Sad news:The Chicago Bulls broke up with their diehard fans long ago. It’s on the fans it some are ready to support…..
No other NBA fan base is quite like the Bulls’. The Chicago faithful generally moan about their team, and with good reason. The Bulls have not reached the Finals since Michael Jordan retired more than 25 years ago. And they’re moving downward, with only one postseason triumph in the last seven years. A 2023-24 season in which they made a 77-year-old widow cry in front of 20,000 fans, had a disgruntled star shove a PR employee after a clutch win, attempted perhaps the worst alley-oop in league history, and were eliminated from the playoffs in humiliating fashion is par for the course.
Bulls seem perfectly happy without them.
Bulls ownership and upper management want to live their best lives. They’d like to clock in at 10 a.m., go golfing after lunch, and enjoy the fruits of the business they built three decades ago. They take fantastic care of their employees, they rake in the profits, and they have no ambition beyond that.
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They’ll luck into a generational superstar in the draft once or twice in a fan’s lifetime, and they’ll make the city buzz again. Until then, they’re thrilled to be the Applebees of the NBA.
It’s a waste of time to try and change them. They’re a business. It’s within their right to prioritize their shareholders over serving their fans.
Maybe one day, the Bulls will be back. I’m not holding my breath. But I’m also okay with that. If they ever do change, I’ll be back to support the team that I once loved. And I will always be grateful for the good teams that they did give me, wagging my finger like Joakim Noah during life’s greatest moments.
Until then, I’m moving into the just friends stage of my relationship with the Bulls. I’ll still watch them if they’re the only thing going on that night, and I’ll wish them the best. I’ll write about them on the rare occasions that they do something relevant. But I’m not making time for them. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Bulls fans deserve one that loves them back.
