Chicago Bulls fans think its rough now, but on the heels of our sixth championship, things were MUCH worse. Where did all those mediocre players end up?
The Chicago Bulls finished the 2018-19 season with a 22-60 record, leaving many fans outraged. But what if I told you that this, my friends, is decidedly not the worst of times?
I have a confession to make. Though I watched the Bulls win all six titles, I was only 12 years old when I watched Michael Jordan sink a pull-up jumper over a stumbling Bryon Russell, putting an exclamation point on a storied career (yes, we are just going to ignore his second comeback. Didn’t happen).
I watched them, but I was just too young to truly appreciate or understand what I was watching.
See, when we talk about the Chicago Bulls, the championship teams are what most people across the globe have in mind. My Bulls, however, are far removed from that. My Bulls truly took the court in the years that followed, 1999-2004, while I started to transform into an awkward man-child, watching my team manage a 119-341 record, (good for a 26% win rate) and claim the worst record in the Eastern Conference for 4 straight years.
And I watched every single game. Religiously.
In a way, it was the ultimate bonding experience. When a fan has to slog through several years of hell, defending their team and never giving up, it yields an emotional investment that is hard to sever. I am now a Bulls fan for life. Not just a Jordan fan. Not only when we are winning. Always.
If that isn’t fandom, I don’t know what is.
But I constantly find myself wondering about the strange carousel of foreign and domestic players that marched through the locker room of the United Center. My team. My players. Where did they end up?
Here is a look at some of the most hilariously bad players to ever hit the hardwood in Chicago and what they are doing with their lives now.