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Chicago Bulls "Big Three" Bootleg T-shirt | Large

USD$310.00

Size: Large
Ships From: USA

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The 1995–96 season is when the second "Big Three" arrived in Chicago that would define the Chicago Bull's second three-peat — Michael Jordan back from baseball for his second full season, Scottie Pippen at the height of his defensive career, and Rodman fresh off a volatile contract negotiation where he threatened retirement.

Bootleg rap-tees define one of the most collected corners of 1990s NBA vintage — the unlicensed shirts printed in small runs outside the official NBA merchandise channels, built around photo collages, burnt-circle portraits, and dense wraparound imagery that the licensed apparel makers were legally restricted from producing. This Chicago Bulls Big Three tee lives inside that world. The piece documents the 1995–96 arrival of Dennis Rodman, who joined Michael Jordan (back from baseball for his second full season) and Scottie Pippen (in his eighth year with the franchise) to form the roster that would open the second three-peat and put the franchise back at the center of the sport.

 

The front stacks a photographic collage of the three: Pippen in the foreground in the Bulls' red road jersey, Jordan behind him with the tight focus that defined his post-baseball look, and Rodman in the upper corner in profile with his signature bleached fade, all set behind the Bulls wordmark and mascot logo in the upper left. Flip the shirt over and the composition opens all the way up — five player portraits arranged around the central Bulls logo, each Big Three member's name printed in cursive script beneath a burnt-edge circular portrait, action shots of Pippen and Rodman flanking the composition on either side, and a Jordan close-up anchoring the bottom of the frame.

The front stacks a photographic collage of the three: Pippen in the foreground in the Bull's red road jersey, Jordan behind him with the focused expression that defined his post-baseball look, and Rodman in the upper corner in profile with his signature bleached fade, all set behind the Bulls wordmark and mascot logo in the upper left. Flip the shirt over and the composition opens all the way up — five player portraits arranged around the central Bulls logo with each Big Three member's name printed in cursive script below their circular portrait, action shots of Pippen and Rodman flanking the composition on either side, and a Jordan close-up anchoring the bottom of the frame. The burnt-circle portrait treatment and full-body wraparound photo layering places the piece firmly within the rap-tee/photo-collage vernacular that defined mid-1990s NBA merchandise at its loudest.

USD$310.00