At the beginning of last season, many experts would have given the Bulls a better chance of winning the East than winning the lottery. Kobe still wanted to come here, remember. We had been noodged out of the playoffs by the Pistons. We had a maturing team and some decent talent.
Well, the Bulls didn't win the East, and didn't even make the playoffs. But they did have a 1.7 percent chance to win the draft lottery, and they did it. So we get the first pick in the draft!
Normally, I would be happy, but this just seems to be a setup for another fuck up of monolithic proportions. Whoever the Bulls DON'T pick is going to be rookie of the year and MVP. Whoever we DO pick is going to be a self-centered overpayed jackass.
Of course, there are 10 empty spaces in the United Center where they could have put championship banners since the last one. But I guess they are just saving the space for when the Bulls "organization" wins a championship, instead of the Bulls basketball players.
Reading about the Bulls always makes me nostalgic, remembering how special basketball was back then. The Bulls were an unstoppable powerhouse who ran the triangle offense, and the Pacers were still ok too. Of course, everyone could agree to root against the Knicks. Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman could have punked out any team alone, but since they let the Bulls use 5 layers we always included a big gooby guy and a short white dude who could shoot the long ball.
Sigh....
The addition of Derrick Rose (they'd be idiots not to pick him) will hopefully jump start the Bulls return to power in the Eastern Conference.
ReplyDeleteWhile they need a lot more than just an actual point guard (be on the lookout for Kirk Heinrich's moving truck, it'll be moving fast), there's at least hope for a better tomorrow.
Hopefully this pick will attract an A-list coach, Paxson will make the right moves to get better frontline help and Ben Gordon can possibly become what he's best at now, a spot-up shooter.
Or maybe, they should just hire me to make personnel moves. Then the second D in my name would be for Defense ... or Dunks ... or Damn!
This sentence really summed it up for me - "Reading about the Bulls always makes me nostalgic, remembering how special basketball was back then." Too true. I've hardly watched a game at all since 2000 (not counting Ian and I conducting hardcore, marathon NBA Jam sessions each year in an attempt to score 500 points in a single game), because there's nothing there that I care about.
ReplyDeleteMaybe once donkeys are allowed to play on ice skates, I'll tune back in.