“Antonio (Rio de Janeiro): I’l almost sure Deng stays in Chicago… What about Gordon?

SportsNation David Thorpe: Both are up in the air.

Harry Manback (Portland, OR): If things get dicey with Chicago and Deng, does it make sense for Portland to pursue him in a sign-and-trade, or do they need more of a distance shooter at the 3?

SportsNation David Thorpe: I can’t think of a better fit for both parties. “

Thats all I remember that was Bulls stuff…

is analogous to

“at least she has a nice personality“

Tyrus love (or potential) starting to wane?

why use words like dynamic and beautiful kid, when we need sombody who will put the ball in the basket. What do these words mean? Maybe we’ll have to wait for a more complete commentary on the assessment of Tyrus, or just watch his progress (or lack of) this upcoming season?

I definitely agreed he settled too much for his jumper as he basically played like a wing player in Orlando, plus some great blocks. However his body language seemed fine for summer league.

It’s summer league, it’s not about winning. He probably wanted to work on his jumper in a game-like situation with opponents challenging it, etc. Unlike when he’s probably usually working on it alone in the gym.

Are Marc Gasol and Rudy Fernandez for real? Seriously better than Rose and Mayo?

David Thorpe: Yes

You have Rose listed as 7th best rookie. I realize that he was hurt for the majority of the summer league, but he did look good even if though his teammates had trouble converting on his dishes. how is the 7th best rookie the only one to be invited to scrimmage the olympic squad…

David Thorpe: C’mon Mark, do some thinking on your own.

Were you joking about Gasol and Fernandez being better than Rose and Mayo? Come on Dave.

David Thorpe: Not better in terms of talent, per se. Better chance to put up better numbers? Yes. This season.

Are we Blogabullers deluding ourselves by viewing him through Rose colored glasses? Some rookie PG’s have performed spectactularly in the summer leagues. I hope Rose’s less than stellar performances can be explained by his being at the beginning of the learning curve and he has a reputation of being a very fast learner.

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I think the most significant comment by Thorpe regarding TT is
“He’s going to LOVE Vinney.”

As Stacy “Burger” King’s recent fan post pointed out in correlating the Bull’s performance last season with Maslow’s need hierarchy theory, their clowinish coaches stifled the teams and TT’s esteem needs by yelling, disrespecting them, failing to develop their innate talents, discouraging them and eventually taking any fun out of the games because of their glaring ineptitude and piss poor attitudes which led to near mutiny at times.

Self-esteem needs according to Maslow on a lower scale includes the need for the respect of others, for status, fame, glory, recognition, attention, reputation, appreciation, dignity, even dominance. The higher form involves self respect which is harder to lose since it doesn’t rely on others (Ayn Rand) demonstrating itself by possessing feelings as confidence, competence, achievement, and mastery, ala Micheal Jordan.

Under negative conditions the players regressed to lower need levels, focusing primarily on individual goals at the expense of the team with no motivation, direction or “Love”. Vinney and his new staff offer the Bulls and Tyrus a fresh start. and John Lennon nailed it when he wrote “All You Need is Love’. The Baby Bulls will go out of their way to earn both the love and respect of VDN and his posse, once again riding herd on their opposition this season. I remain a “hesitant” optimist, assuming Paxson makes some smart moves before too long.