"It would be easy wins" - Ron Harper said his team of his former teammates would win eight championships in a row

Ron Harper had one of the best NBA careers in terms of winning championships. He didn’t just become part of one but two NBA dynasties – the ’90s Chicago Bulls and the early 2000s Los Angeles Lakers.

Needless to say, Harp played alongside some of the greatest players of all time during that stretch. In fact, he was able to form a solid starting five composed of his former teammates from both championship teams.

Interestingly, Harper was asked to name his all-time starting five of former teammates in an interview with The Makeshift Project this past June. According to him, it would definitely be Scottie Pippen at the point, Kobe Bryant at the two, Michael Jordan at three, Dennis Rodman at four and Shaquille O’Neal as center.

Harper also named Toni Kukoc as the sixth man, while Phil Jackson was the no-brainer choice as head coach. For Harper, that team would be nearly unbeatable and would surely dominate the league for years.

“[Maybe] we’ll have about two to three [losses],” Harper said of his all-time five of former teammates. “Oh, we take home [the trophy] for like eight years straight. It would be easy wins.”

Harper doesn’t see himself as an all-timer

Many fans recognized Harper’s significant contributions to those Bulls and Lakers championship teams. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he included himself in the all-time starting five, but Harp doesn’t see himself as an all-time player of those squads.

“No, no, I’m not gonna put myself on my all-time five,” Harper clarified.

For his former teammates, Harper played a key role in both the Bulls’ and the Lakers’ championship runs. Rodman once said he was underrated, but he was the quiet assassin of the Bulls’ second three-peat team.

His former Los Angeles Clippers teammate Danny Manning, meanwhile, viewed him as an all-around player who adjusted his game for both the Bulls and the Lakers.

“He was a tremendous basketball player and you could see that throughout the course of his career. He changed his game. He went from a dynamic high-flying type of scoring guard to a multi-positional type of player that could do everything,” Manning once said of Harper.

“You look at those teams he played on that he helped win championships, when he was playing for the Lakers and playing for the Bulls, he was doing everything,” he added.

Harper’s all-time starting five could thrive in any era

It’s not hard to imagine how Harper’s all-time starting five of former teammates would dominate the ’90s and the 2000s. With the amount of talent stacked in that lineup, it’s very possible that it could also thrive and win championships in today’s NBA.

With Pippen as the floor general, Harp’s team could match up with the bigger point guards of the current era on both ends of the floor. As for Bryant and Jordan, they certainly don’t need any further explanation as to how they would contribute.

With Rodman as the power forward, his team could go small-ball, but more importantly, they would control the boards all game long. On the other hand, a prime Shaq would definitely be very difficult to stop down low.

Moreover, with Kukoc as additional firepower off the bench and Coach Jackson as the mastermind, that team could really win consecutive championships in any era.

This story was originally reported by Basketball Network on Sep 7, 2025, where it first appeared in the Off The Court section. Add Basketball Network as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

“It would be easy wins” – Ron Harper said his team of his former teammates would win eight championships in a row

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