Bulls among teams pursuing Fesenko

"The Bucks are trying to set up a meeting with unrestricted free agent center Kyrylo Fesenko next week, possibly in Denver, where he has been living.

Fesenko, who played the last four seasons as backup for the Utah Jazz, tore the meniscus in his left knee while playing for the Ukraine in the Eurobasket Tournament in September.

"He's fine now; he's ready to go," said Stu Lash, Fesenko's agent.

Besides the Bucks, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta are among some of the other teams showing interest in Fesenko."

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So if we get Fesenko and give him JL3's minutes

he can be our Jeremy Lin!!!!! Replace bad players with good ones! Viva Per!

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by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Feb 17, 2012 10:02 AM CST reply actions

My guess is they're hedging against the future loss of Omer Asik, who is an RFA after this year.

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by fundamentallysound on Feb 17, 2012 10:20 AM CST up reply actions

The pragmatic explanation could be

that the Bulls are just hedging against any possible injuries to their bigs, like Kurt Thomas last year.

The fantastic explanation could be that the Bulls are pursuing Dwight Howard with full force, and are hedging against losing multiple bigs in the deal.

Yeah, I am going with the pragmatic explanation.

by VaderMaul on Feb 17, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions

Any volunteers for Fesenko Fridays?

http://www.slcdunk.com/section/fesenko-friday

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Feb 17, 2012 10:08 AM CST reply actions 3 recs

After watching that

I absolutely have to see this guy and Joakim Noah on the same team. This must happen.

by bryield on Feb 17, 2012 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs

seems like a really funny guy after watching that clip

I really hope we sign him, even though his game looks a little garbage-y.

by TheHungarianJordan on Feb 17, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions

same

bryield saw Noah. I think the Noah/Omer/Fes/Scal would be the most hilarious bigman lineup ever.

which obviously isn’t what the front office is considering. But I can’t help but like the guy.

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by dantheman3k on Feb 17, 2012 11:52 AM CST up reply actions

We really would become the Chicago Jazz.

Brewer, Boozer, Korver, Fes… am I missing more?

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by dantheman3k on Feb 17, 2012 11:58 AM CST reply actions 3 recs

+ sloan's jersey is in the rafters too lol

by Belize on Feb 17, 2012 12:03 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs

Hopefully another addition to the Chicago Jazz

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by J Theory on Feb 17, 2012 11:58 AM CST reply actions

They should do it just for the post game interviews. He actually seems to have pretty

decent hands. Adding another big can’t hurt.

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by BlackStar on Feb 17, 2012 12:16 PM CST reply actions

According to Hollinger (via Brewhoop), it looks like he could be very helpful to someone:

The best-kept secret in the NBA right now is Fesenko’s monstrous defensive stats. It’s not that one or two metrics point out his defensive value; it’s that all of them do, without any pointing to the contrary.

Last season the Jazz were an eye-popping 11.91 points per 100 possessions better on defense with Fesenko on the floor, and this is not a new trend. The season before it was 8.67; in limited minutes his first two seasons he also had a strong differential.

Synergy Stats, meanwhile, rated Fesenko as the second-best defender in the entire league among players who faced at least 150 opponent plays; the season before he was first. And according to 82games.com, opposing centers had a PER of just 10.4 against him; the season before it was 12.9

Just another guy that I have to hope doesn’t go to the Heat. Really though, shouldn’t they be like banned from adding anyone that could potentially make them better?

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by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 17, 2012 1:50 PM CST reply actions 3 recs

2/10 -- Would not sign.

by jpx7 on Feb 17, 2012 2:07 PM CST up reply actions

Whoa.

I wanna sign Fesenko because he’s hilarious though.

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by Prevenge on Feb 17, 2012 3:22 PM CST up reply actions

But what's his PER!!!!!

by BigforkBullsFan on Feb 17, 2012 3:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs

Sign him

Seems like he’d be the next best after Rose at finishing strong. Boozer, Noah, Asik can all learn from him on how a big man is supposed to dunk the ball.

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by tony412 on Feb 17, 2012 2:45 PM CST reply actions

utah jazz guys are misleading finishers

Exhibit A- Carlos Boozer and his 1 inch vertical
Exhibit B- Ronnie Brewer and his blue balling dunk teases

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by piccolomair on Feb 17, 2012 7:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

we seem to be "interested" in every player

but we always end up with Lucas or Pargo

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by ALmighty1080 on Feb 17, 2012 5:02 PM CST reply actions 8 recs

hey we got mike james

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by ChicagoTsar on Feb 22, 2012 11:49 AM CST up reply actions

Might be worth it as an Asik replacement/improvement

At first I was thinking this would be a stupid because Fesenko is like a much worse Asik. But he seems to be more aggressive offensively and goes up and finishes better. I think his issue is that it takes too many jumpers, which he can’t hit, thus dropping his shooting %, PER, and all that. If he can learn to be more selective on offense, he could be pretty productive.

by berzerkulous on Feb 18, 2012 8:23 AM CST reply actions

Ugh. Asik is terrible this year.

It’s to the point where every time he comes down with an offensive rebound or somehow ends up with the ball around the basket I just KNOW he’s going to screw it up. Every single time. It really seems like he’s regressed substantially from last season, or maybe now the whole league just knows to wait for him to bring the ball down to his knees and chop at it on the way back up.

Seems like Fesenko couldn’t be much worse, and watching the video I definitely like the guy and think he’s funny, but not worth it if we have to pay him much.

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by DLRoth on Feb 18, 2012 8:31 AM CST up reply actions