Bulls are insignificant right now.

[Slaky]

So, just to recap because my head hurts.


Bulls Get:                Bulls Trade:
Brad Miller               Gooden
John Salmons          Nocioni
Jerome James         Hughes
Tim Thomas            Ced Simmons
Anthony Roberson   Thabo
OKC's Denver or Phoenix's #1                Ruffin 

Did I miss anything? 

Not really.   

All in all, I think this is a pretty good showing for Paxson.

I'd agree with that. It wasn't like he was going to get someone to turn the entire team around - but he did unload some crap. I still want to trade Joakim Noah to the graveyard.

I don't necessarily agree with the sentiment, but that's still a winner of a phrase.

Well you've never been quite as reactionary as myself. Praise appreciated.

[PenFoe]

Amare Stoudemire is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery Friday morning to repair a partially detached retina in his right eye.

Link

Obviously, Paxson was just using his crystal ball.

[thehawk]

Amare Stoudemire is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery Friday morning to repair a partially detached retina in his right eye.

Link

Obviously, Paxson was just using his crystal ball.

Paxon's foresight was clearly better than Stoudemire's

[Pre]

Sure I'm drunk.  And I know you rarely get quality back for shit, but I'm happy
that Tyrus wasn't traded.  Kid can play*.

*belief subject to change if KD tells me I'm wrong.

[Waco Kid]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-23-bulls-bits-chicagofeb23,0,3995740.story

Del Negro first yanked Rose less than two minutes into the second half after T.J. Ford scored the Pacers' first two baskets. Rose also sat in favor of Kirk Hinrich from the 4-minute-22-second mark of the fourth quarter until 1:23 remained.

"Kirk's a very good defender, and Ford was getting around us a bit," Del Negro said. "I just thought Kirk could control T.J. a little better."

Rose had eight assists and watched as Ford also scored two critical baskets late on Hinrich.

"He's still young and has to learn defensively," Del Negro said.

That's why you keep playing Rose in those situations dumbass.

Can we go back to the Paxson leaving rumors, because that also would have had Vinny leaving as well.

[Eli]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-23-bulls-bits-chicagofeb23,0,3995740.story

Del Negro first yanked Rose less than two minutes into the second half after T.J. Ford scored the Pacers' first two baskets. Rose also sat in favor of Kirk Hinrich from the 4-minute-22-second mark of the fourth quarter until 1:23 remained.

"Kirk's a very good defender, and Ford was getting around us a bit," Del Negro said. "I just thought Kirk could control T.J. a little better."

Rose had eight assists and watched as Ford also scored two critical baskets late on Hinrich.

"He's still young and has to learn defensively," Del Negro said.

That's why you keep playing Rose in those situations dumbass.

Can we go back to the Paxson leaving rumors, because that also would have had Vinny leaving as well.

Vinny, while praising Kirk's overrated defense, fails to cite Kirk's 1-for-7, two-point performance on the offensive end of things.  Hinrich also stopped distributing the ball when he came in, so Gordon (who had 22 points in the first half) barely touched the ball in the third quarter.  The entire offense locked up when Rose sat.

[Waco Kid]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-23-bulls-bits-chicagofeb23,0,3995740.story

Del Negro first yanked Rose less than two minutes into the second half after T.J. Ford scored the Pacers' first two baskets. Rose also sat in favor of Kirk Hinrich from the 4-minute-22-second mark of the fourth quarter until 1:23 remained.

"Kirk's a very good defender, and Ford was getting around us a bit," Del Negro said. "I just thought Kirk could control T.J. a little better."

Rose had eight assists and watched as Ford also scored two critical baskets late on Hinrich.

"He's still young and has to learn defensively," Del Negro said.

That's why you keep playing Rose in those situations dumbass.

Can we go back to the Paxson leaving rumors, because that also would have had Vinny leaving as well.

Vinny, while praising Kirk's overrated defense, fails to cite Kirk's 1-for-7, two-point performance on the offensive end of things.  Hinrich also stopped distributing the ball when he came in, so Gordon (who had 22 points in the first half) barely touched the ball in the third quarter.  The entire offense locked up when Rose sat.

It's a shame Hinrich couldn't be traded, because I fear Vinny Del Dumbfuck is going to keep pulling this stunt.

[Eli]

On Sunday, the Bulls lost to the completely mediocre Pacers, who were without their two best players.

Tonight, they thumped the 41-15 Magic by 18 points.

This team is weird.

[Pre]

I was at the game, so if Bill Simmons has taught me anything, it means I'm
in a position to analyze the game.

Howard got a bunch of points early, but then Noah and Miller (or more likely
laziness) led to him taking a lot of shots where he was fading around the hoop
never squaring up and things weren't falling.

Mainly, though, the Bulls ran around like idiots and hit a ton of medium range
jumpers while the Magic were confused by the non-traditional Bulls defense
which primarily involved everyone looking around wildly to try and figure out
who they are supposed to be guarding.  The confusion (or something smarter
KD will talk about on his fancy pants web site) led to terrible shooting by
the Magic. 

Seriously, both teams just launched mid ranged jump shots non-stop and the
Bulls' fell.  Howard barely did anything past the first quarter.  I think my friend
DanNo got into his dome by posing whether Noah would be more or less ugly
if he cut his hair.  Something about Beverly Hills Cop 2 and THE BOSTON
CELTICS.

[Quality Start Machine]

I was at the game, so if Bill Simmons has taught me anything, it means I'm
in a position to analyze the game.

Howard got a bunch of points early, but then Noah and Miller (or more likely
laziness) led to him taking a lot of shots where he was fading around the hoop
never squaring up and things weren't falling.

Mainly, though, the Bulls ran around like idiots and hit a ton of medium range
jumpers while the Magic were confused by the non-traditional Bulls defense
which primarily involved everyone looking around wildly to try and figure out
who they are supposed to be guarding.  The confusion (or something smarter
KD will talk about on his fancy pants web site) led to terrible shooting by
the Magic. 

Seriously, both teams just launched mid ranged jump shots non-stop and the
Bulls' fell.  Howard barely did anything past the first quarter.  I think my friend
DanNo got into his dome by posing whether Noah would be more or less ugly
if he cut his hair.  Something about Beverly Hills Cop 2 and THE BOSTON
CELTICS.

Teen Wolf and the Karate Kid movies.

[Eli]

Mainly, though, the Bulls ran around like idiots and hit a ton of medium range
jumpers while the Magic were confused by the non-traditional Bulls defense
which primarily involved everyone looking around wildly to try and figure out
who they are supposed to be guarding.  The confusion (or something smarter
KD will talk about on his fancy pants web site) led to terrible shooting by
the Magic. 

Thanks for the insight, Pre.  I didn't get to see this one, but from the numbers it did look like the Bulls just ended up getting hot and hitting a bunch of their mid-range jumpers (Bulls only took 11 three-pointers, compared to 26 for the Magic).  56 percent shooting for a whole game is pretty outstanding, at least for this crappy offensive group.

Teen Wolf and the Karate Kid movies.

Thanks for the insight, Fork.  You're correct; Bill Simmons does sometimes reference both Teen Wolf and Karate Kid in his columns.

[Quality Start Machine]

Mainly, though, the Bulls ran around like idiots and hit a ton of medium range
jumpers while the Magic were confused by the non-traditional Bulls defense
which primarily involved everyone looking around wildly to try and figure out
who they are supposed to be guarding.  The confusion (or something smarter
KD will talk about on his fancy pants web site) led to terrible shooting by
the Magic. 

Thanks for the insight, Pre.  I didn't get to see this one, but from the numbers it did look like the Bulls just ended up getting hot and hitting a bunch of their mid-range jumpers (Bulls only took 11 three-pointers, compared to 26 for the Magic).  56 percent shooting for a whole game is pretty outstanding, at least for this crappy offensive group.

Teen Wolf and the Karate Kid movies.

Thanks for the insight, Fork.  You're correct; Bill Simmons does sometimes reference both Teen Wolf and Karate Kid in his columns.

He actually has more tired jokes than I do. True story.

[JD]

Forget about the Bulls.  Come join me on the Grizz OKC THUNDER bandwagon!  I'm on this one to stay. 

[Eli]

And back down the Bulls go, giving up 164 points to Devin Harris.

Rose thinks Vinny is an idiot.

This game will do nothing to stop the Internet chatter that Del Negro is over his head in his first season as a coach on any level. The Bulls took bad shots out of timeouts and there wasn't much imagination to the defensive scheme against Harris -- a point which rookie Derrick Rose stressed afterward.

''I think we should have trapped the pick-and-roll,'' Rose said. ''But he told us to contain, so that's what we were doing. Somebody going off like that, just trap him.''

Or play zone or something.

[JD]

And back down the Bulls go, giving up 164 points to Devin Harris.

Rose thinks Vinny is an idiot.

This game will do nothing to stop the Internet chatter that Del Negro is over his head in his first season as a coach on any level. The Bulls took bad shots out of timeouts and there wasn't much imagination to the defensive scheme against Harris -- a point which rookie Derrick Rose stressed afterward.

''I think we should have trapped the pick-and-roll,'' Rose said. ''But he told us to contain, so that's what we were doing. Somebody going off like that, just trap him.''

Or play zone or something.

Let it go, Eli.

Come join me on the Grizz OKC THUNDER bandwagon! 

You're in KC, now.  You can call OKC your home team.  It's a freebie.  Kevin Durant!  He'll average almost 40 someday.