If we don’t make those excuses for lebron, etc, can’t make them for Jordan. Wasn’t Lebron in his third or 4th season when he took a bunch of nobodies to the championship against the spurs? And I hate Lebron. If you put Jordan on that same Lebron team, do they get to the championship? I don’t think so. And if you put lebron On the Jordan bulls teams that got bounced in the first round , does lebron get them to the finals?
I’m a bulls fan, Jordan fan, etc, but I’m also logical. Which is why I don’t call Jordan the greatest of all time or the bulls team the greatest of all time. Too many great teams and great players to do that. Some could say that the bulls competition in the 90s playoffs were watered down compared to lakers, sixers, Celtics of the 80s and what golden state had to go through in the west. An argument can be made for that.
Just sports debates. That’s what makes sports great.