Its been a while, and as I sit in the gas station, both severly tired and in severe sun burn pain, I realized its time to fill you in on the newest Bulls.
Ronnie Brewer: Good defender, great athlete, can hit three's. Not my ideal choice to start at the 2, but it could be worse. He should be able to hang a little better with handling the more elite 2's.
CJ Watson: Already an underrated signing, Watson can really light it up, is a great combo guard, and has enough size to play with Rose on occasion. He's everything I wanted JamesOn Curry to become. Great deal.
Kurt Thomas: Remember KT running the floor with the Knicks putting up 18 and 12? Yeah, this is not him. Though not nearly as lifeless as Theo Ratliff, expect Thomas to come in and bang for Joakim for a few minutes every game. Still a decent role player.
As far as possible new Bull Tracey McGradey... I have the solution:
No one knows what he has. These work-outs have been closed door and he is still coming off the dreaded microfracture surgery. We all know he's dying to start, but he's the 6th man on this team. The potential reward of him accepting a bench role and becoming a starter if he becomes the TMac of old is incredible.
The risk? He becomes a cancer, upset about being the new Allen Iverson and a distraction for an otherwise promising young team.
Am I on board? Yes. We need to take this risk.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Welcome Omer Asik and Ashton Kutcher
Damnit, I think I meant Kyle Korver, but sometimes its hard to tell.
Korver inked with the Bulls for 3 years and $15 million. He brings with him a career 41% 3 point shot, and a sizzling 54% last year. Can he play defense? Well...um...no, but he can play up on shooters and hope Noah can provide good help.
He also completely dissed MJ and the Bulls, which was absolutely hilarious. He was a Lakers' fan. He told us that, "Michael Jordan was selfish, and I hated the Bulls."
Omer Asik?
He's huge. 7 feet, 255 lbs. And Turkish. He's a big-time rebounder and pretty decent scorer in the Turkish basketball league, and he can allegedly block shots quite well. The next Dalibor? Maybe. But who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and he'll grind out and Erick Dampier-like niche.
Speaking of which, Michael Jordan compounds his resume of stupid basketball moves by swapping Tyson Chandler for Dampier and Matt Carroll. Maybe the Bobcats need some good outside shooitng, but reacquiring Carrol does not really make this team any better. I suspect its better than the horrendous deal taking on Reggie Evans and Jose Calderon that MJ recently cancelled.
I'm still holding out hope that the Bulls can get any point guard not named Keyon Dooling.
I'd much rather take a flier on Shaun Livingston (Peoria-Richwoods) or even former Crane Tech and Kansas star Sherron Collins.
Korver inked with the Bulls for 3 years and $15 million. He brings with him a career 41% 3 point shot, and a sizzling 54% last year. Can he play defense? Well...um...no, but he can play up on shooters and hope Noah can provide good help.
He also completely dissed MJ and the Bulls, which was absolutely hilarious. He was a Lakers' fan. He told us that, "Michael Jordan was selfish, and I hated the Bulls."
Omer Asik?
He's huge. 7 feet, 255 lbs. And Turkish. He's a big-time rebounder and pretty decent scorer in the Turkish basketball league, and he can allegedly block shots quite well. The next Dalibor? Maybe. But who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and he'll grind out and Erick Dampier-like niche.
Speaking of which, Michael Jordan compounds his resume of stupid basketball moves by swapping Tyson Chandler for Dampier and Matt Carroll. Maybe the Bobcats need some good outside shooitng, but reacquiring Carrol does not really make this team any better. I suspect its better than the horrendous deal taking on Reggie Evans and Jose Calderon that MJ recently cancelled.
I'm still holding out hope that the Bulls can get any point guard not named Keyon Dooling.
I'd much rather take a flier on Shaun Livingston (Peoria-Richwoods) or even former Crane Tech and Kansas star Sherron Collins.
Monday, July 12, 2010
A Moment of Astonishment
Well, not everyone gets paid to sit and occasionally take care of a customer while doing whatever you want. I do, so I'm currently watching MJ's 69 point explosion against the Cavs. No current NBA player can ever be this good. He's literally unguardable.
Every shot he takes is great, he has an aresenal of counter moves and runs the court like he just took a bottle of adderall. This is truly a pleasure to watch.
Not only is he quick, but I've never seen a player with such excellent basketball iq. He knows the best play almost every second he's on the court. It's pretty obvious he would score at least 45 points per game in today's soft NBA.
On another note, I was chatting with a friend of mine last night. Somehow Michael came up, and I am not kidding you, she didn't know he played for the Bulls. You could probably ask somehow living in a Pakastani cave and he'd know MJ was a Bull. I think any person who grew up in America has been exposed to MJ in a Bulls jersey at least 1,653,407 times, according to my calculations. I still am having a hard time grasping this, and recovery is doubtful.
Every shot he takes is great, he has an aresenal of counter moves and runs the court like he just took a bottle of adderall. This is truly a pleasure to watch.
Not only is he quick, but I've never seen a player with such excellent basketball iq. He knows the best play almost every second he's on the court. It's pretty obvious he would score at least 45 points per game in today's soft NBA.
On another note, I was chatting with a friend of mine last night. Somehow Michael came up, and I am not kidding you, she didn't know he played for the Bulls. You could probably ask somehow living in a Pakastani cave and he'd know MJ was a Bull. I think any person who grew up in America has been exposed to MJ in a Bulls jersey at least 1,653,407 times, according to my calculations. I still am having a hard time grasping this, and recovery is doubtful.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Don't Let the Negativity Get You Down
Well hello there...
As fans, let's not freak out. LeBron...he might come...ditto for Wade and Bosh. But let's not worry about it!!
I was looking through old Bulls teams a few minutes ago and was able to remember the likes of Andrew Lang and Kornell David. Exactly.
Let's also not forget this:
Wade isn't necessarily a great fit. He has such a similar game to D. Rose and has been banging around a lot. He's already 28 and has only a year or two more left in his peak.
Bosh...well...frankly he's not THAT much better than Boozer. Not just numbers wise, but toughness as well. Bosh has a tendency to fall in love with his jumper and sag off on defense. You won't ever see Boozer take a night off when you need him.
And as for LeBron...well, he's really damn good, but he's not a closer, which we already have with D. Rose. Also, Rose is good enough to win a championship with a decent supporting staff, meaning, I'd love LeBron, but frankly, I'll settle for T-Mac, Boozer, and Kyle Korver.
Finally, big props to the local boy Jon Scheyer. He'll be playing with the Heat summer league team, and frankly, they'll probably need him.
As fans, let's not freak out. LeBron...he might come...ditto for Wade and Bosh. But let's not worry about it!!
I was looking through old Bulls teams a few minutes ago and was able to remember the likes of Andrew Lang and Kornell David. Exactly.
Let's also not forget this:
Wade isn't necessarily a great fit. He has such a similar game to D. Rose and has been banging around a lot. He's already 28 and has only a year or two more left in his peak.
Bosh...well...frankly he's not THAT much better than Boozer. Not just numbers wise, but toughness as well. Bosh has a tendency to fall in love with his jumper and sag off on defense. You won't ever see Boozer take a night off when you need him.
And as for LeBron...well, he's really damn good, but he's not a closer, which we already have with D. Rose. Also, Rose is good enough to win a championship with a decent supporting staff, meaning, I'd love LeBron, but frankly, I'll settle for T-Mac, Boozer, and Kyle Korver.
Finally, big props to the local boy Jon Scheyer. He'll be playing with the Heat summer league team, and frankly, they'll probably need him.
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