Rolle Dunn with the former Chicago Bulls Youth Army

Rolle Dun signed the Chicago Bulls specifically for a day and then retired — as a Bull.

He started in 2004. The year before he entered the industry, the Bulls signed another small forward, allowing him to retire at the Bulls, and the leaves fell back to the roots: Scotty Pippen.

Chicago seems to enjoy playing this.

After Rolle Deng left, the fleeting "Youth Army Bulls" were almost gone—except for Tyson Chandler.

The dynasty collapsed after the Bulls won the 1998 crown. The next year the Bulls got Elton Brand — probably the most underrated player of the 1998-2008 period: giving you an average of 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks and a solid defense year after year, but not a good record year after year. He reached the peak of his career with the Clippers in 2006 and was seriously injured the following year.

Bulls old manager Vampire Klaus is not bad-sighted. He signed Brad Miller and Jamal Crawford for the Bulls in the 2000–01 season, after the team already had Brand and Artest. Such a team, in theory, is not bad? Then the integration was not good, and there were only 15 wins that year.

In 2001, Klaus chose Chandler in the list, and Eddie Curry in the fourth place, while sending the Artesters away.

That was the real beginning of the bull rebuild.

Miller later became a beneficiary of the Princeton system at the King's.

Artest made a name for himself at the Indiana Pacers and messed up a lot of things.

Crawford made waves everywhere and became super-sixth man in Atlanta a few years later. This is all an afterthought.

In 2001, the Bulls chose Chandler and Curry in second and fourth place, and it still looks amazing to this day: two high school growers, one can run and defend but can't attack, and the other occasionally resembles a shark but doesn't defend when attacking. What was the bull thinking?

Then in 2003, the Bulls chose Koke Cinrich. In 2004, Rohr Dun, Ben Gordon, Chris Duhun and Nosioni arrived.

This Chicago Bulls, saved up.

Hinrich was the only defender in the East at the time to make Wade jealous.

Nocione is a typical Argentinian, directly described in 2006 as "Nocionic + Decker = Bird". In other words, Dirk lacks more than Bird, and Nosioni has it.

Rolle Dun was a small forward of astonishing size at the time, but unexpectedly liked to tackle offense with mid-range shots.

Chandler is good at defending, but not offensive.

Curry is very good at single-handedly holding the ball, but not defending - his fighting spirit always reaches its peak in the cafeteria.

Then there's Ben Gordon. Maybe in 2004-09, the most explosive nerve knife in the East, probably only Arenas can compare? Claiming 191 centimeters of height is an absolute bluff, and the defensive end can be ignored, but you can safely give him the ball, and he will give you a single quarter of 15 to 20 points from time to time.

In those years, he and Arenas were the most frequent throwers in the East and the league, and the narrator staged the following conversation: "Uh is not a reasonable shot... Got in! ”

In the 2004-05 season, the Bulls won 47. Then they looked infinitely bright:

Sinrich is 24, Curry and Chandler are under 23, Deng is 20 and Gordon is 22. Nocione is 25 years old and Dujon is 23 years old.

They have a solid base and have the second-best defense in the league, with Sinridge, Chandler, Nosioni and Dunn all good defenders. Gordon got Newcomer of the Year + Sixth Man of the Year. They are tenacious, and Skies is a cold-faced iron-fisted coach. They looked like a new Detroit Pistons: defense, team, size, interior, potential, killer. There is no shortage of anything, just time to grow.

Then Curry had a heart problem and was traded.

Then in 2006, they had a chance to get Aldridge, but they chose Thales Thomas, who was considered a "lion's heart" at the time, presumably counting on him to become Sakuragi Hanamichi. They signed the big book, and then Chandler left.

Curry, Chandler, and Aldridge, who could have been there, became Thomas and Big Ben. This was their turning point.

In the 2006-07 season, they won 49 and swept defending champions Miami Heat 4-0 in the first round of the playoffs.

One more thing to say: That year, they were the best defensive team in the league. Gordon and Deng, that year both reached the peak of their careers.

At that time, how high was Deng's value? He was 22 years old, averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game, and was seen as a protagonist in the following trade.

In the summer of 2007, Bryant had an unpleasant time with the Lakers. After that, the Lakers and bulls talked about a deal for a long time. Probably the Lakers want the Bulls to pay a bunch of chips led by Deng before they are willing to send Kobe Bryant. In the final moments, Bryant ended the deal with the NTC Overlord clause in his contract, and times changed.

After that year, the Lakers' Bynum rose (of course injured), got Gasol again, and began a three-year consecutive finals and two consecutive years of winning the championship.

And the bull began to collapse.

The Bulls made up for not getting Kobe Bryant: In the 2008 draft, they got Derrick Rose.

Then came the legendary seven-game battle against the Celtics in 2009.

The world remembers Rose scoring 36 points in the first game of his career playoffs. But other legends of that series include:

Gordon's second game was 42 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 0 assists — the ultimate Ben Gordon stat — and Ray Allen's three-point shootout.

Pierce's winning shot in the Battle of King Mountain.

Ray Allen's 51 points in game six.

Five of the seven matches were won and lost within three points.

And Noah and Perkins a whole series of hand-to-hand combat growth.

After that, the short-lived Era of Derek Ross began. Nosioni left, Gordon left. Rolle Dunn followed Rose to become an All-Star.

Then Rose was injured. Sinrich returned, but the story of the Bulls was over.

Curry averaged 20 points and seven rebounds the year after he went to the Knicks in New York. He was still a little shark, but the next year, he went down. The peak period ended at the age of 25. The most famous joke at the time was that he had a bit of an awkward fight with the driver. He was completely naked facing the driver and said, "Look at me, Dave, come and touch it, Dave!" ”

Chandler left the Bulls for the Hornets, met Chris Paul, and first became his royal air-pick machine — he dunked 64 shots a year before leaving the Bulls, fed Paul 193 dunks in the 2007-08 season — and then went to Dallas to become a championship center.

Nocione left the Bulls and wandered around, leaving Skies's student ball system, his intelligence and tenacity had nowhere to play, so he left the NBA at the age of 33: he was still playing for the Argentine national team, playing until he was nearly forty years old.

Ben Gordon peaked at the age of 26 and quickly slipped after slashing at the Celtics series. He went to Detroit, he went to Charlotte, he worked everywhere as a hired gunman. Now when it comes to Gordon, everyone may think more of Eric Gordon, and will mention Ben Gordon, who has been in the Boston Garden, facing Ray and Pierce, bombing 42 points, and a whole series and Ray.

Kork Sinrich became a Bulls backup defender for Rose's arrival and left; after Rose was injured, he returned as a section chief.

His replacement Duhun reached his peak with Dantoni in the Knicks, averaging 11 points and seven assists per game — what would happen to point guards who followed Dantoni? Later, he quietly retired from the Lakers, when he was only thirty years old.

That Bull Youth Army, of course, did not have the height of the later Thunder, and even in terms of talent, it may not surpass Roy's trailblazers.

But they are indeed very special: young but old, not by individual ability, but by the tenacity of the team.

The Bulls of the time and the Blazers of 2009 were similar in one thing: because the managers were paranoid (Skies and McMillan), the young people didn't play wild enough. The only time he let loose was the seven bloody battles against the Celtics in 2009. By then, of course, the bull had already stepped into the Rose era with half a foot.

In the era of Sinrich, Dun and Gordon, they survived seven historic battles with the Celtics, swept the defending champion heat, and slashed against the peak pistons. They are rarely protagonists, always playing young lion cubs. The Bulls were actually only two years old, after which Curry and Chandler left, but when they were together, they were really the toughest youth army in the league — and even Sophrosa, who later became a defensive spider in the Thunder, was also from the Bulls. But in the end, only Deng waited until he assisted Rose.

As soon as Deng scored 33 points against the Sharks and Wade in the first game of the 2007 playoffs, Manager Paxson was hinting that it would be a few years before Deng, Gordon and Sinrich would grow into title contenders, and thomas would grow — no one knew, two years before they separated. The only one who could wait for Rose and assist him was Deng.

McAdoo, the hot assistant coach at the time, said of the Bulls, "They really fought. "Indeed. They're like the kind of good kids who play the most team, the most appropriate basketball, desperate, tough and hot-blooded, and you can't help but hope that they can get some good results.

But, in the past, it is also over.