We all know
Chicago Bulls as the NBA team which the legendary Michael Jordan led to
victory. It was not one of the teams to beat when it joined the league in the
1996-67 season. But all other teams were shaken in the mid-1980s with the
drafting of Michael Jordan, who is possibly the greatest player of all time. No
one has come at par to his prolific scoring and defensive skills. His leaping
ability earned him the nicknames "Air
Jordan" and "His
Airness”. Through him and the very strong supporting cast assembled for the
team, which includes Horace
Grant and Scottie Pippen among others. The Bulls won three consecutive seasons:
1990-91, 1991-92, and 1992-93. Jordan
then went on a hiatus in the basketball arena to pursue a career in baseball.
He then came back in 1995 and gave the team its repeat “three-peat” in 1996,
1997 and 1998 before he left the basketball scene again in 1999. He came back
in 2001 but as part of the Washington Wizards.
Along with the Bulls’ history of victory are the
jerseys the team wore. Their home uniform is in white with BULLS written across
the chest and the number right below. They also had a home uniform with the
player number placed off-center, a slight departure from the original Bulls'
home uniforms. This version, worn by Jerry Sloan, was clean and un-cluttered.
The Bulls road uniform showcased their red color with a script 'Chicago' across the front.
In the late 1980's, Michael Jordan
put on more solid red with Bulls on the top, exactly like their home uniform
but in red. In the late 1990's, the Bulls introduced a second road jersey
consisting of a solid black with red pinstripes. The latest incarnation of the
Bulls' road black uniform gets rid of the pinstripes and is a nice shiny number
with CHICAGO
across the front.
