Bulls: A Season Over

A magical season. A great season. I've waited a long time to talk about it too. I guess it has taken that long to let the emotions settle so I could properly reflect. To be honest, I expected nothing out of the bulls, nothing different that is, at least this year. I was convinced that in a couple years they would be really good, because I knew they had an amazing draft in Duhon, Gordon, and Deng (Noc I would find out about later). The first 9 games, 0-9, supported my feelings. I saw signs, but nothing I thought would manifest itself this year. Yet slowly, without me even fully realizing it, the Bulls snuck up on us all. I cheered for different goals; reach .500, make the playoffs, get homecourt advantage, Gordon and rookie of the year, Skiles and coach of the year, winning a playoff round, winning a championship (?). Obviously they didn't achieve everything mostly because of injuries, I would say. This doesn't make the bulls season a failure. Alot of parallels could be drawn to the Illini season. Similarily this team overachieved, and taught the entire NBA how to play real team basketball. You dont need big time stars or all stars. All you need is players that are committed, have a heart for the game, and a coach that will teach players these things. The bulls had all these, and in a couple years they are going to have a handful of big time NBA stars. It's just a matter of the Bulls getting to a stage ot show them off. So next year, I can finally realisticaly expect a Championship (just gotta secure Eddy, Skiles and Tyson) Stay optimistic, because there is finally something to be optimistic about.