bmags Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I love WCJ but My other take was bulls should have made big trade for luka and signed capela and had a lineup of Dunn LaVine luka lauri and capela and yeah I’d be through the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) Loving Will Purdue's rant about the Bulls right now on CSN. Edited December 15, 2018 by SoxAce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I think this write up is spot on. https://www.blogabull.com/2018/12/11/18133119/chicago-bulls-john-paxson-jim-boylen-mutiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, Tony said: Kendall Gill has aged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) I typically defend Paxson more than most because he's clearly very smart and capable as a GM, but he's responsible for the actions of everyone beneath him and he has continued to endorse Gar despite major shortcomings. Everyone needs to go. Edited December 15, 2018 by AustinIllini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, AustinIllini said: I typically defend Paxson more than most because he's clearly very smart and capable as a GM Nice try pax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 27 minutes ago, Quinarvy said: Kendall Gill has aged. I was riding my bike along the lake many years ago back when Kendall took up boxing. He was running along the lake on the south side with no shirt on. He is a specimen. His waist looked like it was about 18 inches and his shoulders looked like they were about 80 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, SleepyWhiteSox said: Nice try pax There's literally no argument to be made that Pax is a bad GM. He finally acquired a superstar at the end of his GM tenure. Edited December 15, 2018 by AustinIllini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 hour ago, AustinIllini said: There's literally no argument to be made that Pax is a bad GM. He finally acquired a superstar at the end of his GM tenure. Who is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 hours ago, bmags said: Who is that? Derrick Rose I believe. Pax was finally smart enough to have his ping pong ball come up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Wow...man talk about no luck on the injury front. Lavine out at least a few days, more likely at least a week, if not longer, with an ankle injury. Would be great to see the actual core get a sustainable amount of time to play together, so you can get a picture of what they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Chisoxfn said: Wow...man talk about no luck on the injury front. Lavine out at least a few days, more likely at least a week, if not longer, with an ankle injury. Would be great to see the actual core get a sustainable amount of time to play together, so you can get a picture of what they have. The time frame for that seems so optimistic. I have a hard time believing he’ll only miss a week when he’s in a walking boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 That was a nice win. Huge contributions from Dunn and Lauri. The energy they played with was great again. Defense has looked significantly better of late. I had forgotten how athletic and strong Dunn is. His mid range game should be lethal as he continues to develop. Was very happy Lauri did something other then just jack 3s today and it helped. He had a lot more easy points by attacking. He still looks slower than last year...not sure if that is due to him still adjusting to missing so much time or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 5 hours ago, bmags said: The time frame for that seems so optimistic. I have a hard time believing he’ll only miss a week when he’s in a walking boot. Well technically Bulls are still evaluating but yeah...I presume it is more 2 to 3 weeks if I were to guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 I am going to give Pax credit. He backed Boylen and didn’t panick after last weeks disastser and I think it was that backing that helps get this ship turned in the right direction (sent a message to the players that the front office was behind him and thus if you want to play for Bulls you need to get with the program). Boylen is nuts but I think the dude can coach and I like the fact that he isn’t backing down. Young teams, more than any other team, need to really be pushed. The d they played down the stretch tonight was absolutely stellar. Both the intensity but the fundamentals and how well they were switching, etc. The team is going to play much better with Dunn and Lauri back. I’m not saying they are great but they are going to win more games...good thing they lost so many early that no matter what they’ll get a good pick. But I’m totally fine winning more games if it is because the core is kicking ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/15/2018 at 12:48 PM, bmags said: Who is that? Yes, Derrick Rose. He stepped aside and replaced himself with a significantly worse GM. He seems to sometimes take over like right now, but he's responsible for the actions of his replacement and it's time to move on from this FO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 16 hours ago, AustinIllini said: Yes, Derrick Rose. He stepped aside and replaced himself with a significantly worse GM. He seems to sometimes take over like right now, but he's responsible for the actions of his replacement and it's time to move on from this FO. Sorry, I did not stop to think what end of GM tenure meant. That makes sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 12:53 AM, Chisoxfn said: I am going to give Pax credit. He backed Boylen and didn’t panick after last weeks disastser and I think it was that backing that helps get this ship turned in the right direction (sent a message to the players that the front office was behind him and thus if you want to play for Bulls you need to get with the program). Boylen is nuts but I think the dude can coach and I like the fact that he isn’t backing down. Young teams, more than any other team, need to really be pushed. The d they played down the stretch tonight was absolutely stellar. Both the intensity but the fundamentals and how well they were switching, etc. The team is going to play much better with Dunn and Lauri back. I’m not saying they are great but they are going to win more games...good thing they lost so many early that no matter what they’ll get a good pick. But I’m totally fine winning more games if it is because the core is kicking ass. It really depends on how short term the thinking is on "the right direction". With Dunn, Portis and Lauri back he has improved the Bulls win percentage up to .333. To do so, he has developed the most antiquated offense in the league that will stunt the development of it's developing star PF and offense of its promising star C. It plays into all of the worst tendencies of it's PG and SG. It is a style that no top 30 player short of demar derozan would want to play in. And it may eke out just enough victories to pull bulls into the 6-8 range of draft. The Bulls clownshow front office culture has ensured no big FA signings will occur, and may also ensure a worse chance at getting a big time, franchise changing draft pick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 A guy on BaB said the Bulls are like Office Space: Pax and Forman are the management consultants who screw everything up, Hoiberg is Peter trying to get fired, Boylen is the guy who thinks the Jump to Conclusions mat is a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, lostfan said: A guy on BaB said the Bulls are like Office Space: Pax and Forman are the management consultants who screw everything up, Hoiberg is Peter trying to get fired, Boylen is the guy who thinks the Jump to Conclusions mat is a great idea. They aren't wrong. So what exactly is it that you do here Pax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Just a great phrase for this season: Quote An otherwise ho-hum blowout by the Oklahoma City Thunder over the Chicago Bulls became suddenly tense Monday night when a squabble spilled over into courtside fans and players and coaches tried to separate the teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 12:53 AM, Chisoxfn said: I am going to give Pax credit. He backed Boylen and didn’t panick after last weeks disastser and I think it was that backing that helps get this ship turned in the right direction (sent a message to the players that the front office was behind him and thus if you want to play for Bulls you need to get with the program). Boylen is nuts but I think the dude can coach and I like the fact that he isn’t backing down. Young teams, more than any other team, need to really be pushed. The d they played down the stretch tonight was absolutely stellar. Both the intensity but the fundamentals and how well they were switching, etc. The team is going to play much better with Dunn and Lauri back. I’m not saying they are great but they are going to win more games...good thing they lost so many early that no matter what they’ll get a good pick. But I’m totally fine winning more games if it is because the core is kicking ass. The defense is better but he's purposely made the offense worse by taking it back to the stone ages. Stephen Noh has a scathing piece on The Athletic about it. Losing as many games as possible is the only thing that matters from here on out in my opinion. I'd be trying to deal Parker, Holiday and Lopez and I'd be willing to take on 2019 salary in order to add draft picks. Nobody is signing this offseason to play for this organization. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 6 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: The defense is better but he's purposely made the offense worse by taking it back to the stone ages. Stephen Noh has a scathing piece on The Athletic about it. Losing as many games as possible is the only thing that matters from here on out in my opinion. I'd be trying to deal Parker, Holiday and Lopez and I'd be willing to take on 2019 salary in order to add draft picks. Nobody is signing this offseason to play for this organization. Technically, the Bulls offense was already tragically bad, but Boylan has been misquoted. He basically wants to get back to basics of half court basketball, etc, before starting to push the tempo and other aspects. The guy is fundamentally different than Hoiberg and with that, the transition into the role mid-season is different than a lot of other "interim" transitions. Either way, none of it will matter...this team is going to struggle to win many games. Injuries have certainly had a material impact on this, but it also has a lot to do with young teams and how hard it is to turn around a culture when you have young clubs. Its why I actually believe in what Boylan is preaching. Historically speaking, young teams lose (and lose a lot of games) and that culture can quickly become toxic...losing habits spread like wildfire and it just gets ugly. Lakers had those issues a year ago, they had tons of locker room issues prior to Lebron coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Lavine out 2-4 weeks and given the tank, etc, I'll bet he'll be closer to the 4 week mark. Its a bummer because I am 100% okay with this franchise winning games, as long as it is driven by strong play and growth shown out of Dunn, Lavine, Laurie, WCJ. I don't believe those guys have played even 1 game together yet and even if you remove WCJ, you are talking about, I believe less than 10 regular season games total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts