RealGM

It's hard to recall a team with as much promise as the Chicago Bulls boasted back in October falling so hard within the frame of a half-season. Probably because no other team in recent NBA history has tanked so poorly without the crutch of a team-wide run of injuries.

Chicago lost in Atlanta on Sunday, by 21, just a few hours after taking a team-wide vote that led to the unanimous ruling that rookie big man Joakim Noah sit another game following an altercation at Friday shootaround with assistant coach Ron Adams.

It was a curious show of solidarity from a team that has been passing the buck all season. Veterans Adrian Griffin (who doesn't play) and Ben Wallace (who doesn't play well) called a team meeting before a 1st quarter that saw them outscored by Atlanta 38-22, which led to the extension of the suspension of the 21-year old scapegoat.

The Bulls have won five of nine games under interim coach Jim Boylan, which sounds nice for a 14-21 outfit until you realize that ex-coach Scott Skiles (who, make no mistake, sealed his fate with a stubborn streak and poor rotation choices) had gone 5-5 with the team directly before his dismissal against much stiffer competition.