The next season was the lockout* 50 game season

REALLY think that would’ve worked to their advantage

The next 2 years, after the last dance, the Pacers were the best team in the East

MJ pwned Reggie, and I think they make it to the finals with relative ease

You also keep Feel off the LAL

I don’t think they 3peat w/o Feel in LA given that soap opera

The bulls roster did fluctuate

But it felt like the players were periodically turned over for similar players

IMO, keeping Scottie, Feel and MJ on the bulls results in 2 more rings

Eventually, the SAS and LAL do breakthrough

*it can’t be coincidence that the lockout season followed the last dance

This was a very public dispute between management and players over money

I wonder how much of a factor, watching arguably the 2 best players in the league fight tooth and nail with their organization for assumedly deserved money, I wonder how much that factored into the lockout

Other players must have been thinking, if Scottie and MJ can’t get paid...the fuck am I gonna do