Bulls are insignificant right now.

[Internet Apex]

I need [...] Fork or Huey to weigh in on this.

Man, that's something you don't read every day.

Usually, it's only shouted out in a bar when a group of people can't seem to come up with some inane sports factoid from 1970-99.

Fork'll answer any question about the 90s New York Rangers that nobody asked.

In all fairness, I probably would ask.

[CT III]

I need [...] Fork or Huey to weigh in on this.

Man, that's something you don't read every day.

Usually, it's only shouted out in a bar when a group of people can't seem to come up with some inane sports factoid from 1970-99.

Fork'll answer any question about the 90s New York Rangers that nobody asked.

In all fairness, I probably would ask.

The answer is Esa Tikkanen and nothing else.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

The Bulls of the 90's never really had a deep bench.  In the first three-peat, they had Cliff Levingston (who was only on the first 2 before being replaced by that shit-bird Rodney McCray), and BJ Armstrong.  After that, Will Perdue, Fat Stacey, Scott Williams, Craig Hodges (also only on the first 2, replaced by Trent Tucker for Title #3)...really a collection of "meh".  The second three-peat had a slightly better bench--Kukoc, Kerr, Wennington, Buechler* and Brian Williams**--but could hardly be defined as "deep".  Seems the Pistons teams from whom the Bulls took the crown had a deeper bench in Mahorn, Vinnie Johnson,  John Salley and James Edwards*

The depth of this team is better than it was in the 90's, even if the starting 5 is not as good.

*Edwards and John Salley also came off the bench for the Bulls in Title #4 in 95-96 but were older and less effective than they had been for the Pistons, though certainly serviceable.

** AKA the late Bison Dele, who was only on Title #5 in 96-97.

[Internet Apex]

The Bulls of the 90's never really had a deep bench.  In the first three-peat, they had Cliff Levingston (who was only on the first 2 before being replaced by that shit-bird Rodney McCray), and BJ Armstrong.  After that, Will Perdue, Fat Stacey, Scott Williams, Craig Hodges (also only on the first 2, replaced by Trent Tucker for Title #3)...really a collection of "meh".  The second three-peat had a slightly better bench--Kukoc, Kerr, Wennington, Buechler* and Brian Williams**--but could hardly be defined as "deep".  Seems the Pistons teams from whom the Bulls took the crown had a deeper bench in Mahorn, Vinnie Johnson,  John Salley and James Edwards*

The depth of this team is better than it was in the 90's, even if the starting 5 is not as good.

*Edwards and John Salley also came off the bench for the Bulls in Title #4 in 95-96 but were older and less effective than they had been for the Pistons, though certainly serviceable.

** AKA the late Bison Dele, who was only on Title #5 in 96-97.

Dennis Rodman only started 8 games for the 88-89 World Champion Pistons. Along with The Microwave and Spider Salley (Mahorn started 60 of 72), that is about the nastiest second unit I can come up with. So let's stop.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

The Bulls of the 90's never really had a deep bench.  In the first three-peat, they had Cliff Levingston (who was only on the first 2 before being replaced by that shit-bird Rodney McCray), and BJ Armstrong.  After that, Will Perdue, Fat Stacey, Scott Williams, Craig Hodges (also only on the first 2, replaced by Trent Tucker for Title #3)...really a collection of "meh".  The second three-peat had a slightly better bench--Kukoc, Kerr, Wennington, Buechler* and Brian Williams**--but could hardly be defined as "deep".  Seems the Pistons teams from whom the Bulls took the crown had a deeper bench in Mahorn, Vinnie Johnson,  John Salley and James Edwards*

The depth of this team is better than it was in the 90's, even if the starting 5 is not as good.

*Edwards and John Salley also came off the bench for the Bulls in Title #4 in 95-96 but were older and less effective than they had been for the Pistons, though certainly serviceable.

** AKA the late Bison Dele, who was only on Title #5 in 96-97.

Dennis Rodman only started 8 games for the 88-89 World Champion Pistons. Along with The Microwave and Spider Salley (Mahorn started 60 of 72), that is about the nastiest second unit I can come up with. So let's stop.

Yeah, amongst Spider, Mahorn Worm, and Mark Aguirre I wasn't sure who the starting 5 was so I just winged it.  Either way, replace Salley with Rodman and whoever the fuck on the bench and the point essentially holds.

[Internet Apex]

The Bulls of the 90's never really had a deep bench.  In the first three-peat, they had Cliff Levingston (who was only on the first 2 before being replaced by that shit-bird Rodney McCray), and BJ Armstrong.  After that, Will Perdue, Fat Stacey, Scott Williams, Craig Hodges (also only on the first 2, replaced by Trent Tucker for Title #3)...really a collection of "meh".  The second three-peat had a slightly better bench--Kukoc, Kerr, Wennington, Buechler* and Brian Williams**--but could hardly be defined as "deep".  Seems the Pistons teams from whom the Bulls took the crown had a deeper bench in Mahorn, Vinnie Johnson,  John Salley and James Edwards*

The depth of this team is better than it was in the 90's, even if the starting 5 is not as good.

*Edwards and John Salley also came off the bench for the Bulls in Title #4 in 95-96 but were older and less effective than they had been for the Pistons, though certainly serviceable.

** AKA the late Bison Dele, who was only on Title #5 in 96-97.

Dennis Rodman only started 8 games for the 88-89 World Champion Pistons. Along with The Microwave and Spider Salley (Mahorn started 60 of 72), that is about the nastiest second unit I can come up with. So let's stop.

Yeah, amongst Spider, Mahorn Worm and Mark Aguirre I wasn't sure who the starting 5 was so I just winged it.  Either way, replace Salley with Rodman on the bench and the point holds.

No, you're right. Salley was on the bench along with Rodamn, Edwards and the Microwave. That was the year of the Aguirre/Dantley deal - and both were starters.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/1989.html

So anyway. The NBA...

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Probably because I grew up rooting for Notre Dame while hating DePaul, but I also felt bad for Adrian Dantley that he got ditched for Aguirre right before the Pistons won 2 titles.  Fucking Isiah.

[Slaky]

It's easy to sit here and say a team with a young Rodman had an amazing bench given what his career turned out to be. The Bulls bench is effective as hell and Asik and Gibson are still in their infancy as far as their careers go. Gibson isn't going to be a bench player for long.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

It's easy to sit here and say a team with a young Rodman had an amazing bench given what his career turned out to be. The Bulls bench is effective as hell and Asik and Gibson are still in their infancy as far as their careers go. Gibson isn't going to be a bench player for long.

Gibson might be my favorite player right now.  The guy seems to be emerging as a beast in front of our eyes.  If that's the case, that's bad news for the rest of the league.

[R-V]

It's easy to sit here and say a team with a young Rodman had an amazing bench given what his career turned out to be. The Bulls bench is effective as hell and Asik and Gibson are still in their infancy as far as their careers go. Gibson isn't going to be a bench player for long.

Gibson might be my favorite player right now.  The guy seems to be emerging as a beast in front of our eyes.  If that's the case, that's bad news for the rest of the league.

My favorite player is Derrick Rose.

[PenPho]

It's easy to sit here and say a team with a young Rodman had an amazing bench given what his career turned out to be. The Bulls bench is effective as hell and Asik and Gibson are still in their infancy as far as their careers go. Gibson isn't going to be a bench player for long.

Two more draft picks I was totally wrong about, wanting Doiglas-Roberts and DaJuan Blair with these picks instead.

[BH]

Has any #1 seed been downplayed as much as the bulls this postseason? ESPN today spent 90% of their time talking about how the heat beat themselves, instead of the bulls kicking their ass.

[Richard Chuggar]

It's easy to sit here and say a team with a young Rodman had an amazing bench given what his career turned out to be. The Bulls bench is effective as hell and Asik and Gibson are still in their infancy as far as their careers go. Gibson isn't going to be a bench player for long.

Gibson might be my favorite player right now.  The guy seems to be emerging as a beast in front of our eyes.  If that's the case, that's bad news for the rest of the league.

Taj can't catch the ball or shoot, and Asik is a big dumb oaf.

[CT III]

Has any #1 seed been downplayed as much as the bulls this postseason? ESPN today spent 90% of their time talking about how the heat beat themselves, instead of the bulls kicking their ass.

Why would ESPN spend any time on a team that doesn't have a chance of doing anything?


http://firedustybaker2.wordpress.com/2011/01/05/i-fucking-hate-this-bulls-team/

[Slaky]

Has any #1 seed been downplayed as much as the bulls this postseason? ESPN today spent 90% of their time talking about how the heat beat themselves, instead of the bulls kicking their ass.

Cleveland last year? That's the comparison that Bulls haters like to make. They see a one man team because so much of the offense goes through one man. I don't know how one can even say the defenses are in the same stratosphere, though.