A Veteran Who Happens to be a Great Shooter
Throughout the top ten summer free agent options for the Bulls, I have preached about two Chicago needs: shooting and leadership. At number 5, Ray Allen would be perfect for both needs.
When a conversation about the best three point shooter in the history of the NBA is started they’re a few names always mentioned: Ex-Bull Steve Kerr (has the best career three point shooting percentage), Reggie Miller, Glen Rice, Larry Bird, Mark Price and Ray Allen.
Noah showing his personality
Most of my favorite players have always been guys with personality. Who likes boring people? Not a Bulls fan.
Joakim Noah is becoming one of my favorite players. He plays hard every minute of the game and at the same time shows a personality. Whether it is talking thrash about Cleveland or looking at the crowd with an energized look when he swats a ball at them, he is showing Joakim the person.
Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Lebron James and Dwight Howard are just a few players who show a little or a lot of personality.
Noah has transformed himself into one of these players during the season.
The guys from HHR and Blogs with Balls got the opportunity to spend a day with Noah. I am extremely jealous. My friends at Yardbarker.com thought it would be great to email me the video to rub it in. Thanks guys.
Noah seemed to be a real chill guy. I can’t believe he tried to get one of them to wear the bowtie. I couldn’t stop laughing.
The way the Cookie Crumbles
Erin Redmond from larrybrownsports.com took a stab at the Bull’s record and their chance of making the playoffs. He blames the playoff system and doesn’t see why the Bulls should be in the post season with a “crappy” record. I think we need to quit blaming systems and realize this is how the cookie crumbles.
I agree the Bulls fell apart in the second half of the season. Trades, injuries and a head coach who should have never got the job justify their losing ways. Joakim Noah was hurt for almost two months, Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng have all missed games. John Salmons, one of the Bulls top scorers, was traded; same as a key defensive player in Tyrus Thomas. Enough said, I get Redmond’s point.
Bulls could use a big man/ Big Z needs a job
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, “Big Z”, is officially a free agent. The Washington Wizards, who picked him up in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers shortly before the deadline, bought out his $11.5 million contract and then released him.
Big Z can not go back to the Cavaliers for 30 days but could be picked up by any team immediately with a prorated share of the veteran’s minimum. He is still valuable and could help teams make the playoffs or into later rounds.
He is a solid veteran big man. The Cavaliers were his team before Lebron James dropped in the team’s lap. Besides having knee problems in his first couple of seasons, his numbers are very consistent. He was only a few rebounds away from averaging a double-double for a season multiple times in his 10 years on the team. A couple years ago, he was the only respectable center in the eastern conference.
T-Mac coming to Chicago?
The Bulls have been shopping players around the league in attempts to get players with expiring contracts who can help them for the rest of the year. This would also help in the off-season giving them Drake’s money to blow. They have one more day to make a move.
The latest trade rumor involves the Houston Rockets’s T-Mac, also known as Tracy McGrady, coming to the Bulls. McGrady has been put on leave by the Rocket’s management and has been training in Chicago. According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Houston Rockets are interested in Tyrus Thomas. Houston’s head coach Rick Adelman is a fan of Brad Miller as well since they worked together in Sacramento. The Bulls were trying to add Kirk Hinrich or John Salmons in the package but the Rockets were not interested.
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