Squint a bit and note the similarities to the legendary crew that only dropped a single regular season home game in 1985, won league MVP, 6th Man of the Year, and hoisted banner #16.

Tatum … Bird. (Scores at will, the game has slowed down) Brown … McHale (there every night with some unique moves) Jrue … DJ (Steady hand, clutch, great handles & distribution) Buffalo … Danny (Deadly when not expected, won’t back down) Al … Chief (Tough vet, crowd favorite, consistent) KP … Walton (new addition, paint dominance, health scares us a bit, great court vision and shooting touch) Pritchard … Sam Vincent or Rick Carlisle (hustle, confidence & energy) Hauser … Jerry Sichting (dead-eye shooter) Kornet … Greg Kite (big stiff to eat up garbage time minutes, easy-going) Brisset … Sly Williams

82 combined regular season and playoff wins is the bar.