Comments on: Tyrus Thomas for Al Harrington?

By: dougbiker

dougbiker — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:47:48 +0000

Tyrus Thomas’ 3rd year was comparable to Jermaine O Neal’s 5th year. From Jermaine’s 6th year to his 11th year he was a 5 time All Star starting the All Star Game twice. Tyrus also was over 78% in free throw shooting while Jermaine was at 61% in his 5th year. No wonder several teams are interested in Tyrus!

By: Do the Bulls need an alpha dog? » By The Horns

Do the Bulls need an alpha dog? » By The Horns — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:30:02 +0000

[…] poorly constructed team. That would be the case even if Hinrich and Tyrus Thomas were healthy. The Ty Thomas for Al Harrington trade rumors seem to be a concession by Chicago management that the team — as presently constructed […]

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:10:49 +0000

Taj Gibson is not good, do you people watch him play? He puts up the same numbers any player that could make an NBA team could put up with him minutes. He makes very little impact at all on any game.

By: L.A.Bullsfan

L.A.Bullsfan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:31:18 +0000

Trade the whole team.

By: Matt McHale

Matt McHale — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:19:12 +0000

RMagnus — I have several thoughts on the matter, but I’ll leave you with a few wise words from Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo!’s Ball Don’t Lie:

“I’ve been a Thomas backer for a while, but the only way this guy was going to even sniff his potential in the NBA was for him to get a solid foundation and instruction in the first two or three years of his career. Chicago frittered that chance away while dealing with coaching issues, the hope that Ben Wallace(notes) would grow into any sort of locker-room leader, and by involving him in trade rumors almost immediately after Thomas was … um, traded to the Bulls in June of 2006.

“So while Tyrus could have a beastly few weeks upon heading to his next team — whether that is sometime this year, next season or (shock horror) in 2011-12 after playing out the QO with Chicago (hey, it’s Chinatown, this NBA; anything can happen) — it likely won’t be anything that lasts. He’s just been dogged around too much to want to trust anything. Too much of his great play was met with a benching. Too much of his dog play was meant with an indifferent shrug.”

By: felipe garcia

felipe garcia — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:45:35 +0000

Yup, lets make this trade happen! Lets face it people Tyrus Thomas is not a right fit for the Bulls system anyways.

By: felipe garcia

felipe garcia — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:28:43 +0000

The Bulls need to make this trade happen A.S.A.P!!! because just like the joe and matt mention this already in their comments. The Bulls need a good CONSISTENT SCORER!! that can hit big shoots and help the offense when they are not shooting well on given nights, making Al the right guy for the job. By adding Al, he can play the 3, 4 and 5 spot spreading the floor. He can hit big 3 point shoots at a high percentage (something the Bulls are truly missing ever since BG left.), score inside, outside and plays solid defense. Maybe not as well as Tyrus Thomas defense but, he is a way better consistent scorer then him! Averaging 19 points per game with 6 rebs and 1.2 steals coming off the bench. And just like joe and matt mention this already, if Al is not the right guy for the Bulls when it is all said and done, they will have the option not to sign him again for next year. Since his big contract is coming off the books for 2010, giving the bulls the same chances of getting Bosh, Wade or Joe johnson still. So please BULLs GM make this deal happen right now!!!

By: RMagnus

RMagnus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:58:22 +0000

“‘developing’ Thomas have been poorly concieved and even more poorly executed”….wow, that’s a pretty strong statement. Can you be more specific? What were the Bulls doing that they shouldn’t have done? What were they not doing that they should have done? If what you really mean is, “they haven’t given him consistent playing time,” then 30 teams are poorly conceiving and executing the development of a lot of players.

By: Discount Skis

Discount Skis — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:45:46 +0000

I’d take Tyrus over Al any day. Al’s never been a winner. At least Tyrus still has some potential.

By: bulls fan

bulls fan — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:53:48 +0000

u people are crazy… all harrington is not even a player we should be looking at right now. first off, yes the bulls are struggling and definately do not have a post player. that doesn’t mean we get rid of ty thomas basically because he is hurt. the bulls should have learned from their mistakes when they got rid of tyson chandler when he lit shit up the year after we traded him. ty thomas is not the best player in the world but lets face it, he isn’t the worst either. if anything, we should get rid of him next year in hopes to get a couple superstars next year.