Bulls Offseason Thread

[hawkeyecub]

And they don't move for 3 years. It might as well be playing for the next 3 years in a black hole until that happens. There's almost zero chance LeBron signs with them this year.

 

It's not a black hole when they can add Bosh with him and have Harris, LeBron, Bosh and Lopez as 4/5 of their lineup.

 

It's still Newark, New Jersey.

 

True but he's spent his entire life in Akron or Cleveland.

[SpongeWorthy]

PER:

Harris: 16.2

Lopez: 20.1

 

Rose: 19.4

Noah: 17.9

 

Yes, there were injuries involved and PER doesn't tell the whole story, but it's not as much of a difference as a lot of people think.

 

And Harris was hurt last year (though he does seem to be hurt often). He was at 21.65 his first year in NJ. Lopez is and will be better than Noah and they have the potential to add Bosh while it looks like the Bulls won't be able to.

 

That's like 1 out of 7 years for Harris.

[Guest]

And they don't move for 3 years. It might as well be playing for the next 3 years in a black hole until that happens. There's almost zero chance LeBron signs with them this year.

Also, not that I care much about basketball, but what does moving to Brooklyn have to do with anything? Brooklyn ain't Manhattan and it never will be. There are trendy areas but it's mostly a crime riddled slum like the Bronx.

 

What does where the stadium is located have to do with where the player lives?

 

Brooklyn is the yuppie and hipster capital of NY. It's not really "mostly a slum". NY athletes live anywhere from the village, to fancy brownstones uptown to neighboring communities in Jersey and Brooklyn to country estates an hour away. It doesn't really matter.

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Outside of Park Slope and the areas bordering Prospect Park Brooklyn is a slum. Any place East of Flatbush Ave. is dangerous and that's 2/3 of of the Borough.

[SpongeWorthy]

A slum in 2010 is not the same as a slum in 1970, especially in New York.

[Guest]

A slum in 2010 is not the same as a slum in 1970, especially in New York.

Plant yourself in Brooklyn or the Bronx for 10 min and you'll think different.

[Sammy Sofa]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

[jersey cubs fan]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

It's considered hip and cool, that why it matters. It's not Oklahoma City, Milwaukee or Sacremento. It's all the benefits of playing in NY, without having to play with the Knicks.

[jersey cubs fan]

A slum in 2010 is not the same as a slum in 1970, especially in New York.

Plant yourself in Brooklyn or the Bronx for 10 min and you'll think different.

 

Again, there's a very large area that is not in any way shape or form a slum, just like Chicago. It's a freaking big city all on its own.

[Guest]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

Dude, I lived in Brooklyn and worked in Brooklyn. I know what a slum looks like.

 

And I never deemed all of Brooklyn a slum.

 

Goony's probably about the closest, though. Brooklyn is trendy right now, but I don't see the draw for LBJ. I don't see the practical difference between the NJ Nets and the Brooklyn Nets, except for maybe the custody of Spike Lee.

Edited July 1, 2010 by CubinNY

[SpongeWorthy]

A slum in 2010 is not the same as a slum in 1970, especially in New York.

Plant yourself in Brooklyn or the Bronx for 10 min and you'll think different.

 

I don't know man. I've lived in south central LA for most of the last decade.

 

The way people describe parts of Manhattan and the outer boroughs of NYC made it seem like a war zone. Wasn't it basically a broken society back then?

[SouthSideRyan]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

Dude, I lived in Brooklyn and worked in Brooklyn. I know what a slum looks like.

 

When?

[Derwood]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

Dude, I lived in Brooklyn and worked in Brooklyn. I know what a slum looks like.

 

When?

 

then

[Sammy Sofa]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

Dude, I lived in Brooklyn and worked in Brooklyn. I know what a slum looks like.

 

I have friends and a brother who live in Brooklyn and have been there quite a few times myself. Most of Brooklyn is nowhere near being a slum. If that's a slum, then people living in actual slums are actually living on some kind of other-dimensional plane of Hell.

Edited July 1, 2010 by Sammy Sofa

[Guest]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

Dude, I lived in Brooklyn and worked in Brooklyn. I know what a slum looks like.

 

When?

2003-2004. I moved to Westchester in 2005 but still worked there parts of the week.

[C.C.]

I wasn't talking about where LBJ would live. I was asking what does playing in Brooklyn matter?

 

Because it's not Newark.

 

And holy Christ, I don't think "slum" means what you think it means if you're deeming all of Brooklyn to be one.

Dude, I lived in Brooklyn and worked in Brooklyn. I know what a slum looks like.

 

When?

 

Whenever it was a slum

[SpongeWorthy]

Phil says he's coming back for one more year.

[C.C.]

Knicks guard Allan Houston said D'Antoni made a strong presentation but couldn't tell if James was impressed.

 

"He didn't give us much feedback," Houston said.

[Magnetic Curses]

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1024789&start=15

 

here you go, this one of the links, sham is the dude.

 

Thanks brah

 

sorry, homie

[Butterscup1679666578]

Knicks guard Allan Houston said D'Antoni made a strong presentation but couldn't tell if James was impressed.

 

"He didn't give us much feedback," Houston said.

 

Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he?

[Garwilly]

Knicks guard Allan Houston said D'Antoni made a strong presentation but couldn't tell if James was impressed.

 

"He didn't give us much feedback," Houston said.

 

Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he?

 

Not since 05 or so.

[bukie]

Knicks guard Allan Houston said D'Antoni made a strong presentation but couldn't tell if James was impressed.

 

"He didn't give us much feedback," Houston said.

 

Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he?

He might have to if things don't work out this week.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Knicks guard Allan Houston said D'Antoni made a strong presentation but couldn't tell if James was impressed.

 

"He didn't give us much feedback," Houston said.

 

Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he?

 

Not since 05 or so.

 

That's what I thought but since they called him a guard I thought it was kind of weird.

[illiniguy]

I'm not even gonna pay attention to this crap until LeBron signs. I'm not getting my hopes up at all.

[bukie]

Knicks guard Allan Houston said D'Antoni made a strong presentation but couldn't tell if James was impressed.

 

"He didn't give us much feedback," Houston said.

 

Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he?

He might have to if things don't work out this week.

In fact, that may have been part of the pitch: "Come play in New York, or else we might be forced to play Allan Houston again."

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm not even gonna pay attention to this crap until LeBron signs. I'm not getting my hopes up at all.

 

That's where you're wrong. These scrubs getting signed to Ostertag-esque contracts is by far the best part of the NBA offseason.