BaB.com T-Mobile Player/Whatever of the Week: Acie Law
by Sports2 on Mar 18, 2010 2:59 PM CDT
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Well, I don't know what kind of swag BullsBlogger gets for this, but it's about time to name a Player/Whatever of the Week. While I was tempted to highlight Vinny Del Negro's steadfast and ingenious coaching of a short-handed team, I think it'd be remiss to ignore everyone's hero of the day, Acie Law. Here, elsewhere, and in the papers, he's the biggest thing since sliced bread. Or at least as big a feel-good story you can have while being in the midst of a 9 game skid.
Sarcasm aside, he's had a nice two games, and a better than his usual two games before that. What looks good to me is he's sort of a poor man's Derrick Rose. He's big for a point guard and seems to score well by driving past his guy. To me, it's always a nice thing to have a backup who plays a similar style as your starter, so you can build your team around that style of play. Take Derrick out for a breather, and you've got a guy who can come in and not force everyone to start doing things differently.
While Law doesn't sound committed to coming back next year, it sounds like a possibility:
And even as Law knows he soon will cede the point-guard spotlight when Derrick Rose returns from his sprained left wrist, the well-traveled former lottery pick is fully aware he's playing for a future job — somewhere.
"We've talked about that with (general manager) Gar (Forman)," Law said of he and his agent. "They only have six players under contract (next season). I just want to play. I feel I can help some team be successful and that's what I'll concentrate on this summer. Now, I'm trying to help this team get to where it can get to.
Of course, we're due to be paying some other guy $9M to be the backup combo guard, but I suppose we could trade that guy this summer. Or hell could freeze over.
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Can we sign Law instead of, say, Pargo this year?
Please? Pretty please?
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
by Prevenge on Mar 18, 2010 3:22 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
To me, it’s always a nice thing to have a backup who plays a similar style as your starter, so you can build your team around that style of play. Take Derrick out for a breather, and you’ve got a guy who can come in and not force everyone to start doing things differently.
I agree
I'm sold
on Acie, Charlotte you could’ve been title contenders, but we have Acie Law now, let the D.Rose championship era begin w/ his trusty sidekick and back up, Acie Law IV
The day they trade Kirk Hinrich I'm going to start drinking as soon as it happens.
Then get a DUI. I will be that happy nothing will get in my way. Who knows what I’ll do when they move Deng? Maybe run naked along LSD.
Seriously I love that Acie can get to the hole(basket) with ease. Not only that he draws contact. Maybe he can show Derrick some pointers.
I'm thrilled the way our new Acie in the Hole or should I say Acie to the Hole has performed in the last 2 games.
But I’m also fearful his hot streak may jeopardize Pargo’s 6th man role which he has filled so brilliantly during Rose’s absence by cutting into his minutes.
This maybe a needless worry, because we still have Vinny at the helm of the Bulls version of The Titanic. If nothing else Vinny is famous for his game management, substitution patterns, and ability to know just when to call time outs to stop momentum and creatively design plays that take advantage of the Bulls incredible accuracy on jumpers with the clock running down from the 15-24 foot range.
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 Mar 18, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Does anyone notice that..when VDN calls a timeout the players all shrug their shoulders like, why Vinny?
Now I’m sure this happens a lot in the NBA but I have been watching for almost 18 years now and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a team act so displeased with a timeout. VDN’s timeouts are just unnecessary and ineffective.
In the mind of
Vinny:
We’re on a 23-1 run and got the lead down to 3, hmm!!!!, let me call a time out so I can settle the players, take out Acie(who scored the last 12points) and get Kurt(who has scored 3points in 35minutes on 1 for 3 shooting) back into the game, and run a play, hmm!!!, a pick’n’roll w/ Kurt and Richard. Result another epic fail and loss
by QUINTEN DALEY on Mar 19, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
QD at first I thought this was great satire until I realized
you were quoting directly from Vinny’s actual words while being wired by ESPN.
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 Mar 19, 2010 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I will run naked, on LSD.
I saw T2 at Walgreens in Deerfield he’s tall. if you’re wondering what his grocery list included: magnums, french vanilla ice cream and a 20 oz sprite
by Super-Structure on Mar 18, 2010 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Ur full of crap
We are all still waiting for u to drive into lake Michigan.
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
by Yibs on Mar 18, 2010 11:06 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
what no caption under the picture
yfbb would be rolling in his grave…
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!
Ya know, I tried a caption, but I couldn't think of anything witty, and the spacing with the block quote looked funny
So, um…. Go Bulls!
Gay fought the law and, much like proposition 8, the law ... won?
The pieces are there!
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
see?
Not as easy as it looks!
USE THE SOFTWARE. Actions-> Rec/Flag. Reply to comments with the reply button. Rec good fanposts/fanshots so the crud gets pushed down.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 18, 2010 9:15 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If anyone criticizes you rooting for Acie just say hey, I had to watch this chump for 4 years suck chuck and fuck at BB.
He has a 4 million dollar french villa mansion for it and a hot wife. If you’re are rooting for Hinirch you are rooting for JR. If you are rooting for Deng you are rooting for JR. His guys. Character guys. His people. Not good at basketball per se but just nice young men that follow the company line.
So I choose to root for Acie Law and root for JR/GarPax’s guys to fail. Is that so bad?
by SoulEater7 on Mar 18, 2010 5:29 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Deng > Kurt
We miss you, Tyrus Thomas and Ben Gordon!
by Granny Waiters on Mar 18, 2010 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
nothing you do is bad, just stupid.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
If you're rooting for Hinrich and Deng, you're rooting for the Bulls.
And last I checked, everyone here is supposedly a Bulls fan. I can understand if you’d prefer one of our guys to be traded, but while they’re on the team, you should be hoping that they play as well as they possibly can. Otherwise, you’re simply not a Bulls fan.
Brad Miller is god.
by Poloplaya14 on Mar 18, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
right on man
being a fan of a team is an all or nothing deal, you can’t choose individual players and hope they perform poorly. This is why fantasy sports are ruining real sports.
Law appears to be a much better value for the money than Kurt is.
We miss you, Tyrus Thomas and Ben Gordon!
by Granny Waiters on Mar 18, 2010 5:40 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Unfortunately, value doesn't win championships, talent does.
In the NBA, you have to overpay if you want a team talented enough to win a championship.
Brad Miller is god.
by Poloplaya14 on Mar 18, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions
So what are you saying?
Are you saying that Kirk and Deng are “talent”?
Yes that's exactly what I'm saying.
Guys who can play great defense, handle the ball well, and knock down treys at a 37% clip don’t grow on trees. Neither do 6’9" long, athletic wings who can move effectively without the ball, knock down jumpers and play great defense. You can’t simply replace a guy worth $6 million with 3 guys worth $2 million since minutes are limited.
Brad Miller is god.
No you can't
If you remove a player worth 6 mil playing 36 mpg and replace him with 3 guys worth 2 mil playing 12 mpg you will notice a very significant dropoff in production.
Brad Miller is god.
Who's worth 6 million dollars?
Yeah, I posted, then it asked if I really wanted to post, and then my finger slipped and hit Enter. Weee!
But I dunno … the way Kirk’s playing now, I dunno if he’s worth the MLE.
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
He's worth whatever Steve Blake is getting
Because he’s proven to not be better than Steve Blake.
by Ozzie Montana on Mar 19, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I wish we had Steve Bl-
NO. NO.
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
Kirk's worth $6 mil
If he were a free agent, somebody would give him the full MLE for 4-5 years.
Brad Miller is god.
Lets not forget Acie Law had a bad game vs. Magic 4-12, lets not get ahead of ourselves
and deem this guy a savior. Hes a legit backup but i doubt he can consistently put up 20pts. If we can keep him for cheap(pargo’s price) or move kirk(i doubt will ever happen, he’ll retire a bull), then great but i wouldnt pay him mid lvl and risk not being able to sign a max fa and end up with al harrington.
does it have to be in a losing effort where the game was so out of reach by halftime the opponent forgot there was a game going on?
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
only twice this season, both were wins, but both games were against Minnesota
by KentuckyBullsFan on Mar 19, 2010 6:36 AM CDT up reply actions
i never said Kirk was better, but you got people comparing Law to friggin Derrick Rose
because of two games.
For him to even be a legit backup
is an improvement over Pargo.
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
Man...if we could've only moved Hinrich for expiring crap,
I would have been a happy camper.
The poster formerly known as Freethefro.
sigh. me too.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
Me too,
Tyrus >>>>>>> Kirk, Salmons >>>>>> Kirk, Crap back from Celtics > or = Kirk
by QUINTEN DALEY on Mar 19, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
From Mr. McGraw.
The 6-foot-2 point guard scored a combined 40 points, hitting 13 of 19 shots and 12 of 13 free throws.
Also, don't we need a nickname for Acie?
He’s got a very nickname friendly name. Acie Law IV
He’s number 0 (he previously wore 4 and 2, which were Sloan and <strikeVan Lier Pargo, so um… those aren’t options here). But Gilbert Arenas is changing his number, so Agent 0 is available.
The Law
Version 4.0?
well, he doesnt play much. so coordinating tat with a legal reference, how about The Brief?
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
How about "BAB's newest manlove"
James Johnson reveled in the spotlight for about 2 days. Now he’s going to sit in the corner and eat chocolate, probably get another haircut.
by Ozzie Montana on Mar 19, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh, I was suitably pissed when he wasn't starting the other night
To bad it was mostly his own dumbass fault. He’s been solid though, I’ve not got many complaints.
OK, that’s not true, I’ve got nothing but complaints
How about Acie L
a nice play on words in a nod to all the injuries on the team.
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
LOL
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
Not yet
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 Mar 19, 2010 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
i can't wait to see what Acie Law does against the Cavs...
and with that statement, my Bulls fandom officially hit rock-bottom! I need to see a support group. Damn it Bulls! I can’t quit you.
by Basketball Smurf on Mar 19, 2010 5:14 PM CDT reply actions
the only positives
from this free-fall are Acie Law and James Johnson showing that they can play in the NBA. I would have no problems with the two of them being are main bench players for the better part of this decade.
"I want people to fear me"- Derrick Rose.
fair enough
but he’s at least showing some talent, as opposed to the earlier in the year
"I want people to fear me"- Derrick Rose.
Kirk has the Bulls mgmt by the Balls they won't trade him which basically means Law won't
stay next season especially if we sign a SG. My only hope is that law generates very little interest and we can sign him for pargo or a lindsey hunter price.
No Derrick tonight and
Luol may be done for the season. JJ gets to guard LBJ tonight.
OK I don't know shit about basketball.
by SoulEater7 on Nov. 5, 2009 9:51 PM CST
Oh god, LBJ is gonna go off on Johnson, im guessin JJ fouls out in 15mins.
Pargo better not start this damn game
You know Pargo will.
This is how Vinny rolls.
OK I don't know shit about basketball.
by SoulEater7 on Nov. 5, 2009 9:51 PM CST
Acie is a great guy
This guy really deserves to be mentioned in this blog. Acie Law is one of those guys who really plays a game, not just work for his money. He is young and he will definitely play in a starter some day. I don’t know if it will be Bulls or other team, but I would definitely be happy to have him in our team for sure. However if he won’t get enough minutes to play in Chicago – I would recommend to leave it and go for other team. He must play in order to improve. Thanks for the interesting article by the way. Keep writing in the same style in the future too.
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