Also pretty funny that an injury to a minimum salary guy on a 1 year deal is so apocalyptic. If he never plays another minute they've gotten more out of Craig than they paid for.
The team has been skating by for as long as I can remember trying to cut corners and acting as if being paper thin is a cruel twist of fate. Joakim Noah isn't playing on stumps instead of feet if you didn't let Omer Asik walk for nothing. We're not watching Dunleavy getting switched onto Lebron in the playoffs if he's just a bench scorer (as he had been for Milwaukee) rather than becoming the 34 year old starting SF for a playoff team.
Was listening to Dunc'd on today on the league's worst contracts and they gave a shout out to Blog a Bull.
Also,
Zach Lavine was #2 (2nd worst contract in the league).
Vuc was #5 (impressively bad GMing since he was the only guy on a freshly signed contract). Described as actually harmful to winning on both sides of the ball.
Lonzo Ball wasn't on the list but I'm sure the Bulls will be happy that he was "in the conversation".
so that's the first AK-loss of the post-deadline season, right?
they were "competitive"...for 2.5 quarters. I suppose he would still try to count that as a positive.
but otherwise: large margin of loss, especially from three. Home crowd chanting for opposing team (per Julia Poe). Onurlap Bitim played minutes. Luke Kornet dabbed on them...
This is just a terrific team. In some ways they remind me of those late 80s/early 90s Blazer teams with their extremely high level of play, depth, versatility, and seldom having the best player on the floor in the playoffs.
going with tried and true precedent when it comes to predicting free agents for the Bulls
agent Mark Bartelstein: Joe Harris
to a lesser extent there's their fruitful(?) relationship with Klutch. Juan Toscano-Anderson is in the GLeague and a free agent. Maybe do them a solid for some return favor when it comes to getting Lonzo off the cap
the Arcidiacono return likely used as cover to then release (to media via protected account) news that Patrick Williams is indeed having foot surgery and is out for the season
I don't know what's more Bulls-y about this:
1) releasing it Friday afternoon
2) slow-playing the diagnosis weeks ago
3) having Billy Donovan give the ham-handed updates in the time since
4) the official PR release has 5 members of the comms staff on the masthead
Xavier Tillman would probably play 35 mpg for Chicago, would be their best shot blocker and overall best actual PF since, idk, Thad?
You can do interesting things with 2nd round picks when you actually have some.
Great review. You echo my feelings exactly. All this crap while Reinsdork is trying
to get the city to pony up a billion for a new stadium and forget about the old one.
I wish owners were only allowed one free stadium in their lifetime
Also pretty funny that an injury to a minimum salary guy on a 1 year deal is so apocalyptic. If he never plays another minute they've gotten more out of Craig than they paid for.
The team has been skating by for as long as I can remember trying to cut corners and acting as if being paper thin is a cruel twist of fate. Joakim Noah isn't playing on stumps instead of feet if you didn't let Omer Asik walk for nothing. We're not watching Dunleavy getting switched onto Lebron in the playoffs if he's just a bench scorer (as he had been for Milwaukee) rather than becoming the 34 year old starting SF for a playoff team.
::sigh::
Was listening to Dunc'd on today on the league's worst contracts and they gave a shout out to Blog a Bull.
Also,
Zach Lavine was #2 (2nd worst contract in the league).
Vuc was #5 (impressively bad GMing since he was the only guy on a freshly signed contract). Described as actually harmful to winning on both sides of the ball.
Lonzo Ball wasn't on the list but I'm sure the Bulls will be happy that he was "in the conversation".
The broadcast is really working that "top 10 record since 5-14" angle.
so that's the first AK-loss of the post-deadline season, right?
they were "competitive"...for 2.5 quarters. I suppose he would still try to count that as a positive.
but otherwise: large margin of loss, especially from three. Home crowd chanting for opposing team (per Julia Poe). Onurlap Bitim played minutes. Luke Kornet dabbed on them...
OKC waiving Poku. Hmm...
https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1761045227266019746?s=20
This is just a terrific team. In some ways they remind me of those late 80s/early 90s Blazer teams with their extremely high level of play, depth, versatility, and seldom having the best player on the floor in the playoffs.
going with tried and true precedent when it comes to predicting free agents for the Bulls
agent Mark Bartelstein: Joe Harris
to a lesser extent there's their fruitful(?) relationship with Klutch. Juan Toscano-Anderson is in the GLeague and a free agent. Maybe do them a solid for some return favor when it comes to getting Lonzo off the cap
LOL, well roster's full, so nevermind:
>"@ShamsCharania - The Chicago Bulls are converting two-way F/G Onuralp Bitim to a standard multiyear NBA deal"
BULLS PRESS CONFERENCE AT 3PM
ARTURAS WILL STRIDE TO THE MICROPHONE AND CONFIDENTLY SMILE.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he'll announce.
"WE GOT HIM."
https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/1761107978747367759
the Arcidiacono return likely used as cover to then release (to media via protected account) news that Patrick Williams is indeed having foot surgery and is out for the season
I don't know what's more Bulls-y about this:
1) releasing it Friday afternoon
2) slow-playing the diagnosis weeks ago
3) having Billy Donovan give the ham-handed updates in the time since
4) the official PR release has 5 members of the comms staff on the masthead
Holy fuck
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24622-bone-marrow-edema
Read through this. It's a career-threatening situation. And some of the underlying causes are downright scary.