The LeDecision has been LeMade: LeBron James will join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. The three guys who were probably (in some order or another) Chicago’s Plans A, B and C have joined forces to become The Super Friends of South Beach. Ouch. But you know what? It could be worse. […]
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Deconstructing Dwyane Wade’s decision
Yesterday, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade talked to ESPN’s Michael Wilbon about trying to create a team of Super Friends in Miami. What interested me most was what Wade had to say about the Bulls. From the transcript on TrueHoop: “I get teared up a little bit thinking about the opportunity I had. … Chicago, […]
Free Agent Watch: Carlos Boozer is Chicago’s consolation prize
Here’s the skinny: “Carlos Boozer is the latest domino to fall in NBA free agency, agreeing to a five-year deal with the Chicago Bulls, a source close to the negotiations told ESPN The Magazine’s Ric Bucher on Wednesday. Various sources told ESPN.com that the contract will be for between $75 million and $80 million.” It’s […]
Free Agent Watch: Disaster looms
Disaster. Catastrophe. Epic failure. You can feel it coming can’t you? Hear it clawing and scratching under your bed. Hiding in your closet. Looming around the corner. Stalking in the shadows. It’s not going to happen. That’s the fear. ESPN.com has published an article called: Q&A: Where will top free agents land? In this article, […]
Free Agent Watch: The wait continues…
Well…I sure thought we’d know something by now. Didn’t you? Okay, okay. We do know a few things. Like the fact that Joe Johnson signed a ridiculos six-year, $119 million deal with the Atlanta suckers Hawks. That — like Johnson — Paul Pierce (four years, $61 million)m Dirk Nowitzki (four years, $80 million), and Rudy Gay […]
Free Agent Watch: No news for the Bulls so far
If you were hoping the Bulls would have secured at least one big name free agent during the first day of this year’s free agent bonanza, you must be pretty disappointed. One bit of very good news is that the Bulls won’t be tempted to overpay for Joe Johnson in a “Plan B, C, or D” […]
Free Agent Watch: Chicago’s first target may not be you-know-who
Based on the comments left on yesterday’s post, there’s a reasonably large contingent of Bulls fans who think management should make signing Chris Bosh their first priority. If you’re in that group, you may get your wish. John Jackson of the Chicago Sun-Times writes: “According to sources, the Bulls may try to lock up center/power forward […]
Free Agent Watch: The words of William Wesley
According to Adrian Wojnarowksi of Yahoo! Sports: “To listen to World Wide Wes, LeBron will never look back on Cleveland. ‘He’s up out of there,’ is the way he tells it to people, but LeBron’s Akron crew has to tsk-tsk such public talk because they all live in Northeast Ohio, and maybe always will. ‘We’re […]
Draft / Free Agent Watch: Bulls want to trade pick and shed salary
I bet you’ve been wondering who the Bulls are going to select in tonight’s NBA Draft. Me too. However, if Bulls management has it’s way, some other team is going to end up with the 17th pick. According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: “Like the Heat’s trade of Daequan Cook and their first-round pick, […]
Free Agent Watch: Updates on LeBron, Bosh and Stoudemire
Amar’e Stoudemire: Now that Steve Kerr is no longer GM of the Suns, rumor has it that Amar’e is finished in Phoenix. According to ESPN’s J.A. Adande: “Amare’s done. He’s gone.” If that’s true — and, in all honesty, it’s not entirely clear that it is — the question becomes: Gone to where? Personally, my […]