Who's Better.........96 Bulls or 2016 Warriors....................
Here's a look at many great teams in history, at least through the eyes of the "key stat battles" which make-up my Power Ratings.
PR I.............
1. 2016 Warriors - 11.34
2. 2008 Celtics - 11.05
3. 96 Bulls - 11
4. 2015 Warriors - 10.76
5. 87 Lakers - 9.2, Magic's best team
6. 2013 Heat, - 9.11 LBJ's best team
7. 99 Spurs - 8.83, Duncan's best team
8. 86 Celtics - 8.75, Bird's best team
9. 2000 Lakers - 7.97, Shaq and Kobe's best team
10. 83 76ers - 7.97, Dr J and Moses Malone's best team
11. 89 Pistons - 6.87, Isiah Thomas best team
12. 94 Rockets - 5.43. Akeem's best team
PR II.............................................
1. 96 Bulls 58.4
2. 2008 Celtics 55.82
3. 2016 Warriors 55.57
4. 2000 Lakers 55.32
5. 86 Celtics 55.1
6. 2015 Warriors 54.96
7. 83 76ers 54.85
8. 87 Lakers 54.8
9. 89 Pistons 54.5
10. 99 Spurs 54,39
11. 2012 Heat 54.08, LBJ the only one who had a different team best in each PR.
12. 94 Rockets 51.8
Both PR's Combined....................................
1. 96 Bulls 69.4
2. 2016 Warriors 66.91
3. 2008 Celtics 66.87
4. 2015 Warriors 65.72
5. 87 Lakers 64
6. 86 Celtics 63.85
7. 2000 Lakers 63.29
8. 99 Spurs 63.22
9. 83 76ers 62.54
10. 2013 Heat 62.35
11. 89 Pistons 58.77
12 94 Rockets 57.23
96 Bulls stand well ahead of the 2cd best team and would be the best team since at least the middle 70's.
The 2 teams may challenge them, 72 Lakers and 71 Bucks but the league did not track TO and off rebs back then so hard to get a good line on those teams.
And of coarse possibly Russell's Celtics of the 60's.
But we need to consider the different era's as well.
One thing might hurt the Warriors great year assuming they go on to beat the Cavs and win the title is, for the first time in history we had 2 teams win 65 games and 2 teams put up historical stats which may indicate how much easier it is today to do such things.
When the Bulls won 72 games they were heads and shoulders better then the 2cd best team , if it was so easy to win all those games why didn't other teams do it ?
And then look at how many blow-outs happened in the playoffs, indicating again how easy it is to blow teams out, and other teams were winning big in playoffs not just historical Warriors and Spurs, there seems to be something going on this season which allowed such things which takes away a bit of the Warriors historically great play in my book anyway.
I would still put Warriors as one of the truly great teams in history if they win title but would downgrade them just a bit.
The big surprise is the 2008 Celtics and the 83 76ers who did not rank very high at least in the regular season, these ratings do not include playoffs where the 83 76ers lost just 1 game.
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