Another scenario

[Demitri98]

Rookie MJ and rookie Shaq are both drafted by the Bulls in '84.

How many chips do they win? Does the team implode a la Shaq/Kobe?

I'd say, barring injury and issues between the two of them, at least 10 rings. From '86 to '96 literally no one will be stopping them. '97 and '98 would be the same version of MJ and 03-05 Shaq. Do they still win it those years?

Maybe more?

[IncarceratedBob]

Shaq was drafted in 92, stupid ass

[navy]

What if they never get Phil jackson?

[Akrazotile]

Theyd argue but they wouldnt break up bc the game was different before MJs unprecedented fame. You didnt have ringtards measuring everything by rings as "the man" and you didnt have morons on the 24 hour sports news cycle insisting an alpha needs to do it on his own to be legit etc.

All the shit kobe was trying to live up to was contrived media shit that he also believed in bc of MJ's success. But prior to MJ there was no sense of guys having t have their "own team." Thats a concept of modern retards. Plenty of high profile teammates used to beef. But youre on the same team so just deal with it.

Only today do we center the conversation on determining who is alpha.