1999*

[therealtruth]

Phil Jackson initially coined the phrase "there should be an asterisk placed by the 1999 Championship" while making his case that he believed a Jordan-led Bulls team could have again reached the NBA Finals if only the Bull's owner had settled with Jordan (contract extension negotiations) and not forced his exit from the league... That phrase was not necessarily meant to belittle the Spurs' organization at all...

Only later, and coincidently so, did Jackson himself end up with the team that would become our archrival for the majority of the next decade (the hated Los Angeles Lakers)... It was at that point that he propagated the phrase as a 'troll' tactic to get under Spursfandom's collective skin...

The Bulls definitely could have won it again if the team had been kept together. That would have been a good finals. Bulls vs Spurs.

[DMC]

Yes it bothers me. I cry every time I see it or hear it. It's not fair.

[DMC]

Phil Jackson initially coined the phrase "there should be an asterisk placed by the 1999 Championship" while making his case that he believed a Jordan-led Bulls team could have again reached the NBA Finals if only the Bull's owner had settled with Jordan (contract extension negotiations) and not forced his exit from the league... That phrase was not necessarily meant to belittle the Spurs' organization at all...

Only later, and coincidently so, did Jackson himself end up with the team that would become our archrival for the majority of the next decade (the hated Los Angeles Lakers)... It was at that point that he propagated the phrase as a 'troll' tactic to get under Spursfandom's collective skin...

So then whomever wins this year gets the same asterisk, since Cuban didn't resign TC, JJ, Caron and Peja up and quit.