Not really the subject of the thread, but in all fairness to the Bulls, when Jordan left, it wasn't just about Jordan, Phil JAckson left, and the whole backbone of the team. I actually remmber a report about Randy Brown I think it was having 11 strokes on his shoe fotr the number of players that had left the team
I am a man started following basketball during the second bulls championship and i fell in love with that team. When Jordan retired the first time, I stuck with them because the teams wasn't just Jordan. Most of the supporting cast stayed.
But when men dismantle a team like that the second time around, it make no sense calling it the same team. In any case, the NBA has become a sheep bartering arena more than anything else. I haven't watched a full basketball game since the 1998 finals for that very reason.