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[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

On this date in 1991, Michael Jordan claimed the first of his six NBA titles 🏆

[Catulle Lafortune @catul_lafortune]

@YahooSports No superteam. No hype. Just Dirk, a midrange jumper, and 6 games of pure will. 2011 stays criminally underrated.

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

15 years ago today, Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks defeated the Heat to win the franchise’s first NBA championship 🏆

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

35 YEARS AGO TODAY
Michael Jordan celebrated his first NBA Championship with his father.

MJ in the NBA Finals: 6-0

[🇸🇻 Moises 🇺🇸 Zet 🇬🇹 @Moebanter]

@Danielsims_23 @TheTruth8240 Kobe didn't run from the Lakers to join Malone and Payton or Gasol, they joined him, that would make those players "cheaters". Jordan didn't leave the Bulls to play with Rodman. Bron Left Cle to play with Wade and Bosh, ran back to play with Kyrie then L.A. to play with A.D.

[𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝟚𝟛 @Supreme23_____]

@LBJgoat_talk Fixed it for you

[Erza @mural_erza]

@HoodiiBron This is genuinely much worse lmao... Bronze fans live in an alternate reality I swear

[Apex Jones HACKED @ApexJonesHACKED]

Loser talk and lies. LeBron’s teams were the preseason favorite to win the championship 7 different times.

He’s an underachiever not an underdog.

[The NBA Realist @nbarealist23]

The “MJ benefitted From Expansion” MYTH :
Of all of the anti-MJ myths, ExPaNsIoN is easily the most braindead. I'm killing it once and for all:

·The Protection Rule: Teams could protect their Top 8 players. Only 9-12 got exposed which meant no team got meaningfully worse. Which 9-12 player changed the outcome of history? Which one stops the Bulls Dynasty? No one can answer this.

· The Bulls Suffered the Most!: They lost BJ Armstrong – the best player across all 3 expansion drafts. No one ever mentions this.

· The Same Exact Rules applied to Every Team - If other teams "supposedly" were weakened, then so were the Bulls. If MJ "supposedly" beat up on expansion teams, then so did everyone else. The Bulls weren't operating off a different set of rules.

·Existing Teams Got BETTER, not Worse - Now for the ugly truth.. Existing teams weaponized the Expansion Draft by dumping unwanted salaries and clearing cap space for free agents. The Knicks dumped Greg Anthony’s salary to eventually sign Allan Houston. The Blazers dumped Jerome Kersey’s salary to eventually sign Arvydas Sabonis. The Heat dumped John Salley’s salary to eventually sign Alonzo Mourning. The Knicks dumped Sidney Green and eventually absorbed Mo Cheek's contract. These teams got better, not worse!

· The Win Inflation Myth: Existing teams didn’t just add 6 more wins vs expansion teams. Those expansion teams usually replaced another “bad” non-expansion team on the schedule - one bad team for another. However, even if you want to argue that teams inflated their win total, then that rule applied to everyone- not just MJ’s Bulls. All Boats rise.

So go ahead... Explain to me how MJ benefitted from Expansion?

I’ll wait...

[J @jordankobewade7]

youre gonna be the underdog when you constantly lose as the favorite. not sure how this is not common sense.

[SNY Knicks @sny_knicks]

THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN NBA FINALS HISTORY.

THE KNICKS LEAD THE NBA FINALS 3-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless]

I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE SHOCKED IN MY SPORTS-WATCHING LIFE. I GOT CHILLS.

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN NBA PLAYOFF HISTORY.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

KNICKS ONE WIN AWAY FROM AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 🔥

29-PT COMEBACK. OG GAME WINNER.

NEW YORK LEADS 3-1.

[Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless]

It’s already becoming clear the New Face (Wemby) has this in common with the Old Face (LeBron) … no clutch gene. Late missed game-winners, missed crucial free throws, killer turnovers. Disappeared in last night’s second half: 0 blocks, 0 defensive rebounds. 1-9 career late/close

[Corey B @CoreyB08]

Lebron James was outplayed by Jason Terry in an NBA finals. That would absolutely never happen to Jordan.

He also played Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing in the finals. So you just look dumb on multiple accounts lol

[Don @som3on3_10]

@oldskoolbballx Let me repeat…what Bron and KD did were the 2 weakest moves by any star player. Absolute weak shit, yet there is a fan base on this app that will defend the former and criticize the latter. Brain dead fanbase.

[Skip Bayless @RealSkipBayless]

Deep down, LeBron knows Jordan would’ve kicked his ass. Mentally toughest big-game, big-moment competitor ever vs one of mentally flimsiest. #phonyGOAT

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

"Michael Jordan is my GOAT."

- JR Smith

(Via NBAT2)

[Norcalhoodie @YIN_and_YANG_oo]

Ouch….