All-Time Chicago Bulls Starting Five
Six championships in eight years. The Bulls' all-time five is the 1996 starting lineup plus the one engine they never had after Jordan retired.
The Starting Five
PGDerrick Rose
2010sYoungest MVP in NBA history at 22, gave the post-Jordan Bulls a real offensive identity.
SGMichael Jordan
1980s–90sSix rings, six Finals MVPs, the consensus GOAT in any era debate.
SFScottie Pippen
1990sBest perimeter defender of the 90s, secondary creator on six title teams.
PFDennis Rodman
1990sSeven straight rebounding titles, the engine of the 72-win team's defense.
CArtis Gilmore
1970s–80sSix-time All-Star in Chicago, the franchise's most accurate volume center ever.
Honorable mentions
Jimmy Butler · Horace Grant · Bob Love · Jerry Sloan. Any of these could swap in depending on which positional gap you want to plug.
Related franchises
- Detroit PistonsThomas · Dumars · Hill · Rodman · Wallace
- New York KnicksFrazier · Monroe · King · Anthony · Ewing
- Cleveland CavaliersPrice · Irving · James · Nance · Daugherty