E. Robinson with M Jordon.

M Jordan always pushed himself and he demanded his teammates push themselves to get better. E Robinson shows us that despite the failure to rebuild the Bulls Dynasty, Jerry Krause deserves credit for finding talent (Miller, Artest, Brand) but he couldn't measure heart. If Robinson played with M Jordan, he'd probably have his ass beaten in practice by MJ and been bullied by his teammates to play hard and play for the team. Jordan hated to lose and he probably would have been all over this guy to get him in line and playing to his potential. It would have been ugly beautiful.

Krause foolishly blew up the championship team and unknowingly threw away that most precious thing, the winning attitude and professionalism the aging Bulls players enforced on the rest of the team. In doing this, he proved he wasn't the guy responsible for assembling championship teams. Not him alone. Selecting Robinson (Chandler and Curry too) shows us that talent isn't enough, a super-smart GM isn't enough. A player needs to care deeply to be a winner. I like that. I like the fact it takes the players wanting to win, willing themselves to win and doing the little things to be a winner. Basketball is a great game when it's played right. That few play it right is all the more hope that the Bulls can become a wining team sooner than later.

M Jordan and Bulls GM J.Krause both needed each other.

John Paxson and Chris Mullin are new GMs who as players couldn't hope to match up against Robinson's athleticism. Yet, they're both far better basketball players than Robinson will ever hope to become.

Paxson is not going to pay Curry and Chandler for potential. Frankly, they both have a long ways to go before they're worth what their agents want for them. Some team may overpay for them next year but it will not be the Bulls.

Maybe GSW GM Chris Mullin "overpaid" for D.Fisher and A.Foyle. Maybe he's trying to instill a winning attitude in a perennial loser organization by adding these kind of players. By denying the younger J.Richardson and T.Murphy contract extensions, he risks discontent in the club house. Maybe Fisher, Foyle and Robinson will keep the place in line.