Finally a post by PORCH1 that’s ok in this news dry offseason. I’d have to say Ben Gordon James Johnson. The dude is chubby, breakdances, and knows karate. How can you not love him?

The original™. :P

I still see a lot of potential in Tyrus but until he fulfills more of that potential I’ll have to say Kirk Hinrich. Kirk bounced back in a big way last year especially in March-May, and was a vital part of our first round playoff series.

Of course BG had been my favorite Bull and I was an advocant for trading Kirk before last season started (Kirk has some value left and really he’s a luxury on a team with a real post presence need).

Really though while Kirk’s my current favorite, Joakim Noah, Tyrus THomas and John Salmons are on that threshold…..and can easily overtake (I genuinely like the Bulls players, there’s nobody maybe besides the $6.6M Jerome James do-nothing make wayyyy too much dough man that I absolutely don’t like, but right now there’s no clear cut I love that player (D. Wade type) on this team. Rose is probably my favorite overall because of his most clearcut potential, but even him I’m not yet 150% never discuss trading him just yet, need more time.

So I’d say outside of the potential in Rose, it’s Kirk Hinrich my next favorite, knowing that he’ll bring his all to help the team (unless it’s 2007-2008 that is which I don’t get what happened) and he’ll do a lot of the dirty things.

Then I’d like to say Tyrus Thomas because if he gets I’ll be a huge fan with all that athleticism, but I do think Noah’s got the most potential to supplant Kirk as my #2 or possibly #1 Bull (i just have to see him not come back to the team like he started last year). Then the fish, who’s a fun player that I liked in his Sacto days….

crossing fingers

Hes a pot smoker so hes cool in my book.
Plus…

Joakim Stat line for 2009 Playoffs:
10 Points 51% FG 13 Boards 2 Blocks… Pretty solid numbers for his first playoff run.
Up’d his Free Throw shoot to 76% compared to 67% in the regular season.

I loved his heart and intensity. He played with a lot of passion. We need more players that can produce statistically… and bring some emotion into the game.

I don’t care that the Celtics had no KG. They STILL had Ray “fuckin” Allen AKA Mr. Dagger… AKA a hall-of-famer… and Paul Pierce who was dangerous at times… although he didn’t impress me as much as…

Rajon Rondo…

That guy was flat out awesome in the playoffs. He nearly averaged a triple double! So essentially the Celtics had 3 Allstar type players on their team.

Noah played through that fact and stepped up his game. That fastbreak dunk that fouled out Paul Pierce will always be his defining moment… until hopefully he surpasses that… Playoffs make stars and Noah showed small signs of it…

Everybody on the Bulls stepped up actually. Rose was dangerous. Isn’t it so nice to have someone on the Bulls thats “dangerous?” He was like a ninja assassin running around in the paint… cutting the defense with his swift speed.

Ben (Bye Bye) Gordon was like a blind assassin. Taking Shots. ANY shot actually. That guy made some ridiculous shots… and he took them when he didn’t even have too sometimes too… Hes the master of high volume/low percentage scoring.

Gordon

Led the team in Blocks and steals, completely energises the team and the fans in the arenas. Yes, he’s raw, but blew up last year helping the team in a major way get into the playoffs before Vinny D completely shown Tyrus how he truly feels about him. Tyrus won’t ever be liked in Chicago because the organisation has chosen the 2010 free agent group over grooming it’s 23 year old project, and the fans are still crying over not having Roy, or Aldridge, but Tyrus is a fan favorite in many cities. I travel to alot of cities balling’ and the Chicago fans outta state never say “Noah”, you’ll here a dribble happy guard say " I’m like Rose!" or the guys who can dunk are called Tyrus, but you don’t ever hear, “Miller”, or “Salmons”. Tyrus is a great athlete and a good player and he will only get better, especially when someone actually coaches him!

NICE.

Noah, Tyrus and Kirk are the trinity of faves after D Rose.

not much to choose from! Noah is the “cool” choice, I love that hustle in the playoffs, but he has to show me a full year…. I may switch to him next year. Miller is old and will be gone after this season. TT is athletic but doesn’t consistently put out 100%…. I still see him walking back sometimes! WTF TYRUS RUN DAMNIT!!! Johnson and Gibson are new…. Aaron Gray is Aaron Gray. I guess Salmons and Deng should get a shot, but Deng’s often injured and Salmons is kinda new. I’m not even going to evaluate the rest of the roster.

Kirk wins by default. He hustles on defense and is generally a smart player. I’m not taking salary into account in my evaluation.