NBA Playoffs!!!!

[CutMeMick]

I just read that the Knicks fired Isiah Thomas.

Sucks for Isiah....

Was long overdue. I usually don't advocate for a coach's firing but watching him on the bench, he was devoid of any life and he's just made some bizarre decisions and he hasn't once settled on a starting line up in 2 years as a coach. Isiah will never get another coaching job in the NBA imo.

As for the Bulls, I wouldn't be surprised if they went out and got Larry Brown and Gilbert Arenas in the offseason. Definitely think they are going to go big, it depends on where the lottery ball falls but we saw how the Celtics rebuilt in an offseason, it just takes a lottery pick (which the Celts traded for Ray Allen) and some willingness to shell out some money and you have a team. Gordon, Arenas and possibly someone like Beasley in the draft could make a scary team next year.

Of course this is all daydreaming but the Bulls have money to spend, a lottery pick and a coaching vacancy with an owner willing to expend anything to win. Bulls make some noise this offseason imo.

But we can't rely on the lottery pick.
I think we need some fresh kids and we need to hold on to them and mold them there.

Arenas is def. a plus for us and I think he'd blend well with the team.

[amat]

I just read that the Knicks fired Isiah Thomas.

Sucks for Isiah....

Was long overdue. I usually don't advocate for a coach's firing but watching him on the bench, he was devoid of any life and he's just made some bizarre decisions and he hasn't once settled on a starting line up in 2 years as a coach. Isiah will never get another coaching job in the NBA imo.

As for the Bulls, I wouldn't be surprised if they went out and got Larry Brown and Gilbert Arenas in the offseason. Definitely think they are going to go big, it depends on where the lottery ball falls but we saw how the Celtics rebuilt in an offseason, it just takes a lottery pick (which the Celts traded for Ray Allen) and some willingness to shell out some money and you have a team. Gordon, Arenas and possibly someone like Beasley in the draft could make a scary team next year.

Of course this is all daydreaming but the Bulls have money to spend, a lottery pick and a coaching vacancy with an owner willing to expend anything to win. Bulls make some noise this offseason imo.

But we can't rely on the lottery pick.
I think we need some fresh kids and we need to hold on to them and mold them there.

Arenas is def. a plus for us and I think he'd blend well with the team.

Well this is one of the deepest drafts in the last few years, a possible top 10 pick could land someone like OJ Mayo, Chris Douglas Roberts or even Kevin Love so even if they don't rely on a college kid to turn it around, they could get great trade value for that pick. Ask the Celtics who got Ray Allen for a pick that was used for Yi. The Bulls are only a couple players away and that pick could land one of them.

[CutMeMick]

Was long overdue. I usually don't advocate for a coach's firing but watching him on the bench, he was devoid of any life and he's just made some bizarre decisions and he hasn't once settled on a starting line up in 2 years as a coach. Isiah will never get another coaching job in the NBA imo.

As for the Bulls, I wouldn't be surprised if they went out and got Larry Brown and Gilbert Arenas in the offseason. Definitely think they are going to go big, it depends on where the lottery ball falls but we saw how the Celtics rebuilt in an offseason, it just takes a lottery pick (which the Celts traded for Ray Allen) and some willingness to shell out some money and you have a team. Gordon, Arenas and possibly someone like Beasley in the draft could make a scary team next year.

Of course this is all daydreaming but the Bulls have money to spend, a lottery pick and a coaching vacancy with an owner willing to expend anything to win. Bulls make some noise this offseason imo.

But we can't rely on the lottery pick.
I think we need some fresh kids and we need to hold on to them and mold them there.

Arenas is def. a plus for us and I think he'd blend well with the team.

Well this is one of the deepest drafts in the last few years, a possible top 10 pick could land someone like OJ Mayo, Chris Douglas Roberts or even Kevin Love so even if they don't rely on a college kid to turn it around, they could get great trade value for that pick. Ask the Celtics who got Ray Allen for a pick that was used for Yi. The Bulls are only a couple players away and that pick could land one of them.

That's true amat and it can even go further then a 10 pick.

We def. need some big men we needs players that can bust some people up and make us a physical team. We're a decent shooting team and our defense can def. improve but we need a big man and we needs some experience. Hughes is a 9 yr. vet after that all our teams has between 1 and 4 yrs.

[CutMeMick]

Just came across this...


NEW YORK (TICKER) —The NBA on Friday conducted random drawings in order to break four ties among teams with identical records and determine the order of selection for the 2008 draft.
The draft will be held at Madison Square Garden on June 26, and the draft lottery to determine the final order of selection is scheduled for May 20.
The Minnesota Timberwolves (22-60) won their tiebreaker over the Memphis Grizzlies and hold the third spot while the New York Knicks (23-59) won their tiebreaker over the Los Angeles Clippers and are slotted fifth.
The first three picks of the draft will be determined by the lottery, which includes the 14 teams that failed to make the playoffs, with the remainder of the teams slotted in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the season.

The Miami Heat hold the best chance of winning the lottery at 25 percent. The Seattle SuperSonics are second (19.9 percent) followed by the Timberwolves third (13.8 percent), the Grizzlies (13.7 percent) and the Knicks (7.6 percent).
Outside of the 14 lottery teams, the Phoenix Suns (55-27) won their tiebreaker over the Houston Rockets for the 24th pick, and the San Antonio Spurs (56-26) beat out the New Orleans Hornets and will select 26th.