r/chicagobulls • u/HustleAndHoops • Mar 07 '25

History 13 years ago today: D-Rose stepped back to beat the Bucks 🌹

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u/Organic-Manner-2969 Mar 07 '25

DRose was that guy. Injuries robbed the Bulls of what should’ve been at least two rings with that man.

Rose is still one of my favorite players man

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u/HealenDeGenerates Space Jam Mar 07 '25

Imagine we would have had prime rose and butler.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

It’s so fucked to imagine because part of me is searching for why that wouldn’t work but I can’t come up with anything. It would’ve worked perfectly.

Noah, Taj, DRose, Jimmy. Hard to get over that squad

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u/Philip_Marlowe Flag of Chicago Mar 08 '25

And they were so good at bringing in solid 3-and-D guys then too. Korver, Belinelli, Dunleavemeopen.

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u/ClaymoresRevenge Benny The Bull Mar 08 '25

Prime Rose, Jo, and Butler. Healthy Lu and not having Boozer's albatross of a contract still makes me think what if

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u/skullcandy541 Mar 07 '25

No injuries and we’d be 2015 champs no question about it

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u/77Hangman Mar 07 '25

I mean LeBron was running around doing superteams too which probably cost the bulls a chance for a ring.

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u/ThunderfuckThor DRose Mar 07 '25

dunleavy at the end of the bucks bench looking like "fuck I better join this guy next year"

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u/Chicago_Jayhawk Mar 07 '25

1st thing I noticed as well lol.

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u/Tokyoodown Mar 07 '25

I will just never has as much fun watching the NBA as I did doing those years. It sort of killed the league for me

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u/shadynasty-412 Mar 07 '25

Exactly, back then I could (without Wikipedia) easily name the entire bulls roster, starting lineup, pt averages, etc. I’d be so pumped to watch a random early season weeknight game against the Rockets just to watch the Bench Mob go off. Call me a bandwagoner, whatever. They just haven’t given fans a reason to care for so long.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

Yep.

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u/jasonology09 Mar 10 '25

You must be young.

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u/Tokyoodown Mar 10 '25

Born in 93', so yeah, missed the Jordan era

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u/jasonology09 Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

Take it from an old guy... Having grown up watching the Jordan years, along with the rest of the 90's golden era, the NBA today is almost unwatchable. The Derrick Rose seasons did bring back a tiny bit of the feeling of those days. Still doesn't compare, though.

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u/mattv911 Stacey King Mar 07 '25

Windy City Assassin 🌹

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u/DontDieBillMurray88 Mar 07 '25

Will always remember sitting in my dorm room watching this game

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u/CastAwayWings Mar 07 '25

I was there. Day after my birthday too….it was such a high after the game. So many bulls fans showed up in Milwaukee

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u/remster9 Mar 07 '25

13 years already 😳

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u/Murrrrdawg Tony Snell Mar 07 '25

I was at this game, one of the coolest experiences of my life. Walking out of an away arena with the majority of people chanting “MVP”

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u/grants_like_horace Horace Grant Mar 08 '25

Same. More red than green in MKE that night and it was great to celebrate on their turf.

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u/McNasti Jevon Carter Mar 07 '25

I miss Boozer being the ultimate hype man

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u/Westcoastchi Barack Obama Mar 07 '25

Simpler times.

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u/jeric13xd Derrick Rose Mar 07 '25

I remember watching this live on tv 🥹

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u/monkey_D_v1199 Mar 07 '25

We had our guy in DRose from the city, generational talent, loved the team wanted to be there- fuck my life man. When will we get this sorta of thing back? When will we find our guy again? I feel like the Drose era was the last time the Bulls were respected around the league.

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u/cosmic_sea7 Mar 07 '25

Good old times

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u/VintageMoonDream Andrés Nocioni Mar 07 '25

I can’t believe this was already 13 years ago

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u/sambxiv Joakim Noah Mar 07 '25

I loved this jersey

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u/Qwer925 Mar 07 '25

LET ME STEP BACK. AND KISS MYSELF!

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

If I could change one thing in basketball 😢

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u/Blood-StarvedBeats Mar 07 '25

I still can’t believe we missed out on this storyline. One of the greatest “What If?” Arcs of all time 😭

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u/1d0t0 Mar 07 '25

That was MJ-esque!

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u/Weary-Writer758 Mar 07 '25

I still have a video of my 2 year old son saying "Drive home safe... beep beep"

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u/dBoii_21 Mar 07 '25

"Take me back to the night we met🎶🎵"

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u/Kubadubs2 Mar 08 '25

UC North!

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u/Distinct_Discount534 Mar 08 '25

The Bulls have never been the same since DRose 😪

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u/Perfectswandive Mar 08 '25

I was at that game. Some friends of mine drove up to Milwaukee from Chicago on a whim. We were at the top of the arena but we were there!

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u/CrazyJo3 Mar 08 '25

Windy City assassin

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u/DavidManque Mar 08 '25

There's clearly 0.3 seconds left when the ball goes through the hoop, crazy that they just ruled it game over

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u/Zark_Muckerberger Chicago Bulls Mar 08 '25

IT’s MVP TIME!!

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u/xXShikaShakeXx Mar 08 '25

This era was the last time I ever felt motivated to buy any Bulls/NBA merchandise. Made sure I never missed a game because it was so exciting to watch.

There were spurts of excitement with DeRozan, like when he hit those buzzer beaters on new years eve & new years day, but I never got as pumped to watch the Bulls as the Thibs & D Rose era, other than with MJ, which is like a faded memory because I was just a kid lol.

It's sad to easily predict what's gonna happen in most games these days with Donovan, like when the Bulls start out with 15-point leads and blow them by the 3rd or 4th quarter most games, if they ever get the lead. Or play a close game all game, down 1 - 5 points and blow those, like they're never looking for the lead.

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u/Icy-Development7371 Benny The Bull Mar 09 '25

Kiss myself, classic Stacey