Pippen, Rodman say 1995-96 Bulls still better than Warriors

Which NBA team is the greatest of all time?

This was the question that the 2015-2016 Golden State Warriors looked to answer after putting together an all-time NBA-best 73-win regular season to break the record held by the Michael Jordan-led 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls.

But much to the dismay of Dub Nation, one glaring difference between the two squads persists after LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers historically clawed back from a 3-1 series hole in order to steal the NBA championship from the Warriors on their home floor in a stunning Game 7 victory Sunday night.

That difference, of course, is the fact that the '95-96 Bulls won the NBA championship that year while the Warriors have nothing to show for their record-breaking regular season.

So does this re-establish — at least for the time being — that Bulls team as the greatest of all time? According to several of the team's more outspoken players, it certainly does.

In an interview with ESPN's Mike and Mike on Monday afternoon, Scottie Pippen was asked who the best team of all time is.

"The 1995-96 Bulls," Pippen said confidently. "We live on."

An outspoken defender of the '95-96 Bulls' legacy, Pippen said earlier this year that he believed his former team would sweep the current Golden State club in a seven-game series. And further, the all-time NBA great's feelings about the Warriors definitely weren't swayed by their playoff failure.

"You can't be considered a great team until you win a championship. No matter how well you do in the regular season, it has to be capped off by a championship, to really mark your legacy in the game." Pippen said. "That's where we see Golden State had some failure there. They lost their dominance throughout the playoffs."

Dennis Rodman — the always-vocal former teammate of Pippen's — took to Twitter to voice his take.

Former point guard Ron Harper also made his stance clear.

In fact, even Harper's son made his opinion clear on Snapchat, via his father's Twitter account.

If anything is certain in this debate, it's that the '95-96 Bulls were clearly concerned about their legacy as the best team of all time during the Warriors' incredible run this season.