Jordan played 5 seasons without Pippen. Out of those 5 seasons, he posted 5 losing records, missed the playoffs twice, and was 1-9 in the playoffs.
Everyone likes to bring up the bad years LA had without Shaq, when Kobe took one of the worst teams in NBA history to the playoffs in I think was a 7 seed where they lost to the suns. (Kwame Brown, Smush Parker in starting lineup). When Jordan came back to the Bulls he is the reason that they lost to Orlando. Hardaway took a dump on Jordan in that series, but no one here will bring that up because its a bunch of young gamblers in here that don't know shit about basketball.
Guys on here talking everyday that the Bulls will lose 10 games at most, that they will beat the Heat in a 7 game series. Anyone that knows anything about basketball knew before the season started that Miami won't lose a 7 game series to any Eastern Conference team.
Jordan wouldn't average 29 a game if he was playing in his 16th season in the NBA. We have had many debates on this topic on this site, and while I respect Jordan at 1, there is no one better than Jordan and Bryant. They are 1 and 2 and its not even close. Larry Bird or Magic Johnson are realistically not even close to Bryant. Neither of them were the ruthless defenders that Jordan and Bryant were. Lebron James is the only guy that can really take over as the best ever because of his raw talent but he would need to win 4+ rings and that probably won't happen because he's not ruthless. I'm not sure why people compare Lebron to Magic just because he's a good passer. Magic was all finesse. James is the strongest and fastest wing player in the history of the game.
Jordan's teams with the Bulls were basically like the Heat team today except for the fact that there's more contenders now then there was in Jordan's era. That's why Miami will win the championship easily this year and I will collect my future winnings.