I could see blowing a 35 pt lead to a good team.....but to the Kings???

They still owe Skiles $$ from his firing. Paying 2 coaches isn't in Reisndorf's schema.


I think they will just let him and the team flounder and regroup for the upcoming free agent free for all this summer.


John Paxson sure has disappeared.

That's cause he's not the actual GM anymore, Gar Foreman is.

Pretty sure he did that just so he could stay further behind the scenes.



Either way, reports out yesterday saying that the decision has been made to fire Vinny, but they want to find a real replacement first. Which is a good idea if true, because your floundering theory would be really bad for attracting free agents, and so would keeping Vinny around.

The Charlotte Bobcats have reached an agreement in principle to acquire Chicago Bulls forward Tyrus Thomas(notes) for Acie Law(notes), Flip Murray(notes) and a future first-round pick, sources said.

So basically a first round pick for Thomas as Law and Muarry are expiring contracts.

Yeah, I'm super excited. I believe this puts them about 25mil under the cap for the offseason. Only thing that would've helped more was to move Hinrich, but that is just impossible to do with 18mil/2yrs left on his contract.

Plus Hakim Warrick will probably step and be a better version of Tyrus anyway. This is almost the ideal situation they were trying to get done for like a year now. Just gotta make sure to get one of the big guys now. You gotta figure even though the Knicks may have the most free money available, the Bulls have the better situation for a guy to step into. I hope it matters.

I like this Hakim guy.

Thomas and Warrick are totally different players.

Thomas has a chance to be a way above average defensive player while Warrick has a chance to be featured on a lot of posters.

Warrick is really really bad on defense.

We have defense, we need some offense from that position. But "totally" different is a stretch I think.


Also, the ref's were atrocious last night. Completely gayed us out of a win against a Wizards team with nobody I've even heard of... They literally called traveling 3 possessions in a row at one point. I'd need replays, but pretty sure 2 of them were complete BS, especially with the stuff people get away with. 3 in a row!!

What I meant by totally is that they have different strengths. Warrick has some pretty good offensive skills and is a pretty good offensive rebounder but sucks on defense while the strength of Thomas is on defense.

No shame in losing to Washington right now. They've won 4 of their last 6 including wins over Denver and Orlando and in their 2 losses they played Charlotte and the Raptors tough. They have some live bodies who with the increased minutes available are going to want to show something.

You know what I find interesting?

I have no memory of Warrick in the NBA. I can't recall ever watching him play. But when you guys started talking about how he's bad at defense, I was shocked. If you asked me to describe Warrick (having never seen him play in the NBA) I think I would've defaulted to a Tayshaun Prince type.

That's probably based on two things:

One - body type.

Two -



It's a very basketball-famous play and I just automatically carry that bias with me.


But...isn't there some theory about Syracuse players taking a while to develop defensively because they play zone exclusively in college? Obviously he has the athleticism, maybe he just needs more time playing man.

I never remember him either, until he got here and had a nice game.

Including this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4dr5dMsBUY

Plus Stacey King is hilarious.

lebron james 1 time, dealer.

AND NOW........ FOR YOUR CHICAGO BULLS....

Joe Johnson!

I wish... carlos snoozer. God damn it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baske...0,5243853.story

LAS VEGAS — Keep in mind that Derrick Rose is not the boastful type.

Now fear for NBA defenses.

"It's there; I have a consistent 3-point shot now," Rose said Wednesday night. "You'll see. I just have so much confidence in my jump shot now. It's coming along so good. It's past even my expectations at this point."


I'm giddy at the thought of this being even partially true.

I did not realize there were teams in the NBA other than the Heat and the Lakers.

Ok, bad comedy time is over. If this is true (and I will believe it when I see it), that would rocket him up into Deron Williams territory.

No JJ Reddick

:sadpandaface:

Bulls continue to sign more former Jazz players.

http://twitter.com/SamSmithHoops/status/18705134905

SamSmithHoops: It's All Those Jazz! Bulls have their starting two guard as NBA sources say they agree to $12.5 million three-year deal with Ronnie Brewer


I think it was the best they could do at this point. I'm content.

Yeah thats not so bad. Bulls will be quite good......but they are still a player short of Boston/Miami/Orlando

In other random Bulls related news Benny the Bull was assaulted.

Noah goes bong shopping:



Via Deadspin

those are tobacco water pipes, buddy.

Breaking Down Derrick Rose's Jump Shot

I've always felt his jump-shot was inconsistent due to his low release. I'm glad to see that aspect of his shot looks more consistent.