"I'm in control"
Jim Boylan gives his best Alexander Haig impression to KC Johnson, who not only got Paxson to say Boylan's "done a good job", but one-upped him with his own opinion that it's been, in fact, a "very very good job".
And while luke-warmingly endorsing his uncontrolled puppet, Pax also managed to hand out yet another fine as a result of the team's latest bout with 'unprofessionalism'.
The organizational message is starting to get re-sent that it's 'character' that wins, and the lack of it has caused this derailment of a season. That may be partly the case, but it's an especially egregious failure in light of the preaching about how they've picked (and perhaps held on to) players based on this nebulous trait, which has turned out to merely mean not getting arrested.
Because the important, actual team-building aspect of these character guys is lacking: they've quit on two coaches, there's no leadership except when it's time to crap on a younger player, and missed practices and shootarounds abound.
But the answer isn't to bring in yet more guys with the 'character' label, it's to realize that it's a low priority. This team once 'bought in' because they were winning. If they win again, it'll bring the character, not vice versa. Get better players, and realize that this is the NBA and few players are perfectly agenda-less. Not that there aren't a few team-killing anti-character players out there as well, but I'd avoid Adrian Griffin just as much as Zach Randolph.
Meanwhile...in the lamest playoff push in history, the Bulls gain ground by simply not playing, as the Sixers, Nets, and Hawks all lost.
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I don't know if you can say they quit
by danger mouse on Mar 11, 2008 12:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well said
Deng and Gordon are entitled to the minutes needed to max their value, whether it's for us or the free market. Noah and TT have to succeed to avert another rebuilding project. Kirk, Duh and Noc had well defined roles. How naive can the staff be to think that putting Hughes and Gooden anywhere higher than 8th and 9th in the rotation until they earn better would send anything but hostile signals to the very people you're criticising for "private agendas", effort, teamwork and all of that bullshit? Bonehead couldn't wait to send some of them to the bench. These are professionals, which in sports is interpreted as for the money. If the team doesn't appear to have their interests covered, they're put in the position of doing it themselves. From the behavior of Pax and Jerry on down, it hasn't appeared to be the case that being a "good" Bull is a very rewarding career goal.
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 2:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
JR Smith is awful
JR Smith has clashed with every coach in his life.
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
chandler traded for
Then to not turn browns expiring deal into something last year is frustrating. Im sure you could have packaged Smith with other assets and gotten something anything back. If you didn't want him on your team why trade for him in the first place?
by Blacknight23 on Mar 11, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It wasn't nothing, but it wasn't enough, imo.
Had Memphis not been over-reaching, Brown should have gotten Gasol. The most reasonable trade rumored I saw was Brown, Tyrus Thomas + the draft pick/Noah. That was a fair offer a year ago. However, when you consider that all they really got back for Chandler was Brown, then the trade being Chandler + Tyrus + Noah for Gasol... that might have been too much.
I dunno. I still don't like that trade. If they were playing Thomas and Noah, and, ya know, actually getting these guys experience, I'd be fine with it. But if the choice was Joe Smith/Drew Gooden ahead of these guys or Tyson chandler, I know who I'd rather have.
by tyger1147 on Mar 11, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DING!
The posts on this blog are like a broken record.
by Khalid El-Amin on Mar 11, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's going to be a broken record
by RogersPark Kris on Mar 11, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
chandler traded for
Then to not turn browns expiring deal into something last year is frustrating. Im sure you could have packaged Smith with other assets and gotten something anything back. If you didn't want him on your team why trade for him in the first place? Paxson is awful.
by Blacknight23 on Mar 11, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't kid yourself
The JR Smith trade brought back another expiring contract. There was little chance JR Smith would even play for the Chicago Bulls last season seeing we already had solid contributions from the current roster of guards and an incoming draft pick in Thabo Sefolosha.
JR Smith was thrown away by the Hornets because they were committed to Chris Paul and Byron Scott. JR is a selfish player with questionable shot selection, high risk low reward defensive decision making, and uncertain future upside due for a new contract after this season. It's unclear if Denver will even offer him a contract. Chances are really bleak if the Nuggets miss the playoffs.
Tyrus is only in his second season in the NBA. If you think I'm a "few logical steps away from dumping" him you must not have watched or read much about JR Smtih's second season in the NBA. He believed he was entitled to be a starting shooting guard given a minimum of 15 shots per game.
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think I said anything delusional about JR
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This one isn't accurate
Tyrus gets good defensive position. When trying to block shots he's not attempting them to make him exposed defensively. His lapses appear on offense where he's not really asked to be a consistent contributor on anything other than the glass and the free throw line.
The primary point here is that you don't know enough about JR Smith to use him as a comparison to short change any view of Tyrus Thomas.
You can read the Nuggets forums where fans think JR Smith is decent, but they're not looking at him as if he could be really good in the way BAB readers view the upside of Tyrus Thomas. Smith plays and sucks. Thomas can hardly get in games, but predominantly because of questionable coaching decisions.
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We digress
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Point noted
I squabble with Nugget fans over JR once or twice a week. If you saw the Nuggets@Chicago game then you should remember that 4th quarter shooting spree from Smith. He was on fire. After the Nuggets lost that game to us and then blew a 23 point lead at Milwaukee the next night, George Karl said JR Smith plays in "fantasyland". Karl was right. Even if you are on fire, chucking three point attempts 10 seconds into the shot clock can fall every time and still hurt your team.
I haven't see enough negative stuff from Tyrus off the court in his 2 seasons with us, but the "see you Thursday" comments allegedly made to his teammates is not helping him in this department.
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, no positive light
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so as long as they look the part
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I resent being associated with the MGBS
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Griffin
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
California Al
Has Tyrus Thomas been givin a fair chance to prove his worth/value to the Chicago Bulls once in his very short careeer?
if so please explain.
by Bulls4Ever on Mar 11, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better folks around here to ask than me
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the answer is yes
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i disagree
9.3 Ppg
7 Trbs
This is in 23 min per game which included a 21, 12 game and 19 & 14. After the 19 & 14 game he played a total of 12 min!!! 12 min for a starter who just had a great game?? Then was sent to the bench...
2nd stint as a starter:
avg's
10.6 ppg
7.2 Trbs
in 23 min. Started off with several good games and had 6 pts with 10 Trbs. Then went down to 9 minutes a game and was replaced by a new acquired Drew Gooden. I don't think that's a fair shake considering he was playign well as a starter.
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know you disagree
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not good enough
entitlement minutes now, and forever!
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
*fewer
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok sorry
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
entitlement
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't activate the contrarian bot
"it's time"
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"It's time."
It will be just as idiotic as Boylan saying that about starting Gooden, but it provides a nice "full circle" feeling to everything.
by wjb1492 on Mar 11, 2008 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If character really counts, DUMP BOYLAN NOW!
He said he was especially upset with TT's absence and laughingly reiterated that meaningful minutes have to be "earned" if the young bigs want to see the court during an actual game. No wonder Gooden and Hughes hog most of the minutes. Their one walk-thru must have made a hell of an impression on our feckless leaders to "earn" so much PT.
Does anyone who follows the Bulls believe the Pistons would have dominated the Bulls in the paint and rebounding if TT and Noah were a tandum duo last night? Detroit was relieved that the dunderhead did not play one of their chief nemises during crunch time despite the fact that TT did not distinguish himself during his huge 3+ minute stint.
Hinrich was plus +9 which "earned" him a permanent seat on the bench while Gooden and even Gordon were heavy minuses.
Boylan ALWAYS finds a way to lose by going with insane matchups and rotations that vary more than the weather. Character does count, but our mismanagement team are a bunch of characters, with a definite deficency of gray matter(my apologies to Aaron).
FIRE THE WHOLE COACHING STAFF..they won't be missed.
by Tyrusmancrush on Mar 11, 2008 2:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Amen
by California Al on Mar 11, 2008 3:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Boylan can't
by sue369 on Mar 11, 2008 6:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!
by Sports2 on Mar 11, 2008 7:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Boylan
"I drive a Dodge Stratus!" - Jim Boylan
by Ugh It Live! on Mar 11, 2008 8:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just Boylan?
by Sports2 on Mar 11, 2008 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peter principle
Perfectly exemplified in Boylan...
by mdmnd9294 on Mar 11, 2008 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wins heal all open wounds
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 9:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not to be
by Ugh It Live! on Mar 11, 2008 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whomever Korver guards
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who on our team
I'm not going to enjoy watching Noce/Hughes fly out to the 3-point line as Korver drills open looks all night. I'm expecting a lot of the high pick and rolls with Boozer/Williams.
by Ugh It Live! on Mar 11, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Korver is a 3
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
reason for hope
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minutes
Deng and Gordon are good players who are having bad years--Gordon because the entire offense is dysfunctional which has had a big effect on his game, and Deng because he's been hurt and trying to expand his game too quickly. They should bounce back.
by nateroth on Mar 11, 2008 10:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No, the problem is
by RogersPark Kris on Mar 11, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gooden is below average.
by tyger1147 on Mar 11, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gooden vs. Thomas
The Hinrich-Hughes-Deng-Gooden-Noah unit has a +21 going according to 82games. Not a true comparison, but that "Eastern Conference Champs" starting lineup from the beginning of the year of Hinrich-Gordon-Deng-Thomas-Wallace was at -36 at the time of the trade.
But Tyrus is much better than anyone on the team at two-handed dunks, I'll give you that.
by nateroth on Mar 11, 2008 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
by Parrotman on Mar 11, 2008 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hateroth
Drew Gooden's +-
2007 (Bulls): -4.3
2007 (Cavs): -1.8
- -8.5
- -4.4
- +2.4
- +3.1
by YaoPau on Mar 11, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
one of the league's best?
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's a terrible use of plus-minus
by hscs on Mar 11, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We know
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're actually missing the point
I really dont understand what is expected in Tyrus's limited 8 minutes of burn in the 2nd quarter. I understand that yes he does miss assignments and yes he does stand on the perimeter too long, but he was productive when starting with an occasional bad game here or there. It's the NBA people have bad games once in a while. Tyrus was drafted to become a stud in 2-3 years, patience my friend...
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tyrus playing time
And I also like Tyrus and think he will be a solid rotation guy in the league. I'd like to keep him on the Bulls. But I don't see how anyone can expect that a huge increase in playing time will turn him into a beast. It's not happening.
by nateroth on Mar 11, 2008 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It already has happened.
by tyger1147 on Mar 11, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if tyrus was putting up
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the Golden State game
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gooden also shows flashes
by Parrotman on Mar 11, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love decent players
by Takeaseat on Mar 11, 2008 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
More playing time
http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=scottie_pippen
Look at his 1st year numbers to his 2nd year numbers. See what more playing time can do for your numbers.
Pippen also had the luxury of not having vets being played in front of him. Imagine if the Bulls had kept Orlando Woolridge and Pippen would have had to play behind him. Do you think Pippen would have been able to show his abilities?
Don't say Pippen was a great player, he wasn't at the time, he worked his way there, just like Tyrus could if given the chance.
by BullsAttitude on Mar 11, 2008 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they should have given
by nateroth on Mar 11, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually........
http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=brad_sellers
In Sellers 2nd season, he started 76 games of the 82 games he played. His minutes increased from 21.9 to 27. Rebounds dropped from 4.7 to 3.0. Everything else stayed pretty much the same.
He never showed improvement like Tyrus has, still yet Thomas has never got a real fair shake. Thomas has never broke the 20 min average for his career. Sitting at 15 min/game for his career right now.
So, nice try, who's the next player you are going to state?
by BullsAttitude on Mar 11, 2008 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
have TT's per min stats gone up with
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, let's see
13.4 mins/game 47.5% FG 60.6% FT 3.7 RPG 0.6 APG 0.6 SPG 1.1 BPG 1.31 TO 2.3 PF 5.2 PPG
This year
17.0 mins/game 41% FG 72.5% FT 4.5 RPG 1.2 APG 0.7 SPG 0.9 BPG 1.04 TO 2.1 PF 6.2 PPG
So in 3.6 more mins, he is shooting a little worse but he has attempted more shots this year than he did all of last year. He has increased his FT % by almost 12% points. His rebounding is up by .8, he has doubled his assists, steals are about the same, blocks are down a little, Turnovers are down and his fouling is down. Average a point more than last year.
All of this in only 3.6 more minutes a game. So, there is improvement there, so you check again.
This kid is only 21 YEARS OLD!! How many of you at 21 knew it all, didn't make mistakes, or was a master at your profession?
The greatest comment by Thomas was the one not said but made, when he was asked during an interview what he feels he needs to do to get more playing time? Thomas "Looks to the sky and raises his hands upward"
Here is another player for you to check out
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/monta_ellis/career_stats.html
I'm with the majority that Boylan has to go. His BS of the playing time is earned and then Thomas gets the bench after doing well while starting. Gooden gets put in the starting lineup for not really proving anything or earning it. I'm sorry, I can see why Thomas rebelled.
by BullsAttitude on Mar 11, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
per game is not the same as per minute
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thomas has improved offensively...
by tyger1147 on Mar 11, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I misread the stats.
by tyger1147 on Mar 11, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow......
Just like where I work in wireless, our sales per day is important, but the month's end result is the most important thing.
You will have good days and bad days, but can still have a good month, if you are consistent, you can have a good year. But to get there, you have to work each day on your sales presentation, just as I have to coach my reps on what will help them reach those goals.
I want your explanation of why Tyrus should not be getting more playing time?
For him to be the productive player that he can become, he has to learn on the floor. He will make mistakes, Michael made the same mistake of not trusting his teammates for 6 seasons before Phil showed him what could happen if he did?
I'm not saying Tyrus is going to become a superstar, but he can very productive when getting extended minutes. If he doesn't block the shot sometimes, he can cause someone to alter it.
I feel with the right situation, right guidance, and the right coaching, he can be a very productive NBA player. More than likely, it might be at another franchise and the Bulls will come to regret it.
I hated to see Tyson go, but it was best for him and now most Bulls fans hate seeing him be the player some knew he could be, do you want to see that again?
by BullsAttitude on Mar 11, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
typical
I can give you two reasons: one, foul trouble, and two, he skipped practice. The last game is all the evidence you need that if TT stays out of foul trouble and shows up to practice they will play him 2 minutes longer than they should have (at least in the first half...)
by bullshooter on Mar 13, 2008 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wrong answer
I think we know what Tyrus is so far after two years. He is a solid rotation guy, a possible fourth or fifth option on a good team, someone who is a good defender and shot blocker, but not a difference-maker. He will have occasional great games (the first game against Detroit this year stands out) and games where he looks bad on the court. Hopefully as he ages he will become more consistent, but is he going to turn into even the next Horace Grant, let alone an annual All-Star? He hasn't shown it yet, at least to me.
I like Tyrus, I really, really do. But let's not go comparing him to Scottie Pippen, OK?
by nateroth on Mar 11, 2008 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
by Parrotman on Mar 11, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
More minutes
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so you're saying
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are your expectations?
by nateroth on Mar 11, 2008 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my expectations
16 ppg
10 Rebounds
2 Assists
2.5 Blcks
2 Turnovers
46 FG%
75 %
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's possible he will but who cares
by Parrotman on Mar 11, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When he
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TT fanboi's should be pissed at BW
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yea that makes sense
by Parrotman on Mar 11, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't mean
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TT gets in at exactly the same point
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
their are several
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i dont know why
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I posted this
by sue369 on Mar 11, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I came early to a game in Dec
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would
by sue369 on Mar 11, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he probably
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that I don't agree with you...
There is an obvious failure to communicate something here between two sides. For now, since one is made of "grown wo/men" and the other is 21, I know who I blame it on.
by tyger1147 on Mar 11, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tyson
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
More clear evidence
by wjb1492 on Mar 11, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
isn't
by NormVanBeer on Mar 12, 2008 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because he's the only potential star we've got
He's the only guy on this team you look at and think, if he puts together all the tools he's got and actually uses them, could be a really big time superstar player.
by Sports2 on Mar 11, 2008 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And your point?
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not compare him to .........
It didn't hurt that Scottie got to practice against Michael each and every day. It didn't hurt that he had a new head coach in Doug Collins, who was focused on playing the young guys and getting them the time they needed to learn during the game.
Instead, Tyrus doesn't have a player anywhere near Michael to help him along. Also, he has a coach who cares more about his resume than helping the youngsters come along. Look at Maurice Cheeks and Nate McMillan, they have played their young players this year and it has paid off tremendously.
You are thinking of the Scottie Pippen 1991 to 1998, not the Pippen of 1987 to 1990. Pippen learned on the court during the games.
Nothing, NOTHING, can simulate a real game, not practice, not working alone on your skills, not conditioning, not working with a sports physcologist, none of this can simulate what players experience during the game, PLAIN and SIMPLE.
He is going to be inconsistent as a young player cause he still has that fear of being yanked for any mistake he makes. You have to let him play through those, and it doesn't help that he doesn't have a coach to teach him or correct him when he makes those mistakes.
I really don't believe we can know what we have out of Tyrus until he gets consistent minutes.
"Giving someone more minutes does not make them a better player", so Pippen and Monte Ellis just improved and they decided to play them. No learning on the court, they just got better the next year. So, you are saying their increased playing time didn't help them learn at all?
You stated Brad Sellers and I came back with that he did get more minutes, yet he didn't show any improvement as Tyrus has with increased minutes. The only way he can learn the NBA game is to be on the floor during the NBA GAME!
by BullsAttitude on Mar 11, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they have all-star potential
As for Joakim, there aren't many centers that should be better in a couple years. My short list includes Howard, Yao, Kaman, Horford, Oden, and Jefferson. At worst he's a near double-double guy who leads with a winning attitude.
Joakim is 23, Tyrus is 21. To put this into perspective, when Steve Nash was 23, he averaged 3.3 points per game. When Jermaine O'Neal was 21 he was averaging 3.9ppg. I noticed you're a season ticket holder, so I can understand the frustration, but I think you're rushing to judgment on these two.
by YaoPau on Mar 11, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My shortlist just got one longer
by YaoPau on Mar 11, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
U make some good points YaoPau...
by Takeaseat on Mar 11, 2008 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AK was a great player on a bad team
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So true... His situation perplexes me
by Takeaseat on Mar 11, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or because he's out of position
by snley on Mar 11, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's actually just below
by hscs on Mar 11, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Should have looked it up
by snley on Mar 11, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alexander Haig...
by mdmnd9294 on Mar 11, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The solution?
Get a warrior, not a complainer, who isn't afraid to demand the best from his team mates, and gives 110% every day in games and practice.
The so called "core" are all role players waiting to be lead, plus there are too many spoil brats on the team (Duhon, TT, Gordon, Hughes, Hinrich, Paxson and Boylan). Someone needs to hire Charles Oakley as an assistant coach to come in and punch and push these spoiled millionaires in practice. I bet these guys have soft west coast style practices, so that no one's feeling get hurt because of a foul.
Since Boylan is here to stay until the end of the season. Pray that Boylan's coaching can speak louder than his job interviews to the media.
by exult463 on Mar 11, 2008 1:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kobe: 'not a complainer'
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
a competitive complainer
Imagine "Deng" saying I need better players? or Kirk. First response would be.. "first you need to play better"
I'd say Kobe's complaints are difference from this bunch who argue about how many days to suspend a team mate, missing games due to sore pinkies and wrists, missing practices, head bands, noah wanting to win which upset teammates, fines, fines and more fines because I can't play, therefore I can't get my stats.
by exult463 on Mar 11, 2008 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kobe is
by sue369 on Mar 11, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
dont forget
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it was a political comment
by piccolomair on Mar 11, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They'd even
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember
by sue369 on Mar 11, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he saves the hissy fits
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 11, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
boylan is in control
by Conor on Mar 11, 2008 3:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
this attitude is detremental to BAB
by NBA Observer on Mar 11, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I second the motion
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Noah...
Did anyone happen to see what it was about?
by Khalid El-Amin on Mar 11, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It was just a happy anny shout out
by upther on Mar 12, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unbelievable,. This supports
"I'm in control here." What sort of myopic, insecure, Napoleonic sentiment is that? First of all, repeating an assertion, even with a mock authoritative tone that tries desperately to camoflouge trembling weakness, doesn't make it true. Neither does strutting around with your chest out.
Boylan, I loathe you. Moron, moron, moron. Arguably the dumbest coach the Bulls have ever had.
I can't go to the game tonight, even against the hated Jazz, because I can't continue to support this despotic , paternalistic regime.
by 1958ChiTown on Mar 11, 2008 5:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Your man Sam
He also said he feels BG, Noch and Kirk are out next season. I know it's only his opinion but I hope he's wrong about Kirk.
by sue369 on Mar 11, 2008 6:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
BG and Kirk?
by 1958ChiTown on Mar 11, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow both?
by bullshooter on Mar 11, 2008 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sam is usually wrong about everything
And I can't believe he's now defending Tyrus when he spent so much time throwing dirt on him. Did Tyrus finally take him out to dinner?
by KT on Mar 11, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sig
by tyrus4prez on Mar 11, 2008 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As odd as it may seem
by cranscape on Mar 11, 2008 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt, are you around?
by 1958ChiTown on Mar 11, 2008 6:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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