Headlines for January, 2008

The Don, President and Pope of Chicago Sports Speaks to the Faithful

Sunday night Bulls and White Sox Chairman and Owner Jerry Reinsdorf gave his State of the Union address. He explored the reasons for the Bulls' disappointing season, as well as previously unreleased details on coach Scott Skiles' departure. Before analyzing the night's comments, however, I thought it important to understand the man delivering them. Through knowing Reinsdorf's history, I thought I [read more...]

Thabo of Destiny

Do you believe in destiny? If you don't, Bulls second-year guard Thabo Sefolosha is living proof it exists. Thabo has a tattoo on his arm - The Game Chose Me. Despite not picking up a ball for that game until he was nine years old and living in a country that had never produced anything close to an NBA player, [read more...]

Time for the Running of the Bulls

There are a million excuses for this year's abysmal Bulls performance. Writers, including myself, have speculated ad nauseam about the preseason contract extensions never signed, the Kobe rumors, Scott Skiles "losing" the team, missed opportunities in the past lotteries, the small backcourt, the lack of inside scoring, and on and on. While some of those may even be valid reasons for [read more...]

Start the Fire

Following the "inmates running the asylum" 2nd benching of Joakim Noah, the Bulls played terrible against a team that hasn't made the playoffs this millennium. Heading into the 4th quarter versus the Hawks Sunday, they were down 80 - 66. Ben Wallace and Joe Smith had already played most of the night at the PF and C positions. Aside from [read more...]

Ballin’, Chicago Style

This doesn't appear to be the best year for local college basketball teams. Illinois has been a big disappointment, DePaul is struggling and Loyola is downright bad. Notre Dame is at the top of the Big East standings right now, but the Irish seem to end up on the NCAA Tournament bubble every season, so there would be no shock [read more...]

Can the NBA Bulls Learn From LaSalle St.’s Bulls?

I feel the craziness going on in the financial markets is an excellent metaphor for what is happening with the Bulls. This sub-prime mess was caused by lenders not accurately understanding the true value of the loans they were giving out. The lenders thought the thousands they loaned out today would be millions in a few years. Turned out those [read more...]

Is That Really Mr. Fourth Quarter?

Following Jim Boylan's coaching debut and Ben Gordon's superhuman fourth-quarter effort to secure the victory, Michael Redd summed up the performance - "Mr. Fourth Quarter did a great job tonight making plays." Last Thursday I attended the Bulls vs. Blazers game and got a chance to watch "Mr. Fourth Quarter" in action as the Bulls battled the Blazers into double OT. [read more...]

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