OK, here it is. The most annoying Bulls of all-time. I’d love to hear about any other guys that should be added to this list; I’m sure there are plenty of worthy candidates. I had to go through my memory banks, but it wasn’t that hard; maybe that’s because most of them are recent. I didn’t and won’t go through my “bench”, or honorable mention; I’m only going to give you my starting five. And without further delay, let me introduce you to the “Annoy-a-Bulls”.
I’ll start with the memory banks pick on my list. From Ohio State… It was only 2 years after the Bulls made their best draft pick of all time, when they made one of their worst. Krause made his share of good moves over the years, no doubt; this one??? Not so much. With the 9th overall pick in the draft in 1986, the Bulls decided to pick Brad Sellers; he’ll be my center on this team. He never played up to his draft position. A quick look at his stats, shows that he never averaged double digit points, and at 7 feet tall, never averaged more than 5 rebounds per game. More than that, my memories of him include him floundering around on the court. He just seemed awkward to me; how someone like this was drafted so high I’ll never get, although he wasn’t the first or last guy that falls into that category. But yeah, it was pretty annoying seeing this “future star” completely suck. Welcome Brad.
The next guy can actually be considered one of the best Bulls of all-time; he’s definitely one of the most loved Bulls ever. Yeah, had to bring in Derrick Rose to run the point on this squad; this is certainly not a nod to his performance on the court, or for that matter, for his personality. No, he makes this list because of his injuries. Ever since that 76ers game, he was never the same; did we expect that? No, but the back and forth once he actually made it back to the court… will he play, will he not play, can he play? I never questioned IF he was ready to play; that’s his decision to make. But when he started talking about his life after the NBA, and then took a shot at Chicago and Bulls fans when he became a Knick… It ended up garnering him a Hate File, which is crazy for someone I loved so much. But for today’s purpose, it all adds up to him ending up one of the most annoying Bulls of all time.
Next up is a Hall of Famer, who made a brief stop in Chicago, years after his prime, to load up a wheel barrow full of cash, and split, not giving us anything good in return. Yeah, we’re talking about D-Wade. What a bum. Yeah, yeah, I know… he WAS great, leading the Heat and LeBron to titles in South Beach. But in Chicago? He played one season here, and ended up walking away with 39 million bucks; crazy right? Not only did he suck on the court that year, he ended up showing Jimmy Butler how to lead, which ended up leading to Buckets’ departure. You were only here for 1 year, but you left a pretty big impression; what an annoying time.
At power forward… this one was easy; he was actually the first guy to jump to mind after I thought of this list. He was probably THE most annoying Bull of all time, until recently. Carlos Boozer… he popped up on my screen at halftime of a college game this week; was it the ACC network? Can’t recall, but seeing him brought me back. The guy with all the post moves in his tool box, or so we were told, loved to shoot rainbows from the outside. And God forbid he made one early, he’d stay out there, avoiding the paint, all game long. He was always yelling some shit on the court, and would do this thing where he hung from the rim, stretching… oh yeah, then he’d always grab the ball on a missed free throw and “inspect it” before giving it back to the refs. And the cherry on top, he ended up with some off the court injury, where he hurt his hand, punching something if I can recall correctly??? Anyways, this dude was soooo annoying; easy pick.
That brings us to THE most annoying Bull of all time, and lucky for us, we can still watch him play every day. Yes, Zach Lavine is THAT guy. Making $40 million dollars to NOT be the guy on the court is a good place to start, but it’s so much more than that. His patented jog up and down the court, his yelling every time he goes to the hole, his decision making, especially in the 4th quarter, his defense, or lack thereof, when he stands around, seemingly staring into space… a guy that literally barely hustles, and just seems to lack IT. Zachy boy… I still wish you well, obviously, but… when I saw you hanging from the rim a la Carlos Boozer the other day for the first time… it was official. Congrats on this prestigious designation.
Hope you enjoyed; definitely interested to hear anybody else you think may belong. I’m going to stop thinking about this for now; let’s keep it moving. And oh yeah, Go Bulls!
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