In the 1990s, Michael Jordan set a new standard of dominance in American sports, bringing six championship banners to Chicago. His talent, accomplishments, and sheer force of will made him the greatest basketball player of all-time. 

But that didn't happen overnight.

In the 1980s, while a young Michael Jordan was setting numerous scoring records on a regular basis, he found himself marred in year after year of playoff disappointment, as the hapless Bulls floundered in a pre Scottie Pippin, pre Phil Jackson era.

In today's episode of Once Upon a Dribble, Josh and Calvan review the seasons that most Michael fans like to pretend never happened, and explain why it took the GOAT six years of famine, before his legendary six years of supremacy!

Before the wonder years, there was: The Bummer Years