The picture of this amazing t-shirt is making its way through the blogosphere (featured on Deadspin, Ball Don’t Lie, and Mouthpiece Sports to name a few), and the consensus seems to be “What a hilarious and random t-shirt”.  Wrong.  I mean yes its hilarious, but it isn’t random in the context of the 1990s.

Think way back to the second Bulls Threepeat.  Michael and Scottie were obviously the premiere players on the team (and in the league).  The biggest weakness was when a team with a scoring big man came to town.  The question always arose whether the Bulls would be able to contain them.  Shaq, Olajuwon, Ewing, etc. all supposedly were going to have their way with the Bulls weak frontcourt.  Although Perdue was a part of the first three-peat, and was gone by the second, he was replaced with James Edwards and other spare parts.  Regardless the point remains the same.  Unfortunately they underestimated the three-headed monster of Longley/Wennington/Other, who were able to use their 18 fouls very effectively considering how limited those three were when it came to skillset.

So is this shirt that random?  Not for those of us that remember what things were like.  Is it hilarious?  Obviously.  If someone wants to buy it for me, it’s listed on Ebay.  Thanks.