How did he dodge them when he won 6 championships in the early and late 90s and had a winning record against teams with dominant centers with Bill Cartwright then Luc Longley as a starters.
MJ averaged 28 / 6 / 4 against Seattle in '96, which had far more to do with Gary Payton's defense than Shawn Kemp.
MJ dropped four 40+ games in a row against Barkley, including getting 55 in game 4.
MJ averaged 33 pts against the Jazz in the '97 and '98 finals and dropped 45 in his final game 6 in '98.
MJ averaged 31 / 5 / 4 against Mutumbo. Mutumbo average just over 10 points against MJ.
MJ averaged 31 / 5 / 4 against Olajuwon dating back to 1984 and going through the wizards era (where he dropped 21 / 4 / 3 on Hakeem). Hakeem, for his part, averaged 22 / 11 / 3 blocks against MJ teams.
Also dismissing "young Shaq" is wild. The Bulls championships well into Shaq's career.