Kudos to Jayson Jenks and Bob Condotta for an entertaining look back at the NBA title that almost was (“Nearly Our Time,” June 12).
It’s reasonable to assert that had Nate McMillan been healthy, the Sonics would have taken the series, as the team was firing on all cylinders, and the Bulls didn’t have an answer for Shawn Kemp.
In McMillan’s absence, coach George Karl made the tactical error of allowing Gary Payton to run the offense, which promptly ground to a halt. I wish Karl had simply let Payton focus on what he did best, and run the offense through Deltef Schrempf.