man does this organization suck.

100% agree the Bulls need to play Thomas a lot, starting two years ago. They drafted him in lottery so play him! and either keep or trade him. Not playing him is the worst, now do not know what they have and has less trade value.

And if they don’t like what Thomas has shown so far then why did they draft him? What else did they expect he would do? To me he’s exactly the player they should have expected based on his college play and athletic ability / skills when they drafted him. So if you aren’t interested in playing him, why draft him in 1st place. Its not like he was dominate on offense in college and now sucks, he is what he is.

Another depressing, but solid post about the organization.

I hope we rattle off a few wins or something, starting with Cleveland, so I can again forget about how poorly this team has been run for the last 10 years.

Thanks to your insights and the painful memories of ineptitude they’ve conjured up, as a loyal Bulls fan, I’ve decided to quietly go in the bathroom so as not to disturb my wife, who thinks I waste too much time on BaB for some reason, and slit my wrists.

But not before I first go to church and ask for forgiveness for offing myself. While I’m there, I intend to also light a candle for Tyrus Thomas, who by now, after being once again jacked around by the lead Jacker-offer, is likely contemplating doing something similar before his head explodes.

For some reason, they feel like the players should fit in rather than them trying their all to make the players welcome and develop them, and understand that every player is different. You learn that everywhere (just did on a training about project management), you need to put people of different abilities and characters together to have a winning team.

Tyrus doesn’t fit your mold, well then try to understand him and make him feel welcome, appreciated. That’s what a sports franchise management should be paid for. Clearly the Bulls are not doing this. And the result is crappiness, letting go of talented players, no development of young players, etc. NOT GOOD and doesn’t bode well for the future of the Derrick Rose era.

One example : Thabo (OK, I’m biased since I’m from his hometown), the Thunder felt like he had potential to develop into a very good role player, defensive ace, and short term starter too. What did they do ? The complete opposite of the Bulls. They recognized that Thabo needed to feel wanted, appreciated, and with more confidence would strive. Thabo worked his ass off this summer to improve his 3-point shot (among other things) and he came back better, with the confidence that the Thunder counted on him and liked him a lot. Then what did the Thunder do (before extending his contract) ? They paid for an advertising campaign (on billboards) in Thabo’s hometown. What was written on those billboards ? The Thunder really appreciate Thabo Sefolosha and count on him for the future (written in French obviously). Thabo’s mother saw these while walking in the streets, called her son, very touched she was, he didn’t know about it either and was quite surprised, pleasantly that is. The next day (more or less) he signed a contract with them.

Now that’s what I call taking care of your players, make them feel wanted, and then sign them to fair contracts (without nasty negotiations and the lot).

It not only brings to light what the Bulls did in terms of evaluating players, it also showed why they did it and why this organization shouldn’t be given the benefit of the doubt when it comes to decisions made on this team.

Time after time and player after player, Management have shown an arrogant and terrible ability to analyze their own talent. What upsets me most is the public excuses given to why a Tyson Chandler no longer fits or why a JR Smith had no place on this team or why a Gordon couldn’t fit and now how Tyrus is a malcontent. What’s worse is that the media in this town eats it up by the spoonful. It’s easier to make an excuse to why Tyrus has to go than it is to explain how Kirk Hinrich is making 11mil a year or why John Salmons is averaging 11ppg as a starting 2-guard while the guy he’s replaced is putting up 25ppg and entering his prime. Or hiring an inept coach and letting him possibly ruin Derrick Rose. It’s these types of decisions that make me despise this franchise.

They wouldn’t be in such a pickle.

is the cap hold the Bulls will be forced to take on at 7/1/10. Before they can pursue FA’s they will either have to sign TT almost immediately or trade him. Sadly, it seems the most expediate solution from the Bulls’ perspective would be to trade him.

This kid does not know how to play the game. Your article was well constructed but I can’t agree with the conclusion that Tyrus is another talent we will let go. There were others sure, but that does not mean that Tyrus has more to show than he has showed us in his 3 full years. He has demonstrated to me that he does not know how to play pro ball. He has athleticism but it take more than that. I agree with VDN bench players during crunch time that have no idea what to do on the court.

More or less than our current Bulls team?

Composed of Bulls the org let go since Jordan:

PG: Duhon / Jamal Crawford
SG: Ben Gordon / JR Smith
SF: Artest / Sefalosha
PF: Brand / Bonner
C: Tyson Chandler / Brad Miller

(I just don’t give a crap about Matt Bonner – come on! That guys sucks! I would trade him for a cold beer)

On another note, I just noticed that Gordon was 1-16 the other day. Doing his best John Salmons of late impression I see.