I smell an uninspired coaching hire and a brash trade of young talent.

Paxson is on the clock.

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Then we'll sit him. Woohoo!

WCUI pulling out all of the stops to entertain the Chicago audience.

AP Press- Luol Deng sighting! Oh wait he's playing against Ricky Buckets and a bunch of people who wont be in the NBA after 2 weeks.  Throw in 5 TOs and uh...

See Hinrich.  See Hinrich bring the ball up the court.  See Hinrich pass the ball immediately after passing half court.  See Hinrich spend the next 20 seconds standing in the corner doing nothing.  Maybe he wished he was playing in the KU game.

Superstar to be Ben Gordon challenges Larry Hughes' to a "who can shoot the crappiest" contest.  Gordon puts in a 4-13 performance against people who are his height and less athletically gifted than him.

Larry Hughes (unaware of the shooting contest) wins though as he manages to shoot 30%.  Hughes is happy with his performance despite the loss, because he is able to play his style of bball (off-balance contested jumpers).

Tyrus and Noah - 21 rebounds
Heat starting bigs - 8 rebounds
Boylan smartly limits Noah and Tyrus to 32 minutes.  In the postgame interview, Boylan stated that Noah may be suspended for the next 2 games for actually trying to play.  16 points on 50% shooting is unacceptable.

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Boylan continues to mouth the mantra that he will make sure his players will work hard in practice and conduct themselves as professionals on the court even though the season has been flushed down the toilet....is he talking about professional wrestlers?  and by the way, he will use the same lineups that brought him  so much success this year...(in other words, limit the minutes of those young upstarts who dared to challenge his managerial expertise...Damn right, I'll show 'em whose boss ...I am not a dufus).  It is obvious the entire team has quit on him or would it be more accurate to say they never really got started under his lack of leadership and guidance.  He was outcoached in almost every game with his bizarre rotations, inexplicable lineups and chaotic decision making at crucial times.

Can anyone with a modicum of basketball knowledge please explain what system he was running with both his offensive and defensive sets?  Was there a single phase where the team and the individual players did not regress, some dramatically?  

His clownish demeanor both off and on the court is almost too outlandish to parody.  Didn't Paxson recognize how humiliating his stale excuses, alibies, and false bravado sounded (I'm in charge, I know what I'm doing) as the entire team was abandoning this rudderless ship in almost full mutiny.  The most appropriate symbol that would accurately reflect on the organization would be a giant turd.  He was a constant source of emabarassment and incompetence.  He proved he had lacked the smarts to help teach the younger players to improve either their playing skills, confidence or attitude.  

Skyles must have been a genius to squeeze as much out of these players as he did, but then they all came from highly successful programs so I put their failure directly on management, including Paxson.  Is it too late to resurrect and reignite the desire and effort to make this embarrasing franchise a winner again?  This team needs leadership and if it isn't going to come from the players, it is obvious that a great coaching staff will be required to jumpstart these young talents with attitude adjustments which can only be accomplished by working under persons that earn and demand their respect.  

How can any professional respect coaches whose track records prove they are losers. You cannot teach something you're clueless about.  I hope Paxson has gotten a wake up call, because this season proved that he too,  has a lot to learn.

Down goes Boylan, down goes Boylan!  Up comes Noah, up comes Tyrus, up comes Thabo, up comes Kirk, up comes everybody.