The Golden State Warriors are off to a perfect start. Following their championship, the Warriors look like they have gotten better. While there have been some close calls, the Dubs have managed a perfect 12-0 start. Looking for their 13th win, they will square off with their biggest rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers.
While the notion of a perfect 82-0 season is still alive, a member from the NBA’s best 72-10 record isn’t having it. Earlier in the week, Ron Harper, the point guard from the 1995-96 Bulls team believes that team would sweep the Warriors:
@Howsito @DJ_ILLusive45 @LetsGoWarriors @SteinmetzNBA records are made to be broke but we would’ve sweep that team for sure!!!!
— Ron Harper (@HARPER04_5) November 11, 2015
Harper then gave the Warriors “a bit of credit” and claimed the Warriors might win two games but ultimately believes the Bulls would prevail victorious:
@SheridanBlog @DJ_ILLusive45 @Howsito @LetsGoWarriors @SteinmetzNBA #bulls 72-10 would be 78-4 with these rules and players. — Ron Harper (@HARPER04_5) November 13, 2015
The latest critic is Hall of Fame forward, Charles Barkley. Playing in the same era as the Pistons, Lakers, Rockets and Bulls, Barkley never won a championship. Agreeing with Harper, Barkley said the Warriors would have no chance 25 years ago and that his team would’ve mauled the Warriors on Colin Cowherd’s ‘The Herd’ radio show:
Barkley has never been a fan of the jump-shooting Warriors. Playing in the 80s and 90s, these former NBA players aren’t fond of the NBA’s rule changes and “lack of physicality.” As always, this topic will always remain a debate and conversation.
Just because the rules have changed and made the game less physical doesn’t mean that the Warriors couldn’t play that style. Imagine the defensive monster that Andrew Bogut would become if he didn’t have hide all his dirty tricks and could camp out in the defensive lane without a 3-second rule. What could Iguadala could do if he was allowed to lay hands on the offensive player?
Harper is funny, Bulls for their 72 win record would have done well to push the series to 6 games. Warriors are for real & the best team ever
I’m a huge Warrior fan and think Ron Harper is full of it, but maybe we should let the Warriors win a few more championships before we declare them better than a team that three-peated twice…