NBA stars from the Jordan era you may have forgotten

Today’s basketball discourse would have you think that the only players that existed from 1984 to 2003 (the “Michael Jordan Era”) were MJ, his teammates, the superstars he defeated on his way to six championships, and his Dream Team teammates. Hopefully, this list will remind you that there were plenty of excellent players who enjoyed prime seasons during the MJ era. There will be fewer Hall of Famers on this list than the list from the NBA/ABA merger to the Lottery era because, despite what I indicated above, a number of the stars from this era like Grant Hill, Joe Dumars, Shawn Kemp, Dikembe Mutombo, etc. are still somewhat relevant. This list will also include a number of players whose careers started out brilliantly, but for whatever reason — tragedy, circumstances, or other — never reached the lofty levels people expected of them. Enjoy!