Let's be honest. Jordan won 6 titles, and would have won 8 in a row, in a league that featured these Hall of Famers all playing at a very high level:
Stockton
Malone
Barkley
Olajuwon
Drexler
Payton
Mutombo
Rodman (yes he won three with the Bulls, but he was also great when he wasn't on the Bulls)
Robinson
Ewing
Wilkins
Dumars
Thomas
Jordan had to get through a lot of great players and some really good teams, year in and year out. Yes he had Pippen, another all-time great player, and also Rodman later on. But Magic had Kareem and Worthy, Bird had McHale and Parish, Robinson had Duncan, Kobe had Shaq, KG had Allen and Pierce, Olajuwon had Drexler. LeBron won championships with future HOFer Wade, another guy who *probably* will make the HOF in Bosh, and then won one in Cleveland with Love and Irving, two guys who might not make the HOF (but they might), but who at minimum were high level all-stars.
Really, if he hadn't retired, Jordan would have won 8 titles in a row. I guess things could have happened, but I think 8 in a row was quite likely.
Stockton
Malone
Barkley
Olajuwon
Drexler
Payton
Mutombo
Rodman (yes he won three with the Bulls, but he was also great when he wasn't on the Bulls)
Robinson
Ewing
Wilkins
Dumars
Thomas
Jordan had to get through a lot of great players and some really good teams, year in and year out. Yes he had Pippen, another all-time great player, and also Rodman later on. But Magic had Kareem and Worthy, Bird had McHale and Parish, Robinson had Duncan, Kobe had Shaq, KG had Allen and Pierce, Olajuwon had Drexler. LeBron won championships with future HOFer Wade, another guy who *probably* will make the HOF in Bosh, and then won one in Cleveland with Love and Irving, two guys who might not make the HOF (but they might), but who at minimum were high level all-stars.
Really, if he hadn't retired, Jordan would have won 8 titles in a row. I guess things could have happened, but I think 8 in a row was quite likely.