When you get thrown like a sack of potatoes on national TV and right in front of commissioner David Stern, you have to be embarrassed.
During the early to mid s, you couldn't speak about Eddy Curry without adding the name Tyson Chandler. They were supposed to form the league's next "Twin Towers" duo and lead the Bulls to another dynasty. Unfortunately, as all Bulls fans know, neither player developed into a larger than life superstar. All they accomplished during their stay in Chicago was making GM Jerry Krause look like an embarrassment for acquiring then.
Rodman, a Hall of Famer, is one of the greatest defenders in NBA history and quite possibly the best rebounder the game has ever known. You knew there was going to be an appearance from White Mamba. The list just wouldn't be complete without him.
Scalabrine played two seasons in a Bulls uniform, producing 1. Although the red-headed forward rarely received any playing time, he was truly a fantastic cheerleader. Perhaps nobody in league history is a better towel-waiver. The Bulls decided not to bring Scalabrine back for next season, which means he won't be the butt of jokes anymore in the Windy City. He didn't like it. He loved it. That's who he was. And out of respect to the game of basketball, I wanted to be a good friend.
Not only were Michael Jordan and B. Armstrong teammates on the Chicago Bulls for several seasons, but Armstrong was largely responsible for Jordan coming out of retirement in Interestingly enough, in the playoffs, they found each other on opposing sides as Jordan and the Chicago Bulls took on Armstrong and his new team, the Charlotte Hornets.
He celebrated by fist-pumping and jumping around, which reportedly upset Jordan, who used that emotion to fuel a comeback. Now, did he evolve? But regardless of all the other things, basketball was always first and foremost. To me, that was the most impressive thing about watching him on this journey. It was that way in and it was that way in Losing, winning, making movies, whatever, he was always committed, no matter what.
That is an amazing, amazing accomplishment because it is so difficult. What we got from watching this, and I can say this because I played with arguably the greatest player to ever play, was that professional sports was never intended to be a one-player show.
And, you know, there were so many lessons to be learned. The biggest one is that there was no quit in Michael Jordan. He was going to find a way. He never made an excuse. He never, ever allowed himself to have fear about not being able to do something. Well, I saw somebody do that for five years.
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