Tyrus Thomas not traveling to Cleveland
UPDATE: Didn't catch this from Mike McGraw this morning: The Bulls said Tyrus Thomas arrived at Tuesday's morning shootaround at the Berto Center, spoke to trainer Fred Tedeschi and was sent home to get some rest. Coach Vinny Del Negro said Thomas saw a doctor in the afternoon.
That helps the 'he's actually sick' story, but I'd still like more of a statement from the Bulls. They likely know how this looks, it seems they should be more emphatically denying this is disciplinary.
"He's not feeling very well right now," Del Negro said.
From KC Johnson, who gives no indication that Tyrus is actually sick. Is it that hard to find out?
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Great, another 3 days of "Tyrus is a little shit who won't take direction."
Fuck Lindsey Hunter. Do all Chicago teams just enjoy destroying the value of troubled players, and end up having to give them away?
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 4, 2009 12:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
sox do a pretty good job
Lurking since 2006
by boyonthedock on Nov 4, 2009 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ridiculous!
Time for Osborn Cox. WTF!
by SoulEater7 on Nov 4, 2009 12:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This must be quite the flu
This situation is really becoming idiotic. If he really is sick, the organization needs to be vigorously defending him, because nearly everyone is assuming he’s faking it. If he’s not sick and this is some kind of disciplinary action, then they should stop lying about him having a flu.
Maybe we can just give Tyrus away, and completely write off the 06 draft. Speaking of which, Thabo has become a useful player in OKC. We all knew Gordon wasn’t going to be back, and yet they gave Thabo away for nothing. You’re telling me we couldn’t have used him as a 4th guard for 15 minutes a game?
by Big D on Nov 4, 2009 12:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
They could have used Thabo last season in the playoffs but nooooooooo.
Thabo would never get time. Yet Lindsey Old Man Hunter’s ass was out there when the Celtics were kicking the living shit out of the Bulls in game 3. Sefo would have been useful when Rose was being dominated against Rondo at times. But of course this move was about not extending Sefo either and getting a cheap replacement like Taj Gobson.
by SoulEater7 on Nov 4, 2009 12:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
waitaminit.
When was the last time you or anyone else you work with had the flu?. As a peer, when someone says fIu, I usually give at least 2-3 days without a doctors note before I even think of starting to distrust them. The way you wrote this seems like you really have it in for Tyrus, or are simply prone to jumping to conclusions and sliding down slippery slopes.
Seriously, a contagious sickness is not something you fight through, or put your coworkers through. When the docs can corroborate this, this makes you the idiot, not the situation. The organization does not need to be ‘vigorously defending him’ because they presented us fans with the facts: He’s sick.
enough said.
by brianm on Nov 4, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Have you read any of the local media?
Did you read John Jackson in the Sun-Times (he actually put “flu” in quotation marks), or Rosenbloom’s column? Have you listened to local sports radio? Many people are assuming he’s faking it, and I guess it’s hard to blame them when the Bulls’ own beat writers are strongly implying that he isn’t really sick. So if he’s not, the Bulls do need to make it clear that he’s really sick. And you must have some kind of reading comprehension problem, because there’s nothing in anything I wrote above that indicates I think he’s faking it (I don’t think that, by the way).
by Big D on Nov 4, 2009 7:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
rosenbloom
is a sensationalist. I’d not buy that guy a beer in a million years.
KC or MMcGraw? Yes and a couple shots to boot.
by brianm on Nov 4, 2009 7:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
My new twitter pal KC says
No speculation at all. Just detailing how it’s been a tough week for Ty. If people say he’s sick, have to go with it.
I asked back ’isn’t there another way to find out’? I tried to do so without sounding like a dick. Hope he doesn’t take it that way :)
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 12:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
oh god he's going to unfriend you now.
You got too bold. I know KC reads this blog.
by SoulEater7 on Nov 4, 2009 12:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You're giving KC too much credit...
reading this blog? No, no, no… that would entail some time and effort.
by smash! on Nov 4, 2009 2:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Then why isn't his just reporting he is sick
and stop it with the wink-wink nudge-nudge side of things. Players get sick all the time. Why can’t he just write that he is sick and not make it sound like a conspiracy or quiet suspension.
And if he isn’t sick and the other side of it is true as a reporter he really needs to do his job and report it.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
KC responds
Everyone I’ve talked—-on and off record—to says he’s sick.
I replied that it’s odd that the Organization doesn’t feel need to emphatically denounce speculation then.
I sort of get what KC is saying when claiming he’s not speculating. He’s just laying out the timeline. I guess by doing so at all he’s leaving it wide open for speculation, but really it’s mostly us just believing the worst in all parties.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 1:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The org needs to make it clear he's really sick then, because nobody believes it
All it does is reinforce the stereotype that NBA players are lazy malingerers. Not that there isn’t some truth in that, but if you’re the Bulls I’d think you would want to rebut that. Especially since they may be looking to trade Tyrus at some point during the season. Why the hell would anyone want to trade for him if they think he’s faking an illness? All the speculation does is hurt his value, but then again, that’s what the Bulls have been doing with Tyrus ever since they drafted him, so why stop now?
by Big D on Nov 4, 2009 1:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
also
isn’t ‘flu’ a serious thing now? you’d think there’d be a follow-up on what special precautions the Bulls took, etc.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 1:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is Chicago, where real men play with the flu!
I heard the swine flu itself actually got vaccinated to protect itself from Mike Ditka.
by Big D on Nov 4, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Mark my words, the decline in toughness from Chicago athletes started with Urlacher
refusing to play with a broken wrist. If only the Bears still had those doctors who convinced Butkus to destroy his knees.
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by snley on Nov 4, 2009 2:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If he has the flu the best thing is keep him away from the other players.
This is where not making the trip to Cleveland does make sense.
by chgobr on Nov 4, 2009 3:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
As much as I love this blog (and I really do dig this blog Matt)
I’m starting to feel like I took the “red pill” from the whole Matrix paradigm. This TT/Vinny/Lindsey thing is totally absurd. Someone please reinsert me into the matrix. Ignorance is bliss. Make it stop! I can’t take too much more news like this. I like steak. Juicy steak. Lady in the red dress. WtF?
by Rosenscrubs on Nov 4, 2009 12:49 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
THAT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME
RECD!!!!
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
by piccolomair on Nov 4, 2009 7:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is getting ridiculous.
Something is definitely going on here, and it’s not good. I’m on Tyrus’s side, as when it comes to anything basketball related, odds are that Vinny is wrong.
Metal sharpens metal.
And this guy right here understands and knows what leadership is all about: The coach, the hall of famer......... Dick Butka! George Ryan
by dakoose on Nov 4, 2009 1:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully, Tyrus really is ill
because if this is some type of rift between he and the organization, the Bulls will be hurting. Tyrus is by no means a great power forward, but without him, our production at that position falls off a cliff. Deng won’t have too many games like his last battling Varejao, Garnett, Haslem and the other legit power forwards in the NBA (note, something Milwaukee does not have,) and Taj is playing at barely above train wreck levels right now.
It is surprising to me that on a team based on speed, slashing, taking it to the basket and which is in need of versatile scorers, a guy like JJ doesn’t get PT. At the very least he is a mismatch at the power forward position because of his ability to drive the ball to the hoop. If TT is out, I want to see some JJ.
by Basketball Smurf on Nov 4, 2009 1:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand why there is any speculation on whether or not he is sick.
The Bulls said it on their website.
KC Johnson, and his history of snarky comments about the team, should be ashamed of himself for planting any seed of doubt…and we should know better than this after reading him these past couple of years.
Why isn't your friendly Bulls Blogger friendly?
by Dionysus2.0 on Nov 4, 2009 1:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree, but it's not just him
John Jackson, David Schuester as well. Steve Rosenbloom took it and ran with a ‘trade thomas’ column.
I still think the Bulls could do more to insist it isn’t disciplinary. Or maybe there’s nothing they can do as I simply don’t trust them.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 1:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
and actually, I've re-learned a lesson
trust in Mike McGraw. He reported it best.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 1:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed…McGraw consistently says it best…I didn’t see the Rosebloom trade Tyrus column, but I don’t like reading him…
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by Dionysus2.0 on Nov 4, 2009 2:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
here
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I just Googled it...
Ugh…what bad column. I know why I don’t read this muckraker.
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by Dionysus2.0 on Nov 4, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's because McGraw is a real reporter
although I’m admittedly not sure what to make of this. No matter what we plan on doing with Tyrus, he needs to be on the floor. Playing games with his PT and dodging questions about his production are only going to lower his trade value.
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by Rose Colored Goggles on Nov 4, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone parroted a similar theme. Tyrus doesn't have many friends in the media.
So it’s pretty lame of the franchise to not protect one of their own. If KC went after Derrick Rose like this, they’d most certainly shoot him down.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 4, 2009 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
or if they went after James Johnson
Doug Thonus would key their cars.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
though
Tyrus has a history of pouting and skipping practice out of protest.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
someone help me remember that
it was like he thought he could skip a practice, and did so, and it totally backfired? Ugh, all these seasons blend together…
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why you defend him when it's not the case.
And I thought that incident was 2 years ago under Skiles. Last year he had the PBJ sandwich fight.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 4, 2009 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Ben Gordon had the PBJ sandwhich fight...
and Tyrus ditched practice when B_____ was the coach.
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by Dionysus2.0 on Nov 4, 2009 2:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
BG and Tyrus both argued with him, from what I remember.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 4, 2009 2:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think BG argued with Vinny because of a note he found in his locker
Jannero Pargo = Larry Hughes 2.0
by bull83 on Nov 4, 2009 6:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
BG arrived on time for the team bus (or plane…something like that) and then later on he got a note in his locker saying that he had been late and was in trouble. After BG had never been late his entire career and apparently wasn’t late this time either. If it had been an issue why didn’t they just talk to him when they saw him next? Why a late, passive aggressive note?
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 6:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
drama queen
Green and Gold / Black and White
by OznCoop on Nov 4, 2009 6:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
There was no such coach!
It never happened!!! quick pass the alcohol… I want to forget damn it!
by 72-10 on Nov 4, 2009 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody got a forget-me-now?
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by Rose Colored Goggles on Nov 4, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought TT skipped practice last year, no?
Was that really 2 yrs ago?
by smash! on Nov 4, 2009 2:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this the one
you are remembering?
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/fullcourtpress/2008/03/thomas-suspende.html
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Nov 4, 2009 5:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
YES, that was the one
I still forget Tyrus’ rationale for it. I think it was something like he thought it would be a standard fine if he was absent once.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 6:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
there was a PBJ fight what happened?
by Mr Rhythm on Nov 4, 2009 7:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
PBJ reminds me of PJ Brown
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
by Yibs on Nov 4, 2009 10:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe I'm being naive
but just like the Derrick Rose injury, I’m gonna go with what’s being reported. If they say he has the flu, then he has the flu. I don’t see how it would benefit the team to hide any disciplinary issue with Tyrus seeing as they obviously don’t have any great future plans with him. So, if he really was having issues they’d probably let it out, if for nothing else, to expedite the process of getting him out of town.
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by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 4, 2009 2:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I didn't think Derrick was injured up until last night.
On both of his dunks he didn’t get nearly as high as he did last year. He’s clearly not 100%. This Tyrus deal is different, as there has been plenty of other stuff going on between Tyrus and VDN, and now he shows up sick to practice two days in a row and gets sent home? Right after getting called out in front of the entire squad by his head coach and then in front of the media by a teammate who’s old enough to be his father? Color me skeptic.
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by dakoose on Nov 4, 2009 3:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone and their Mom has the flu right now, so I don't doubt TT does.
It’s just bad timing and bad speculative reporting.
by smash! on Nov 4, 2009 2:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree. I hope
he doesn’t get to sick from it. It’s some really nasty stuff.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Nov 4, 2009 5:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
so i guess vinny saw him today morning and he was still sick
at first i was thinking it was a whole lot of crap, but it really seems that he is sick. kinda sucks cause the last time we played the cavs tyrus was huge in gaurding james. it’ll be tough, especially with shaq in the middle for noah..
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
by Yibs on Nov 4, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Taj would be guarding James anyway even if Tyrus was there.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
how quickly will he foul out tomm?
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
by Yibs on Nov 4, 2009 4:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We should have a poll. Someone post one!
I’d say around the 14 minute mark assuming they take him out after his third and he comes back in and LBJ is on the bench for a while since they have a 30 pt lead.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
OMG, that's Veektor's music!
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If.....
Tyrus is sick, he must be sick as a dog to miss a basketball game especially with his job on the line with the coach looking for excuses to play Taj. If this is a punishment against Tyrus it’s just plain messed up. Now here’s what we know, TT was pissed at least about Vinny getting on him about the defensive thing in practice and TT was probably upset about his minutes too. We know it was bad enough for Lyndsey to play team leader in the situation and chastise Tyrus. Then we hear the very next day Tyrus is sent home cause he wasn’t feeling good and that he won’t even play in the game two days later….from a flu……If Tyrus is doing this cause he’s mad, he’s wrong, he can only show Vinny how wrong he is by being the best player on the court! I think the truth is Tyrus was a little sick, Vinny said “Yes..send him home!” They’ll let him rest as long as possible hoping a great rotation can be established while he’s gone so he’ll never have to start again. This is too coincidental to me. Maybe I’m wrong, I’ve been wrong many times before, but there is something I feel more to this and if something is being hidden it’s on the part of the organisation in there belittling this man.
by Mr Rhythm on Nov 4, 2009 3:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I hate our org
and I wouldn’t doubt at all that they’re playing this up to their perceived advantage. Stupid GarPaxDorf…
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by Rose Colored Goggles on Nov 4, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
how could this possibly be to their advantage,
if anything its to their disadvantge. Because if they want to be rid of him they arent doing a very good job of marketing him as a good teamate, therefore lower return value.
Green and Gold / Black and White
by OznCoop on Nov 4, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The article doesn't say he won't play against Cleveland
He just didn’t travel with the team out of fear of infecting them. He will be re-evaluated tomorrow to see if he can play.
by JeffD on Nov 4, 2009 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They said he had
a fever when he showed up today. If he has a fever he is contagious so they sent him home before the other players showed up. I have no doubt he is really sick. I hope the other players don’t get it.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Nov 4, 2009 5:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ignore reality and whine about Tyrus and Da Bulls.
I’m sure Tyrus is upset he didn’t get a contract extension.
I’m also confident he has the H1N1 flu. Since that flu has the potential to take someone down for weeks, it wise he stay away.
by Noe_Valley on Nov 4, 2009 9:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks doctor.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
You're Welcome son.
Not as dramatic as some VDN conspiracy fantasy.
by Noe_Valley on Nov 5, 2009 12:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How can you be certain he has H1N1?
Metal sharpens metal.
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by dakoose on Nov 5, 2009 11:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
he's not certain
he’s ‘confident’. :-p
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 5, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you ever think he was getting yelled at for what appeared to be him slacking off in practice...
when in reality he was really just sick, coming down with the flu? I was sick a week ago and I sure as hell didn’t feel like doing anything short of sleeping for several days…
by smash! on Nov 4, 2009 5:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is his name Tyrus? If yes then commence the yelling.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 5:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This quote from Vinny got me thinking
Next time I see him, if something’s on his mind, he knows where to find me and we’ll talk.
Is he waiting for some kind of apologies from Tyrus or something? Because this seems to be a message to Tyrus and creates even more doubts about his illness.
Jannero Pargo = Larry Hughes 2.0
by bull83 on Nov 4, 2009 6:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
What a bunch of bull.
So much for having a players coach.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 6:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Very discouraging quote, to say the least.
by RyPac13 on Nov 4, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
he likes to argue
he’s Italian.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
and a jagoff
Green and Gold / Black and White
by OznCoop on Nov 4, 2009 6:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Does Vinny talk like
Metal sharpens metal.
And this guy right here understands and knows what leadership is all about: The coach, the hall of famer......... Dick Butka! George Ryan
by dakoose on Nov 4, 2009 7:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
OMFG!! as much as i dislike TT we need him.Damn Fucking idiot
by bears rock on Nov 4, 2009 7:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
You do all realize
That employers (like the Bulls) can’t really go into great detail about an employee (likeTyrus) illness? Your boss can’t tell everyone in the world about your illness other than he/she is ill unless you give them permission. If TT has the flu, he’s probably not thinking about calling up the media and discussing his temperature. H1N1 is not fun to have, if that is what he has, and home is the place for him. One of the side effects is pnuemonia.
by KT on Nov 4, 2009 7:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
The rest of the league can say a guy is sick
and even that it is H1N1 (LBJ) and no one thinks anything but that he is sick. Basketball players constantly have their health in the news. But when news breaks in Chicago they leave it up in the air and lay hints that it is something more than that when it is probably just the flu. Ask a casual sports fan in a week why Tyrus was out and they’ll likely say he got trouble in practice and wasn’t allowed to play. Skimming the Trib will make you think that at least.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 7:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah they have their health in the news
but not every damn little detail about it. It’s privacy laws balanced against the need to let opponents know who is going to be in the line up or not.
I doubt if the Bulls know for sure if it’s H1n1 unless a blood test was done. But anykind of flu is serious.
I
by KT on Nov 4, 2009 7:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you reading this thread right?
What we are saying is that we believe he has the flu but that local media is being coy about it and implying otherwise. The team has yet to put those rumors to rest and stand by Tyrus in what is already turning into a difficult season for him. That is what we are saying here. I don’t know why you are tied up with privacy law stuff. They don’t have to show a photo of Tyrus in is underwear puking in the bathroom to stand by their player.
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by cranscape on Nov 4, 2009 7:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not exactly a huge chore for the Bulls to release a press statement stating
“Tyrus is sick, that’s all there is to this story. Shut your word hole KC.”
Instead they let the local media run wild with the “Tyrus is a prick” tangent. Crazy as it sounds, there are lots of people who read the papers and form their opinions based on what other people say, not the objective facts.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 4, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
they didn't let the media do anything
KC likes drama.
If they had done that, then KC would have said “they doth protest too much.”
by KT on Nov 5, 2009 8:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh, like Pax quitting
“That Peter Vescey, his work is worthy of toilet paper! Pax isn’t retiring, he’s being PROMOTED!”
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 5, 2009 12:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently the Bulls don't realize that
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/11/thomas-not-on-bulls-trip.html
Team officials said Thomas has a fever, redness in a sore throat and has vomited sporadically.
So does he have the flu, or did he simply watch the game last night?
by Big D on Nov 4, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
I thought the whole point of having Vinny as the coach was to let them play.
To develop Tyrus. He’s failing.
by SoulEater7 on Nov 4, 2009 7:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
We really can't figure out WHAT Vinny is doing
His knowledge is light years ahead of ours. Although we do know he thinks we have no damn chance at winning a championship with our young team, and that he doesn’t have a problem playing a 24 year old rookie that has no upside at PF.
by i_like_turtles on Nov 4, 2009 7:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Vinny's Lament..a poem about his obsession with Tyrus's flaws
He’s supposed to be a help side defender but he usually arrives late
Because he refuses to listen to me and always is slow to rotate.
Even when Tyrus thinks he’s doing a good job protecting the paint
Just because he blocks and alters lots of shots, in my eyes he really ain’t.
After Rose gets screened for the umpteenth time, again letting his man skate
Does Tyrus notice this and quickly help and rotate? No he instead tends to hesitate.
It’s all his fault everytime our opponents wind up getting another easy score.
He keeps taking jump shots, doesn’t block out, run the court and so much more.
Is it any wonder why I’m always pissed at him which makes me really sore?
I drill them over and over on switching, pressing and playing tough team defense
Although Tyrus and some other malcontents say my schemes seldom make any sense.
But I’m still the boss so it’s thier loss with Thomas being my main albatross.
The rule is whatever me and Lindsey say is our Bible so what we say always goes.
If Tyrus can’t adjust to this and continues to act like a baby, than he’s the one that blows.
He claims he has some kind of nasty flu, but just between the wall and you and me
I think he’s just jealous of cooperative Taj, which brings him all sorts of misery
I repeat, I’m the boss and he better not take us as fools while he sings the blues
As long as Tyrus refuses to switch and rotate and won’t play strictly by our rules
Then he can continue to say he’s sick and at the end of the bench he’ll stick
To gather splinters with Aaron Gray, James and that other slow learner, JJ.
As Lindsey and I always preach while we continiue inspire and teach
"It’s All for One and One for All just as long as we all play Vinny Ball***"
We need players who admire Italians with thick hair and understands the playbook
Not some uppity jumping jack who thinks he’s better than our bald headed talented rook
* Hunter has always played ball with Vinny and look what it’s done for his bottom line.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost. You can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard
by Tyrusmancrush on Nov 4, 2009 7:37 PM CST reply actions 9 recs
regardless of Thomas being sick or not,
its absolutely disgusting with the way the Bulls have treated him.
They probably said “Shut the fuck up” when he said Hi when he first walked into the UC.
FIRE GREG WALKER NOW!!!!!!!!!
by blackoutsox on Nov 4, 2009 9:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If I remember correctly
when Tyrus first arrived Sam said Tyrus was an ass to the people who worked at the Berto.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Nov 4, 2009 10:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should be fair Tyrus has had some issue with his personality.
by SoulEater7 on Nov 4, 2009 10:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Arrogant, insecure, indifferent and inconsistent play.
I blame the owner, the president, the GM and the coach – welcome to Bitch-at-Bulls blog.
by Noe_Valley on Nov 4, 2009 10:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
new header?
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 10:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I blame you.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 4, 2009 11:31 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Which is one
reason I can’t blame all of his troubles on the organization. I like TT as a player but sometimes I think he is his own worst enemy.
Recipe for Disaster;
C'mon Cubs, hurry up and blow this so I can relax.
by Bluekoolaide on July22, 2009 3:08 PM CDT
by sue369 on Nov 4, 2009 10:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
true.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 10:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, poor Tyrus.
I wanna cry.
These poor draft picks who get treated so mean – focus, play defense, stop pouting, improve — how mean!!
by Noe_Valley on Nov 4, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you're lucky I don't keep commenters to such high standards
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 4, 2009 10:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I am Lucky.
So too is Tyrus lucky not to be in Memphis or some other sink hole.
Maybe Tyrus is just another Joe Smith, some guy who was selected too high and too much pressure put on him to be a go to guy when he’s not that kind of player.
Are they picking on him? I don’t see the Bulls org a scapegoating players to deflect from horrible front office decisions. I also find little sympathy for Tyrus position as a 4th year player expected to produce.
If VDN is using playing time or Taj to motivate Tyrus, the solution for this vet is to get angry and do something about it.
Last year the erratic Don Nelson started the undrafted Rob Kurtz at PF in place of 14th pick Anthony Randolph. Randolph proceeded to beat up on Kurtz in practice including throwing some elbows that Stephen Jackson called cheap shots.
by Noe_Valley on Nov 5, 2009 12:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't even know where to begin.
Don Nelson’s handling of young players is nothing to aspire to emulate.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 5, 2009 8:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Right, what Tyrus needs to do is assult a teammate.
That will surely get him in the good graces of the organization and head coach.
The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.
by Ozzie Montana on Nov 5, 2009 1:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Why are you here?
I am sure there are a lot of Bulls blogs that would cater to your sports mindset better. Leave.
If we aren't careful, the leanness we now feel will be the starvation of those we serve.
by Chi 'Till I Die on Nov 5, 2009 5:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The Bulls don't scape goat players?
See “Gordon, Ben”
Things could be worse. We could have kept Boylan.
by stupidgenius on Nov 5, 2009 7:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would not be surprised at all if Boozer comes to Chicago for Tyrus in a week or two
D ROSE D WADE DESTINY DYNASTY
by Juan dela Cruz on Nov 5, 2009 3:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
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