Chicago Bulls: 5 most overrated players in franchise history

Overrated players in Chicago Bulls’ history: Jalen Rose

Although he is one of the more well-respected guards from the NBA throughout the 1990s, the former Bulls and Indiana Pacers shooting guard/wing Jalen Rose didn’t have his most effective days of his career playing in the Windy City. Rose played for the Bulls from 2001-2004, over the course of 128 regular season games.

And during that span, Rose got 116 starts with the Bulls in the regular season. The Bulls also did not make the playoffs with Rose on the roster a single time in three seasons.

Nonetheless, Rose was still one of the more notable names on the Bulls in the early 2000s. And he was definitely one of the higher-usage players during that span. In fact, Rose had the highest usage rate of his career with the Bulls in those three seasons, nearly 28 percent. He also had the highest individual usage rate of any one season of his career with the Bulls in 2002-03.

The number of win shares per 48 minutes concentrated by usage rate for Rose during that span in the early 2000s with the Bulls also wasn’t very good, north of 48. That was an even less effective number than Dailey posted in the early-to-mid 1980s with the Bulls.

Rose also had one of the 100 lowest net ratings on/off for the Bulls since 1980 for each of his three seasons with the team.

Part of the reason for Rose having such an ineffective run statistically for the Bulls was the lack of a helpful supporting cast. Former general manager Jerry Krause and the Bulls were going through a rebuild in the early 2000s in the post-Jordan days. But that still doesn’t mean that, all things considered, Rose was efficient for the Bulls during his time in Chicago.