“When it’s time to take that shot, they’ll have their thumb in their ears” – Charles Barkley predicted the Jordan-less Bulls downfall https://www.rawchili.com/nba/217194/ #1993NBAFinals #199394NBASeason #Basketball #Bulls #CharlesBarkley #Chicago #ChicagoBulls #ChicagoBulls #ClevelandCavaliers #HoraceGrant #JohnPaxson #MichaelJordan #NBA #NewYorkKnicks #OffenseAndDefense #PaulWestphal #PhoenixSuns #ScottiePippen

“You have one requirement… You just have to be open and ready to shoot” – John Paxson on how easy it is to play with Michael Jordan https://www.rawchili.com/nba/198202/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #ChicagoBulls #JohnPaxson #MichaelJordan #NBA #PhilJackson #PhoenixSuns

“Guys were shooting air balls” – Danny Ainge claims Charles Barkley and the Suns succumbed to pressure in the 1993 NBA Finals against the Bulls https://www.rawchili.com/nba/192207/ #1992NBAFinals #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #BostonCeltics #Bulls #CharlesBarkley #Chicago #ChicagoBulls #ChicagoBulls #DannyAinge #MichaelJordan #NBA #PhoenixSuns #PortlandTrailBlazers

Pippen once missed a layup to prevent MJ from getting a triple-double in the 1997 Finals: “I didn’t want him to tie me” https://www.rawchili.com/nba/137117/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #Bulls #Chicago #ChicagoBulls #ChicagoBulls #MichaelJordan #mj #NBA #NBAFinals #PhilJackson #ScottiePippen #TripleDouble #UtahJazz

“How much you think that jersey would go for?” – George Karl on selling Charles Barkley’s Game 7 jersey after 1993 WCF loss https://www.rawchili.com/nba/133014/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #ChicagoBulls #GeorgeKarl #HoustonRockets #NBA #Philadelphia76ers #Phoenix #PhoenixSuns #PhoenixSuns #SeattleSuperSonics #suns #TheSonics #TheSuns

“If we lose Game 2, then we can go crazy” – Charles Barkley stayed calm after the Game 1 loss in the 1993 Finals to the Bulls https://www.rawchili.com/nba/99153/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #CharlesBarkley #ChicagoBulls #HoraceGrant #HoustonRockets #KevinJohnson #NBA #Phoenix #PhoenixSuns #PhoenixSuns #suns #TheSuns

John Starks made an absurd claim that the NBA saved MJ and the Bulls in the 93 ECF: “That was the whole ordeal with Michael and Atlantic City” https://www.rawchili.com/nba/41486/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #Celtics #ChicagoBulls #JohnStarks #Knicks #MichaelJordan #NBA #NBAFinals #NewYork #NewYorkKnicks #NewYork #NewYorkKnicks #StaceyKing #suns

“Phoenix would be paradise” – Scottie Pippen hoped the Suns would trade for him at the 1995 trade deadline https://www.rawchili.com/nba/22714/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #CharlesBarkley #ChicagoBulls #ClarenceWeatherspoon #Houston #NBA #Philadelphia76ers #Phoenix #PhoenixSuns #PhoenixSuns #Rockets #ScottiePippen #suns

“I didn’t sense I was taking over the ballgame” – Michael Jordan didn’t realize he was dominating the Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals https://www.rawchili.com/nba/8980/ #1993NBAFinals #Basketball #blazers #ChicagoBulls #MichaelJordan #mj #NBA #NBAFinals #Phoenix #PhoenixSuns #PhoenixSuns #suns