Gotcha. but you should be happy MJ took a couple years off. Let you get a couple titles. Lets not open that can of worms. I have argued with Andy on that topic more than once. MJ was back for the second one and while his regular season numbers were down his playoff numbers will still on par with what he did in other championship winning playoffs. He did everything in the 95 playoffs that he did in the six championship years but the Rockets still won. No, no he didn't. Yes, yes he did. He averaged 31.5 points per game (higher than 3 of the 6 championship playoffs), 6.5 rebounds (higher than 4 of 6), 4.5 assists (higher than 2 of the 6), shot .484 (higher than 4 of the 6), .367 on 3-pters (higher than 2 of the 6), 1.4 blocks (higher than all 6) and finally 2.3 steals (higher than all 6). Jordan did average or better in 5 of the stats and worse than average in just two. He was not the reason you lost early that year and Chicago fans need to stop using it as an excuse because it is lame is has no ground to stand on. Yeah cause that next year after he knocked the rust off, he really sucked. They limped to the playoffs and lucked out once they got there. GTFOOH. The bulls easily win the first year he's out, hell they almost did without him if it wasn't for Hue Hollins being awful. He doesn't retire you are looking at 8 in a row.