posted by anyway: . Luck? He won 6 titles the last six years he played with the Bulls.
Yes again, there was a certain amount of luck that entered in. I don't see how that can even be disputed.
In the first title against LA, injuries to Magic, Worthy & Scott paved the way for the Bulls. Maybe the Bulls would have won regardless, but who knows.
In the second title against Portland, the Bulls were up 3 games to 2. In game six, they trailed by 15 points at the start of the 4th qtr. The team had frozen up so Jackson put a bunch of reserves on the floor, who brought the team back, and they ended up winning.
In the third title against Phx, the Suns came within a missed 3 pt. shot by Dan Majerle of forcing a game 7.
Then there was the famous (alleged) push-off against Russell by Jordan in 1998
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WULyz1-OQc
It doesn't mean Jordan wasn't great, just that it easily could have gone another way. I think that if Jordan had only gotten 4 titles, people wouldn't be so quick to crown him as king over Magic, who had 5 titles.
Then again, Jordan could have conceivably won 3 more titles if not for a) retiring after 1993, and then again after his last year.