Dude, all the teams you are mentioning had more than what you are saying. The one exception is Michael's Bulls. He had Pippen. But Jordan is an exception to the rule. When you have the greatest basketball player in history on your team, you are gonna win some fuckin ballgames. Plus every team except the Bulls had a dominant center. Balance, chemistry, non egotistical assholes make championship teams. How can it be Magic and Kareems Lakers? Besides, there was a guy by the name of James Worthy on the team as well, ring a bell? Larry's Celetics? How about McHale and Parish, are they chop liver? There you go again with Shaq AND Kobe's Lakers. Shaq is one of the most dominant players in history, pair him, a CENTER, with arguably the best player in the NBA at the time and you are gonna win ballgames.
Comparing baseball to basketball is like apples and oranges. Everyone knows pitching wins championships, especially in the steroid era. You are talking about a 162 game grueling schedule compared to an 82 game season. A baseball team consisting of 25 players compared to a basketball team consisting of 12 players. So while you may have the Yankees hitting line up, which is just sick, you aren't going to win shit without pitching. In the NBA, you aren't going to win shit unless you have a dominating Center and great Guard, or a TEAM oriented personnel. This me first, let me travel my way to the basket and score attitude doesn't work. You have to actually PASS the ball to get the highest percentage shot. Not shoot 35 times a game like Iverson and while scoring a shitload of points, doesn't help your team win ballgames in the long run. The exception to the rule is Michael Jordan, but even he made the players around him better and was a TEAM player.
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