Kenny Smith Says the Rockets "Would Have Smacked" Michael Jordan & The Bulls | The Dan LeBatard Show
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2023
- For years Stugotz has discounted the Houston Rockets and their 1994 and 1995 NBA titles, saying that they only won because Michael Jordan retired to play baseball, and if he hadn't retired, he would have won eight straight NBA titles. In this interview, Kenny Smith confronts Stugotz on his take, talks about the greatness of Jimmy Butler, and why Michael Jordan would have struggled in the social media age.
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I can hear shaq say .....stop it kenny😂 & charles say get me some water.
Charles can't say anything. He never won a ring.
Shaq knows Hakeem was the real deal. Hakeem was the reason Shaq changed his whole body and game.
After hearing this....Michael somewhere trying to build a time machine and lace up right now and squash this ish
What is ish?
@@stevesparks2001 I was trying to be courteous on the language....but instead of me saying the word shit....I said ish
Who knows? No one knows, what would’ve happened. All we can actually accept is what happened the prior 3 years before Michael’s retirement, and the 3 years after his return. I personally think that the Rockets were lucky that he wasn’t playing basketball.
Most likely . Bulls were to good and to say MJ wouldn't have beat the Rockets is insane. Kenny talks out his aze alot because he can play hypothetical
Jordan lost to Orlando in the semifinals. And Houston beat them badly so makes a lot of sense that they would beat Jordan.
With HoGrant/ Rodman, I think it would have been a great series. Utah was kinda soft, Houston had monsters everywhere, so I honestly think they would have split the 2 series.
We can only guess and speculate. A Bulls vs Rockets finals series would be something special, but it never happened (as you said, the best we can do is use the regular season games from the era to extrapolate what could have been...).
They held Jordan in check(22-35)* and nobody else did squat! Olajuwon didn't do much offensively either, but they still blowed them out 3 out of 8 games from 90-93! This includes the season where they lost to the Pistons in 7 games plua their 1st 3 peat run!
*Jordan had 3 game totals of 27, 26, and 22 in a row!
I wouldn't ask Kenny, I would ask Hakeem
Kenny hating on Kenny😂
We need that clip from Cam'ron where they throw a bunch of caps at him and use it on Kenny.
Kenny Smith making the rounds he was on dan Patrick today as well
Mr. Baylor , Dr. J were the MJs of their time alone with Connie Hawkins without championships. MJ was all them rolled into one.
In the seasons that the Houston Rockets won two championships, the Jordan-less Bulls went 2-2 against them with one of the Bulls' wins being by a 19 point margin, so if you added a basketball-ready Jordan to that Bulls team I don't think the odds favor the Rockets in a playoff series for those two seasons.
Then why didn't the rockets win before Jordan left or after he came back only when he played baseball???
You know they were in different conferences right lol like the rockets not winning had nothing to do with the bulls. Unless you think they just quit and then we're like "Jordan left so now we'll try" 😂😂
They won when he was back lol why are yall ignoring what Kenny said/ choosing this revisionist history crap Jordan came back and was on the Bulls team they got beat by Shaqs Magic in the 2nd round of the playoffs the Year the Rockets swept the Magic in the Finals lol Jordan with no Horace no Rodman got beat down by Shaq and the Magic 4-2 in the 2nd round
@Ocean Lives I tend to agree with you on the rockets but you're a fool if you think 17 games is alot after over a year and a half off of basketball lol
At least he got his ny back
Just like the Bulls didn't have an answer for "The Dream", the Rockets didn't have an answer for M.J. or Pippen. Guess we'll never know.
Hakeem matched up great against MJ. There was a reason back in the day people said MJ was afraid of Hakeem. MJ's bulls really couldn't match up with Hakeem's rockets.
@@wuzi7049 i'm pretty sure no one said that MJ was afraid of anyone. You do you tho
@@michaelvincent7115 the bulls always struggled against the rockets. And after a loss to the rockets in a hard played game. A famous reporter at the time interviewed MJ after the loss. And MJ said he was glad they never had to play the rockets in the finals because they didn't have an answer for Hakeem. And the headline was MJ was afraid of Hakeem. This was around the time MJ took a break. I don't remember if it was before or after. But a lot of people did say at the time that MJ dodged Hakeem.
@@wuzi7049
MJ dodged Hakeem? Yea, those people are smoking crack. MJ went to the Finals 6 times. Hakeem only twice in the 90s, and yet somehow MJ was the one who dodged. lol
@@Riri-oj1zs people used to actually watch the games, and understood matchups better than nowadays. So while it was overblown, it wasn't surprising. Because the bulls really did struggle to match up with the rockets.
Should’ve, would’ve, could’ve…but didn’t!
The Bulls neither.
Nope, cuz Jordan gambled himself out of the league and got his old man snuffed. And in '95 the Bulls w/ Jordan got beat out by Orlando, who then got swept by Houston. So yeah, the Bulls would've lost, too.
Hakeem was tye truth. Not flashy, just a victorious center.
Whut? Hakeem was flashy. He might be the flashiest Center to ever play.
The problem with Kenny’s analysis is those Rockets were still together in 1996, as 2-time defending champions & got SMACKED & SWEPT by the 64-win Seattle SuperSonics. Then the Sonics lost to the 72-win Bulls in 6 in the finals, hell, the Bulls had em’ down 3-0 at one point.
Kenny & Hakeem NEVER won a single championship when MJ played a FULL season, but MJ & the Bulls won SIX on the Rockets watch. I mean we can wax lyrical about 94 & 95 till the doors come off, but what about 91, 92, 93, the aforementioned 96, 97 & 98?
Where were the Houston Rockets when the Bulls were 3-Peating, TWICE?
So if you’re telling me Houston’s reign was ONLY 2 years, then they have ZERO bragging rights over a team who REIGNED for 6.
I think Kenny should be grateful MJ retired after the first three-peat, cause all this “we’d smack em talk is just that, talk. Kenny & co were in the league for MORE than just 2 seasons & didn’t do shit outside of those 2 seasons.
So what’s harder, beating the juggernaut or BEING the juggernaut?
My question was rhetorical.
Houston, we have a problem.
Alright, I admit, I can go for that.. Kenny 👍🏾 not with Dennis &.Toni k. That would have been something to see.
Y'all cluttet my feed with these 50 different videos a day.
Lol if you going to complain at least spell check your comment lol
the bulls probably lose the 95 finals jordan and pippen would have been fatigued and the rockets adding drexler is probably why jordan would have lost at least one time in the finals if he didn't retire to play baseball the bulls had average rim protection before rodman got there hakeem and drexler would have been too much for jordan's bulls
While I agree the 95 bulls may still have Horace and the 95 rockets still needed 7 games to win a series
Kenny is right. Also… to sustain that level of intensity for 8 straight years and face a brilliant Rockets team would have been very very hard for Michael and the bulls.
How can you agree, the rockets only had one constant threat and that was the Dream, Kenny and the rest of them were very inconsistent, now look at the bulls
@@Skillz8432 dudes HIGH AF .. Kenny thinks he's smarter and better than he is . Houston would've lost 1/2 if not 2/2.
@@Skillz8432 your forgetting clyde drexler 94 95 bulls had below average rim protection before rodman got there bulls probably win in 94 and lose in 95 because of fatigue and the rockets addition of drexler
@@michaelsevilla3697 I'm not forgetting Clyde but if you remember against Jordan because they play the same position he had no answer for Jordan when he played against him with Portland for the chip, and let's face it Clyde was never known for his defense and Jordan was 1st team all defense 9 times, so I didn't forget him just knew he wouldn't make that much of a difference
@@michaelsevilla3697 By the time Rodman got to the bulls he wasn't blocking that many shots. Averaging a whopping 0.4, 0.3 and 0.2 blocks per game from 96-98...
The 1994 team which was the same team that won in 1993 but adding Toni Kukoc? Rockets have no chance, that is possibly the best team ever assembled if jordan plays on it...that bulls team had the knicks beat in 6 without MJ what it took the rockets 7 games to win with John Starks shooting like 2-17.
1995 with the team torn apart....the rockets stood a way better shot.
@@oceanlives4915 yeah he lost being out of shape, with no chemistry with his teammates (since 75% of them were new to him) and different roster construction than what would have happened had he not retired.
I don't know why Jordan haters are deliberately dense on why real life is not analogous to a prospective never retired Jordan Bulls.
Just because he lost during a comeback in real does not mean it would be the same result had he never retired. Look at 1996...they demolished the Magic and it wasn't just because Rodman arrived.
@@oceanlives4915 Scoring 50 pts in a game means you are in shape now? He scored literally 12 pts two games later.... He had as many
@@oceanlives4915 Yeah, aka you are a hater. You went after my comment even though I conceded there was a good chance the Bulls lose because it wasn't good enough for you despite the fact you can't know for sure.
They also added kerr wennington and had peak grant pippen armstrong a better williams perdue and king to go with cartwright paxson peak mj
Kenny, Horace wouldn't have gone to Orlando in the first place if Jordan was still there.
Horace became an all star in 94 without mj in chicago....pippen was peaking same for armstrong plus they added kukoc kerr wennington that year
He damn sure would have. More money, more money, more money, plus Shaq.
The 94 team isn't winning...95 has a shot cause of the shorter 3 point line
All DAT IF I COULDA WOULDA ISH 😂
Mj would own his ass.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda! We'll never know coz that match-up never took place. Anything said hence us pure speculation depending on how you want to look at it.
Try being a lions fan
MJ knew he could not beat the Dream and the Rockets in the Finals. So, he took two years off, preserved his body and let the Rockets get battled and bruised. The Bulls then had time to draft Toni and recruit Dennis. Genius!!
The Dream was picked over him and beat him in the regular season more than ANY other team. Jordan did not want to lose to Dream again. Jordan is a genius!!
Yup
Stop it kid
Lol....ya Dream waited 10 years 🤣
@@oceanlives4915 Reread the original post kid. Stick to that topic instead of making up crap son
@@oceanlives4915 Reading comprehension is fundamental little guy...Try again
No, just no
WHATEVER Kenny, You Was just Happy When MJ Retired. You Didn't want that Action. You Was That Dude and All, you and the Dream. But That might have been Y'all's Nightmare. Take 2 💍 And be The JET.. that wasn't NC MJ.. That was Chi MJ
Zero championships in my personal record book
Same with Clooney's.
That's hilarious
Are you talking about the Warriors? They have ZERO championships in my record book. Fraudulent champions
Hakeem couldn't ve stopped, not even Jordan can defend him.
Hakeem never had a superstar on his team in 1993, and still won a ring. He was the only superstar on his team.
Kenny never Won a National Championship at UNC…
haha they corrected that at the end.
@@LeBatardShow they did!?!!?!?
The 1994 bulls would of swept the rockets...they needed 7 to beat a knicks team that needed 7 to beat a jordan less bulls team...the 95 team while talented loses in 7 to the bulls....
Muhammad Ali was the most recognizable person in the world during that time. Even over Jordan.
The mid to late 90s? His last fight was in 81. I mean I know he was still super famous but idk.
@@RemoG0915 Who lit the Olympic flame at the 96 Olympic games in Atlanta?
@James Cook so what? That is not reserved for the most famous person...that was because he was an American sports icon from the past,and he could hardly move or talk... you sound rediculous... he wasn't even the most famous boxer at the time.. tyson was running large and having scandal after scandal 😂
I will say this. Mj would have saw his first 2 game 7s and they would not have beaten that rockets team led by the great hakeem olajuwon who made david robinson, shaq, and ewing look like fools, with the center position led by luc longley. They would not have beaten that team 2 years straight.
Kenny is smoking some shit
Except hes not hes speaking straight facts lol you dont need to ask would they have beaten the bulls in the finals with Jordan the Bulls had Jordan and they lost in the 2nd round to Shaqs Magic lol they wernt even good enough with no Grant no Rodman to make it past the 2nd round of the playoffs. He admitted that the Bulls with Rodman or Grant he didnt say they would have beat them
He did not win a NCAA championship
Kenny was the 4th best player in those rockets teams? 5th best? Yet talks all the time like he was a leading a 8 year dynasty. All I know is rockets won in 94 and 95 while Jordan was playing baseball yet didn't make the finals in 93 and 96, so maybe if the rockets did their part and made it to the finals to face Jordans bulls we would know but no such luck. I just wish pippen looked at mj the way Kenny looks at Hakeem haha
@Ocean Lives oh ok after 2 years away from the game played a whole 17 games and then the playoffs wow. You do understand baseball and basketball are completely different sports right? Work on completely different mechanics and athletics . And had ONE 50 points game, gee surprised he didn't get the MVP award that season. TWO years away from the game, not touching a basketball at all. I mean not like he had a 4 month break and then went to the bubble or anything to win his 4th title like another player I remember. .
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This dude is trying to sale books.
Houston would have won.
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Yall either dont listen or you just ride Jordan that hard you are choosing this revisionist history garbage lol. JORDAN WAS ON THE BULLS TEAM PLAYING THAT LOST 4-2 TO SHAQ MAGIC TEAM IN ROUND 2 the same Shaqs Magic team that the Rockets swept in the NBA Finals to win their 2nd ring. Its exactly what Kenny said yall keep trying to pretend Jordan wasnt there playing he was they had no Horace Grant and no Rodman yet and they were small and got dominated by Shaq and dont try and say Jordan was rusty he was avg 31 a game and dropped 55 in the one game and they still got beat down
I still haven't seen any proof bulls beat the heat other than mj iss the greatest blah blah blah
Stop Kenny stop
But if Jordan did not retire the bulls would have a big man to get rebounds...... so that is crap kenny
So Kenny can’t have confidence in his team 😂😂. MJ worshippers are something else
Kenny Smith smokin' that pookie y'all...
Houston world have been destroyed. Period.
Jordan's bulls would have smacked those rockets teams
I agree 💯...but the only argument I have in favor of Houston is Rodman only arrived in 96. With Rodman Houston has no chance
in 94 yes but not in 95 they would have gotten cooked