Kerr dominates Paxson in poll
Last week when Steve Kerr resigned as the general manager of the Phoenix Suns,because he wasn’t going to get rehired, I pondered the idea of Kerr coming back to Chicago to replace John Paxson as the Bull’s Vice President of Basketball Operations.
I asked the question to you, who would be a better for the Bulls, Kerr or Paxson. Kerr dominated Paxson, getting 36 of the 52 votes. I wonder if Kerr would beat Gar Forman, like he did Paxson.
Nocioni update
Former Chicago Bull’s forward Andres Nocioni was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers June 17th.
Nocioni was traded from the Bulls to the Sacramento Kings on the February trade deadline during the 2008-2009 season.
Nocioni will be on his third NBA team in three seasons.
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.
Brad Miller returns to Chicago
As the trade deadline is upon us the Chicago Bulls made a trade yesterday to require former Bull Brad Miller and John Salmon in return for Drew Gooden, Andres Nocioni and Cedric Simmons.
John Salmons is averaging about 18 ppg this year and Brad Miller averages almost 12 ppg and 8 rbp.
Brad Miller played for the Chicago Bulls in from 2000-2002 before being traded to the Indiana Pacers. Miller is now 32 years old.
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