“Those Lakers beat the ’91 Pistons, the ’85 Celtics, the ’95 Bulls, anyone,” Trail Blazers All-Star Terry Porter told me. “Kareem, Worthy, Magic? As good as Jordan was, he never had teammates like that,” said Sam Perkins. “He had Scottie, but there never really was a bona fide third player. The Lakers had four Hall of Famers in the same lineup.”

