In Michael Jordan’s “Repeat Three-Peat” championship teams, 6x, 1991, 1992, 1993, & 1996, 1997, 1998, name the players he beat in the finals who would win (or had already won) an NBA championship as a player or who eventually got elected to the Basketball HOF — again, as a player (not as coach or administrator).
Magic Johnson
There are 17 such players. 7 are HOFers. 4 of those 7 HOFers won NBA Championships. 14 players had already won (or would later win) NBA Championships.
ETA, to help, the teams he and the Chicago Bulls beat are:
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers
1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers
1992-93 Phoenix Suns
1995-96 Seattle SuperSonics
1996-97 Utah Jazz
1997-98 Utah Jazz
BHOFers (as player): 7
Charles Barkley
Vlade Divac
Clyde Drexler
Magic Johnson
Karl Malone
John Stockton
James Worthy
NBA Champions (as player): 14
Danny Ainge 2x 1984 1986 Celtics
Shandon Anderson 2006 Heat
Elden Campbell 2004 Pistons
(H) Clyde Drexler 1995 Trail Blazers
Greg Foster 2001 Lakers
AC Green 3x 1987 1988 Lakers, 2000 Heat
(H) Magic Johnson 5x 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 Lakers
Jerome Kersey 1999 Spurs
Gary Payton 2006 Heat
Kurt Rambis 4x 1982 1985 1987 1988 Lakers
Byron Scott 3x 1985 1987 1988 Lakers
Mychal Thompson 2x 1987 1988 Lakers
Jacque Vaughn 2007 Spurs
(H) James Worthy 3x 1985 1987 1988 Lakers
And here are the complete rosters.
Teams and rosters
1990-91 Los Angeles Lakers
35 Tony Brown
41 Elden Campbell
12 Vlade Divac
10 Larry Drew
45 AC Green
32 Magic Johnson
14 Sam Perkins
4 Byron Scott
34 Tony Smith
20 Terry Teagle
30 Irving Thomas
43 Mychal Thompson
42 James Worthy
1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers
31 Alaa Abdelnaby
9 Danny Ainge
2 Mark Bryant
42 Wayne Cooper
22 Clyde Drexler
00 Kevin Duckworth
25 Jerome Kersey
14 Robert Pack
30 Terry Porter
3 Clifford Robinson
12 Lamont Strothers
8 Ennis Whatley
52 Buck Williams
1992-93 Phoenix Suns
22 Danny Ainge
34 Charles Barkley
23 Cedric Ceballos
24 Tom Chambers
21 Richard Dumas
3 Frank Johnson
7 Kevin Johnson
8 Tim Kempton
32 Negele Knight
9 Dan Majerle
25 Oliver Miller
0 Jerrod Mustaf
31 Kurt Rambis
11 Alex Stivrins
41 Mark West
1995-96 Seattle SuperSonics
2 Vincent Askew
34 Frank Brickowski
1 Sherell Ford
33 Hersey Hawkins
50 Ervin Johnson
40 Shawn Kemp
10 Nate McMillan
20 Gary Payton
14 Sam Perkins
55 Steve Scheffler
11 Detlef Schrempf
3 Eric Snow
25 David Wingate
And so folks, we need a new category…
Alright, shall we try this one?
Memorial Day Weekend Memories
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade
The Indy 500.
Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade
The Indy 500.
Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help.
Small town parade followed by a service in the town park with “God Bless America” and a rifle salute.
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade
The Indy 500.
Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help.
Small town parade followed by a service in the town park with “God Bless America” and a rifle salute.
Mule Days in Bishop CA: celebrating the mule and its contributions to settling the Sierra Nevada Mountains area. ETA >> https://muledays.org/
That’s when my first wife, of 11 years and with 3 kids, broke the surprising news that she wanted a divorce. I was stunned, crushed. The kids and both families were too. But now, 25 years later, I am soooo much better off!
Sometime around 2010 or so. Mets Friday night game at Citi Field. Supposedly a kickoff to the weekend with a small fireworks show after the game. Miserable weather, cold, wet and windy. Probably went down to 50° so we left by the 6th inning.
Around 1997, after work I drove to Yosemite to hike Half Dome. It’s a great hike, and as soon as I got back to the valley I bought one of those t-shirts saying I made it to the top.
Memorial Day Weekend 1988, the last night of a road trip to the Grand Canyon. Our final stop was Sequoia National Park. We had a canvas tent reserved, but they had overbooked so we ended up with a nice cabin with a huge tree right in front of our porch. Another benefit of having that cabin was that it had a heater and it snowed overnight. There was about 6 inches on the ground when we got up. Had a great morning hiking around the sequoia grove while tossing snowballs at each other.
Senior year, high school — beach weekend!
1974: I spent much of the Monday in the ER, having one of my fingertips sewed back on.
Old-timers still called it Decoration Day in the 50’s, and in the South it was not observed at all, because it honoreed the war dead from the wrong side. So I wrote final exams on Decoration Day, a normal school day.
2008 or so, watching my son and his Cub Scout troop march in our town’s Memorial Day parade
The Indy 500.
Decoration Day in the '50s. There was always a parade in our town, and we kids decorated our bikes with crepe paper and streamers, and joined the parade. And it was the day when my father started planting the vegetable garden, with my help.
Small town parade followed by a service in the town park with “God Bless America” and a rifle salute.
Mule Days in Bishop CA: celebrating the mule and its contributions to settling the Sierra Nevada Mountains area. ETA >> https://muledays.org/
2006 in the Catskills. Tent caterpillars were so plentiful that year, with hundreds dangling from the trees, that walking outdoors was scary.
New!
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love?
tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary