@suh_fan93 as far as I'm concerned, the Bulls failings can be traced back to a specific moment in time. After Jordan retired, Jerry Krause was determined to show the world that it was really his genius as a GM and not Jordan that made the Bulls. He insisted that he had to get value out of other guys (mainly Pippen) before they got too old. So he traded Pippen to Houston for Roy Rogers - supposedly to get value for him - then immediately cut Rogers who barely played in the NBA again.