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1998 Tultex Chicago Bulls 6 Time NBA Champions Shirt Sz XL

90s SKU KIC-TSHT-0473
$75.00

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Tultex made the shirt that actually sold at the fan shop, not the jersey on the floor of the arena. This one is a 1998 Chicago Bulls "6 Time NBA Champions" tee in XL, white body, the kind of screen-printed commemorative that moved by the thousands in the weeks after the Bulls closed out the Utah Jazz in June 1998 and Jordan walked off the United Center floor for the last time as a Bull.

That 1998 Finals was the punctuation mark on one of the strangest and most compressed dynasty runs the NBA had seen. Six titles in eight years, two three-peats, one 72-win regular season sandwiched in the middle of the run. The second three-peat had its own specific tension: Scottie Pippen's contract dispute, Dennis Rodman's reliability questions going into every season, Phil Jackson's stated reluctance to come back, and then Jordan's jumper over Bryon Russell with 5.2 seconds left in Game 6, Salt Lake City, June 14, 1998. The Bulls dissolved that summer. Jackson left. Rodman left. Jordan announced his second retirement in January 1999. This shirt went into production right at the end of all of it, before the roster was scattered, when the city still believed there was a next year coming.

The last banner, the sixth ring, the end of the argument, printed June 1998.

This copy is XL. The Tultex tag dates it to the late-1990s fan-market production run. Tultex was the mid-tier blank of choice for officially licensed celebratory tees at that price point, and the label will confirm construction period. Look for foil or metallic ink on the championship graphic, a common print treatment for title tees in this era. The ink wear on foil prints concentrates at collar and hem first, so run a finger along the bottom hem ink edge and check how much cracking or flaking has set in.

OWNER VERIFY: Confirm the Tultex label reads the 1998 production year and the championship count reads "6 Time" on the graphic.

The last banner, the sixth ring, the end of the argument, printed June 1998.
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This 1998 tultex chicago bulls 6 time nba champions shirt sz xl originates from the 90s era[01], represents NBA[02]'s output, . Each piece in the shop is a single unit, inspected by hand in Las Vegas before listing. The data manifest to the right records the fields on file for this lot; where a field is empty it has been omitted rather than guessed.

1998 Tultex × Chicago Bulls "6 Time NBA Champions" tee, size XL. White body. "6 TIME NBA" in blue up top, "CHAMPIONS" in gold-and-maroon foil-style lettering, "1998" in red flanking a gold basketball, NBA Finals logo on the left, Bulls logo on the right, "Chicago BULLS" across the bottom.

We picked this up when it came through the shop. The Last Dance ring. Game 6 vs. Utah, Jordan's final shot as a Bull, second three-peat in the books. Tultex ran championship blanks through the late-'90s market; their fan-shop tees are different from the Starter on-court line, wider distribution, lower price point, and the ones that actually filled closets across Chicagoland that summer.

  • Year: 1998
  • Brand: Tultex
  • Team: Chicago Bulls, sixth title
  • Print: foil-style "CHAMPIONS" + 1998 + NBA Finals logo, intact
  • Size on tag: XL · measured flat, see photos
  • Condition: pre-owned, see photos

Six rings, curtain call.

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