Mike and Pike

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 1, 2005 11:33 PM CST in News

This is a really bizarre tidbit, buried in Thursday's column by My Man Sam(tm):

It[the Bulls foul trouble] all had Bulls coach Scott Skiles in a frenzy on the bench, the crowd noise even seeming to give Eric Piatkowski a chance in the game when it seemed uncertain if Skiles was yelling "Pike" or "Mike," the latter for Sweetney.

Weird.

I can't locate the play-by-play, but by looking at the gameflow, Sweetney had just come out, and Pike was coming in for Duhon. So I don't see how Sweetney could be coming in. It's likely Sam was just trying to give an example of how loud Madison Square Garden was at the time, I don't know.

Anyway, I thought nothing of it until reading about Pike's appearance in ESPN's 'Daily Dime' that same morning:

9:50 p.m. Eric Piatkowski checks in for the first time in the game, and on his first touch his pass is intercepted by Antonio Davis for a breakaway. Davis makes two foul shots to complete a 13-0 run to open the quarter.

9:52 p.m. Crawford is isolated on Piatkowski and loses him with a crossover.

9:53 p.m. Crawford is isolated on Piatkowski and loses him with a crossover.

9:55 p.m. Stephon is isolated on Piatkowski, dribbles inside and kicks out to Crawford for an open 3. Ballgame.

10:25 p.m. Piatkowski emerges from the back of the locker room and explains he doesn't usually defend speedy guards. He's good humored about it.

heh.

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Analysis of Crawford Trade

We have seen alot of info on the Curry vs Sweeney plus draft picks trade. Have you ever looked at the Crawford trade to see who fared better?

by Goshdengit on Dec 2, 2005 10:34 AM CST reply actions

preliminary analysis

Bulls don't have Crawford. They win the trade.

I really didn't think much about it after that. The Bulls simply didn't want Crawford, so instead of letting him go for nothing they used a sign/trade for cap relief.

Just looking at least season, they got Othella, Pike and Griffin (the last 2 via Mutumbo). Even if you don't think the 'veteran influence' meant that much, Othella had pretty good production.

Remember, Jerome Williams was packaged in that deal, and he'd still be on the Bulls payroll for $6-7m next season otherwise.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 2, 2005 10:42 AM CST reply actions