The upcoming NBA season marks 20 years since the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s won its first NBA title.
The second trio of titles the dynasty won (1996-1998) is clearer in my memory, but the mystique of the dynasty as a whole is what still gives me chills.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the Bulls will hold a halftime ceremony in March featuring Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and other members of the 1990-1991 team.
There couldn’t be a more fitting time to celebrate the greatest, most dominant dynasty in NBA history.
With Dwyane Wade building his super team in Miami with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, we see a new, unproven model for chasing championships.
In the Lakers’ five championships in the past decade we see a model of dysfunction. Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher were there for them all, but the rosters of the first three and last two were drastically different.
The NBA doesn’t make dynasties like they used to: the Bulls, the Celtics, the “Showtime” Lakers. But I still take solace in remembering the joy of watching MJ hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy in a way no one ever has or ever will.
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