All of top-5 minutes guys other than Bron returned the next year (Mo Williams, Antawn Jamison, Anderson Varejao, and Anthony Parker), as did some of the main bench guys - JJ Hickson, Boobie Gibson, and Jamario Moon. The only ones who left were 40yo Shaq and crazy ass Delonte, but I don't think they were helping at that point anyway. They picked up Ramon Sessions and Baron David, but Davis missed most of the season.
Very next season they added Kyrie to the team, who was a mile better than anyone not named Bron, and still averaged just 27 wins/season the next three years.
So yeah, they were a demonstrably shyt organization.
That's a fantastic example, MJ would win fewer titles with that Lakers squad than he did with the Bulls. And that's despite the fact that Jordan works be joining a pre-made title contender with zero cap side to actually sign him. Were you trying to help my case?
Should have just asked "How many would MJ win with Bron's squads?" And I think the most likely answer is 3, though either 2 or 4 are possible.
lol at the bubble being "favorable circumstances".
Here's a better question for you - if MJ's #2 or #3 had gotten hurt in 10 of his runs like Bron's did, how many titles does he win? Underappreciated fact is that MJ had an almost perfectly healthy top-8 for all six titles - Luc Longley's 3 missed games in '98 were the closest he came to not having everyone from the regular rotation on the court, and otherwise Pippen in '98 was the only time he had a major contributor in poor shape. Whereas from 2011-2023, I think the ONLY time Bron got through the playoffs with an intact, healthy rotation was 2017, and that unfortunately was the most meaningless season to pick to do that.
The fukk y’all still arguing about, nothing wrong with all time greats sharing their eras with other all time greats
