🐂🏀 And Now, The Starting Lineup For Your Chicago Bulls! 🏀🐂

(Remix of Sirius by The Alan Parsons Project below! I highly recommend playing it as you read the starting lineup!)

THE STARTING FIVE

#6 — At forward, from Lithuania, 6’0”, Tatiana “Taya” Kovalenko (Far Left)

Position: Small Forward
Height: 6'0"
Origin: Kaunas, Lithuania 🇱🇹
Nickname: "Zero Mercy"

Lithuania has a deep, proud basketball heritage — legends like Sabonis and Marčiulionis are national heroes. Tatiana grew up in that tradition, playing against boys twice her size on outdoor courts covered in snow half the year.

By eighteen, she was already a national phenom; by twenty, she was known for her suffocating defense and ruthless steals. Her motto, scrawled inside her sneakers, reads:

“No space. No mercy.”

Off-court, she’s soft-spoken and polite — the kind of person who apologizes after stealing your lunch, but not the ball. She is the most easygoing of the team — surfer soul, rhythm in her voice, a smile that belied her on-court ferocity.

But once the whistle blew, she transformed into the team’s blade — silent, quick, and devastating. On-court, she’s pure intimidation — cold focus and lethal precision.

She grew up on the streets of Kaunas, playing streetball barefoot until her feet were sore. She was lean, fast, and relentless — a defender with instincts so sharp it felt like she knew plays before they happened.

She earned the nickname “Zero Mercy” from her reputation for locking down anyone who dared dribble near her.
Guards, forwards, superstars — it didn’t matter.

“You got the ball? You got a problem,” she’d say, smirking.

#14 —The 6’3” forward from Texas, Delilah “Dee” Granger (Middle Right)

Position: Power Forward
Height: 6'3"
Origin: Dallas, Texas 🇺🇸
Nickname: "White Heat"

She wears #14, her mother’s favorite number. Dee is all about rhythm and grace — her midrange jumper was lethal, a flick of the wrist that felt like poetry. But she also had a temper that flared like a Texas wildfire.

Once, after being elbowed in the jaw by a 7-foot rookie during her time at the University of Texas at Austin, she scored 18 straight points in the next quarter — never said a word, just stared him down after every shot.

Her pl