Bulls Offseason Thread

[Magnetic Curses]

cleveland and lebron have wrapped up their meeting. bulls last in the group.

[Guest]

cleveland and lebron have wrapped up their meeting. bulls last in the group.

In these situations is good to go last.

[C.C.]

Here we go! IT's GO TIME!!!!!!!!

[bcl412]

Most anticipated meeting ever?

[C.C.]

I think I've refreshed realgm threads about 50000000 times since Thursday.

[Magnetic Curses]

chris grant's voice had a certain desperation in it. he didn't look excited and spoke in a weird cadence.

[Magnetic Curses]

this was the mystery box

 

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nba_experts__57/ept_sports_nba_experts-926322447-1278177804.jpg?ymMYQZDDeaNCoa5i

[Banedon]

this was the mystery box

 

http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nba_experts__57/ept_sports_nba_experts-926322447-1278177804.jpg?ymMYQZDDeaNCoa5i

 

Ha...pretty cool.

[Butterscup1679666578]

That's actually really awesome

[Magnetic Curses]

and the article.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie

 

As it turns out, the package James received was from Chicago. And as it turns out, it was the final piece in a week long marketing initiative by the Chicago-based Leo Burnett Worldwide ad agency. From the Chicago Tribune's Steve Johnson:

 

"LeBron, the fans of Chicago have a question for you," reads the two-page ad that ran in Thursday's Akron Beacon Journal, James' hometown paper. "Can you cast a shadow this big?"

 

The image is of an outline that looks a lot like Michael Jordan's, in the iconic, ball-in-one-hand pose, spread out over the Chicago cityscape. Dreamed up by sports-loving ad guys at the city's Leo Burnett agency and paid for by Burnett, it was the culmination of a four-day campaign featuring a fresh challenge each day. [...]

 

So Monday, they sent to his house the classic red, white and black Air Jordans and asked if he could fill those shoes. Tuesday it was a case featuring seven empty ring boxes, representing one more championship than Jordan won here, and the question, "Can you fill these boxes?"

 

Wednesday was a mock-up of a Chicago Tribune 10 years hence - still going strong, by the way - and the headline "Sweet Throne, Chicago: With Title No. 7, It's Officially King James' Court."

[Banedon]

Here's more info on it...apparently it's part of a week long campaign from an ad agency...

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Chicago-is-daring-LeBron-James-to-play-for-the-B;_ylt=AvteSwbNBH6viIF.TVwELJm8vLYF?urn=nba,253378

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-talk-lebron-james-pitch-0702-20100701,0,4464220.column

[Butterscup1679666578]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[kujay]

So what time was the Bulls meeting supposed to start?

 

I admit, I haven't really been much of a Bulls fan since I moved away from home (coincidentally, in 1999), but I can't look away from all this madness.

[Old Style]

:clapping:

 

Excellent marketing plan.

[bcl412]

:clapping:

 

Excellent marketing plan.

 

Ballsy as hell but it really does punch the Jordan legacy thing right in the face.

[rocket]

i don't know why ya'll want lebron when sulley clearly said that lebron will never win a title

[bleedingblue]

Here's more info on it...apparently it's part of a week long campaign from an ad agency...

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Chicago-is-daring-LeBron-James-to-play-for-the-B;_ylt=AvteSwbNBH6viIF.TVwELJm8vLYF?urn=nba,253378

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/ct-talk-lebron-james-pitch-0702-20100701,0,4464220.column

 

And this is why Lebron needs to stay in Cleveland and build his own legacy.

[kujay]

Gonna go ahead and read too much into this, but the Plain-Dealer is saying the meeting is still going on, well over two hours.

 

EDIT: Okay now they are gone. Just under three hours.

 

Edited July 3, 2010 by kujay

[Butterscup1679666578]

i guess losing legacies are still legacies.

[C.C.]

Bulls just left the meeting. A tad under 3 hours.

[Magnetic Curses]

i don't know why ya'll want lebron when sulley clearly said that lebron will never win a title

 

with the team he has. i said lebron needs more.

[C.C.]

"In the two-year buildup of LeBron free agency buzz, these two meetings today feel like this is where rubber meets road."

 

[bleedingblue]

i don't know why ya'll want lebron when sulley clearly said that lebron will never win a title

 

with the team he has. i said lebron needs more.

 

I know this is going to turn into an argument but..

 

The Cavs have more than the Bulls do in talent right now.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

i don't know why ya'll want lebron when sulley clearly said that lebron will never win a title

 

with the team he has. i said lebron needs more.

 

I know this is going to turn into an argument but..

 

The Cavs have more than the Bulls do in talent right now.

 

But since there are no NBA games being played in the next few days, that's pretty irrelevant.

 

There's nothing worse for your championship future in the NBA than having a lot of mediocre guys on your roster.

[bukie]

i don't know why ya'll want lebron when sulley clearly said that lebron will never win a title

 

with the team he has. i said lebron needs more.

 

I know this is going to turn into an argument but..

 

The Cavs have more than the Bulls do in talent right now.

It's a silly argument to make, especially in a Bulls thread. It's completely subjective, nobody will agree with you, and it's impossible to prove anything, especially when the Bulls currently have a roster of 6.