rodman. I'd take my chances with a Rodmanless BUlls
give the man his due, dennis elevated the bulls...i will go to my grave believing that if they handnt had dennis those years, mj would be stuck on 4 chips.
You could be right.

im not flaming, ot trying to be a jackass...but mos def, the jazz wouldve gotten two titles...malone was a beast against everyone and thing those two years except, dennis...without dennis, who guards the nearlt unguardable? longley? kukoc?

"Most definitely" isn't a term that should ever be used about a team that never won a championship.

fine...any germane comments?