http://www.chicagotribune.com/
ty-thomas
http://www.suntimes.com/
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
bull updates
d-rose
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi-08-bulls-derrick-rose-chicagoct08,0,5097100.story
ty-thomas
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/bulls/1208127,CST-SPT-bull08.article
http://www.chicagotribune.com/
ty-thomas
http://www.suntimes.com/
Thursday, October 2, 2008
why do we follow sports?
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=manny
So, how will this play out? I see Manny leading the Dodgers to the 2008 World Series, breaking their hearts and donning pinstripes next season. He won't feel bad, because he's Manny. The L.A. fans will feel bad. I will feel worse. It will be the single most painful sports transaction of my lifetime. It will make me question why I follow sports at all, why we spend so much time caring about people who don't care about us. I don't want to hear Manny booed at Fenway. I don't want to root against him. I don't want to hold a grudge. I don't want to hear the "Mah-knee! Mah-knee!" chant echoing through the new Stadium. I am not ready for any of it. You love sports most when you're 16, then you love it a little bit less every year. And it happens because of things like this. Like Manny breaking the hearts of everyone in Boston because his agent wanted to get paid, then Manny landing in New York because the Yanks offered the most money.
long article from bill simmons on espn, brings out a great issue at the end ...
why do we care? why do we invest ourselves into a team and players that almost always end up spurning us in the end?
we care because of the joy that comes with seeing our team win ... but there is so much more possibility for being crushed. only one team wins every year, but there is a chance of being crushed by players leaving for more $, the team missing the playoffs, or making the playoffs and crushing us with a tough loss ...
So, how will this play out? I see Manny leading the Dodgers to the 2008 World Series, breaking their hearts and donning pinstripes next season. He won't feel bad, because he's Manny. The L.A. fans will feel bad. I will feel worse. It will be the single most painful sports transaction of my lifetime. It will make me question why I follow sports at all, why we spend so much time caring about people who don't care about us. I don't want to hear Manny booed at Fenway. I don't want to root against him. I don't want to hold a grudge. I don't want to hear the "Mah-knee! Mah-knee!" chant echoing through the new Stadium. I am not ready for any of it. You love sports most when you're 16, then you love it a little bit less every year. And it happens because of things like this. Like Manny breaking the hearts of everyone in Boston because his agent wanted to get paid, then Manny landing in New York because the Yanks offered the most money.
long article from bill simmons on espn, brings out a great issue at the end ...
why do we care? why do we invest ourselves into a team and players that almost always end up spurning us in the end?
we care because of the joy that comes with seeing our team win ... but there is so much more possibility for being crushed. only one team wins every year, but there is a chance of being crushed by players leaving for more $, the team missing the playoffs, or making the playoffs and crushing us with a tough loss ...
official
bg signs qo --
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=239782
interesting note from that article ... almost everyone who signs the qo ends up signing for the mid-level exception the following year. that might not apply b/c i think bg is the best player to turn down the long-term deal for the qo, but we'll see.
if the bull are truly trying to run a fast offense this year, can they go small and compete? alternatively, can they slow the game down and go extra big?
here's how i see them going small -
pg - rose
2 - ben
3 - luol
4 - ty
c - gooden
if the bull go big, they could trot out
pg - rose
2 - luol
3 - ty
4 - gooden
5 - noah
i'm not sure that ty can guard a 3, but if he has developed any post skills, it would create matchup problems on the other end also.
i would love to see them try the combo lineup with a big back-court / small front-court lineup with play luol at the 2 (a big 2 in a small lineup) and noc at the 3, and the rest of the small lineup listed above (rose, ty, gooden). that would be a very athletic, "small" team ... but would be big at the 2 and 3 spots. it would also get noc and luol out there, arguably 2 of our best players, and create all kinds of crazy matchup problems.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=239782
interesting note from that article ... almost everyone who signs the qo ends up signing for the mid-level exception the following year. that might not apply b/c i think bg is the best player to turn down the long-term deal for the qo, but we'll see.
if the bull are truly trying to run a fast offense this year, can they go small and compete? alternatively, can they slow the game down and go extra big?
here's how i see them going small -
pg - rose
2 - ben
3 - luol
4 - ty
c - gooden
if the bull go big, they could trot out
pg - rose
2 - luol
3 - ty
4 - gooden
5 - noah
i'm not sure that ty can guard a 3, but if he has developed any post skills, it would create matchup problems on the other end also.
i would love to see them try the combo lineup with a big back-court / small front-court lineup with play luol at the 2 (a big 2 in a small lineup) and noc at the 3, and the rest of the small lineup listed above (rose, ty, gooden). that would be a very athletic, "small" team ... but would be big at the 2 and 3 spots. it would also get noc and luol out there, arguably 2 of our best players, and create all kinds of crazy matchup problems.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
bull and lil wayne
gordon to sign qo? he would not reveal earlier, but that seems likely
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/fullcourtpress/2008/10/gordon-update.html
i've heard there were no big roster moves b/c pax is afraid of going into next year without kirk and ben (he wants to have at least 1 of them going forward). with ben likely to sign the qo and walk next year, and kirk would be the main part of any trade that occurred (to uncrowd the back court), pax was handcuffed to stick with our current roster.
either way it sucks to lose ben (arguably our best player for the past few years) and get nothing in return. maybe we can put together a package at the deadline for more than a bunch of junk from cleveland.
lil wayne blog #2 on espn
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3619710&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos2
hollinger bull forecast
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/trainingcamp08/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=BullsForecast0809
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/fullcourtpress/2008/10/gordon-update.html
i've heard there were no big roster moves b/c pax is afraid of going into next year without kirk and ben (he wants to have at least 1 of them going forward). with ben likely to sign the qo and walk next year, and kirk would be the main part of any trade that occurred (to uncrowd the back court), pax was handcuffed to stick with our current roster.
either way it sucks to lose ben (arguably our best player for the past few years) and get nothing in return. maybe we can put together a package at the deadline for more than a bunch of junk from cleveland.
lil wayne blog #2 on espn
http://sports.espn.go.com/
hollinger bull forecast
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
alexei
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCulf-6l71o&eurl
mj photos from the tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-archive-photos,0,7890901.photogallery
mj photos from the tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-michael-jordan-chicago-bulls-archive-photos,0,7890901.photogallery
Monday, September 29, 2008
new rankings + bear
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking?season=2009&week=-1&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1
bull are ranked #17.
i think the celtics should be 2 and the lakers #1. bynum and ariza are huge additions and the celtics lost posey
cannot believe the bear are 2-2, and the 2 wins have come against indy and philly. we could easily be 4-0 (or 0-4). at least we will hang around the top of the division for a while (already thru 25% of the schedule and tied for first!
risk v. reward -
devin hester is awesome, and awesomely stupid. how he can pick up a rolling punt and return it for -8 yards and then return the next kickoff past midfield baffles me.
he is also terrible as a wr and one of our best options ...
how did he drop that deep slant (that hit him in the hands) and then catch that td??
bull are ranked #17.
i think the celtics should be 2 and the lakers #1. bynum and ariza are huge additions and the celtics lost posey
cannot believe the bear are 2-2, and the 2 wins have come against indy and philly. we could easily be 4-0 (or 0-4). at least we will hang around the top of the division for a while (already thru 25% of the schedule and tied for first!
risk v. reward -
devin hester is awesome, and awesomely stupid. how he can pick up a rolling punt and return it for -8 yards and then return the next kickoff past midfield baffles me.
he is also terrible as a wr and one of our best options ...
how did he drop that deep slant (that hit him in the hands) and then catch that td??
Sunday, September 28, 2008
jason williams retires
not sure why he signed with the clippers a couple months ago? sad to see him go ...
pretty sick
pretty sick
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