Comments on: Bulls Can’t Take the Heat but Summertime Should be Fun http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/ A Completely Logical Chicago and Illini Sports Blog and Random Thoughts on Politics, Pop Culture, and the World Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:36:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Anonymous http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/#comment-551 Anonymous Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:16:41 +0000 https://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/#comment-551 ]]> By: Frank the Tank http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/#comment-97 Frank the Tank Mon, 08 May 2006 17:44:52 +0000 https://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/#comment-97 We definitely need the size. The question is whether the large guys available in the draft, specifically Aldridge and Thomas, are really going to be stars or if they are just the beneficiaries of a draft that has a dearth of big men. I don't want to see John Paxson turn into Isiah Thomas, but the other option out there is package the draft picks along with one of our younger players (Gordon is the most tradable player) to grab Kevin Garnett and then sign someone like Przybilla or Mohammed as a free agent. That would give us a lineup of Heinrich, Deng, Garnett, Chandler, and the new center. I believe a team with that lineup could legitimately challenge the Pistons right away. I'd like to see the Bulls try to make an aggressive leap because, assuming that Detroit signs Wallace again (which is about a 90% certainty), the Pistons are going to have their starting unit locked up for several more seasons. We can't just assume that the lineup we have now is going to keep ascending at the same pace (lest we not forget that the Bulls finished with the #4-seed last season while we only got the #7-seed this year). At the same time, teams such as the Heat and Nets are aging quickly, so the Bulls have a club that's on the precipice of making the Eastern Conference finals next season. Regardless of what happens, this is a huge offseason for the Bulls. What occurs this summer will determine whether the Bulls are going to be a team that just squeezes into the playoffs for the next few seasons and get bounced out in the first round or if they will become a club that can legitimately challenge for a spot in the NBA Finals. We definitely need the size. The question is whether the large guys available in the draft, specifically Aldridge and Thomas, are really going to be stars or if they are just the beneficiaries of a draft that has a dearth of big men.

I don’t want to see John Paxson turn into Isiah Thomas, but the other option out there is package the draft picks along with one of our younger players (Gordon is the most tradable player) to grab Kevin Garnett and then sign someone like Przybilla or Mohammed as a free agent. That would give us a lineup of Heinrich, Deng, Garnett, Chandler, and the new center. I believe a team with that lineup could legitimately challenge the Pistons right away. I’d like to see the Bulls try to make an aggressive leap because, assuming that Detroit signs Wallace again (which is about a 90% certainty), the Pistons are going to have their starting unit locked up for several more seasons. We can’t just assume that the lineup we have now is going to keep ascending at the same pace (lest we not forget that the Bulls finished with the #4-seed last season while we only got the #7-seed this year). At the same time, teams such as the Heat and Nets are aging quickly, so the Bulls have a club that’s on the precipice of making the Eastern Conference finals next season.

Regardless of what happens, this is a huge offseason for the Bulls. What occurs this summer will determine whether the Bulls are going to be a team that just squeezes into the playoffs for the next few seasons and get bounced out in the first round or if they will become a club that can legitimately challenge for a spot in the NBA Finals.

]]> By: TK http://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/#comment-95 TK Sat, 06 May 2006 15:02:05 +0000 https://frankthetank.wordpress.com/2006/05/05/bulls-cant-take-the-heat-but-summertime-should-be-fun/#comment-95 Ahh, Brandon Roy, Illini killer. He'd look great next to Duhon. I like Thomas too, but worry that all the Final Four hype is really the only reason he's on anyone's radar. Honestly, I followed the Bulls more this year than in about 5 years, and I think they need a big man more than they need a SG/playmaker. Deng/Gordon have the potential to be playmakers, and since the Great Tyson Chandler experiment has really not done much for me, let's get a big guy, continue to build team chemistry. However, if Ben Wallace falls on our lap, eat him. My terrible analysis of the Bulls. Thank you. ~TK~ Ahh, Brandon Roy, Illini killer. He’d look great next to Duhon. I like Thomas too, but worry that all the Final Four hype is really the only reason he’s on anyone’s radar. Honestly, I followed the Bulls more this year than in about 5 years, and I think they need a big man more than they need a SG/playmaker. Deng/Gordon have the potential to be playmakers, and since the Great Tyson Chandler experiment has really not done much for me, let’s get a big guy, continue to build team chemistry. However, if Ben Wallace falls on our lap, eat him.

My terrible analysis of the Bulls. Thank you.
~TK~

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