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Some people actually say that Ross is not worthy of retiring his jersey? Let s take a look at this story

11:18pm, 22 August 2025【Basketball】

The Bulls are about to retire Rose's jersey, which will be the fifth jersey raised by Chicago at home, with the first four being Jerry Sloan, Bob Love, Jordan and Pippen. There is no need to introduce Jordan and Pippen. Let’s briefly talk about the situation of Sloan and Loeff. Why can they retire the jerseys, and then why can Ross retire the jerseys.

Sloan is known to the majority of fans, mainly because he fought with Jordan in two rounds of the finals with the Utah Doubles, but few people know that he devoted his entire player career to the Bulls. In fact, Sloan was the first draft player after the Bulls entered the NBA, when the Bulls selected him in the expansion draft. However, Sloan played for the Washington Bullets in the first year and spent the next nine years in Chicago. During his time with the Bulls, he was selected into the All-Defensive Team 6 times and is also the only player in NBA history to average 7+ rebounds and 2+ steals per game. He had already left a mark of "hardness" in that era. After his player career ended, he coached the Bulls for three years. His relationship with the Bulls was firmly tied together and deserves the honor of retirement of the jersey.

, fewer people know about Loeff now than Sloan. However, he was the most dazzling star in Chicago in the 1970s and an inspirational representative of the United States in the 1980s and 1990s. During his eight years of playing for the Bulls, he averaged more than 20 points per game in six seasons, ranked in the top 20 MVP in six seasons, ranked in the top 10 MVP in two seasons, ranked in the top 10 in the best team, selected into the All-Stars three times, and selected into the best defensive team three times. He is Jordan's highest-achieving Bulls player before. After retiring, he relied on his unyielding efforts to overcome the trouble of innate stuttering, became a corporate spokesperson, and wrote his own inspirational legend.

Ross is also worthy of retirement. He is the youngest MVP player in NBA history. He has been selected into the All-First Team and 3 All-Stars in 7 years with the Bulls, and there are 3 very important factors. First, Rose is from Chicago. Local fans watched Chicago son grow up, joined the Bulls as the No. 1 pick, and eventually became the MVP, which is of great significance. Second, Ross not only played basketball well, making the Bulls a strong team in the league, but also was very enthusiastic about Chicago's charity, whether it was building a court, opening a basketball training camp, providing charity services to the community, and various relief activities, which had a significant impact in Chicago and had always been a very positive image. Third, Ross represents a spirit of never giving up. No matter how the injury to it, he did not succumb to it, but got up again and again to continue fighting.

As a player who won MVP at the age of 22, we can imagine that if Ross was not affected by injuries, he would definitely become the long-term leader of the Bulls after Jordan. Although a knee injury robbed Rose of possibility, the Bulls gave him a retired jersey and was the best affirmation of his spirit, love and contribution.

source:7m 2vn