The Chicago Bulls of the 90s dominated the NBA however they wanted. During that decade, they won six championships in eight years, shared between two three-peats. Some say they could have done so much more if certain situations never took place, but the Bulls took the most advantage of their good times.
During their second three-peat, the Bulls beat the Seattle Supersonics and the Utah Jazz (twice), confirming that they were the best team in the world during that magical run.
Unfortunately, we never got to see if a new team could take them out as they did with the Detroit Pistons simply because some people wanted to be bigger than the organization.
The 1999 Chicago Bulls Could Have Made History
The Bulls’ Big 3 of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman was really confident in the team’s chances to make something good. Pippen and Rodman, at least, believed that they could have ended the 1998-99 regular season unbeaten, given all the advantages they could have.
During an old appearance on ESPN, Dennis and Scottie claimed that they could have been great while playing 50 games, the matches played during that shortened season (4:23 mark).
Scottie: “I would say at least 2. I would have loved to had challenged ourselves to a point where someone could defeat us. The teams that were giving us the most trouble, Utah Jazz means more in the Finals. They were just as old, if not older than us. Which gives me the sense that we probably could have ran a couple, three more years in terms of teams we could beat on the West Coast.”
Rodman: “That makes me mad because – can we rewind time? Because we had legs for 50 games, my god. Who really screwed this up?”
Scottie: “I think we all knew going into that last season that that was the end. No one really screwed it up. It was gonna be screwed up at the end. We just have to accept that.”
Scottie (When asked what the Bulls’ record would have been in the lockout season): “Probably 50-0”
Those Bulls were something special, and one of the best dynasties in NBA history. Unfortunately, we never got to see them running it back after winning three straight titles. They won 72, 69, and 62 games, respectively, in their prior three seasons, so it wasn’t crazy to think they could have gone all the way once again.
We’ll never know how that situation would have played out, but the Bulls left enough memories to be considered the greatest dynasty in NBA history.
Source: fadeawayworld
