The picture above is 100% correct, and loyal Michael Jordan fans are probably ready to put out a "hit". I understand. I am basically saying their idol and his team had flaws. He, and they, did because ALL players do, and good coaches exploit them.
This dream match up could never happen because of one commonality - STEVE KERR. If some how Kerr was able to do both, then his more wise coaching side would find a way to neutralize "Kerr the player's" effectiveness, and make him play Steph Curry head to head constantly.
The eventual scoring onslaught would undoubtedly force Jordan or Pippen to guard Curry. Curry cooks All-defense performers every day, and he decimated the great Celtic defense. No one player can guard a great offensive player, and none of the Bulls are exempt from this reality. Unfortunately for the Bulls, Steph Curry is a step above other great scorers because he is a LEGIT threat to score as soon as he passes half court. Furthermore, Curry can create space to shoot at will because of his ball handling skill.
Bottom line, Michael Jordan and the Bulls would have to double team Steph Curry just like everyone else!!! The Boston Celtics learned this lesson in game 1 in the NBA Finals when Curry "torched" them for 21 points in the furst quarter.
Once the Curry double teaming begins to happen it is the beginning of the end. Klay, Draymond, Wiggins, and Poole will continue to keep the ball moving and then start hitting open shots. Once they start reigning three pointers, and they would, it starys to get ugly. If MJ encountered the Warriors after his third championship, then he would be stuck at three. The Warriors are clearly in a league ABOVE the Utah Jazz, and Phoenix Suns of the Jordan era.
In conclusion, this post will be hated, but denying the truth does not change the facts. The Bulls would not have gotten "swept", but they would not have had a real chance of winning. Jordan and the Bulls finally emerged as winners when the "great ones" (Dr.J, Moses, Bird, McHale, Isaih) got old and/or hurt. The GSW would have been ready with fresh legs, and the outcome would have been different.
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