With the lack of Bulls blogs out there, I realized I'm probably not the only Bulls fan obsessed with finding other fans' opinions, but I'm left with the Bulls live game chat...which is fun...but a little messed up when you use Firefox.
I'm not as funny as Bill Simmons, nor as knowledgable, but hopefully you can help me out and let me know when I'm completely out of line. (If you don't know who Bill Simmons is, PLEASE buy The Book of Basketball, it's enlightening).
Anyways, the season has come a long way, and here's what we know so far:
- Derrick Rose is an incredible scorer and looks capable of being a number one or two guy on a championship team. I'm jealous of everything except his three point shooting. And test scores.
- Joakim Noah is a glue guy, who, if he can stay healthy, is going to be a vital cog for this next dynasty.
- Kirk Hinrich seems to have found his swagger again, but is doing it a $9 million dollars a year.
- Taj Gibson is a less unathletic Tyrus without the baggage, but hey, Charles Barkley says he's a really good NBA power forward.
And, as shocking as it is for me to admit it, maybe, just maybe, Vinny Del Negro (VDN), just isn't that bad. In fact, is it possible, he's...kind of a good coach?
Now don't call me crazy, he gets random grudges against guys, really hates Pargo, and has something going on with that beautiful maine of his, but this team is a group of scrubs. Rose, Deng and Noah have willed this team to victories without so much as a bench. As one of my best friends brought up, it's almost like this team was meant to suck with Aaron Gray (the NBA player most closely resembling my own skill set), Lindsay Hunter (a "savvy" read "old as hell" veteran with no jump shot), and two unproven rookies in James Johnson and Taj Gibson.
This team fights, this team plays hard most of the time, and most importantly, this team looks a few pieces away from being, an elite team. With Rose taking over and becoming the most exciting thing in Chicago hoops since DePaul had QRich, Bobby Simmons and Paul McPherson, this team can do some damage in the playoffs.
Give us the Celtics again, and its close, or maybe we even pull it off. Hakim Warrick took the career path Tyrus seems to be on, Flip Murray is instant O off the bench, and last year's blackholes named Salmons and Gordon are gone (don't get me wrong, I love BG, but he's just not an $11 million player. A MLE guy yes.)
I'll admit as late as two months ago I was calling for Vinnie's head, but he's done a fantastic job. He doesn't have the pedigree of Phil or Jerry Sloan, nor has he been in as many pornos as Stan Van Gundy, but, he was a reliable role player on the Spurs, and maybe not such a bad coach. Just saying...
Coming next: GMs Towner and Hickman show you how the Bulls should run this off-season.
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