For me, I started watching upon Jordan's return in 1995. I was 7 years old at the time... So I "watched" the second 3 peat, by that I mean I kinda watched while being a kid and doing kid things during the games often times. I often would play basketball in my basement on one of those little kid hoops as well. Anyways...I "watched" the bad Bulls from 99-04..I can't say I remember many games that I did not attend (went to one ever year) during this time frame. Once we got Gordon and traded for Deng, I thought this team would make the playoffs. That terrible 0-9 start though really made me shake my head with here we go again.. But then we turned it around. I went to a game in December that year when Gordon had another one of those famous 4th quarters he was so good at that year.
Why draft Michael Finley when you have Jordan and 2 other solid wing players already? Yeah yeah, the future, but we honestly didn't know how long the Jordan relationship was going to last at that point.
That and I've read somewhere after that draft that Krause really really really wanted Eddy Curry and that the Clippers were going to take him at #2, so Krause dangled Elton at them for the #2 and they took it, drafted Tyson (so Krause could draft Curry) and then made the trade later in the evening.
Yeah, top 3 seeds all went to division winners. Boston went 45-37 that year. Though I'm not sure we would have been much better off playing the battle tested (though missing Artest) Indiana Pacers, who did beat Boston in the first round than the Wizards that year.
lol yeah the hype on those two was huge. I guess coming out of high school they assumed the sky was the limit for them.
Curry's nickname was "Baby Shaq"
In Curry's best season with the Bulls.. 04-05... he was dominate the 1st quarter and early 4th quarter and was fairly useless the rest of the game because he was "gassed". He was also a terrible rebounder..Skiles famous answer to "what can Eddy Curry do to become a better rebounder" was "jump." Best quote ever. lol.
