Curated playlist
Chicago Bulls players
- Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade's sister tricked him into a car ride at age eight. She said movies but took him to live with their father.
- Pau GasolPau Gasol first wanted to be a doctor and cure AIDS. Magic Johnson's 1991 announcement changed the boy's plans.
- Michael JordanMichael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity team as a sophomore for being too short.
- Scottie PippenScottie Pippen got no college scholarship offers, yet he ended up with six championship rings.
- Luol DengAt 13, Luol Deng averaged 40 points a game against players up to five years older. He had already fled a civil war.
- George GervinGeorge Gervin won a 1978 NBA scoring title by seven-hundredths of a point. He scored 63 to edge David Thompson.
- Toni KukočToni Kukoč waited three years after the Bulls drafted him to play an NBA game. He then won three titles in Chicago.
- Artis GilmoreArtis Gilmore played 670 straight pro basketball games without missing one. He entered the Hall of Fame in 2011.
- Joakim NoahPresident Obama called Joakim Noah's shot the ugliest he had ever seen.
- Luc LongleyLuc Longley dislocated his shoulder body surfing in 1996-97, and Michael Jordan kept calling him to return.