T-MAC gets his Holiday Wish
The Houston Rockets and Tracy McGrady are finally parting ways after a few disappointing seasons.
The Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey and Head Coach Rick Adelman have agreed letting McGrady leave the roster is best for the team.
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The 2000-2009 Running of the Chicago Bulls
The decade began with the Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf trying to replace the championship roster he had in the 90′s. We know the story. Michael Jordan retired, then un-retired for a year or two for a season with the Washington Wizzards . Phil Jackson left for the Los Angeles Lakers, where he three-peats to start the decade. Scottie Pippen was traded to the Houston Rockets and Dennis Rodman went completely over the edge.
Another bad game many will remember
The Bulls came into the game against the Sacramento Kings looking for their second three game winning streak of the year.
They last won three straight the 4th,5th and 6th game of the season.
Like the duration of the season after those games, they showed a poor dedication to the game and fully irritated loyal Chicago Bull fans as they gave up a huge lead and lost 102-98.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the King’s comeback was the biggest rally since the Karl Malone and John Stockton Utah Jazz overcame a 36-point deficit to beat Denver on Nov. 27, 1996.
With 8:50 left in the third quarter the Bulls were up by 35 points. Then the Kings turned it up.
They made a 19-5 run to end the third. The fourth quarter continued the King’s sizzle as Ime Udoka scored 15 of his teams first 22 points.
Then the budding rookie star, Tyreke Evans took the game over scoring 9 of his 23 points.
Former Bull foward Andres Nocioni summed up the Bulls performance best in an interview with ESPN.
“This game was absolutely crazy,” Nocioni said. “I’ve played in many games with national teams and many games in the NBA and I’ve never seen anything like that. I don’t know if we won the game or the Chicago Bulls lost the game.”
It’s safe to say the Bulls gave the game away. They quit playing. The defense gave anybody in a purple jersey an opportunity to score. The Bulls didn’t pressure and were sluggish to get to rebounds.
Offensively, they only scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. How do you win a game only scoring 10 points to end the game? The Kings had just went on a 19-5 run to end the quarter and were feeling good about themselves.
Instead of coming out strong and slowing down the Kings momentum the Bulls backed down looking defenseless and utterly useless. The team is losing supporters, not because of loses, but how they are losing. Losing a game in which a 35 point lead is handed over is embarrassing.
Job on the line
Head Coach Vinny Del Negro is under the hot seat. The pressure he has been building up for him to turn his team around from their bad stretch. The Bulls started the season out 4-2 including wins against the San Antonio Spurs (pre-season number two in Western Conference) and Lebron’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
Since then, they have 4 wins in their last 20 games and find themselves with an 8-15 record. In the past week and a half, they have lost to the New Jersey Nets, who had only one victory before the Bulls, and have lost by 25 or more points to the Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics.
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Kobe is a beast
The Chicago Bulls played the Los Angeles Lakers last night with something they have been missing for the last couple of weeks; heart and desire.
The Laker’s came away with the win, 96-87 but the Bulls come away with a morale victory. They lost because of a BEAST named Kobe Bryant. Chicago could look at Kobe as motivation. He was playing with a broken finger in a splint and still scored his season high of 42 points. On Saturday, he was given IV fluids because of a stomach problem.
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