Overall, I would say yes. At the very top of the pyramid, I would say no.

Didn’t get a chance to watch, but Russ and KD went a combined 15-55?

The Bosh situation just freaking sucks. On every level.

Well, they did, his name was Michael Jordan, but Kukoc had a nice post game, Pippen could go down there, and with a 6'6" dude on him, Longley is gobbling up buckets.

No one calls Reggie Miller a giant guard for a reason. He was tall and wiry and skinny. But if you want to obsess about semantics, fine, the big, strong, physical wings for the Bulls would bully Steph and Klay if they could hand check.

So why are you claiming that it’s a requisite to beating him?

Right, but that would have been illegal in 1996. And again, this is why the Warriors would have had a decided advantage if the rules were the current version, but Rodman was a smart player and a very good passer. He would have cut aggressively to the basket and clogging the middle against Jordan was tried by every…

Giant =/= tall.

You’re comparing Bogut to his contemporaries. In a universe with Shaq, Robinson, Mutombo, Ewing, Olajuwon and others, Bogut would not be 4th in blocks per minute.

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Fair enough. The Warriors have no shot blocking. Smart body positioning didn’t stop MJ when the Pistons did it without the 3 second rule. Just bodies crammed in the middle. A lack of shot blocking against ‘92 Jordan = a shitton of dunks and layups and/or your entire front line in foul trouble half way through the…

I should also add that if you’re using Bogut in this hypothetical, you’ve moved away from GSW’s most devastating line-ups. The drastic difference in levels of physical play would GSW if they went big, against either the ‘92 or ‘96 Bulls.

Bogut is a good defensive center because he reads angles and positions his body well. He is not an elite shot-blocker.

I thought about that, as well, with respect to the Warriors vs. Bulls discussions.

Trump sucks, but you really want what that dude did to be a crime? Try and distinguish that from every other time a celebrity of any kind is moving through a crowd and their security team is clearing a path.

I hope you put money on it. Super improbable. Great season.

Eh, if you want pleasant weather, Heaven’s your place; Hell has the better company.

Smits and Dale Davis were all stars. Certainly not repeat All Stars. But I don’t disagree with that point.

1-2) Jordan was both old in ‘98 and also had a wrist injury the entire year, but I get your point.

This is where we enter the limits of the counterfactual. Kerr and Kukoc and Buschler and Pippen and everyone else shot those threes in a universe where people were more aggressive with their hands on the perimeter. They also didn’t run plays for the purpose of getting open threes. Players who were lesser shooters…