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Bird and Magic ruled the 80's. In the 90's Mutumbo, Hakeem, Robinson, Barkley, Malone, Kemp, and other bigs played in the Western conference while the East had Ewing, Mourning and young Shaq.
How did he dodge them when he won 6 championships in the early and late 90s and had a winning record against teams with dominant centers with Bill Cartwright then Luc Longley as a starters.
Also dismissing "young Shaq" is wild. The Bulls championships well into Shaq's career.
Like MJ is a piece of shit no doubt but this is just silly
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Folks argue the Western conference was the better conference therefore Jordan has an easier path playing in the East. I too hated MJ and always rooted against the Bulls.
I don't mean to downplay Shaq. Him and Penny were my fav team, but experience helps in the NBA and he became even better throughout his career so I thought I should note he was still developing. I hated him by the time he was in the West ruining the one shot the Timberwolves ever had of winning.