Obviously as you point out I am biased lol.
Uhm....BJ will never be a HOF player....he didn't even play on the 1st 3 teams. I love a good debate but you need facts as of now its been your opinion. Google Basketball Reference HOF possibilities
231.B.J. Armstrong0.0201
So he is listed as less than 3% chance
Kukoc isn't even listed. He only averaged 11 pts a game, 4 rebounds, 3 Assists....cmon man...really? Now you see why he isn't on the list
There is also no way you watched these guys and no offense is clearly evidenced by your suggesting ROLE players are HOF candidates?
Pippen is not the most under rated player but rather Bulls fans universally considered him an outstanding defensive player with lots of intangibles....never was gonna be "the guy" and he never was with or after the Bulls. He missed game 6 in the series you reference going 7 games vs NY Knicks with a "migraine" meanwhile MJ scored the winning bucket in the last of their 6 championships...with a 103 temperature.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy your posts and most of the time they are very good...again no offense...but to a real Bulls fan it sounds like ya really don't know how that team functioned
BJ? Tony? Really....never
I didn't mention bj as a hall of famer. I just mentioned him as someone you left out. Toni had an amazing run even before the nba. He will get into the hof. He was also a freak, size to skill set ratio, way before it was more normal like today with kd type of frames. He was way better than a average role player.
The team barely fell off without him, Pippin was a mvp contender, he did indeed make those around him better and that year showed it, look at it collectively. MJ was just kobe before kobe.
Answer this... would you take wade and bosh over Pippin and rodman? I'm still stuck on you saying mj had the lesser teams compared to lbj. I'm not a fan of mj, or lbj for the record. Or kobe either... haha.
Kukoc won't make the HOF, they don't take into account anything but the NBA and I has said he had very average stats so I'm not sure what you are basing that on.He's tanked 134th on next year's list. That doesn't even take into account new names that will join each year...your stock only drops each year.
Rodman played 2 1/2 years of that run and was nearer to the end than the beginning. He struggled with suspensions and knee issues. He did play big in the play offs so I'll give ya him. Kukoc is way too much of a stretch. Averaging 11 points a game isn't going to do it.
As far as who would I take? Bosh and Wade over Rodman and Pippen? Just based on the ages of the players when they played together it would be the younger Wade/Bosh.
But the real answer I would give is as I stated and many others as well....Jordan elevated players games like no one else so I would take either and he would win.
It's hard for me to be objective because my country has given many big players but I have to be honest.Michael Jordan it's far away above all.He certainly belongs to the category of the best athletes of all time.