‘Member the Baby Bulls? Gone were the bright times of Mike winning chips nearly on a yearly basis. It was time for a change. Enter the mob comprised of Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Andres Nocioni, Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry, and our man of the day, Chris Duhon.
No, SLAM Ish 126 didn’t drop back then, and by the time it did in April 2009, Duhon was already with the Knicks and the Bulls had won sh*t.
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As a quick note about the cover, as the folks from SLAM wrote themselves, Kobe was perhaps the only thing stopping Kobe from winning the Larry O’B in 2009 after he and the Lake Show reached the Finals in 2008 but failed to do so fumbling the rock against the Celtics.