I feel the same way about Duncan. If you can't handle him - and noone on the Bulls could - his team will bury you.

Well I guess it boils down to the unprovable, who was more unhandle-able? Jordan or Duncan..Hakeem? I would say Jordan, but if that matchup is even, a #2 of Scottie Pippen is much better than the #2's of Duncan or Olojuwan. Vernon Maxwell for sure, and Drexler was still very good, but past his prime. Robinson was no longer a superstar after his injury.

However, I think that it is possible Hakeem, or Duncan, or even Shaq + Kobe (Phil Jackson coaches against himself!) might have snagged one off of MJ, but I still see the MJ team as winning a lot more. Looking back, once they got their championship, Duncan got beat, Shaq got beat, but MJ did not. There was no debate about who was the best. I don't see Hakeem beating the Bulls, but boy did he step up when time was right!

oohah



[Edited by - oohah on 05-14-2006 7:07 PM]

And as far as Duncan replacing Ewing or Malone, I'd say Duncan would have won championships where those 2 didn't.

How would he have pulled that off? We've eliminated the possibility of the Spurs beating any team that won the championship when Ewing and Malone played

Pistons locked in a struggle, and the Spurs are on the ropes! Mavs are looking like the playoff's top team.