Originally posted by Jazz
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Many people who didn't watch the 80s and 90s basketball forget that Michael Jordan played 15 seasons in his career, and 13 out of those 15 seasons he was severely underpaid by the same owner Jerry Reinsdorf. He was the best paid player in the league TWICE, in 1997 and 1997 when he signed a 1-year 30 mil and 1-year 33 mil contract for the Bulls. He refused to give a discount to the Bulls after what they did to him. So yes, in a sense that left very little money for other players, but if you have such a team, you shell out cash to Pippen and keep them until the wheels come off and win some more titles.
In 1999, they should've been able to handle the Spurs, especially with Rodman on Duncan. 2000 would've been a classic finals vs Lakers. After that, they would've been done...
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