Comments on: The Tyrus Thomas conundrum

By: inkybreath

inkybreath — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:19:41 +0000

I don’t mind that Johnson hasn’t calibrated his game speed yet. I look at what is trying to do. I think that part of his excitement comes from the fact that has a good awareness of when he has a step on someone. Once he sees how NBA defenses rotate and recover, he will use that knack to a good advantage. He wants to drive to the hole, more than anything and he is built for it. As a small thing, I think it is pretty inspiring to see what Rose is doing on the court in his second year. I could imagine how that would accelerate what Johnson feels that he can do right now. For my money, he is the Paul Pierce Project.

By: letsgobulls_24

letsgobulls_24 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:35:45 +0000

I agree with Varese regarding James Johnson. He is a turnover machine. I’ve only seen him make a good play a couple of times this season.

By: Varese

Varese — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:31:35 +0000

My God, this is depressing. It’s like so many of you aren’t even watching the games. Tyrus gets pulled when he Fs up two or more times in a row. And it happens over and over and over again.

Taj is “over-hyped”? What the hell are you seeing on the court? He plays smart, he FINISHES STRONG. How many times does Tyrus have to flop up those weak plays at the rim and complain about getting fouled for you people to get this?! TT should be a dunk machine.

Watch Chris “Birdman” Andersen play for Denver, and tell me why Tyrus shouldn’t be able to do all that and more for his team. It’s been up and down but at this point, it’s ridiculous.

TexasFan, AMEN to you, brother, you get it.

Inkybreath: are you SERIOUS about James Johnson? I’m cheering for the guy, but he’s been a train wreck out there!

By: inkybreath

inkybreath — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:00:44 +0000

I have to chime on Hinrich. Like Thomas, I have rooted for him to be on the team and I still feel that way. He is the kind of guard you end up trading for half-way through the season to put you over the top. I do think that he still has a little to go when it comes to his current role. There is nothing like watching him guard up at the end of the game. If he is getting good passes out of the system, he can hit them. His jumper is as technically sound as anyone on the team. And, yes, Brad Miller has been huge. He has been put in some big situations and has faltered in some, but that is okay. What I see from him, is that he has created a positive offensive relationship with almost everyone on the team. Of course he has a rapport with Salmons, but I have been really pleased with the way he finds Rose and Thomas (I know there was a reference to him passing on Thomas late in the playoffs?? But, mostly it seems like he has freely enjoys hooking him up.) And, I am excited about James Johnson, too. I think he will step into the super potential role that Thomas held for so long. He is an quick-footed, rim-attacker … can you imagine how fast and strong he and Rose would be on the break, in say, two years? Tangent exhausted. Bulls win!

By: rustumt

rustumt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:32 +0000

Look guys, Thomas’ failure to hit big minutes in the rotation all comes down to this – IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME!

Tyrus isn’t getting respect and confidence from his coach for the same reason why you didn’t get that promotion at work or didn’t make the Div 1 basketball team!.. He’s just not a smart guy and he obviously has a poor work ethic! I mean, how much more film and coaching do you need to understand that your freakish athleticism can help a team in so many ways?!?..

He doesn’t get the minutes he wants purely because he expects them to be gift wrapped and delivered to his door just because he’s been in the league for 4 years! What a joke! This is professional sports! Get your act up TT!!

And all you people who freely blame the coaches, think twice.. See you later TT, thanks for all those highlight blocks that ended up in the stands and were never converted into fast break points.. Oh and thanks for all those times you forgot to rotate on help defense and let someone into your own basket for an easy lay-in.. And I musnt forget to thank you for that beautiful jumper of yours that created a rhyhmic thumping noise.. In fact, I think we should honour you the title of Captain Clank before you leave!..

By: Tyrus Thomas

Tyrus Thomas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:01:52 +0000

Everyone listen to what Truth said, he speaks the truth

By: Truth

Truth — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:06:20 +0000

Tyrus isn’t a headcase. The man is a good player and he’s been getting jerked around since the playoffs last year. Good players don’t lose there jobs to average rookies. Taj Gibson has been overly hyped to justify Tyrus benching, now Chris Richard is overly praised for getting 7 rebounds, he’s a big man, his job was to rebound and he did, the fact that people actually choose Richard over Tyrus shows the level of basketball knowledge these people have. Also Richard played his first game and got 20 minutes, Tyrus only got 15 minutes in the three games before he was suspended for no reason, and Tyrus was producing, so hell yeah I see why Tyrus was mad, and if you watch Tyrus closely you could see this was eventually gonna happen. There was no reason for Vinny to cut Tyrus minutes, no reason at all. This was premeditated on Vinny’s part. Tyrus has his shortcomings like every other player, but what this organisation did with him was wrong!

By: Boppinbob

Boppinbob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:21:18 +0000

I love it when people say trade Hinrich. Look close folks. The Bulls started winning when Hinrich started starting. Rose started playing better when Hinrich started starting. Hinrich knows that he is not a superstar, he also knows that his role is to complement D. Rose in any way possible. He does this in an effortless almost unnoticed way. If Hinrich is traded the Bulls could be back to square one of the rebuilding process.

By: Boppinbob

Boppinbob — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:08:18 +0000

Until this recent outburst I was a Tyrus supporter. Even though he is in his 4th NBA season he is only 23. But he has shown that he was not able to learn or is not willing to learn his role. He has had 3 different coaches. None of them could get through to him. There is probably a coach out there who thinks he can reach TT. It is my feeling that the Bulls should take whatever they can get for someone who has no value for them. Potential has to have gradual payback. The Bulls are not getting that from Tyrus. Let’s try to get a front line role player for him.

By: Chad

Chad — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:44:19 +0000

I wonder what would have happened if they had started Tyrus after he played so well the first couple games coming back from injury. Would he have been happier? Would he have tried harder and kept playing well? When he played well he did get starters minutes those first 3 games back from the injury. Was he happy then, or did he just want to be a starter? Did he stop performing after those 3 games because he didn’t get to start, because he stopped getting lots of minutes, or because he isn’t very good?