On Saturday, the Chicago Bulls played the Washington Wizards, but the game itself was largely inconsequential. What really got the buzz was the second annual Ring of Honor ceremony, where they celebrated the accomplishments of six legendary figures .

They were Norm Van Lier, Horace Grant, Bill Cartwright, John Paxson, Neil Funk, and Johnny Bach. Three of those six, Grant, Cartwright, and Paxton, were met with an extra amount of love for one apparent reason. They were each significant factors in launching the Bulls' 1990s dynasty, with the first three-peat (1991-1993).

All three of them came at the right moment. In 1985, Paxson came to Chicago from Notre Dame, the same year that marked Michael Jordan's second season. Two years later, Horace Grant arrived from Clemson, and th

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