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Re: Basketball and Why the Bulls Will Lose.

I have had enough of this wishful thinking on the part of the non Bulls 
fans...

On Thu, 1 May 1997 ross12@MARSHALL.EDU wrote:

> 
> One thing that I think many folks are wrongfully assuming is that the 
> Bulls will be in the finals.  I think the Miami Heat may question that a 
> little...
> 
First, experience counts.  The Bulls have been in five final rounds in 
the past seven.  Additionally, the Bulls own the Heat...BUT THEY BEAT 
THEM AT THE END OF THE YEAR...whatever...the Bulls did not have Rodman 
nor Kukoc in the lineup...the Bulls want it more...And the heat have to 
get past the knicks first...i don't see that happening...

> This year will belong to the Rockets.  All they needed was someone who 
> could talk shit on the floor-Hakeem can't pull it off with that funky 
> accent, Clyde is too busy trying to sound articulate, but my boy the 
> Chuckster is another story.

Charles Barkley, the chuckster because i guess you are on a first name 
basis with him, tried all of this when he was in Phoenix.  He was healthy 
then and had a good team...still could not beat the Bulls who were not as 
good as they are now.  All of his talk about destiny was only cannon 
fodder for the Bulls and Michael Jordan.

> 
> Seriously though, my question is this:
> 
> Who's covering Hakeem?  Rodman?  Please...
> 			Luc "I am not a crybaby" Longley?..
> 

Well...Yes...Have you ever seen anyone stop Shaquile Oneil like Rodman 
did last year...NOT REALLY...anyway Luc Longley can hang around with 
Hakeem and don't forget about the double teams coming from Michael Jordan 
and Scottie Pippen.  The Bulls did not seem to have too much trouble when 
they blew out the Rockets earlier in the year...and never forget about 
Robert Parish

> That is what I call PROBLEM #1.
> 
> PROBLEM #2
> 
> The Chuckster...
> 
> Charles will go on court with a knee brace, back brace, and a suit of 
> armor to protect is is frail aging bones and shoot that baseline fade 
> away ALL DAY LONG over whoever is covering him.
> 
Whatever...Pippen can handle Charles Barkley just like he did in the 
Finals a couple of years ago...he can't carry the team by himself...the 
Bulls are just better

> PROBLEM #3
> 
> Clyde...
> 
> Sure he's eligible for social security and his life insurance premiums 
> are really high, but he never slows down.  Never.  The obvious match-up 
> is Jordan on Clyde.  I am not delusional enough to think that Clyde or 
> anyone can stop MJ.  Jordan will get his 35.  But...Jordan will be 
> chasing him around all day.  No rest.  No breather.  Jordan won't be 
> giving that stupid little wink or smirk to the cameras when he's backing 
> on defense-cause he'll just be too damn tired.  Take MJ out of the game 
> at any level and the Bulls fall apart.

Fall apart...you must have been absent the year and a half that Jordan 
retired...The mans name is Scottie Pippen...and maybe you have never seen 
Michael Jordan play in the old days...Joe Dumars was a much more 
difficult matchup for Jordan than Clyde will ever (was) be.  When have 
you ever seen Jordan get tired...Never...that is why he is the best 
ever...You can't stop him by making him run around all day...I think he 
likes its...this is the same old Jordan and the Jordanaires argument...it 
hasn't been true since about 1990...its not true now and won't be come 
the finals...

> Sure..Pippen is tough, Toni with an "i" will make his contribution.  But 
> in the end the Rockets will be clipping down the nets.  Chuck will 
> retire and join the PGA Seniors Tour, Clyde will become an ESPN analyst, 
> and Hakeem will be paid as a consultant to teach Shaq how to NOT be 
> loser.  I'm not sure that even Hakeem can pull that off.  Afterwards, 
> when the Bulls team breaks up, Phil Jackson will run off to Morocco, 
> cover himself in peanut butter, and learn how to astrally project so that 
> he can be with Ashtar.
> 

I am really not sure what you are babbling about here...Phil 
Jackson...maybe one of the best coaches ever...I don't think that he 
looks like a peanut butter kinda guy...anyway...Toni Kukoc and Scottie 
Pippen will get their contribution...if that is true then the Rockets are 
in real trouble...keep on dreaming...

> 
> Just my 2 cents.

Should have saved your money and called someone who was silly enough to 
think the bulls are going to lose...;-)
 
> In case it isn't obvious, I am not a Bulls fan.
> 
well...i am...

> Mike Ross
> Mu
> 
Justin Skarb
Arizona State U.
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