Ron Harper has heard the discussion about this year's Golden State Warriors. The defending champions are 11-0 now, and they're beating teams by an average of 16.3 points per game. Thanks to their extremely strong start, people are wondering if the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' 72-10 record might be in reach.
Harper, a member of that Bulls team, does not think these Warriors would stand a chance in a seven-game series:
Harper repeated that claim on Twitter, and went on to say that the Bulls would have went 78-4 "with these rules and players." Color me shocked: A retired player thinks that the game used to be better, and wins were more hard to come by.
After a lot of replies to his initial tweets, Harper got sick of the discussion:
Eventually, he softened his original stance, allowing that Golden State could win two games but Chicago would still win a hypothetical series.
Here's my question: If we had a time machine, who would guard Stephen Curry? Harper, Michael Jordan or Scottie Pippen? I'd go with Pippen.