After the injury, he averaged 4 boards, 5 assists, a steal and 16 points a game on drastically reduced minutes for the rest of the season; he somewhat came back from the injury through the off-season to play in 02-03 but he was never in the same form he'd been in prior to colliding with Thomas. From this analysis, we may draw a few conclusions:

1) Jordan clearly had gas in the tank for another championship run or two 98 - 01. The numbers he was putting up as a WIZARD pre-injury weren't that far off from what he produced during the second three-peat (6/4/2/30). Again, that's insane. I'm thinking he takes 2 of 3 in another three seasons of play with a rebuilt Bulls roster after deadweight Pippen is discarded. Jordan retires in 2001 with eight rings and less wanderlust.

2) If Jordan hadn't injured himself in February 02, the shitty Wizards were going to have a playoff run and Jordan may have been in contention for MVP especially considering the narrative. It would have been wild seeing Jordan at 39 going balls out in the playoffs again and lighting up e.g., Orlando or Detroit for 45 points on any given night.

3) Jerry Krause is a fucking faggot.

That is all.

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(Not sarcasm)

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and the median age of XO now is probably 41-42

we could still maek it

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3, 3, 6, and 8 are very harmonious. Augustine wrote at length about the perfection of the number 6.

3, 4, 7, and 9 are awkward, unbalanced, and ugly.

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The frustrating thing about the Bulls at the end of the 98 run is they still had so much versatility. There were 50 different ways a GM who gave a damn could have freshened up the lineup while still retaining Jordan-Rodman at the core to stock them for another run. But Krause didn't give a damn and the culture had become toxic there by 98; it was a prematurely ended dynasty.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVCjUG1Mww

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But by 2000, the Lakers were unstoppable with Shaq and Kobe and arguable the Pacers take out the Bulls (with a 37-year-old Jordan) in the playoffs.

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Age is flame

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrUd9jUJLc

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJAIyXQ5wNU

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there’s no way he could have maintained those numbers even if he was “healthy,” especially not into the playoffs

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lebron is 38 and averaging 29 8 and 7.

Oh now you'll pivot to discussions about intangibles and "being a winner".

Well jordan didn't win fucking shit with the wizards. they finished sub-500 both seasons so fuck off.

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look i love jordan but the need by his supporters to shit on lebron and create this jordan mystique as if he never lost or didn't need to be surrounded by all-time greats in order to win is tiresome.

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Starting lineup:

Ron Harper

MJ

Kukoc

Barkley

Divac

with Brent Barry coming off the bench. Could maybe beat the Spurs idk.

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