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Gar Forman: still full of it
As I've said many times this offseason, the first official one of the Gar Forman GM era: until proved otherwise, I can't trust what he says. And that doesn't mean he needs to tell the truth, or that it effects his job performance. Though it's not a good sign when your crowning achievement in the...
Reinsdorf interview reaction: which stage was depression again?
This Reinsdorf interview should've gotten me more fired up than it actually did. It was so much bullshit, with degrees varying between retroactive reasoning to outright lying. Or exposing his subordinates statements as outright lies. And maybe this is the intentionally skillful work of the...
Update on Gordon's Pistons contract
Doug Thonus of ChicagoNow has it at 5/$58 with incentives, starting at $10m next year. Do we trust Doug's scoop? Meh, I guess. There was this report from a couple weeks ago that has the contract for less, but that was out before it was even official. And two things from the blog post that I have...
Talking Gordon (yes, still!) on Podcast Paroxysm
I asked my way on to Matt Moore's podcast, and here's the result. Typical rambling, nasal delivery, and cell phone quality issues. But I still love doing these.Special bonus fanpost if you can't get enough of my....whatever I do.
Gar Forman talks to a blogger (not this one, but I'll respond anyway)
Friend of the program Doug Thonus of ChicagoNow is in Vegas, and got some one-on-one time with Bulls GM Gar Forman. Doug paraphrases the chat instead of giving a straight Q&A. And while it's weird that he frames it within his own thoughts (as if those matter relative to what the GM is saying)...
The 2009-10 season: operation "don't be bad"
It takes a lot of logical leaps when trying to figure out what the Bulls are doing. Because it's possible, and even likely, that the Bulls themselves don't even know what they're doing. They claim to be players in 2010 free agency now that they didn't pay money to Ben Gordon, but we can't know that...
Bulls sign Jannero Pargo: I'll stop mentioning him and Gordon in tandem if you do
K.C., you wily dog: On the Wednesday Ben Gordon signed his five-year contract that could be worth up to $60 million with the Pistons, the Bulls signed Jannero Pargo to a one-year deal worth roughly $2 million to try to soften Gordon's loss. Has anyone ever seen a $60m figure for Gordon's deal? On...
Official Salary Cap and Luxury Tax figures for your Chicago Bulls
AP: The NBA salary cap has been set for next season at $57.7 million, a decline from 2008-09, allowing teams to begin signing players. The figure the league announced Tuesday night was about $1 million less than last season's cap of $58.68 million, even though league-wide revenue rose 2.5 percent....
Particulars on Gordon's Pistons contract
Chris McCosky of the Detroit News: I have seen Ben Gordon's contract offer from the Pistons reported as high as $60 million. Unless there are some incentive clauses I don''t know about, the total value of the deal should fall just short of $55 million. He will start at $9 million next...
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