Harper and Jordan would take turns on Curry/Klay and both would be great defenders for him. Harper wasn't a scrub, he was an elite defender who was a physical guard but just an OK offensive player.
Pippen would mainly guard Durant...and again I don't know that you could ask for a better defender, to some extent nobody can guard a shooter with moves who is that tall, Nowistki was the same way but not quite as quick.
Harper/Jordan/Pippen is the best perimeter defense I've ever seen and it's not close. Like I said before best offense lineup ever vs best defensive lineup.
The big "era" difference is that in today's NBA game the Bulls wouldn't have their 18 fouls of slow 7 footer at center, they'd have Rodman and a second more mobile power forward. Back then you needed those enforcer fouls in the paint, now you don't, so they wouldn't do that.
*edit: Rodman draws at least 2 technical fouls on Draymond Green over the series, would be shocked if he didn't trick Green into an ejection at some point.
This is a really good call. Rodman was a master of getting in people's head and Draymond is easily provoked. Just look at last year's finals.
I think it is really hard to compare great teams from across eras bc the game changes and so the Warriors would have gotten different role players in the 90s to fit around their stars and same with the Bulls if they were playing today with Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman. Although, Kukoc may have been even better in today's NBA then back then as he was so versatile and could stretch the floor and pass etc. The Bulls were also usually the top offensive team or close to it when they played and I think that is forgotten about. A big reason for that was their defense forcing a lot of turnovers and no one was stopping Jordan and Pippen on fast breaks. I think that is one aspect Kerr has really brought to the Warriors; creating turnovers. The Bulls were great at getting steals and deflections. The Warriors are great at that as well.
I think the fun matchups would be if the Warrios went with their 'small' lineup with Green, Durant, Igoudala, Thompson and Curry vs. Rodman, Kukoc, Pippen, Jordan, and Harper.
I hope Durant stays healthy bc he is one of my favorite players ever to watch. Before the injuries there was a lot of talk about him taking over as best player in the league. In these first two games, he is starting to look like he could take that mantel away from Lebron. Granted, Lebron is older and has been on top for awhile now. But Durant is showing everything in his game right now on both ends of the floor and it might be his time to take over for the next several years.
