As the Golden State Warriors have chased the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls record of 72 regular season wins, the conversation has grown as to where they stand in comparison to Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen’s mighty Bulls. After last night’s loss to the Boston Celtics, the Warriors are at 68-8 with six games left in the season.
Paul Pabst of The Dan Patrick Show took questions via Twitter to ask Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, including his thoughts on what would happen in a seven-game series between those Bulls and today’s Warriors.
Here’s @PaulPabst and @ScottiePippen. Thx @boomersooner81 for this question… @ATT #GameOn #ad pic.twitter.com/SJrIFAZvvP
— Seton (@HiMyNameIsSeton) April 2, 2016
Pippen was also asked about a 2-on-2 matchup of him and Jordan in their primes against Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson today:
Here’s another one with @PaulPabst and @ScottiePippen@ATT#GameOn#adpic.twitter.com/n0uYSG9K7U
— Seton (@HiMyNameIsSeton) April 2, 2016
A few weeks ago Pippen responded to a tweet about Stephen Curry and said he “hasn’t seen anyone better” in terms of shooting the ball. He also went on to give his take on how to slow Curry down, but it indicated Pippen’s respect for Curry. The thing is, Pippen has more respect for and confidence in the team he played with in 1995-96.
Charles Barkley said Jordan and Pippen’s Bulls “would kill” these Warriors a few months ago. There’s definitely a sense of pride that stems from former players who feel that the game has changed for the worse. Pippen’s confidence comes from his experience going to war with guys like Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman. It might be his arrogance leading him to say his Bulls would sweep these Warriors.
I’m not one to necessarily lean one way or the other. The way I see it, the Bulls never saw anything like the Warriors, and the Warriors have yet to encounter anything like Michael Jordan and the Bulls. Both teams are of supreme stature, and I’d have a hard time believing a hypothetical series of this magnitude wouldn’t go seven games, but frankly, it depends who you ask.
