What If Michael Jordan & Hakeem Olajuwon Were Teammates? | The Trade That Almost Was
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this would have been the better shaq and kobe
But would Shaq and Kobe have ended up playing together if Jordan got traded to the Rockets? 🤔
Easily
@@jus3278 that's besides the point he's saying, this hypothetical duo would be better than the Kobe-Shaq duo.
Hakeem is criminally underrated, the best C of all time for my money.
Bongoinc69 he's no where near underated
he might be slightly overrated since he won 2 championships while Jordan retired. If Jordan didn't retired that first time, Hakeem would have 0 rings today.
Sam Sheth that's right . So Hakeem is the best NBA player ever after Jordan
Sam Sheth that's complete bullshit, Jordan did play in the 95' season for 17 regular season games which is over a month before the playoffs. That's not enough time to get into basketball shape?!? He dropped 55 on the Knicks, averaged over 30 against the Hornets in the first round, and then got his ass beat by the Magic. The same Magic team that got SWEPT by the Rockets just two series later! From 91'-93' the Rockets were 5-1 against the Bulls and that's even with a game Olajuwon got his eye bones broken by Cartwright and the Bulls still lost to the Rockets! How can Jordan be the greatest of all time yet he gets SWEPT by the 86' Celtics after dropping 63 pts in one game, but then Olajuwon takes those same Celtics to game 6 of the Finals by himself! He had Parish, McHale, Bird, Walton and the entire Celtics trying to guard him but couldn't! This was after he DOMINATED Kareem, Magic, Worthy, Scott,, Cooper, Rambis, and the Showtime Lakers in 4 straight games! Sampson got thrown out one game of the Finals and was a no show for the rest of the games yet Olajuwon lead the entire 86' playoffs in points, rebounds, and blocks in his 2nd season as a pro and he had only learned about basketball just 6 years before that!! Jordan trained his whole life in basketball yet couldn't get the tar heels to the final four without Worthy, couldn't get out the first round without Pippen, and could've never won anything if he didn't have a sidekick and a good rebounder on his team! The one year Jordan actually didn't play, Olajuwon becomes the only EVER regular season MVP, Finals MVP, and DPOY in the same season without another all star. All this Jordan ball gargling has been brainwashed into your mind since the early 90's and it was for marketing purposes! Teams that have swept Jordan, couldn't guard Olajuwon with triple teams, and teams that have beaten Jordan, Olajuwon has SWEPT! You wanna say, oh those regular season beatings Olajuwon gave Jordan don't mean anything! Well if you wanna compare playoffs performances, Olajuwon is the undisputed playoff King! It's been carefully analyzed and he's the greatest playoff performer in history! He went up against the best of the best at his position to get his wins in the playoffs and DOMINATED them all! In 95' he DOMINATED that seasons MVP David Robinson, and the league's scoring leader Shaq to get his ring in only 10 games!! If you watched the NBA back then, you would know that Olajuwon was robbed of his MVP in 93' and 95' which would've given him 3 MVP's in a row, 2 DPOY's in a row, and 2 Finals MVP's in a row! In playoffs against Kareem he averaged 31pts, 11reb, 2a, 2s, and 4b! Against Ewing in the 94' Finals he averaged 26.9pts, 9.3reb, 3.6a, 1.6s, and 3.9b!! In 95' against Robinson he averaged 35.3pts, 12.5reb, 5a, 1.3s, and 4.2b!!! In the 95' Finals against Shaq, he averaged 32.8pts, 11.5reb, 5.5a, 2s, and 2b!!!! Jordan is hype and Olajuwon is the real Goat! He did all of this and didn't even pick up a basketball until age 16! The Goat of basketball is a 6'10 soccer player from Lagos, Nigeria!
Armando De Los Santos dat long ass essay
The trade was actually Clyde Drexler AND the #2 pick for Ralph Sampson
In hindsight, it's crazy that Rockets turned that down. I'm not even factoring them being able to draft Jordan with the #2 pick. Bowie probably would have still went #2 under this scenario since they would have got Drexler in the trade as well.
they just drafted hakeem why would they draft bowie
lavine8 to replace Samson. That's what I'm saying, lol. I said if the trade had happened and Samson left. They would have got Drexler, and most likely drafted Bowie to replace what they lost. Why would they draft Jordan if they already got a SG, when their plans at the time were to have Twin towers? They were fixated on the twin towers concept obviuosly, which is they turned down the trade to begin with.
Abel Abitia they were fixated on having Twin Towers which is why I believe they may have drafted Bowie still #2 to replace what they lost, and it hindsight, with Samson's injuries around the corner, and even with Bowie not living up to his potential, Rockets would have been serious. Bowie was a serviceable player, and under this scenario he wouldn't have quite been seen as a "savior" to the franchise with Hakeem there. But I could see them maybe flipping the pick too for another big.
NbaWhatIfs that would have been dope af we would've beat the Celtics for sure in 86
Actually, the trade was 2nd overall pick + Clyde Drexler for Ralph Sampson. No joke.
2nd overall pick + Clyde Drexler + Fat Lever for Ralph Sampson
the thing with these guys being teammates is. first u think of the unstoppable offence. but the defence would be unbelievable. Hakeem is the greatest shot blocker ever and he had crazy lateral quickness. and Jordan is definitely a top 5 perimeter defender of all time
Greatest shot blocker ever. Are we just gonna forget that Bill Russel played in the NBA. He's arguably the best defender of all time
The number of steals those two did can you imagine that on the same team????
@@MacBoydFanAcc Bill Russel (and Kareem) played in a league where guys drank beer and smoked at half time.
They would've destroyed every team in the 90s
But MJ was already destroying every team in the 90s...so it's hard to tell how well it would have worked.
@@andromedastar4900 I’m late but i think it would have worked. They woulda jus needed role players after that and they woulda won a lot. Oh yeah and they woulda had drexler. They winning multiple with ease
@@andromedastar4900 bro mj and hakeem is crazy
@@Bnguyen276yeah he bugging lol
Hakeem was actually an achilles heel for the Bulls, Jordan is even quoted talking about the problems they had stopping the big man. It is NOT a given that the Bulls would have beat the Rockets the 2 years that Jordan was retired, had he not retired.
They Bulls beat great centers in the playoffs Hakeem would have been no different
Christian Soldier name one center they beat in the finals, they were all power forwards
No one got the better of jordan but there was one guard who always held him to below his averages an that was maxwell.
@@christiansoldier77 Houston had the better face to face record against Chicago during the championship years. We didn't get to see the match up in the finals with it all on the line as Houston struggled with Seattle as much as Chicago struggled with Houston.
@@timothybessemer7316 The regular season means nothing . The Knicks used to give the bulls a hard time in the regular season but what happened when they played in the playoffs?
'83 the Rockets should have drafted Drexler. '84 draft Hakeem and make the trade for Michael Jordan. Could you have imagine the Rockets having Olajuwon, Drexler and MJ?
Ryan Arnold 10 rings
ImBRIAN DCUO they’re winning the championship in 1986
Origional offer was Drexler and#2 for Sampson, you get your wish.
@@tmac731 nahh maybe 87,90,91,92,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99 hahaq
@@hannageneee5670 Nah I'd Say 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 And 1998 Which Would've Been 8 Straight Rings For The Rockets
Top 10? Hakeem is underrated and top 5
Ralph Sampson: one of the best what-if players that no one knows about.
If Sampson stayed healthy it would be the Rockets vs Bulls every year in the finals and MJ would probably not be 6-6 in the finals
@@phxander yea he wouldve been 8-0 woulddve never retired
What if LeBron and Scal were teammates ?
Complete Zach dynasty
Complete Zach LeBron would steal all the credit, just like with Jordan.
With lebron scal would elavate his game higher. Scal would be a 6 time rookie of the year, would shoot 169% from the floor and three. Sadly scal would shoot 0% from the free throw line as everybody is scared to fowl him. For lebron he will get suspened for flopping and scal will carry.
scal is too good bro Lebron would have been traded
Timberwolves Fan
They were the two best players of their era
Hakeem Olajuwon is the greatest centre of all time.
Dapo Odubela Kareem, Shaq, wilt.
Paron Zubalon Kareem had Magic and Oscar R, Hakeem showed he was better than Shaq in the 1995 finals imo. As for Wilt I don't really care for his era
Dapo Odubela if thats your opinion then thats fine. But i wouldn't say he's the greatest career center. He is the most skilled, but he is not the best athlete. That would be wilt. The best stats is Kareem for sure. The most dominant was shaq. The best career is Russel. Any one of these guys can be considered the greatest center really.
Abel Abitia y'all don't know shit! Kareem was garbage without Oscar Robertson or Magic! Wilt played in the weakest era in basketball history where there was almost no competition and the average team took 109 shots per game compared to today's 82 shots per game! Shaq in my opinion is basically trash against real centers and real big men! He didn't win anything until the real centers were old and injured, and even then, he needed Tim Donaghy to rig game 6 of the 02' WCF just to get his 3 peat! Besides, how can anybody call Shaq the best center ever when he was SWEPT 6 times during the 90's?!? Didn't Shaq almost get SWEPT by the 04' Pistons with a prime Kobe?! Olajuwon in his old injured days would've never gotten beaten with a prime Kobe!! You dumbass young punks need to brush up on your NBA history and watch the real Goat Olajuwon lead his trash ass teams in every category for an NBA record 9 seasons. Olajuwon is the only player in history to be top 15 in 5 different categories!
Armando De Los Santos Are you on something? the weakest era in basketball? they changed the rules back then to make the game harder to play, fouls were called differently and the pace was entirely different. Sure today's players are more athletic due to advances in technology and information, but that era wasn't the weakest era.
Olajuwon a top 10 player??? LOL more like a top 5 player but if Olajuwon and Jordan were teammates, they would have had more championships than Bill Russel. Simple as that...
Facts
Both mj and hakeem would have won everything from their 2nd yr maybe 3rd up till 96. If mj still decides to retire then
The 90s would've been the most boring era of basketball...
Pretty much. MJ doing his thing and Olajuwon with his dream shake. A wet dream for every fan but not for general excitement in the NBA.
Naif Almarri not neccisarily as the magic could've shook them off in my honest opinion
Naif Almarri the supersonics?the Utah jazz?
Darrel Be MJ could never beat Magic in his prime. He lost to him all the time. With the help of Hakeem, I think it would've been a great decade of Ball.
+based2kgod sorry for me jumping to huge conclusions. I meant by my comment is that if MJ and Olajuwon were in the same team and the team build around both players wouldve been the GSW with Lebron James. It might have been the most exciting era of all time, but maybe the MJ and Olajuwon duo will be the superior and reigning champions in the west.
Lavar ball says his boys can come back from a 4-0 lead
Luis Arvizu funny!
Thanks for all your awesome videos Funky.
Great video funky. I've been waiting for a video on this trade for a while and you did an excellent job.
man Id pay to see young MJ and Olajuwon against prime Magic and still-great Kareem
Assuming they still get to the FInals in 86, MJ and Dream vs Parish, Bird, and McHale would also be a great series.
This dude said Hakeem and Jordan would have lost to John Stockton gtfoh😕
iamstevenallen_ Lmaooo
He forgot clyde drexler in the trade. 😂😂😂😂
This is a great video man
Love these what if video
Been waiting on this.
I thought the trade was 2 pick and Clyde drexler for Ralph Sampson
Love youtubers who narrate these what ifs
HOLY LONG VIDEO! AFD PUTTIN IN WORKKKK
Finally somebody does a What if on that topic. Thank you
That would have been a dream team if Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon had ended up being.
could u do more what ifs like this I think these are amazing
Funky are you going to start doing my gm/ my league again?
Breakd0wn I subbed
Breakd0wn yeah I subbed also. Watched 1 of your vids they seem to be pretty good.
Breakd0wn I subbed
good shit bro
Best vid ever period
The trade could've gave em Clyde drexler and the #2 pick
Watching the phi slamma jamma in high school. I knew drexler and Olajuwon were amazing. I can't imagine all three of them on the same team. They would owned the NBA during the late 80s and 90s
This combo would basically have annihilated all opposition for a decade at least. They would have won at least 10 rings. You know why? Both are double and triple team threats. Can you imagine that? This basically means the rest of the 3 teammates are OPEN for shooting 3 pointers or mid-range shots. I don't know about Hakeem being an all-time great center but I do know this. He dominated and frustrated ALL hall of famer centers during that era. Imagine nullifying the likes of Shaq's effectiveness. This basically makes the Magic a cakewalk. Meanwhile MJ is free to do what he does and that's scoring and leaving Hakeem to add points, rebounds, steals and blocks. That's why even MJ picks Hakeem for center if he were to make his own 5-man team.
While you say say their scoring sweet spots are similar and they will each into each other's stats, they actually complement each other because both care more about winning than padding their stats. Between scoring 30s vs getting another championship ring, which one do you think both of them would pick? Two double/triple threat players on the same team would have been crazy.
ima a rockets fan and when i saw this i got mad.. We could have had 2 of the top 5 players of all-time on one team
We could have had the best center of all time, the best shooting guard AND player of all time, along with a top 10 and even arguably top 5 shooting guard of all time
Loved them ,my two favorite players, I'm too young to see Wilt or Russel
Well, if I'm not mistaken, the offer the Rockets had on table was the no. 2 pick and Drexler for Sampson.... Now imagine THAT... :)
...and Fat Lever
Oldřich Špok they wouldn't draft Jordan
Amazing
I'm surprised Clyde Drexler is not a factor in this. He would still be in the rockets possession.
Abhimanyu Patil rockets didn't trade for drexler until 1995
Yes, I forgot. All right, Thank you.
Abhimanyu Patil Clyde should still be traded to the Rockets since Jordan was retired at the time and the Rockets would need a SG.
Adam W the trade involved clyde
Awesome 👍 I saw a comment three years ago here but Clyde Drexler was also offered in the trade so you'd have a rookie Jordan rookie Hakeem Olajuwon teammate in college
the trade was drexler and the second pick for sampson
this shit is going to be amazing. already know before watching
Great vid only thing is in the trade with Ralph along with the pic we would have got Clyde to do think about that Olajuwon Drexler and Jordan 🔥🔥🔥
MJ and The Dream would be a cheat code. Hakeem's quieter personality is a perfect fit for Jordan's alpha dog character. Jordan's cuts would open the defence like butter and position Olajuwon for easy buckets. MJ's assists would skyrocket. If Hakeem posts up, MJ could loiter on the wing for easy kickout mid ranges or cutting layups. You'd have to double and triple team either of them at a time. The game would be unplayable. And that's just on offense. Defensively both are juggernauts. Hakeem would give the rim protection presence the Bulls never had. MJ would be picking pockets, locking down the perimetre players. If these two played together, the rest of the league should just retire lol.
This would’ve been AWESOME!!!!!!
If MJ and Charles Barkley teamed up in the 90s. That would have been dangerous. Chuck wouldn't get dissed by Shaq by not having a ring. hahaha
Jordan would have gotten a lot fewer points. Hakeem distribute the ball from the inside so well that his perimeter players going 2 deep took turns having 30 point nights for several years.
At that time, Houston couldn't afford Hakeem and MJ. Throw Drexler in, being from Houston, and MJ would have been traded. Thing is, what team would MJ be traded to? Very different NBA then.
BUT, if it could have worked, Drexler could have played small forward easily, because the Rockets usually played 3 guards anyway. The Rockets offence always needed a shooting point guard, like MJ loves. That team would have been AWESOME!
Rockets Starting five...
PG Kenny Smith
SG Michael Jordan
SF Clyde Drexler
PF Otis Thorpe
C Hakeem Olajuwon
6th Vernon Maxwell
7th Matt Bullard
Everyone else would want to be a rocket.
Horry and Cassell probably wouldn't be drafted, because the Rockets would be killing it.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
that trade also included Clyde Drexler. so the Rockets would've had a BIG 3 . Drexler. Jordan. & Dream. 10+ titles. '86🏆'88🏆'90🏆'91🏆'92🏆'93🏆'94🏆'95🏆'96🏆'97🏆'98🏆'99🏆 GTOAT
You seem to forget, it wasn't just a trade for the 2nd pick to get Jordan. Portland threw Clyde Drexler in as part of the trade to get Sampson. Houston could've had Jordan, Clyde and Hakeem. 10-12 championships at minimum if everyone stayed healthy.
Exactly
Clyde Drexler was gonna be apart of the trade to
too*
i haven't watched the video yet, but I'm gonna guess that they would be a good team
A far more likely possibility which was actually a hair trigger away from being done, was the Pippen -Olajuwon trade in 1992. Or so I remember from that time. The Bulls secured Kukoc's rights, and Krause thought he'd replace Pippen, and so there was some deal on the table. There was a reason Krause was stalling on Pip's contract extension and trying to sign Kukoc. in the end though Kukoc stayed in Europe, and Krause couldn't get the deal done. Otherwise for that 1992 season it would have been MJ and The Dream on the Bulls, with Kukoc replacing Pippen's role.
Hakeem , Jordan,Drexler,Otis Thorpe, Kenny Smith. Drexler was offered in the Sampson trade. Vernon Maxwell, Sam Cassell, & Robert Horry off the bench. What an unbelieveable team. Almost forgot Mario Ellie. Wow this video brought back my childhood thank you. In around 96 they could of got Rodman cheep like Chi town did. I think 10 titles, we know of 8 in a row & could of squeezed at least 2 more. Hakeem & Jordan played till 02-03 season. Jordan may not of retired, at least not twice or three however you look at it.
Please make a new version of this video that takes Clyde Drexler into account. As many others have said, the trade was Drexler and the #2 pick for Sampson.
Don’t forget Clyde Drexler was in that trade too. Would’ve been the best big 3 of all time.
The big 3 out of the heavens
I just read below that the original trade off was including Drexler in addition to the pick that would have landed Jordan. Oh the hindsight is too painful to imagine for Hakeem, Jordan, and the Clyde the glide all together.
Drexler was no slouch obviously. He even came a breath away from a quin double, having had 8 steals and 7 blocks in one game in addition to the triple. The three on the same team would have been a match up problem for anyone.
With Hakeem, they do not beat up on Jordan. Hakeem was a brawler when he was younger
I remember the Lakers rockets series well. Believe I was 6 or 7. Basketballs golden years.
I actually heard that the trade that would have happened at the '84 draft was going to send Clyde Drexler and the #2 pick to Houston for Ralph Sampson. If that happens, the Rockets potentially rival Boston in 1986.
Just his number would change history
Would MJ have been able to accept that he was drafted after his teammate would he have fitted in? We all know how big his ego is! This is an ideal situation!!
Kevin Bing I think it would push him, because Hakeem was so good. His will to win would keep them together but I think both their competitive spirits would push each other
Moreover hakeem is a good teammate and had great work ethic.
Jordan would sympathize for that.
Hakeem may also be smart enough to let mj fulfill his ego and be the star for the greater victory of the team.
I think their personality match well unlike kobe shaq.
With the way Hakeem was before 1992 I don't think the team could have stuck together. MJ and Hakeem would have been fighting. Before 1992 Hakeem was a more rash and stubborn person. His personality at that time would have clashed bad with the way MJ is. People always look back and can only remember the smiling nice Hakeem from 1993 and on. He used to not be as nice or relaxed of a person. I remember him talking about his faith helped center himself and changed the way he treated others a long time ago. I would have loved if they both played on the Rockets team but don't think it would have worked out.
ssjwes They are winning championships together, they will put up with each other like Kobe and Shaq.
ssjwes
Houston would not be able to afford them and have a good team around them. It would have been them and no one else. Throw in Drexler, being from Houston, Jordan would have been traded. What would be interesting is who would Jordan be traded to?
I was the 1000th like
Could've been more my ass......Hakeem would've taken him down.....especially in 1995.
You could think of it as the Rockets could have got Sampson and then Jordan the next year OR they could have gotten Drexler and then Olajuwon the next.
Either way they had options and went with 2 centers. That got them to the finals in ‘86 and then Sampson got hurt
At first I thought this was a
Mike Korzemba video...
Other than Sampson, the 87 Rockets also lost a lot of valuable support peaces due to the NBA's cocaine epidemic including John Lucas, Lewis Lloyd, and Andrew Wiggins' dad. Also, the 87 Lakers added not only A.C. Green, but Michael Thompson who was a physical center and Kareem's backup. Given that the Rockets supporting cast fell apart and offered little hope around Hakeem and MJ, and the Lakers now had some additional pieces to throw at Hakeem, they would have beaten Houston in 87.
You actually forgot a player in the 84 Trade...the Blazers actually offered Drexler and their #2 Pick for ROY Ralph Sampson. So the Rockets would have had Dream, MJ, and Glide in 84-85 for the next 15 years!
Would have been the greatest duo ever. Lawd they might have broken Russell 11 rings
Notification squad where you at!?
2021 jordan was the the man who made hero ball the cool thing too be the era where one man can be the savior of your team and beyond.
If this scenario happens, Scottie Pippen goes to the Bulls but the Sonics not only get Olden Polyniece but John Paxon, too.
Michael was almost traded to the rockets. If we got him that would've been really bad news for everyone.
Nah bruh, you massively underrated what Olajuwan and Jordan could do together, even as rookies. Jordan took the Bulls from 27-55 to 38-44. Olajuwan took the Rockets from 29-53 to 48-34. Alone they both raised their teams wins by at least 10 games, and Olajuwan by himself had the Rockets at the third seed. Together, they probably would have been the at least the two seed. Even if they were the three, they only lost the Utah series 3-2 with just Hakeem. Jordan got that dumpster fire he was on to a win against that Moncrief led Bucks team in that series, so adding Jordan to the Rockets would have gotten them past the Jazz.
Either way, I can see them getting out of the first round, because I don't see the Spurs beating them either. They may have lost to the Nuggets given how bad the Rockets lost that series, but there's a chance they make it to the Conference Finals. Absolute worst case w-l scenario, they lose to the Nuggets in 6. Hell, the Rockets went to the Finals in '86, adding Jordan to that squad is a no brainer that they'd be playing for championships from day 1.
DYNASTY!!!!
do a suns mygm
Baron Rivers
lol
90s. was one of the best eras
Coming into their own on D in their 3rd years. Are you kidding, Hakeem was always dominant on D until he just got too old.
What you forgot is that Blazers offered The second pick and Drexler! So they could have had Hakeem, Drexler from the trade and Jordan. They wouldn't pass on Jordan like that. Drexler could also play the 3 so they would put him there
Do you mean to say that instead of the heated Jordan/Isiah Thomas conference rivalry it could had been Jordan vs Magic? Loser misses the 92 Dream Team? If Jordan and Magic (arguably the 2 best players at the time.... hard to keep Bird out of that convo, though)were competing in the Western Finals every year... mitts would had been thrown.
Would had been fun to watch. I love "What ifs".
They would have swept the 90's and won every single championship that decade
Anyone else miss the MyGm series?
That team would have a legitimate chance at 82-0
Dumars wasn’t the only player who gave Jordan fits one-on-one. GP, Mookie Blaylock, Dennis Johnson, John Starks, and a few others gave him problems.
Dat vibrating phone when Hakeem comes up tho
Do a what if the kobe and dirk played on the same team
thought my phone went off
00:34 the moment you think you got a text message
mj wouldve gotten 10 rings
No really realizes that Clyde Drexler was a part of the Ralph Sampson Trade. The Trade would've looked like this:
The Houston Rockets Receive: Clyde Drexler and the Number 2 pick in the 1984 Draft (A.K.A. The Right to Draft Michael Jordan)
The Portland Trail Blazers Receive: Ralph Sampson
That means Hakeem, Drexler, and MICHAEL JORDAN would've been on the same team for YEARS to come...That would be SO MANY TITLES
Brian scalebrine 1 kwame 2 JIMMER 3 Andrew Morrison 4 and chuck Hayes 5
CJ Har
Lavar ball
Do what if shaq never left the lakers
They could have traded sampson and lucas to portland for clyde and the #2. Then turn around and trade clyde to chicago for the #3 and use that to take john stockton. 🤔 Jordan, Hakeem, and Stockton.....scary
Drexler was offered as well with the 2nd pick for sampson
I wonder if Skip Bayless would have the same perspective of Jordan if he actually lost two NBA finals. But then again, winning probably like 12 from the late 80s and all the 90s would be pretty good too right?
In other words, the Rockets-Lakers matchup mirrors the 1995 Magic-Rockets matchup, where Penny and Shaq are essentially Jordan and Hakeem.
MJ needed Pippen. Hakeem needed no one
A star big man was everything in the 90s. Hakeem had the advantage and yet he only won two titles when Mike was away. Mike won 6 in a decade dominated by big men with Cartwright and Longley as his center. Hakeem also needed Drexler back in 95.
@@jfrd-pw4hk Mike wasn't away in 95.