Bulls best post-dynasty year? 2004 or 2008

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Going off Dougs post, I actually think its 2004.

Reason being was it was the first time in 6 years that we broke out of utter suckiness.

Also at that time, we had like the highest peak potential being the youngest team in the league.

Gordon
Deng
Noce
Duhon

were all rookies

Kirk was only in his second season

and Eddy and Chandler were finally starting to get it.

I dont think we have ever seen a team recently to have 4 rookies who all play a major role and win so many games (47) top 3 in the East.

So while 2008 has probably the better team going forward, the 2004 season will probably be more memorably because of where we were previous.

And I honestly do believe that if the team would have stayed together, would have been a perennial 50 win team from that point on.

I think the reason why we were so good, is because we actually had alot of size.

 

[houheffna]

I disagree with Doug about the similarities between the two teams. The 2004 team was a team that looked to be strong for years to come. However, the heart problem Curry had derailed that. In 2009, the Bulls are looking at mediocrity. I think the weakness of the conference and the deception of last years playoffs have people thinking the Bulls are on the verge. I don't see it that way. Rebuilding is possibly in their future if they don't land a top level free agent. The 2004 team were pretty much built up, and supposedly ready to gel together.

 

[Kush77]

I think the 06/07 team was the best year. That's when they actually made it out of the first round and won 49 games.

05 was nice because it was unexpected, especially after a 0-9, 2-13 start. But they blew that series to Washington. And last year was nothing special until they played well late and gave Boston a series.

I'll say 06/07 was the best year.

 

[RC_Skinny22]

07 was the best year because the Bulls defeated the champ Miami with a nice 4-0 sweep.

 

[Newskoolbulls]

OMG no question about it. Its 2004. We started off 0-9 and pulled off a win on the road in Utah. Two ousstanding rookies, a steal of a second rounder, the improvement of Kirk, some nice vet leadership, Curry and Chandler doing decent. It was amazing.

 

[RC_Skinny22]

That´s a very interesting topic. I mean why don´t you think that the team that made it further in the playoffs is better?

 

[??? ??????]

I think it has to be 2006-2007.

We won 49 games and made it to the second round of the playoffs.

Both Ben Gordon and Luol Deng played at a fringe allstar season. I think Gordon's 06-07 season is one of the more underrated seasons in the recent NBA.

We completely humiliated the Heat in the first round, after a heated playoff series the previous year.

Kirk Hinrich and Ben Wallace were playing All NBA defense, and P.J. Brown was no slouch on that end either.

We put up one of the better defensive seasons since the offensive rule changes, and were the top defensive team in the league that year.

We were actually considered a title contender darkhorse in 06-07. Detroit, Cleveland, and us were the title contenders out of the East.

I'll take being a darkhorse title contender over being a .500 team that gets booted in the first round. 04-05 was a great regular season, but it didn't end well in the playoffs. If we had Luol Deng and Eddy Curry, we probably beat the Wizards. But we didn't have them, so we lost, and therefore it wasn't as good as 06-07.

 

[Newskoolbulls]

??? ?????? wrote:

I think it has to be 2006-2007.

We won 49 games and made it to the second round of the playoffs.

Both Ben Gordon and Luol Deng played at a fringe allstar season. I think Gordon's 06-07 season is one of the more underrated seasons in the recent NBA.

We completely humiliated the Heat in the first round, after a heated playoff series the previous year.

Kirk Hinrich and Ben Wallace were playing All NBA defense, and P.J. Brown was no slouch on that end either.

We put up one of the better defensive seasons since the offensive rule changes, and were the top defensive team in the league that year.

We were actually considered a title contender darkhorse in 06-07. Detroit, Cleveland, and us were the title contenders out of the East.

I'll take being a darkhorse title contender over being a .500 team that gets booted in the first round. 04-05 was a great regular season, but it didn't end well in the playoffs. If we had Luol Deng and Eddy Curry, we probably beat the Wizards. But we didn't have them, so we lost, and therefore it wasn't as good as 06-07.

I understand that and respect that.

 

[vhans5219]

06/07 and 08/09 were good

 

[Newskoolbulls]

vhans5219 wrote:

06/07 and 08/09 were good

I am pretty sure you have to pick between 04 and 08.

 

[mlewinth]

There is no doubt that 04 was my favorite Bulls year. I expected nothing that year. I was worried about how we were going to makeup for the loss of Jamal Crawford. I felt we really didnt have much talent. It was also my first full year of living back in Chicago, so I could finally go to a ton of games after being at school in Arizona.

When you expect nothing, the littlest things make you happy. I remember beating Utah on the road to go 1-9. This is normally not a feat. However, when you havent won a west coast game since 98, it's huge. I remember being at the UC for a game against Dallas and saying to my dad, "This is a different Bulls team, just watch, you will see." Well, Ben Gordon got into a shootout with Josh Howard and Dirk and we ended up loosing the game, but by only one point. At that point, loosing to Dallas by such a low margin was a feat. I intently watched every game that season. I relished the feats and the defeats never felt too bad because I didn't expect anything. I was at the UC for the NO-CI-ONI game. Just many great memories.

 

[Kush77]

mlewinth wrote:

There is no doubt that 04 was my favorite Bulls year. I expected nothing that year. I was worried about how we were going to makeup for the loss of Jamal Crawford. I felt we really didnt have much talent. It was also my first full year of living back in Chicago, so I could finally go to a ton of games after being at school in Arizona.

When you expect nothing, the littlest things make you happy. I remember beating Utah on the road to go 1-9. This is normally not a feat. However, when you havent won a west coast game since 98, it's huge. I remember being at the UC for a game against Dallas and saying to my dad, "This is a different Bulls team, just watch, you will see." Well, Ben Gordon got into a shootout with Josh Howard and Dirk and we ended up loosing the game, but by only one point. At that point, loosing to Dallas by such a low margin was a feat. I intently watched every game that season. I relished the feats and the defeats never felt too bad because I didn't expect anything. I was at the UC for the NO-CI-ONI game. Just many great memories.

I remember that Dallas game at he UC and I remember telling guys at work (when I worked in sports radio) that this team was playing better. Guys laughed because at the time the Bulls were still 10 games under, but were playing a lot better.

That Dallas game was BS too. I remember a critical play late in the 4th when Michael Finley stripped some Bull player and the ball went out of bounds. But they awarded Dallas the ball when it should of been the Bulls. I remember being so pissed because it would have been a huge win against a good Mavs team.

 

[vhans5219]

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[Diddy1122]

mlewinth wrote:

There is no doubt that 04 was my favorite Bulls year. I expected nothing that year. I was worried about how we were going to makeup for the loss of Jamal Crawford. I felt we really didnt have much talent. It was also my first full year of living back in Chicago, so I could finally go to a ton of games after being at school in Arizona.

When you expect nothing, the littlest things make you happy. I remember beating Utah on the road to go 1-9. This is normally not a feat. However, when you havent won a west coast game since 98, it's huge. I remember being at the UC for a game against Dallas and saying to my dad, "This is a different Bulls team, just watch, you will see." Well, Ben Gordon got into a shootout with Josh Howard and Dirk and we ended up loosing the game, but by only one point. At that point, loosing to Dallas by such a low margin was a feat. I intently watched every game that season. I relished the feats and the defeats never felt too bad because I didn't expect anything. I was at the UC for the NO-CI-ONI game. Just many great memories.

Completely agree. Remember the Suns game we were at Mark? It was one of the first games, I think we were 0-7 or something, and it was the only time I ever booed the Bulls. Ever. And in particular Eddy Curry, who was atrocious that game. To go from that game, to then being at the UC during the playoffs & the NO-CI-ONI game, it was amazing. I honestly believe if Curry & Deng were both available for the playoffs, we would have made it past the Wiz. Not to mention our boy BG won about 10 games for us by himself with his amazing 4th quarter performances.