Bulls 96, Hornets 85

Of all Bulls games. I suspect we are setting a new futility record. Even the free throws tank in the 4th Quarter. I bet we are the worst team in history in the 4th Quarter.

He has games like yesterday’s but it was due to not being able to make a shot and knew that he needed to drive/penetrate to make teh basket. SO his shot selection was good. This was teh case until he made a 20 footer then he kept shooting pretty much every time. Once he realizes that his future in the NBA depends on being an inside presence, like Noah and that he concentrate on defense and rebounding, he could be a star.

Every time Tyrus takes a jumper and misses, Stacey launches into his TT should have taken it to the hole speech. But if Deng, Salmons, Rose, Kurt or anyone else does the same thing, nothing is said and I’ve seen them fire a whole boatload of shots that made less sense than Tyrus’s many times open looks.

And I think it’s time for all those Tyrus failed to rotate in time, makes stupid decisions, etc. to put a sock in it. Only a blind man or a Vinny DelNegro could fail to recognize the vast improvement the Bulls showed both in energy and coverage on the defensive end with Tyrus providing solid help after Deng and company’s matador flailings allowed their men to penetrate only to meet up with Tyrus skying over the rim to disrupt their shots.

In retrospect, his injury may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, because it not only exposed how weak they are without him, but also how useless Vinny is to offer any solutions. I see no valid reason to dump TT. Instead they should figure out a way to trade Luol and pawn off Salmons and Miller to anyone who would be willing to take them.

Please enjoy this moment again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEZmOMpQFkQ

Its time that someone in this organization tells VDN that Tyrus will play 35 minutes a game, absent some blatant disregard on his part for the team framework. As mentioned here, there are tons of players on the floor who get consistent burn despite being late (or absent) on rotations, taking poor shots and generally not exhibiting a high basketball IQ.

What the Bulls don’t understand is, if they would actually develop Tyrus, teach him to effectively dive off of screen rolls and use his athleticism to occasionally shoot an unblockable jump hook, they wouldn’t have to waste their money on a max quasi-post player like Bosh or Amare and spend the money on Joe Johnson (someone who can space the floor like BG and provide solid defense at the two). A lineup of Rose/Joe J/Deng/Tyrus/Noah with Taj filling a Haslem-like role off the bench, James Johnson developing his game as a backup three and hopefully one more veteran shooter (Mike Miller?) would be very difficult to defend.

To do that, we will probably need to deal Salmons in season and maybe flip Hinrich for cap space. I’m ok with this because the moves would demonstrate our commitment to taking advantage of our one advantage – athleticism. There’s no point in chasing a post presence when we want driving lanes open for Rose and weak side cuts open for Deng.

The point is not that we need a post presence – its that we need easy hoops in the paint to create spacing for shooters. A combination of Rose drives, Tyrus/Noah screen rolls and alley oops and Deng off ball cuts will get us the same thing as throwing the ball to Carlos Boozer and standing around. There is no evidence to believe that the organization can see this possibility, but here’s hoping that the next coach prevails upon the front office to identify the talent worth keeping (Rose/Deng/Noah/Tyrus) while understanding what it needs to take the next stop (Legit lights out 2-guard).

[banging head into wall]

being yanked around for years) so he’s looking for excuses to cut Tyrus’s minutes.

Tyrus will play his ass off this year especially since it is his contract year. If Vinny continues to play Tyrus 35/minutes a game even when OUR SAVIOR TAJ is not in foul trouble, it probably means the team is trying to trade him at the deadline for a 2nd or 1st round draft pick for a team that wants Tyrus for a playoff run. Hell, Phoenix never wants their 1st rounder anyway.

Problem is, if this becomes obvious to the Chicago fanbase, then the fans will throw a fit that this stupid freaking organization is not putting their best players out to play with loyal paying fans….a P.R. nightmare.

So Vinny has an impossible public relations task of trying to play Tyrus on and off while looking like he wants to win.

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No good free agent in his right mind will play for Vinny anyway.
So what the hell is this about we’re letting Tyrus go for a big free agent?
My guess is the b(Org) is wishy washy and waiting to see how free agency will plan out WITHOUT correcting the Vinny problem.

If signing free agents is the plan, the ONLY free agent the Bulls will sign could be (in a retarded enough fashion) be TYRUS THOMAS by overpaying him significantly since nobody else had cap room AND all better free agents decided the Bulls for too full of sh*t. Tyrus is probably not gonna refuse a contract in the $12M+/year dollar range.

Has anyone read on ESPN that Vinny will be gone as soon as the Bulls find a replacement for him. I guess they offered Doug Collins the job but he did not want it.

and went ahead and got a building permit in Springfield. We can go ahead and break ground on the Tyrus Thomas wing!.

I also talked to the Bulls and once the Kirk statue gets situated, Tyrus is next. Haven’t decided on bronze or marble.

now I don’t have to care about the Bulls until I want to! Hooray.

but the sign will have to be removed when the Blackhawks are in town.