The standard for success for the Chicago Bulls used to be of the highest level in the NBA, but that was a while ago when they were regularly contending for titles from the late 1980’s all the way through the early 2010’s. There were patchy runs in the late 1980’s and the 2000’s, but the likes of shooting guard Michael Jordan, forward Scottie Pippen, and point guard Derrick Rose inspired a lot of hope over the years in the Windy City.
A regime up in the Bulls front office led by vice president of basketball operations John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman helped to diminish a lot of that hope in recent years.