Bulls are multiple steps behind. They haven't even made their star-clearing trade yet. DFS was part of the Kyrie return, not great in isolation but it was obviously something they could flip. AKME can't even do moves in isolation let alone in sequence
Have AKME ever even flipped a player for assets? Like do they even realize they can take a player they don't necessarily want and then trade that player at a later date?
Similar to the Wizards stuff, take the L and move on. Acceptance. The org isn't getting NOW fair trade value, but books are clear. Trinkets are received. This isn't failure, it's moving on.
Throughout my lifetime (( except for Jerry Krause! I apologize if the rest of this doesn't make sense as the 15 year old me just punched me in the face )) this front office has always been the bad fantasy manager. The one who puts the worst dudes on the trade block. You might like these guys!
I like the guys who understand the constraints and then squeeze everything they can. The worst are the guys who don't understand the constraints. I think that's AKME - and by proxy sadly Calvin Booth. If your owner is unwilling to spend money to get out of bad choices, you need to act accordingly. These dudes, sigh
AKME are clearly bad negotiators, but keeping the team just mediocre enough to be (sometimes) fun to watch so that their customers keep on buying overpriced seats and paying for overpriced concessions may be exactly what the Reinsdorfs hired them to do. I don’t think you were being cynical.
like today Drew Stevens had a lazy 'well attendance is high, and the Reinsdorfs pay attention to that' post
to me, the lesson there is you can have absolutely horrible management and STILL get good attendance. Why not replace them, you keep the attendance and maybe don't piss off everyone else?
this broke CHGO post-game. They've been humping the tank all year but now are realizing that not only are there 'too many wins' but the wins are on the backs of veterans and not young player development.
they prior would couch things with "well the front office is trying to balance many things, it's risky but we'll see" to now saying "they failed at everything"
Hornets game also broke the Trib reporter (though I doubt it's in the game story and only on The Everything App)
@byjuliapoe
It’s getting boring to talk about but I’m not sure what the Bulls get out of a win like that. Not a ton of developmental time for Matas, Julian or even Dalen. Just another win that wedges them more firmly into play-in position — but they’re clearly not a playoff team.
20 mins for Dalen, 10 for Matas, 11 for Julian. Julian was a -21. They're getting opportunities, it's still up to them to capitalize and I still don't believe in free minutes. Kilian Hayes got all the free minutes in the world but he was still Kilian Hayes, and Detroit fans were subjected to Kilian Hayes for 4 years.
The win was ugly for sure but the kids are playing, they just aren't doing anything you'd remember and folks are bellyaching the aesthetics. Bulls are a good 3 point shooting team they just didn't go down... and Giddey took too many.
Ah yes it's Zach "I'm a good on-ball defender, please write that down without further thought" LaVine
AI prompt: Game action showing the Bulls defense coached by Tim Donaghy.
The wife's in California and I'm a glutton for Bulls punishment, so count me in!
I just started the second half. Billy called a timeout 30 seconds in because the Bulls decided they just weren't going to play defense.
That's just the shitty CHSN feed
Bulls are multiple steps behind. They haven't even made their star-clearing trade yet. DFS was part of the Kyrie return, not great in isolation but it was obviously something they could flip. AKME can't even do moves in isolation let alone in sequence
Have AKME ever even flipped a player for assets? Like do they even realize they can take a player they don't necessarily want and then trade that player at a later date?
Similar to the Wizards stuff, take the L and move on. Acceptance. The org isn't getting NOW fair trade value, but books are clear. Trinkets are received. This isn't failure, it's moving on.
Throughout my lifetime (( except for Jerry Krause! I apologize if the rest of this doesn't make sense as the 15 year old me just punched me in the face )) this front office has always been the bad fantasy manager. The one who puts the worst dudes on the trade block. You might like these guys!
I like the guys who understand the constraints and then squeeze everything they can. The worst are the guys who don't understand the constraints. I think that's AKME - and by proxy sadly Calvin Booth. If your owner is unwilling to spend money to get out of bad choices, you need to act accordingly. These dudes, sigh
AKME are clearly bad negotiators, but keeping the team just mediocre enough to be (sometimes) fun to watch so that their customers keep on buying overpriced seats and paying for overpriced concessions may be exactly what the Reinsdorfs hired them to do. I don’t think you were being cynical.
I mean specifically that they are waiting these next 7 weeks or whatever bc someone will no-show without star attraction like Nikola Vucevic
I do also think it's overly cynical to think AKME are doing what Reinsdorfs ask. They're too incompetent to even get that right
like today Drew Stevens had a lazy 'well attendance is high, and the Reinsdorfs pay attention to that' post
to me, the lesson there is you can have absolutely horrible management and STILL get good attendance. Why not replace them, you keep the attendance and maybe don't piss off everyone else?
Hornets game thread UP: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/ae91cef4-b7f6-4348-9938-6f851f8fae1c
Killing me bro
this broke CHGO post-game. They've been humping the tank all year but now are realizing that not only are there 'too many wins' but the wins are on the backs of veterans and not young player development.
they prior would couch things with "well the front office is trying to balance many things, it's risky but we'll see" to now saying "they failed at everything"
Oh good I can promote the written word
https://allchgo.com/what-are-the-chicago-bulls-doing/
Weird night to criticize Pat's form. He took 10 and made 5. I don't disagree but when he does take them, they're usually good shots.
This bothers you more than whatever is going on with Giddey's right leg when he shoots?
Hornets game also broke the Trib reporter (though I doubt it's in the game story and only on The Everything App)
@byjuliapoe
It’s getting boring to talk about but I’m not sure what the Bulls get out of a win like that. Not a ton of developmental time for Matas, Julian or even Dalen. Just another win that wedges them more firmly into play-in position — but they’re clearly not a playoff team.
20 mins for Dalen, 10 for Matas, 11 for Julian. Julian was a -21. They're getting opportunities, it's still up to them to capitalize and I still don't believe in free minutes. Kilian Hayes got all the free minutes in the world but he was still Kilian Hayes, and Detroit fans were subjected to Kilian Hayes for 4 years.
The win was ugly for sure but the kids are playing, they just aren't doing anything you'd remember and folks are bellyaching the aesthetics. Bulls are a good 3 point shooting team they just didn't go down... and Giddey took too many.
I do agree the bigger issue is all the young guys stink
Giddy 1-9 getting hot!
Had his big comeback game, triple-double (machine) with quotes about a commitment to defense...then next game he's benched down the stretch again