I've been dipping in & out of The Last Dance for the first time since it came out, and I don't know if it's because of the outrageous alpha charisma of Jordan himself or things just get burned into your head as "iconic" when you're young and then that goes away forever, and it's occurred to me..."occurred to me" as opposed to anybody else, I suppose?...and each one of Jordan's 6 rings has something super-memorable/iconic about them that clearly separates each from the others:
1991: official hand-off of greatness from the Lakers to the Bulls, signalling the end of Magic's reign & the beginning of Jordan's
1992: features the iconic "shrug game" vs. Clyde Drexler, a moment so iconic it eventually becamse [art of an instant classic Saturday Night Live skit.
1993: Clash of the Titans with best friend (at the time grrrrrr) Charles Barkley
1996: crowning of what can be considered to be the greatest team of all time (something the Warriors couldn't do 20 years later when they surpassed the Bulls' record 72 wins)
1997: the Flu Game!
1998: iconic ending shot of MJ's (real) career, poised for posterity after snapping Bryon Russell's ankles.
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