By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-09-02 19:00:01
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
一条四年前的评论至今仍让我热血沸腾
早在 2020 年，丹尼斯·罗德曼就参加了 ESPN 的《First Take》节目，为他的纪录片《30 on 30》做宣传。他当时有点不在状态，说话也只有罗德曼自己的风格。考虑到这番话来自一次旧的采访，所以这不是什么新鲜事。但考虑到今天是假期，我认为是时候回顾一下这段往事了。
虽然罗德曼因为他的态度和与马刺的不合拍，在圣安东尼奥马刺队效力期间被普遍认为是失败的，但他仍然是有史以来最伟大的篮板手之一。
作为坏孩子军团底特律活塞队的一员，他是建立起强硬球风的关键人物，最终击败了洛杉矶湖人队和波士顿凯尔特人队，将传奇球员送进了退役。
离开马刺后，他在天赋异禀的芝加哥公牛队找到了自己的位置，并在 20 世纪 90 年代帮助球队连续两次获得三连冠。
以语出惊人、制造争议而闻名的罗德曼说：
“我想和这些家伙一起赢得总冠军。我随时都愿意和这些家伙并肩作战。我们本可以轻松地卷土重来并赢得第四个总冠军，这真是太遗憾了。”
他的这番话让我想起了这张照片。
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事实是，芝加哥公牛队本可以横扫整个 90 年代。在观看了纪录片《最后一舞》后，一些事情逐渐明朗。
公牛队在 1989-90 赛季以一支冉冉升起的球队进入人们的视野，其核心是迈克尔·乔丹、斯科蒂·皮蓬和霍勒斯·格兰特，而菲尔·杰克逊则是球队的掌舵人。他们一路杀进了东部决赛，但连续第三个赛季输给了活塞队。
公牛队失败的部分原因是迈克尔·乔丹的受伤。在第一节被三人包夹后重重落地，乔丹的腿部严重瘀伤。
乔丹说：“我觉得我的腿被人砍断了。我认为这种伤病会持续下去。我希望到周二疼痛会消失，我可以增加我的活动能力。”
尽管他在那场比赛中以 34 分领跑公牛队，但他在下半场只得到了 8 分。伤病阻碍了他，最终导致了他们在 1990 年的失利。
如果公牛队击败了活塞队，他们本可以在 1990 年夺冠。
他们在 1991 年、1992 年和 1993 年赢得了他们的第一个三连冠。
然后乔丹退役了将近两个赛季，这让休斯顿火箭队有机会在 1994 年和 1995 年连续两次夺冠。
乔丹复出后，公牛队在 1996 年、1997 年和 1998 年再次获得三连冠。
然后乔丹再次退役，这一次，圣安东尼奥马刺队和他们的年度最佳新秀蒂姆·邓肯一起抓住了机会，一举拿下了 1999 年 NBA 总决赛 的冠军。
罗德曼说，公牛队本可以“非常轻松地”在 1999 年拿下第四个总冠军，而许多专家则将其称为“泰坦之战”，称马刺队和公牛队的对决将是世纪大战。
如果不是乔丹在 1990 年的受伤，也许公牛队可以掀翻活塞队。考虑到两次三连冠，也可以大胆假设，如果迈克尔·乔丹没有退役，公牛队至少可以在整个 90 年代连续八年夺冠。
但他们能赢下所有十年吗？
在观看了《最后一舞》以及公牛队内部是如何瓦解的之后，我们不能断言公牛队会击败马刺队。
或者换个角度来看——站在丹尼斯·罗德曼这边明智吗？
是的，我也不这么认为。
点击查看原文：Dennis Rodman says the Chicago Bulls should have won the 1999 NBA Championship
Dennis Rodman says the Chicago Bulls should have won the 1999 NBA Championship
A four-year-old comment still boils my blood
Back in 2020, Dennis Rodman was on ESPN’s First Take to promote his 30 on 30. He was out of his element, and spoke as only Dennis Rodman can. Understanding this came form an old interview, it’s not fresh news. But considering this is a holiday, I thought it a good time to go back into the vault.
While generally considered a bust in San Antonio due to his attitude and bad fit with the Spurs, Rodman remains on of the greatest rebounders of all time.
As part of the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons, he was part of a team that established the rough and tumble angle that eventually dethroned the Lakers and Celtics, sending legendary players into retirement.
After the Spurs, he found his role on an extremely talented Chicago Bulls team that acquired not one, but two, threepeats in the 1990s.
Rodman, known for hot takes designed to frustrate, stated:
“I wanted to win championships with these guys. I would go to war with these guys any time of the day. It was just sad in the fact that we could have come back and won a fourth championship very easily.”
His statement makes me think of this photo.
The truth is that the Chicago Bulls could have possibly swept the 90s. After watching The Last Dance, a few things come to light.
The Bulls entered the 1989–90 season as a team on the rise, with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant at the core, and Phil Jackson at the helm. They advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, but lost to the Pistons for the third season in a row.
Part of the reason for the Bulls failure was an injury to Michael Jordan. A deep bruise after Jordan landed hard out of a triple team in the first quarter.
Jordan stated, ‘’I think I had my legs cut out from under me. I think it’s the type of injury that can linger. I hope by Tuesday the pain will go away and I can increase my mobility.’’
Although he led the Bulls with 34 points in that game, he scored only 8 in the second half. The injury hampered him and eventually led to their 1990 demise.
Had the Bulls beaten the Pistons, they could have won in 1990.
They won their first three-peat in 1991, 1992, and 1993.
Then Jordan retired for the majority of two seasons allowing room for the Houston Rockets to win back-to-back titles in 1994 and 1995.
After Jordan retuned, the Bulls three-peated again in 1996, 1997, and 1998.
And then Jordan retired again, this time opening the door for the San Antonio Spurs, along with their Rookie of the Year Tim Duncan, to nab the 1999 NBA Finals.
Rodman says the Bulls would have taken a fourth title in 1999 “very easily,” while many pundits refer to it as a clash of titans, saying a Spurs/Bulls matchup would have been one for the ages.
If not for an injury to Jordan in 1990, perhaps the Bulls could have upset the Pistons. Considering the two three-peats, it is also a safe assumption that had Michael Jordan not retired, the Bulls could have won at least eight in a row though the 90s.
But could they have won all ten years?
After seeing The Last Dance and how the Bulls were unraveling interiorly, it isn’t safe to say the Bulls would have beat the Spurs.
Or another way to look at it — is it wise to side with Dennis Rodman?
Yeah, I don’t think so either.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock