Skimming the bottom of NBA rosters for Bulls talk
Interesting article from DraftExpress today (begrudging handshake to Fanhouse for the find), showing that despite what Danny Ainge may be percieving, there are plenty of players left on the Free Agent market that aren't collecting social security.
Some (current and former) Bulls bits to be found:
9 players who have established themselves as legit rotation guys and should be able to find a spot for themselves somewhere (Devin Brown, Derek Anderson, Malik Allen, Dahntay Jones, Jeff McInnis, Corliss Williamson, Calvin Booth, Dale Davis, Jumaine Jones)
28 players off the NBA's free agent list who are severely on the fringe and might want to either start taking those calls from agents like Mario Scotti and Nick Lotsos offering big money from European teams, or if they are washed up, retire: Keith McLeod, Michael Olowakandi, Alan Anderson, Andre Barrett, Esteban Batista, James White, Hassan Adams, Zarko Cabarkapa, Mike Sweetney, Mike Wilks, Junior Harrington, Rafael Araujo, Michael Ruffin, Rawle Marshall, Slava Medvedenko, Jamal Sampson, Dwayne Jones, Aaron Mckie, Cliff Robinson, Bo Outlaw, Alan Henderson, Jalen Rose, Vitaly Potapenko, Danny Fortson, Jake Tsakalidis, Kevin Willis, Kelvin Cato and Darrick Martin.
Once again, Mike Sweetney gets shortchanged. And my post about his qualifying offer becomes even less relevant. What an outrage!
But the 'big' news from this article:
(That's the kind of roster battle where everyone loses. I'd rather sign a grizzled vet (not a Grizzlies vet, that's different) to the minimum)
2-years fully guaranteed for Aaron Gray? Well, they gave 3 years to Adrian Griffin, so...what the hell. The benefit to a 2 year deal is that the club then gets some cap leeway after Gray becomes a 'low post scoring threat who commands a double team and frees up our jumpshooters and solves world hunger' over the next two years, and then needs big money.
Update: Also relevant to the end-of-bench situation, according to Sham Sports (no primary source named, and thus My Man Sam wins again), big Marty Andy Vicious is about to sign in Spain.
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Michael Olowakandi
by Jimslam on Aug 20, 2007 11:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yikes
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
throw Malik Allen
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
production's the key
And wow, the worst part about his career that even with unrealized potential at his 'peak', he still had a downward spiral in production afterwards.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 20, 2007 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The saddest
by CubFan81 on Aug 20, 2007 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cut the guy some slack
As for Gray, a tip-in or two per game would be fine. That will be more than what Sweetney and Marty would have contributed last season. The problem with the Bulls frontcourt is that it is loaded with mediocre players which may make for a deep frontcourt but not an explosive one.
by Kantut on Aug 20, 2007 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and one of those
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sweetney had a bad season
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Garbage points don't count
by Kantut on Aug 20, 2007 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
home run is two words
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Typo
by Kantut on Aug 20, 2007 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
really?
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mike, is that you?
by Kantut on Aug 20, 2007 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just stating the facts
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't Shaq score 69 on him?
by Rankdog on Aug 21, 2007 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I intially thought your comment was right,
by Scotter on Aug 20, 2007 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fight for last roster spot
Maybe one day, the NBA would have to institute a foreigner limit like some of the european leagues.
by Sambossanova on Aug 20, 2007 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe a comment limit too
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 20, 2007 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
::sigh::
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 20, 2007 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure
by Sambossanova on Aug 20, 2007 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I sincerely hope
That said, I think we should try out their towel-waving skills, maybe Joakim could demonstrate.
by cubbybear on Aug 20, 2007 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But I Want To Know What Love Is
by jpx7 on Aug 21, 2007 4:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
PaxJax is getting old and soft
by bullshooter on Aug 21, 2007 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
meh
by hscs on Aug 21, 2007 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you've turned a corner
by bullshooter on Aug 21, 2007 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Free agents of interest
by Sambossanova on Aug 20, 2007 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope that
by sue369 on Aug 20, 2007 12:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not a doubter
by hscs on Aug 20, 2007 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're totally different
IMHO, Gray will have a career similar to a poor-man's Mihm(who is already a poor man's Nene, who is a poor man's Joel Prybilla, who is a very poor man's Robert Parish, etc etc etc). I think down the line he might even be faithful to his wife(i.e. being OUT of the NBA).
He will rebound just because he's so close to the ball already, and baskets might happen once in a while, if they lose him by the rim.
You can't teach size. At least vertical size. And he has it. At the very least, he will increase the average height of this team, and make the team picture look less like the 70s Celtics.
by cubbybear on Aug 20, 2007 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A richman's Shawn Bradley?
by Rankdog on Aug 21, 2007 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just funny to me...
by CubFan81 on Aug 20, 2007 1:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There will be a joke about his brother Johnny
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 21, 2007 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not Adonal Foyle?
by nateroth on Aug 20, 2007 3:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
bc hes a well read international player?
by milesgmsu on Aug 20, 2007 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
International?
by Rankdog on Aug 21, 2007 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Colgate is not in the Ivy League
by preverbal on Aug 21, 2007 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a "Hidden Ivy"
The Ivy League is nothing more than an athletic association, anyways; as far as undergraduate education is concerned, I'd rather be at the University of Chicago any day of the week (and I am - five days a week).
by jpx7 on Aug 21, 2007 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was confusing Colgate with Cornell
by Rankdog on Aug 25, 2007 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but he is from
by milesgmsu on Aug 26, 2007 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shan
And Sham's pretty reliable about the information he posts.
by KT on Aug 20, 2007 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ruben
If it's not a possibility, I apologize. I haven't been paying much attention since the draft...
by corey williams corey benjamin on Aug 20, 2007 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes,
by KT on Aug 20, 2007 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rodman
by cubbybear on Aug 20, 2007 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
rodman wasn't a bad person
by milesgmsu on Aug 20, 2007 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those player descriptions are pure gold
The whole list is at the link about Marty
by cubbybear on Aug 20, 2007 11:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
good stuff - Sweets
Nice site. Here is link to our favorite overwieght Bull.
by NY Chicago Fan on Aug 21, 2007 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ha!
That drove me crazy too.
hmm...maybe I'll just call it early and do my Sweetney career retrospective in the coming days.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Aug 21, 2007 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
new career?
Sadly this might be Sweets only avenue to get back into the arena for the Bulls.
by NY Chicago Fan on Aug 22, 2007 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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