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Open Game Thread #82: Bulls vs Toronto Raptors

Ah...finally this awful, awful season is over.

And so is the season of the open game thread, specifically the last game thread on the `old' SBNation platform (BaB is migrating this weekend).

Special thanks to those who helped me this season in writing previews for each game. As you can likely tell they're not my favorite thing to do here, but beyond the shared workload I enjoyed getting new voices in on the action once in a while. So much gratitude to commenters joemoses, wjb1492, chgobr, bullshooter, Big D, and prashantrao for helping out.

It's also a goodbye to Boylan, Duhon, and likely a bunch of other Bulls. Even though this team this season brought feelings of ambivalence to outright hatred, I'll miss actually watching them play. The offseason seems fun but it's really short bursts of fun spread out into a verrry long time.

One of those bursts of fun is the lottery, and the Bulls are one win `ahead' of Charlotte. Both teams (Charlotte with the Sixers, Bulls with the Raptors) are facing playoff teams with their fates already decided.

So I guess it'll depend on who wants those pingpong balls more. Ugh, that's enough to forget what I said above: I'm truly glad this is it for a while.

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No Joakim tonight.
He's in NY to attend a funeral. Gray is starting in his place.

by sue369 on Apr 16, 2008 6:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

tankalicious!
and more Noc than you can shake a stick at.  (that's about as hscs as I can get.)
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You forgot to put in another joke
that's similar to Dennis Miller; you know, the joke that no one understands.
"Honestly. Love, James or Paul; who would you really rather have?" -Kemp

by NittanyBull on Apr 16, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you don't get all of hscs's jokes?
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess you do,
but this diary left me with two options: read the articles and understand the joke, or just not read it.

I did the latter. I bet it is funny, and worth diary-ing about, but meh.

"Honestly. Love, James or Paul; who would you really rather have?" -Kemp

by NittanyBull on Apr 16, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was just messing with you.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoosh
That's the sound of your joke going past my head.

I guess I don't understand anyone's jokes. See you guys in October.

"Honestly. Love, James or Paul; who would you really rather have?" -Kemp

by NittanyBull on Apr 16, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i will miss them
but it will be a long offseason with many rumors
I vote for Thomas to play, play more and play regularly.-Sam Smith

by tyrus4prez on Apr 16, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Happy birthday Luol Deng!
We should like make a huge card for him hitting that sweet 18 ft. jumper. Also, saw Nocioni yesterday, I didn't know 8 million a year gets you no better than Cheescake Factory.
Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 16, 2008 7:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Charlotte is up but 17
What are the BaB changes that will be occurring this weekend?

by chgobr on Apr 16, 2008 7:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Go to South Side Sox
And look at their layout.
Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 16, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gray overheard before the game
to Chris Bosh,"Stay out of my tonight, or i will fucking destroy you in life itself."

That still cuts me up...

Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Matt!
Thanks for giving us a place to vent to terrible, awful, no-good, very bad season.  Thanks for your hard work.

by BiNgO on Apr 16, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for the 1-line responses
Followed by emoticons :)
Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 16, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

was that at me?
if it weren't for my insistance in looking idiot by using emoticons, there'd be even more sarcasm missed on this site.

:-p

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 16, 2008 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait
did my eyes deceive me or was that JoNo standing there?
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sue is JoNo's publicist
that's the only way to reconcile the misinformation she seems to be spreading about JoNo...
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey,
that's what they said on Sports Nite. He obviously made it back. Good to see.

by sue369 on Apr 16, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

53 seconds in
Hughes first dumb TO.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How much is Calderon worth?
Would you give him a larger contract than Ben Gordon? I don't see Toronto ever parting with him, maybe it's time we pull some kind of trade for TJ Ford for Nocioni. They desperately need another option at 3 and he will fit in perfectly with their Euroleague roster.
Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 16, 2008 7:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

what a %$@$#@^#^$# call
Ford fell down...
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Who has the "tie-breaker"
Charlotte or us?  (By that I mean if we have identical reconds who gets the higher pick?)

by Freethefro on Apr 16, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

split the ping pong balls evenly
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet

by Freethefro on Apr 16, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

But for the draft spot...
I remember last year they did coin flips with a week or so to go. Charlotte, NYK and Sacramento had the same record, so the same ping pong balls, but Charlotte won the coin flips over both and NYK "beat" Sacramento so the Bulls got the 9th pick instead of 8 or 10. Anyone remember reading about this in the past week?

Since it's only a 2% of winning the lottery, tying is really about this anyway.

Let us prepare for glory! --Michael Redd

by tyger1147 on Apr 16, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah you're right
bulls fans don't have to worry about that because if the bulls tie with Charlotte, Charlotte will undoubtedly get the third pick.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

where is everybody?
looking for a feed?
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Basically
Plus, most of me doesn't want to watch this so I don't break out in tears watching every playoff game.
Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 16, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aaron Gray:
dominant.

by Freethefro on Apr 16, 2008 7:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Big Gray!
Gray is going for 40 and 20
Deandre Jordan, the future hall of fame center for the bulls.

by armstrong2389 on Apr 16, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

AG with a double double in the 1st quarter
I am going to go ahead and declare this the "Aaron Gray Quarter."
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tyrus with the 22 foot jumper!
impressive. Now he's Bargnani but, a freak athlete.
Deandre Jordan, the future hall of fame center for the bulls.

by armstrong2389 on Apr 16, 2008 8:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's a new twist on the BG TO
getting tripped by JoNo.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 8:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Bobcats up by 2
with 90s left...

by Freethefro on Apr 16, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

And Bobcats win
all in the Bulls hands now...

by Freethefro on Apr 16, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Thabo can get to the rim like that
with regularity, he's got a bright future.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

they just showed the Ivey Incident
dirty play...  Ivey ran up to him like on a double team and gave him an underhanded shot with a closed fist.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 8:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Matt
I didn't participate very much here this year (as evidenced by my woefully out of date signature line), but I continued to read and follow along over the course of this miserable year. Thanks for fighting the good fight, Matt. And everyone else 'round these parts who did their best to keep things interesting.

We meeting for the draft again?

by corey williams corey benjamin on Apr 16, 2008 8:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no worries CWCB
Lurkers are welcome just as much as the actives. Maybe moreso on most days :)

Draft Party is likely.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 16, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This Game is kind of boring
I mean, no excitement from anyone. Even Joakim looks out of it. And Toronto is only using 2nd string players, although as Dore(k) put it "A very GOOD Toronto Second Unit"...So boylan is gonna play the young guys today huh? Maybe he should have done that, A MONTH AGO. How about we let the original bulls play one last time together. I wanna see kirk, bg, deng, tyrus and Noah in all at once, for the rest of the second half. Letting duhon and Thabo get 7 mins of playing time for rest, and Nichols and Gray coming out to rest Noah and THomas. ANd then, i want to see at the very end of the game, the last 2 min or so of the game, i want to see a lineup of duhon, gordon, kirk, hughes, thabo, and Deng....then the season would be complete. At least do this for us Boylan, a parting gift as it were....
Kirk Hinrich. The FORMER Best White American Point Guard in the NBA, Will Soon be Traded :(

by piccolomair on Apr 16, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

um
your last lineup has 6 guys.  leave out deng. :)
"Joakim Noah looks like a young Kimberly Williams." - my mom

by Jaina on Apr 16, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Im completely out of it?
Okay...i made a stupid mistake...
Kirk Hinrich. The FORMER Best White American Point Guard in the NBA, Will Soon be Traded :(

by piccolomair on Apr 16, 2008 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How good would Hughes look
in a Toronto uniform?
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That, or any one of 28 others.
There's only one uniform he doesn't look good in.
It takes a special coach to make Aaron Gray a guy you can see.

by wjb1492 on Apr 16, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

bulls need to remember to lose this game.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

again,
they just dont realize this win wont mean a thing..

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah,
except maybe the chance to get a higher draft pick.. everything we can get this summer is useful.

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

AG is going to need an IV after this
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Red may need an IV, too.
He must be so happy and so proud.
It takes a special coach to make Aaron Gray a guy you can see.

by wjb1492 on Apr 16, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The only thing that would have made that
funnier is if Red asked AG how his balls are...
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That falls under the
dont ask, dont tell policy.
The Kids Must Stay In The Picture!!!

by NBA Observer on Apr 17, 2008 8:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gray was playing so bad at the start of the third
quarter.
That's the only time I saw him, but he had the amazing sequence of dropping the ball, missing a 2 foot hook shot [missing the whole rim actually], missing another, and ... just generally sucking.
TT swished a bunch of jumpers though.
plays NBA 2k8 to forget about the horror ... the horror

by Prevenge on Apr 16, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

in the world of 2k8
Ben Wallace locks down the post
Tyrus thomas and hinrich can be paul and chandler/nash and stoudemire
Ben gordons height means nothing
Thabo can take off from the freethrow line and posterize the poor sap under the rim
Kirk hinrich can average 10 assists per game
Joakim Noah kind of sucks
Big name trades could be made so long as the salaries match and you showcased a player a few times.
Kirk hinrich is a true leader
Scott skiles is still the coach....
In two seasons times the entire bulls roster is filled with allstars

In the world of 2k8, everything is the way it should be, everything is right....

yes i like escaping into the world of 2k8 myself

Kirk Hinrich. The FORMER Best White American Point Guard in the NBA, Will Soon be Traded :(

by piccolomair on Apr 16, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty much,
except Joakim doesn't suck at all. Mmm.
Actually, I traded Joakim/Tyrus/Sefo to the Sonics, so I have a frontline of Green/Durant/Noah/TT/Sefo. Run on people, dunk, rinse/repeat.

by Prevenge on Apr 16, 2008 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A couple steals
In free agency, as a default theres a bunch of players (who i guess are real no name guys...) i like two of those guys alot and have them on my roster to help round it off (keeping the team chemistry and roles intact)

One is a 7'3 chinese dude,  his name is Ha. I like him cuz of his size, he is also strong. Beware though, until you give him some defensive training, guys like d-wade will be dunking all over him. However couple him with Noah and he is the post option for the bulls.

The next guy is pg named Kopenen (i think thats how you spell it) His overall is 60, however he is money from the 3 pt area. His shot animation is real smooth so its easy to hit. Also his stealing is like 79 or something already high, and with a bit of training in  a season or two he becomes a monster thief. He is basically a good combo guard to have, though sort of slow, because he is a pg he is adequate in passing and handling so he gets the job done.

Also i like Thadeus Young from the 76ers. The cpu never really uses him so you can get him for a steal, the best part about him is he is quick, has more hops then Ty2 (in the game) and has real good awareness. I like him as my alleyoop man...he does some insane stuff.

I dont know if you save your replays, if i go to my cousins this week ill see if i can post them on youtube to show you mine.

Also, in the draft (which is always random players) i got this 7'2 monster of a center named Glover. He has post moves like shaq in his prime. gonna be my rookie of the year. Although my seasons going pretty bad (3 wins 5 losses thus far).

Kirk Hinrich. The FORMER Best White American Point Guard in the NBA, Will Soon be Traded :(

by piccolomair on Apr 17, 2008 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i may be slow...
but why are they blaming Redd for it?

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It was
for the first 2 or 3 minutes.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol
the fans are like tryin to confuse em

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Du for 3
he knows how to lose the game.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

so
they get it back huh

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

AG is turning pink
he is so dehydrated.  His kidney's might shut down if this game doesn't end soon.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I can't wait
for all the people to talk about how good AG is when he starts.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I know you are kidding...
But I wouldn't count it out around here.

by Khalid El-Amin on Apr 16, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no kidding
next I'll have to hear how good Ben Gordon plays off the bench...

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 16, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

grrrr
or even how well he should play off bench...  :-p
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He turned it over
on his first two touches to start the first quarter.  I changed over to Top Chef and when I flipped back it was the end of the 1st and Gray was on the bench with a double double.

Bargnani can't rebound, nor can he box out.  He just doesn't know rebounding position yet.

The Kids Must Stay In The Picture!!!

by NBA Observer on Apr 17, 2008 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

CSN
i found out has been pretty rude when it comes to the 100th point.. they only show the really overweight people when the point has been made.. pretty harsh mean hearted..

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Kerr
just told a George Mikan story.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that was pretty impressive
TT missed the three from the corner, but still came out of nowhere to make the steal at halfcourt.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 9:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Time to lose
Win is good, specially when the young guys are playing well, but, unlesse we start tanking now, we won't get the 8th pick
LET'S COLECT SIGNATURES TO FIRE BOYLAN AND GET RID OF HUGHES

by bull83 on Apr 16, 2008 9:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sorry
Bye, bye 8th pick
LET'S COLECT SIGNATURES TO FIRE BOYLAN AND GET RID OF HUGHES

by bull83 on Apr 16, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I haven't been
watching (I'm recording it)but looking at the stats but did BG play less than 10 minutes? Did he get hurt or something?

by sue369 on Apr 16, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Boylan STILL using subs
as discipline.  BG tried a behind the back pass off a screen from Thomas who was open cutting to the basket, but Moon read the play the whole time and stole it.

Moon's a great defensive player already.

The Kids Must Stay In The Picture!!!

by NBA Observer on Apr 17, 2008 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

exactly
and he's 'already' played in like 20 different leagues

by NormVanBeer on Apr 17, 2008 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

on the bright side
at least Thabo has a career path :-p

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 17, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since age isn't a factor
allow me to complete the sentence for the full effect.

Moon's a great defensive player already for his first season in the NBA.

He's clearly learned what skills will get you past the cut group and keep you in the NBA for a solid career.

The Kids Must Stay In The Picture!!!

by NBA Observer on Apr 17, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good blogging with you all
see you around draft lottery time.  Hopefully this will be a very different team next year!

by Freethefro on Apr 16, 2008 9:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My Prediction
Charlotte wins the draft lottery lands the first pick and Derrick Rose, which could've and should've belonged to the Bulls.

The Bulls stay at #9 and get somebody nowhere near as good as Joakim Noah.

Bleh.  Worst Bulls season of all time.

by BullsFanInSeattle on Apr 16, 2008 9:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

like i've said before
there are a lot of nice complimentary pieces on chicago's current roster.

with a new & better coach (than boylan) things should get a lot better, quickly, for the bulls next year.

by khandor on Apr 16, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

bye.
just remember my name. who knows... i could change it by next season.

by ChiTownCritic on Apr 16, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

AAAARGH why did we win this game?!?!!!
Was at work and couldn't watch, and from the look of the boxscore it looks like our main rotation was Duhon, Sefolosha, Tyrus, Noah, and Gray.  Can't complain there - except for Du (WTF?).

The first 70 games of the season the team couldn't get a damn win for nothing; the end of the season comes around, and we really need a loss, and now we start winning.

Worst.  Season.  Ever.

by Jivas on Apr 16, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Kendall isn't impressing me
by quoting BaB fallacies.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 10:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

we have consensus around here?
Unless you mean BaB = me, which I'm totally cool with.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 16, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not so much consensus
as mind-numbing repetition.
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lest I forget
;-)
Don't tell anybody, but here's hoping TT puts it all together.

by bullshooter on Apr 16, 2008 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

negativity
i cant believe all the negativity here after tyrus just dominated, aaron gray had the game of his life, thabo played well and noah was good. i realize they lost some ping pong balls, but come on, whats the difference between anthony randolph and deandre jordan? try to enjoy it, its the last game until october, they got a win, and the young guys played well. what more can you ask for from the last game of such a disappointing season?

by hughes sucks on Apr 16, 2008 10:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Man, how well will Dwight Howard do
if Aaron Gray gets those numbers?

Sure, the Raps clearly didn't care, but even still...

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 16, 2008 10:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Howard isn't the x factor
in the series.  Orlando wins games when Turkoglu and Lewis have solid shooting nights.

Howard had a monster 37 point, 18 rebound, on 13-18 shooting night and the Magic still lost at Toronto.

The Kids Must Stay In The Picture!!!

by NBA Observer on Apr 17, 2008 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow
What a long, sad, strange season

It's been a roller coaster from the Kobe trade rumors to the high expectations to the new coach to the players we hated to see play to the biggest let down of my sports life . . . and now onto the off season

I can't wait for this team to get overhauled

by Option27 on Apr 16, 2008 10:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

lol - Was it too much to ask for an immediate
post-game announcement?  They did fire Skiles on Christmas Eve, after all.
It takes a special coach to make Aaron Gray a guy you can see.

by wjb1492 on Apr 16, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

KC Johnson is running with the Noah was late
story.

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/fullcourtpress/2008/04/no-noah.html

Gimmie a fucking break.  The guy was going to a funeral for a close friend out of town.  If he had said he was too emotionally distraught to play tonight, probably no one would have even questioned him.  But he tries to come back and play in a meaningless game, but since he was late, he gets benched.  Fuck you, Jim Boylan.  I hope you enjoy fetching coffee for Scott Skiles next year.

by Big D on Apr 16, 2008 11:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i saw that
and mike downey also covers it.

pretty ridiculous.  no one even mentions that he was going to a funeral.

"Joakim Noah looks like a young Kimberly Williams." - my mom

by Jaina on Apr 17, 2008 7:32 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

scratch that
downey does say so.  i think i missed that when i scanned over the article last night.
"Joakim Noah looks like a young Kimberly Williams." - my mom

by Jaina on Apr 17, 2008 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and kc
apparently i can't read today!
"Joakim Noah looks like a young Kimberly Williams." - my mom

by Jaina on Apr 17, 2008 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What a horrendous season
To be a Bulls fan, yet this was the greatest season in over a decade to be a basketball fan.

If it takes more than a week to fire Boylan, I'd be shocked. Let the Rick Carlisle chase begin!

Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 17, 2008 12:26 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tonight reminded me of
an old fashioned New Orleans style jazz funeral: a surreal mix of defiant joy and heartfelt mourning.

The crowd was small, alternating between desperate enthusiasm and restless apathy.

When the shot-clock malfunctioned, there was a protracted period of time during which various members of the crowd performed 1980's robot dances to such timeless classics as "Bust a Move." Even the players were watching the jumbotron and laughing.

Tyrus spent most the night chatting with a few fans in the court-side seats, whom I presume he knew. At one point, after his resounding put-back dunk, he even glanced over at them and did a little shimmy.

It was nice to see Tyrus finish the season on a high note, even in a meaningless game. I don't know if I'll ever see him again in a Bulls uniform again. He deserves to be on a team which values his development and his talents, not one that believes he is a back-up to a fat guy with a beard.

They interviewed Tyrus on the floor after the game and tried to extract a promise about next season. He said, "All I can promise is that next year we'll be back where we belong."

Which made me wonder, where do the Bulls belong? The answer to that question depends in large part upon Paxson. If he continues to manage in the myopic, paternalistic manner that has become his unfortunate modus operandi, concerning himself more with the off-court character of his team that the on-court exploits, then the Bulls deserve to languish forever in mediocrity. If he has the temerity to play the team he drafted, perhaps the Bulls belong in the playoffs.

I stood for quite some time in the arena after the game ended, trying to memorize the look and feel of the sprawling cavern: the ushers in their black uniforms, the electric halo of red scoreboard graphics, the lattice of cables, the mammoth corrugated steel plates that surround the ventillation louvers, the Lovabulls hugging their goodbyes, the angry Bull staring up from mid-court, Jordan and Pippin and Love and Sloan and Jackson and even Kraus, the championship banners moving sluggishly in the rafters. I'll hold those things in my mind until October, to tide me over, along with the undying hope that next season will be THE season, the return to glory.  

LSU 38 OHIO STATE 24 - LSU IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION AND I AM THE KING OF BOURBON STREET!!

by 1958ChiTown on Apr 17, 2008 12:33 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

good descriptions
Thanks for the post for those who couldn't be there.  The added details of Tyrus having some fun on the court put a smile on my face and give me hope for next year.  
I want to braid Noah's hair or at least give him a headband.

by AGBallinisaHabit on Apr 17, 2008 1:44 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's been nice...
Since people are saying their goodbyes, I'll add mine in too.  I just discovered blogabull.com this year and I'm really glad I did.  I now come here to find out all the latest and greatest about my dear Chicago Bulls.  Thanks to everyone who posts and writes regularly, I enjoy reading it all.  I often find humor in a lot of the posts as well.  I hope to see some posts over the long summer break because I'll miss them.  In closing, thanks Matt, you don't know me, but I adore this site. :) Let's hope this summer brings some good changes.
Blogabull is my homepage

by AGBallinisaHabit on Apr 17, 2008 1:52 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

1958ChiTown Thanks for the elequont ending
to a disasterous season.  If this  was a movie script the lead character would, as you did, look to those championship banners, the memories of the great players of the past and see a more hopeful future ahead as the screen fades to black.

One final note. You can call this a meaningless game but Tyrus's drilling of those long range jumpers was a great way to show Paxson he would be a fool to trade away this young talent with so  much potential.  He may have cemented his future with the Bulls in the past few games and I believe will play a significant role in what I predict will  be a Bulls turnaround next year.

If the biggest positive event of the year takes place tomorrow, the ultimate addition by subtraction improvement, even bigger than the trading of the corpse....which of course is the demise of Boylan, things will immediately be looking up.  The light at the end of the tunnel can be seen once again and I can drop my sign in name  forever.  I wish Jim well and with the resume he has padded during his tenure, I see a very great possibility he could become an assistant manager at one of the local Dunking Donut emporiums in no time, in spite of his  ethnicity.

by Tyrusmancrush on Apr 17, 2008 1:53 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I guess the preview...
I did about the Boston game in December wasn't all that memorable :-)

So Matt, will we have to rework our profiles, or start over with the change of the website, or will the transition be almost flawless.

The Game chose him !

by Diabolo on Apr 17, 2008 2:34 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

sorry diabolo
I knew I'd forget somebody when listing game previewers.

You'll have to 'claim' your old accounts, but once you do it transfers over. I'll try and get the full explanation up soon, before the changeover.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 17, 2008 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No need to say goodbyes
The summer will be chock full of amazing scenarios where every GM simultaneously regresses to the IQ of a fetus and we somehow end up with Gilbert Arenas, Monta Ellis, Andre Iguodola, Elton Brand, and Jose Calderon.
Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Apr 17, 2008 3:47 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's quieter in summer
but Matt doesn't shut the blog down.  It'll soon be time for the Draft Party!

by KT on Apr 17, 2008 4:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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