1996 Chicago Bulls vs. 2017 Warriors: Who Wins? Why Steph Curry is Out of His Mind 

Imagine 1996 Rules - the harrassment the Warriors will get with all the physicality of that era 2017 Rules - they'll make MJ even more unguardable.

Harper's not guarding Steph MJ is guarding Steph just because he would want to .

It'll be weird seeing two versions of Steve Kerr. The basketball player and the coach. To me, I think Phil Jackson would out coach Steve Kerr because Phil basically taught everything he knows to Steve.

That MJ 50 nightly hits hard. Yeah, prepare your best defenders 😂

The BULLS over any team in today's nba 💯

What people forget, is how the bulls played full court defense for long period of streetches (Rodman, Pippen, Jornda, Harper are fully capable of harrassing everyone), and the fact that the Triangule offense will provide a more steady efficient offense, which wouldn't allow GSW to have the same number of fast breaks as they had (making the full court press, easier) Look, GSW were a great team, but they beat a lot of teams who wanted to copy their style without the same weapons. If you try to run-n-gun you're way out of a game with them you will be smoked. But the bulls would transform this into a half-court game, slow pace, efficient buckets, try to be physical with them (we are bigger, longer, stronger) so we can draw fouls... 4-2 to the bulls!

Probably the closest thing to the Warriors in the era was the 93 Suns. That's when the Bulls showed they could defeat a high-octane modern offense. The Bulls match up incredibly well with Golden State. Pippen was still fully healthy and he was a better athlete than KD. Ron Harper gives them the ability to play a modern switching defense to handle Golden State's spacing. Ultimately the Bulls would physically impose their will on the Warriors like they did with everyone else.

I'm siding with the 1995-1996 Season Chicago Bulls, no question. Why would I vote against my childhood? Besides, they were a well-oiled machine that played with heart and spirit.

I’ve been saying that Mj is the difference imo in any conversation. They think kd is the greatest scorer ever? Try double/triple teaming Jordan except he knows how to score on those as well and he’ll outsmart you on everything

Dennis, Scotty, Harper, and Jordan all 4 I believe was defensive player of the year

I know this...I'm glad I'm old enough to witness the 80's and 90's overall. After those decades seems like everything went to shit. We got to witness two of the most awesome decades ever.

Great video! I really liked this one. The editing on the clips were good bro. Appreciate it!!! Bulls all day!

In my opinion it depends on the rules and style of play like you said. If the 17 Warriors played in the 90’s they’d get absolutely smoked. But if the 96 bulls played today against the 17 Warriors I don’t think they’d win as they rely on gritty play and hard defense.(which you can’t really do anymore) But then again they have MJ so who knows, bro a monster😭😂

Great idea , great video and perfect prepared for the Comparison! ...

Duuuuude, some of those highlights of the role players are incredible. Jud with the slam, Kerr breaking ankles. Lol. Also, I agree with your analysis... the Bulls would have found a way, for sure.

Impressive work!! Awesome video!!

Good video, more of this please💯💯

The 80s, 90s and the 1st decade of this century basketball was much more aggressive than it is now.

Great breakdown

He’s not out of his mind but I’d take bulls in 7

The Bulls in 6, hands down.

Damn shame the Dubs wouldn't have Draymond for 5 of 7 games cause he got ejected trying to go after Rodman.

Just remember guys when the piston try to stop Jordan in 89 90 they were sending the whole team at him

I don't care if there were 3 Currys and 2 Durants on that squad, they're not beating DAAAAH BULLS!!!

HARPER IS A SUPER-SMART DEFENDER

Don’t matter what era, what rules BULLS WIN

This debate is simple...........ppl who watched the 90's bulls and ppl who didnt. This was never close same as the jordan vs lebron debates. its fun to talk about but the reality is It would not be close. 3 guys who can arguably be considered top 10 defenseive players of all time. That is the difference. The gap between the offenses of the 2 teams when you include Kerr and Kukoc is not as far from the warriors as you think. However the gap in defenses is insanely huge. Even if the warriors finished 2nd that season. Other then Draymond. none of them will ever be considered great defenders. Add on coaching gap + Michael's killer instinct. Its GG before it starts.

Great video. Sorry, I'm bias: Bulls in 5!!! Like you said, with all the hand-checking rules now, Jordan would do very well today. The GOAT would have averaged over 40 in a modern day series against the 2017 Warriors. Rodman would have been unstoppable on the boards; he would have psychologically dominated Green and then beat him on the boards.

I just watched Game 6 of 98 series and thats exactly what I saw was the pace was a lot slower from everyone. Its whether the Bulls D could withstand the barrage of GSW. A test for sure but I got Bulls in 6-7. Bigger and stronger would wear Warriors down.

"Draymond green switching to guard Micheal Jordan." WHAHAHAHAHHA

You undersell Harper vs Curry. Harper was a premier perimeter defender and a 20 point scorer before joining Chicago. If Curry was forced into having to defend as well, it doesn’t bode well for GSW. Also, Pippen could get up in KD. As you have seen, he tends to struggle against that. Also, Pippen and Rodman would have been able to switch back and forth during the game with who they guarded. Mike and Harper too. Without any drop off.

The Bulls will switch everything. MJ Pippen Harper Will switch on those screens for Klay and Curry while Rodman would make Draymond a non factor. It will come down to who out scores who KD or Jordan and I’m going with MJ.

This is a very rational and fair assessment.

BULLS, MOST ESPECIALLY WITH 1996 RULES

It would be an epic series that’s for sure. I’m curious how Steve Kerr responds to this question after he retires from coaching the Warriors.

In paper the most successful Bulls campaign was the 1996 campaign. BUT in terms of the strength and depth of roster the 97 Bulls were the most loaded. 9 games prior to the start of the playoffs, they signed a Horace Grant 6'10 type of PF/C named Bison Dele/Brian Williams whos averaging 15.00ppg the season before with the Clippers? (After the season he signed with the Pistons and was averaging 16ppg and became the highest paid Pistons player in 1998). Kerr described him as the most gifted athletic big in the league, and he pointed out that the Bulls could not have won the title without him (Toni got hurt, he was not playing 100% and against the Jazz he was dunking with authority against the likes of Karl Malone from inside the paint). Having said that (comparing the Bulls 97 with the GSW 2017). Offensively they are all even, The GSW edge in perimeter shooting maybe negated by the Bulls inside presence. Not to mention that the Bulls got length in terms of Rebounds that may have the edge . Overall I think the Bulls would defeat the GSW, specifically in the defense department. And I have seen the GSW succumbed to the Cavaliers during the finals series when the CAVS applied defensive pressure .and turned the tide Klay and Steph missed even open shots because they got out of sync. Matchups Durant against Kukoc/Pippen Curry against Jordan/Pippen, Thompson. Harper/Jordan/ Green/Rodman. Questions: Whos going to guard Michael ? Whos going to guard Brian Williams? (Green may have a hard time guarding Brian, he`s taller, bigger (wide body), and also quick. Here are the links to give you a glimpse of Bison Dele/Brian Williams game/s ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S37QqTovSa4.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hpkz0XyLHH8.html

2017 Warriors have a chance if Old Kerr remembers what Young Kerr lived through and Old Kerr communicates how the game played out and the Warriors execute effectively based on Old Kerr's knowledge of the game he already played as Young Kerr.

Dude the reason why today's nba looks "more athletic" is because of the hand checking rules

If the 2018 Rockets almost beat the 2018 warriors then 1996 Bulls will beat them becaee the 1996 Bulls will sweep the Rockets

Man, you need to pick a team and stay with it AND WE ALL KNOW THE BULLS WOULD’VE SWEPT THE WARRIORS!!!😇

Everyone is forgetting that the Bulls was built for today’s NBA!!

I think people draw a lot of attention to the KD warriors because of their record, I think there should be more debates of championship teams such as 1997-98 Bulls or the 2001-02 Lakers in a 7 game series. (I have bulls in 6)

Nobody in the middle to stop the Bulls! Dunks and high percentage shots win majority of the time. Defense wins championships

Even if they played with todays rules anybody out there really think Jordan wouldn’t shoot more 3’s and get better at it?

The Bulls on lockdown mode 💪

Scottie was very good at shutting down point guards. I would put Scottie on Steph and Dennis on KD. The beauty of the 96 Bulls was that they had 4 elite defenders that could defend multiple positions.

IMO it depends on the rules of yesterday vs today. If hand checking is allowed Bulls over W's 4 gms to 3. If touch fouls are counted as flagrant 1s like in today's NBA W's over Bulls 4 gms to 3. The 2021-22 Warriors play a triangle style offense. When I watch that team I can see the same player movement as Phil & Tex Winter ran bk in the 90's. They add more screens within their movements to get Steph open looks, but Steve Kerr has most def taken a pages out of Phil and Pops books. After the Bulls v Warriors gm in Calli I posted a comment saying this is how Billy Donovan should be running his offense, Triangle Style. A T Style offense would work with this Bulls roster because they have so many ball handlers and sniper shooters.

Between these two teams it would all come down to defense and the Bulls had that on lock. We don't even have to talk about scoring the Bulls wouldn't have had any problems scoring. Let's talk defense especially the 95-96 Bulls defense that I believe ranked in the top 3 if not the best defense in the league that year. A team that pressured their opponents from end to end I mean suffocating them. If I remember correctly Pippen Jordan and Rodman were all voted NBA All-Defensive team that year. The Warriors would've ran into a major problem against that bulls stifling defense. That frontcourt pressure just gave teams fits. Let's not forget Rodman is one of the original Bad Boys and never had problem getting physical. The job he was able to do in the ecf series against Shaq at only 6'7 was amazing. The credit definitely goes to the defensive mastermind Johnny Bach who was responsible for laying the foundation.

I concur with these analyses. And in my personal opinion, the bulls all the way, the game rules, play style, gives the bulls the advatage no doubt. and in my opinion, if jordan hadnt retired due to the tragic death of his father (still unsolved basically), the bulls would or may have had an eigh win streak, possibly ten if jerry hadnt fired phil. my opinion. and i think the stats can back it up somewhat.

Depends on what generations Rules your playing with....

People forget Rodman could shoot. His job was defensive with bulls

96 bulls They were good in defense, plus they have 4 defensive specialists, Jordan, Pippen, Dennis and Ron, I would say bulls in 6 games

I think MJ is much better than people think he was. He was unstoppable monster who could very easy adjust to today standards

Just from toughness alone, the 1996 Bulls in 6.

...well i think it would be important under which rules they played...

My answer before was that “it depends on which rules” But now, after seeing how well the 97 Bulls would switch on screens vs Utah and Indiana in 98, I change my stance and think the Bulls can beat the Warriors even with todays rules. They weren’t a typical 90s team that relied on a big man where you can create mismatches on switches. They had lineups where Kukoc or Rodman were the tallest players and they can get out on guards on the perimeter. While they definitely won’t play the 3 ball game, the analytics don’t tell you how inside shots not only get the opponents in foul trouble, but they also allow for better offensive rebounding position

I feel like the bulls will win. Yes warriors will win in the 3 pt game but the 3 pt is not consistent and curry is not that type of player to knock down 8 per night. He have games like 1-13 and if were putting MJ on him I doubt he would even score more than 15 points. MJ also do not depend on the 3 pt but instead he is a midrange master. We seen DeMar do it many of times where his midrange is literally unguardable on some plays. MJ is way better than DeMar with his play-style, mans was flying. If DeMar is getting foul like 8+ per game then imagine MJ because his era was tough so imagine how many free throws MJ would attempt. I also doubt that KD and Draymond can guard him both at the same time. Now lets get to defense. Bulls defense is still good. They need to learn to contest shots and readjust to the new era. MJ will readjust to the new era easily due to his mentality and competitiveness. Its hard to compare the old and new era defense. Also if the bulls shoot more 3s, I think they would be on par with warriors in consistency. They should anyway bc rodman is rodman.

‘96 Bulls win with ‘96 rules and ‘96 refs. KD would get shut down by Rodman. I think Steph and Klay could probably get a ton of open shots but they won’t be able to get stops on the other end. And eventually, Steph is gonna get beat up in a 7 game series. In 2017, with 2017 rules and refs, GSW have a really good chance of beating the Bulls. I grew up in Chicago in the ‘90s. That was my team, but if you can’t hand check and be physical, I don’t see how you guard the 2017 GSW.

this is not even a conversation bulls easily win no doubt broth era's

But In the five finals that the golden state warriors appeared in they were 3 and 2 the bulls were 6 for 6 no contest

The Bulls will still be a destructive team - both are good in defense and offense.

One thing no one mentions.... Who would you think the public liked more to watch? I bet even the golden state crowd would cheer slightly for the bulls and that style of play of Jordan than the way they play now a days. That will definitely tip the balance in favor of the Bulls... Add to that the insatiable quest for winning from Jordan and bulls can't be beat. Adding that Jordan came back from his defeat super motivated.

I am a GSW homer, have loved the last decade of success. But, I am old enough to have seen those Bulls teams. I always rooted against them lol. At a certain point, you just gotta recognize greatness. There are certain probable outcomes where GSW beat Chicago. I mean, there are some permutations where Curry, KD, and Klay just shoot out of there minds, and its not really a stretch. But, if I had to bet, under any rules, 90s, or post-Otts...the Bulls win a majority of the series/contests. At the end of the day, one team has MJ, and one team does not.

"We'll never know if Andre Drummond had played in the 80's if he would have been the best player or best big man in the game" Yes, yes we will know. Thanks for the laughs tho

Bulls win fs 💪💪💪

If it's with today's rule. I think this series would go to game 7, and be the first Game 7 finals that MJ would have. Game 7 would be a coin flip for either team.

Because I've watch both teams play I feel the bulls would win because they could switch on defence no matter who had ball cause they all were good defenders 6.6 or taller and curry could not stop any one that posted him up and that is the biggest mismatch and difference in this series

The evolution of basketball leans towards Warriors. It pains my heart to admit it. Bulls might be throwing elbows Warriors aren't built like that. Bulls in 7.

Steve Kerr is the real winner in my opinion...he's part of both teams,even Jordan couldn't accomplish that lol...

Great take I agree bulls in 6 or 7 . No one would be Abe to stop the goat !!!23 !!!!

1996 Chicago Bulls! ❤All Day

The NBA needs to turn the Hand Check setting back on.

Ehh I think Warriors would ge D’ed up\ harassed by the Bulls

bulls will win, in a 7 game series. warriors could beat them 2 or 3 times maybe in my opinion, but Michael Jordan was to great

The X factor is Tony Kukoc for the Bulls.

What eras rules is the q?....handchecking of 90s? Or mor O-flow of 10s. If bulls contain klay, curry and KD from going off Bulls...if curry lightsout GSW as KD will put 60%2 The biggest matchup is grant/rodman vs Green...who protects their superstar better. Dray/Iggy would shine in 90s D ...might contain MJ( klay on piipen)...but could curry handle 4 guys who could switch and guard within kerrs double screen system.

I think the biggest factor is the rules. If real defense is allowed.. the physicality and lack of space would have the warriors so rattled I doubt the long rang accuracy would be what everyone expects. You see what happened to KD when the Celtics played physical defense on him last year? He was totally thrown off. Jordan would completely dismantle the warriors mentally.. not to mention Rodman an Pipp. It was a brute man's game in the 90s.

That was worth the long wait Jamal haha

First, the Bulls starting 5 were all elite defenders and never would have doubled any of the warriors. The warriors only advantage is their offense but defensively they would be liability. The Bull were accustomed to tough physical defense against them which the warriors don't know how to create simply because it was long sincr abolished befor they were ever in the league. The baby soft defense they would use on the Bulls would insultingly inefficient and lacking in potency. The warrior would rarely reach the basket on the drive because the Bulls were too potent on interior D so the Warriors would live and die at the 3 pt line. Jordan would guard Curry and Harper would guard Klay. Klay is a great shooter but far from consistany like curry. He's streaky. Kevin Durant is a great scorer but it's in the era of liw contact defense and we just watched the Celtics crush him in last yr's playoffs. Scottie would be a nightmare for Durant. Scotties defensive weakness was against fast, dynamic offensive players like kobe, Penny, Tracy Mcgrady. But Durant is tall and lainky, and no that quick. Scottie wouldn't be able to shit him down completely but he definitley give him hell. Drammond and Rodman is comical. Rodman litterally shut down a prime Shaq more than once plus he was a master manipulator and his specialty was getting under your skin. Drammond is not even close to being Shaq-ish. And that's just the starting 5. The bulls were extremely efficient scorers because the drove to the basket successfully quite often so they wouldn't rely on the 3. Jordan has the highest scoring average in NBA history without shooting 3's. If the Warrior have even 1 or 2 off nights from 3 land, it's a rap. My Timberwolves are not a strong defensive team and the warriors often have a really tough time against them. Jordan would force Curry to shoot half court 3 continuosly. Let's nkt forget that he led the league in syeals 3 x's and was top 5 every other season with the Bulls. He, Scottie and olajuwan are the only players to have 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season and MJ did it twice. Bulls in 6

The Bulls period! Mike and Scottie did what they did with tougher rules. Put them in today's rules, and the Bulls winning 78 games.

This is what it would be: 1996 NBA Rules - The physical and harrassment the Golden State Warriors will get with all the physicality offense and defense of that era would break them. 2017 NBA Rules - They Will make MJ, Pippen & Rodman even more unguardable. Jordan, Pippen & Rodman played when there was no 3 in the key on defense. Everytime they went to the paint Jordan had the best shot blockers of all time plus a crowded paint waiting on him and it didn't faze him at all. Now? Now the paint is wide open! First, the 11x championship "Triangle offense" was designed against zone. Second, MJ is medium range shooter he will be taking lots of those if no one bodies him up. What do you think zone does? It protects an area in the court which is primarily the inside lane. That will only limit the offense from coming in but without a legit defensive center that will not be as effective.

Rodman was gonna press some buttoms. Cause some explosions.

Jordan guards Steph. Jordan outscores him +12-15 each game. Harper guards Thompson. Thompson out scores him + 12-15 each game. Pippen guards Durant. Durant outscores him +5-7 each game but would need to outscore Scottie +10 each game for GSW to win. Rodman on Green. Green outscores him +5 each game. Longley/Wennington/Williams vs. GSW bigs. Chicago bigs outscore GSW bigs +5-7 each game. Bench. Bulls outscore GSW warriors bench +6-10 each game. It's close, but Chicago wins this thing in 7.

We always compare the 1996 Bulls, who I think would beat the 2017 Warriors. I also think the 1991 - 1993 Bulls would win. MJ, Pippien, Grant. Youth vs Youth. Paxon, BJ, Cartwright, Hodges, Will Purdue, Stacey King.etc.

Steph really want to be guarded by the Goat😆

You had to experience the physical nature of the game back then. Statistics doesn’t reveal how they would match up. Many of us saw some tooth and nail games where fast past high scoring teams were shut down. It came down to who was better at chess, of which Michael was a master. The warriors would need to master the half court game to stand a chance against the bulls. The west had high scoring teams in the 90’s that couldn’t win the long game against the bulls. In todays game MJ would score more and draw more fouls.

Steve Kerr coming off the bench for the bulls and coaching the Warriors at the same time is conflict of interests. Lol

The Bulls’ stable of big bodies (kept on hand to provide six fouls to throw at guys like Olajuwon, Ewing, Shaq, etc.) would be completely unplayable. Even after dropping the Herman Munsters, the Bulls are still left with too many one-way players. There’s a reason you don’t see many one-way players getting significant minutes on good teams anymore. And then there’s the “Moneyball” issue. Would the Bulls suffer from their era’s misconception of the value of threes vs long twos?

God bless everyone and have a good day,.

Its Rodman over Raymond by a mile - Draymond would go insane and get suspended. Rodman would keep his cool and laugh his ass off. . And NOBODY ever will be the competitor that MJ was. MJ would find a way.

The bulls shot that good from 3 because they shortened the 3 point line by like 2 feet people keep forgetting this

96 Bulls was the greatest team of all time

It's all about era. Back then defense is good today lack of it so it's era.

i think one factor not highlighted enough is how physically dominant the 96 bulls were. from 88 to 90, they kept losing to the bad boys of pistons. so they buffed starting with jordan, until by 91 they were the physically superior team. and they maintained this physicality thus dominating this game for a 3peat. by 96, this team was a battle hardened monster. then, put the gsw team, who is used to playing safely, in 96. i imagine they would be bullied and crushed in a sweep. well, that's just me and my imagination.

Those bulls teams would beat any team in the league now!

NO HAY FORMA DE QUE UN EQUIPO ACTUAL PUDIERAN CON ESE EQUIPO DE LOS BULL.. ademas la presión con la que jugaban esos jugadores de los 90 . No es la misma que ahora.

Bulls. Why? Because people easily forget that in game 1 of the western conference finals, Khawi Leonard was murdering the Warriors on both ends of the floor. The Spurs led by as many as 25 pts before he got injured and sat out the rest of the game and series. Now add a Rodman, Pip and MJ with their suffocating defense and MJ on offense, the Bulls in 6.

Sooo, would Steve Kerr be playing, or coaching? Just asking for a friend (Popp/Blake).

Sup Jamal. I got called back to this vid to defend my 93 Bulls in the comments. A year on, we continue to be right 🤣😂

I revered the Golden State Warriors from 2015-thru-2019, and I couldn't stand the Chicago Bulls during the 1990's. However, looking at this objectively, I will have to pick the Bulls over the Warriors in 7 games.