In the end, everyone just wanted the end to hurry up and get here. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] The Chicago Bulls sulked through a purgatorial season in 2014-15, never quite catching fire or establishing themselves as a true contender. The hoped-for roadblock in the way of LeBron James' narrative chasing in Cleveland never materialized, as Chicago plugged its way toward 50 wins but achieved little in the way of consistency or rhythm. This mostly had to do with the inability of its mainstays – stars Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, alongside former coach Tom Thibodeau – to find solid footing. Thibodeau, in his mind, was cursed with a needless minutes restriction for both his former All-Stars, put in place by the team's front office (to its discredit, two years too late), and he chirped about the handicap all season. Noah did not recover from the "minor" surgical procedure Chicago's medical staff credited him for undergoing the previous May, and was an absolute liability offensively for most of the season. [ Yahoo Fantasy Basketball: Sign up for a league today ] Rose, meanwhile, missed 31 games due to two sprained ankles and...