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Derrick Rose’s Rookie Year: Insider wanting to get out. Jerry Reinsdorf doesn’t care about winning. By John Nguyen
01.4.2009 - Updated on 01.4.2009
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I’m watching the NFL playoffs so my interest is not here completely. Peyton Manning and the Colts just got eliminated because they couldn’t run the ball nor defend the run. It’s sad to watch. You know what’s even sadder? There was a Bulls game on at the same time and no one noticed. I don’t like to write about the Bulls. I’d rather have someone else write about them, but after they lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves by 10 points (102-92) with rookie Kevin Love dominating the front line, I have to make meaning out of my frustration as a Bulls fan. For Chicago, D-Lightning put up 22 points, 4 boards, and 5 assists. When Larry Hughes came in, he went for his. He just kept on chucking. What a way to get your stats, you selfish bastard. This game serves as a microcosm of the Bulls’ problems ever since Scott Skiles was fired.
Kevin Love dominated the Bulls in just 21 minutes of play. After that, I have to say something for any Chicago booster including Barack Obama. I’m thoroughly convinced that John Paxson and owner Jerry Reinsdorf are incapable of wiping their asses after taking huge shits after shits on this franchise. They just don’t give a fuck about the team. Paxson is not smart enough to be a GM for any team and Reinsdorf is living off the MJ legacy. BJ Armstrong should have been the GM. Unbeknownst to people; Armstrong was another leading candidate for the job.
I also came to another conclusion. Casual Chicago Bulls fans are mentally handicapped; every single one of them. How can the Bulls thus far be one of the league leaders in attendance even through the horrific years is beyond me.
The Bulls continuing demise starts at the top. It’s like Reinsdork took a huge dump on a plate. “Here fans. Eat my shit.” And many fans eat that up like mindless drones.
What’s more disgusting? They love it.
I didn’t follow the team after The Dynasty broke up (1999-2003) and for good reason. When Paul Shirley is a regular rotation player and Randy Brown is the starting point guard, no one in the front office cares about winning. I’ve heard that Chicagoans do not have anything else better to do. That’s why they go to the games. Yeah, that alone proves that I’m right.
They’re stupid. They have an IQ of a mule.
D-Lightning doesn’t deserve any of this. What did he do so badly in life to be put on this crappy organization? There are so many better things to do than watching the Bulls play to lose. Go play in traffic, piss on snow, throw darts, go clubbing, smoke weed, whoop that trick, lift weights, or simply watch the games from home. How stupid can they be? I mean, really.
Chicago fans, how the hell can you support Reinsdork when he doesn’t care? He raised ticket prices BEFORE they got the number one pick.
From 1998-2008, Chicago went through tons of tanking and rebuilding. That’s just too much for one franchise, except the Clippers, but I do have an excuse for them though. You see the Clippers will forever be cursed until Donald Sterling gives up the team. At least they know they’re destined to suck. The Bulls, however, shouldn’t be sucking because they were blessed by God as He struck down from the clouds with D-Lightning.
Jerry Reinsdork is not so blessed because he thinks he knows basketball, but in actuality, he only knows the difference between a male and female. He interferes with basketball decisions and personally negotiates the contracts. Then he takes credit for it. This is the duties of the general manager. Since Reinsdork is acting this way, why hire a GM then? Just become the GM yourself. Who the hell wants to work with this loon? The only person I can picture is a homeless guy desperate for cigarettes. I once read that he only cares about winning the negotiation. He doesn’t care about anything else. This stems from his real estate days. He only sees money.
And what’s more ironic? He hates overpaying players. He absolutely despises players’ salaries skyrocketing and was a public figure in all of this. Yet he ended up massively overpaying Albert Belle to a ridiculous contract.
So he is all about winning the deal…did he really win? Aside from Scottie Pippen, he lost the other basketball deals he negotiated. Look at the recent contracts he personally dealt with: Kirk Hinrich, Andres Nocioni, and Luol Deng. He overpaid for all 3. Hinrich regressed, Nocioni became a Larry Hughes chucker, and Luol Deng turned into the invisible man. When he finally wanted to pony up the big bucks, he got Ben Wallace who is this franchise’s biggest blunder. He’s good at handling money, but atrocious on whom to pay; absolutely clueless. John Paxson should tell him, “Sign the checks and shut the fuck up.” Don’t worry, Pax. He will not fire you since he sees you as a son.
On to John Paxson.
He gets the other 50 of the blame since he’s the one doing the footwork to pass on to Reinsdork. Pax recreated what he inherited. He basically recreated the 2003 Bulls except they have Derrick Rose. Any other GM would have been fired. It’s time to step down Pax because you compounded the mistakes by recreating this crap. Tyrus Thomas is Eddie Robinson. Reinsdork will not resign Ben Gordon and you managed to put together a team WITHOUT A FRONT COURT. How does one do that? I think this is the first time in NBA history. This proves that John Paxson is an awful talent evaluator and doesn’t know how to scout big men nor does he know how to put a roster together.
How can Derrick Rose succeed in this? How can he succeed in this cesspool?
Like Chris Paul, I’m also thoroughly convinced that if the Bulls still have Tyson Chandler or anything near David West, D-Lightning would be averaging 8-9 assists easily. Through 34 games, he’s averaging 17.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, and leading all rookies with 5.9 assists. Without a front court, he’s getting nearly 6 assists! This is a testament to the uber awesome special mega talent he has. If only he had a competent front court, he would surpass Chris Paul’s rookie stats.
Everything is fucked up on the Bulls right now. Just as bad as last season except Rose is entertaining to watch. Just like Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich selling Obama’s senate seat, Jerry Reinsdork sold the coach’s seat to the cheapest bidder, rookie Vinnie Del Negro.
At this point, no one is listening to him. Joakim Noah and Tyrus Thomas stare into the crowd during timeouts. Ben Gordon puts his head down staying quiet. Del Negro barely says anything during the game with assistants Del Harris and Bickerstaff mumbling behind his back about God knows what. There is no communication between players. Rose speaks sometimes, but no one sees him as the man yet. Deng set the franchise back another 5 years.
How to fix this team?
Blow it all to hell except for Rose. I expected this year’s team to be an 8th seed. It’s a lottery team again. Ben Gordon is disinterested and I don’t blame him. Thabo Sefolosha’s defense is severely overrated. He plays like a scared chicken out there. He shouldn’t be the starting two-guard for any team much less starting over Ben Gordon. Casual Bulls fans have been lobbying this, but that’s why I claimed that “they have an IQ of a mule.” Just because Thabo is tall? It’s a good thing that Del Negro truly sees that he sucks.
Here’s an insider’s look at what it’s like to be a part of the Bulls from a Cavs fan when the Bulls played against them:
I’m a Cavs fan, and I was working today at a place directly across from where the Bulls were staying...
The team had a morning shoot around this morning and all the players loaded up on the bus... About an hour and a half later the bus comes back and all of the players get off of it except DRose and Larry Hughes...
Hughes came back about 10 minutes later in a cab...
About 20 minutes later I was heading to lunch, and DRose is walking up the street from the arena by himself carrying a pair of shoes, and wearing nothing but a tshirt and a pair of shorts...
Mind you that the arena is about 15 minutes from the hotel, and it was 20+ degrees....
He was with nobody...
All day I saw players in the mall (connected to the hotel) and they were hanging out in groups...
Saw Joakim and Thabo hanging out....
Simmons, Gray, and one other guy....
Hunter, Thomas, and Ben Gordon walk into Morton’s steakhouse..
The only 3 guys that were by themselves were Hughes, Noch and DRose...
Was surprised as hell to see DRose walking up the street by himself, and not knowing where the hotel was...
He was heading in the right direction, but the guy was literally walking around the city with nobody with him in a t-shirt and shorts...
All I can say that it’s gotten so bad that D-Lightning and the rest of the Bulls doesn’t want to be seen with Larry Hughes. Somebody contact Larry Hughes’ parents. Please take your son back. Go take a dump. Then explain to him, "Here’s Michael Jordan" while pointing to the sky. Then say, "And here’s you" while pointing to the timber you just laid out.
Oh, don’t worry though. Larry is not alone. Jerry Reinsdork can relate.
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Posted by
J.Nguyen
on 02.21.2009 | Please don’t delete, we will not delete your post. Maybe it’s best I stay here to write and you stay there and keep whining? Thanks. . | Posted by
Sulo
on 01.21.2009 | I don’t understand why there are such a huge amount of hate mail on nearly every second article i read at hoopsvibe.com. Honestly if you don’t enjoy reading it, fine leave the site and stop reading further articles from this site. I’m sure you could write better articles since you recommend the writers here are the "worst". I personally appreciate the articles and writers here on this site. Uhh why bother anyway. They’ll probably hate on me aswell lol. . | Posted by
Please Don’t Delete
on 01.7.2009 | Okay that guy that commented below you is a loser. But he did have one good point. Can you please leave this site. Because if you leave a new writer will come in and produce the same amount of quantity but with a much higher quality. I know I’m just a ’hater’ and because of that, my opinion must be wrong. But seriously, from the comments on this site it is clear that your articles are not liked. Even if its just the people that visit this site, and not actually your articles, you are still disliked and I think its just best if you leave. . | Posted by
J. Nguyen
on 01.6.2009 | Wow, i realized again that your complete handle is "YOUR hopmeboy."
Sorry. I don’t swing that way. Advertise your services to someone else.
To bring it back to basketball, the Chicago Bulls will be a lottery team again this year unless John Paxson can pull off a bold trade, but he doesn’t have the pieces necessary to do such a thing. Prove me wrong, Pax. If anyone is looking up his past history on trades, it’s most likely a salary dump. He hasn’t done ANY trade to improve the team. That’s why John Paxson is consistently a top 5 WORST GM. . | Posted by
J. Nguyen
on 01.6.2009 | Hey, a personal attack that has nothing to do with basketball. Normally I pa-------it up and don’t comment, but this is too funny to pa-------up. I have to respond. Normally it’s deleted, but many people have seen the comment already. I have to serve up a plate once in awhile.
To Hopmeboy, it’s funny that you use your handle here as "Hopmeboy." Watch who you call "FAG" because anyone using "Hopmeboy" should look in the mirror. Your handle sounds too much like "HumpMeBoy." You couldn’t blatantly advertise that side of you even more eh? On a basketball site no less. Amazing.
I appreciate the haters because it keeps us grounded, but "HumpMeBoy" stepped over the line. I’m going to tab you as an Oklahoma City fan. Go root for your Oklahoma City Thunder. They need more fans like you with their 5-77 record. If Kevin Durant was right next to you when you were posting that comment, he’ll beat you with that anorexic skinny frame, raid your fridge, and then demand a trade to get away from people like you "HumpMeBoy."
Here’s some advice: next time post as "John Amaechi" and go buy his book. It’s an interesting read. I think you can relate. . | Posted by
Your Hopmeboy
on 01.6.2009 | How about you actually fukc the haters, you FAG. f-off this site. . | Posted by
Hoodbangaz ent.
on 01.6.2009 | yo you are a funny guy keep posting and f the haters, that nobody wants to be seen with larry hughes conclusion was real witty like i said keep posting f the haters or rather thank the haters . | Posted by
J.Nguyen
on 01.6.2009 | To all of the haters calling me "The Worst Writer Ever." Thanks. I couldn’t have done it without you writing nonsensical comments that have nothing to do with basketball. You’re just attacking me. WORST POSTERS EVER? Lovin’ it.
As for me not entirely interested when I was writing this piece, of course I wasn’t. I’m a Bulls fan for a God’s sake! Need I say more? They suck right now. Who wants to write about them? I feel more bad for Derrick Rose and Ben Gordon having loser teammates. I felt bad for the Colts being eliminated. Of course. I had to air out my frustrations somehow and not many people outside of Chi-Town know what is going on with the organization. I had to speak up.
Thanks for everyone commenting in general. Derrick Rose has a shot to equal Chris Paul’s impact at the point guard position once he gets his defense and big men together. I’m not exaggerating. I’m convinced. He’s too special. . | Posted by
aimac_76
on 01.6.2009 | As I’ve said on this site before I’m going to say it again. You are the worst writer ever. And you know how you said your interest isn’t really here? Well hopefully you completely lose interest and leave this site alone and try to offer your basketball "wisdom" somewhere else. You’re an idiot. . | Posted by
rapotors-fan i finally agree with you on something
on 01.5.2009 | write about boston BS play, 99% of the time they drive to the hoop they don’t even get touch and its a foul, and then they dont want to call anything on the other end then need serious help to stay in close games and then get more bs to win it, every ref that refs there games should be fired to they get one that calls the game right . | Posted by
CHITOWNSFINEST
on 01.5.2009 | This is an awesome article, you wll give stephen a smith a good run for his money bro. D-Rose is the MAN. Our next big blunder after overpaying for ben wallace was trading lamarcus aldridge for tyrus i think im too good for the dunk contest thomas. Then we fucked up more by giving luol even more money. I say the best thing for the bulls would be to trade for carlos boozer, shawn marion, and try to get marcus camby somehow. Marion runs well with a good PG, and camby is a mature tyson chandler. What do u guys say? . | Posted by
tman
on 01.5.2009 | The writer said about derrick rose "What did he do so badly in life to be put on this crappy organization?". the thing is rose succeded. worked hard on ball probably several hours a day neglecting his personal life and practicing on days he didnt feel like. Hes great. and now to make him better and to add to his legacy in a couple years we will all say. WOW look at wat rose did for the bulls look at where they are now." Rose is amazing thus the amazing challenge. . | Posted by
on 01.5.2009 | this might be one of the greatest commentary i’ve ever read.haha, i keep telling people thabo is hot garbage but they won’t listen. when was it that he became an all-league defender? and i actually appreciate guys like him who don’t complain about minutes, but he doesn’t complain because he can’t buy a bucket. shoot, i wouldnt either.the bulls should’ve signed gordon but now it might be too late. and since when have the bulls ever NOT needed a frontcourt right? i swear i almost want to cry every night on comcast watching rose play and just seeing on his face, "wow. i can’t believe i really only have just one teammate (gordon). just a single one. how is this possible? the game should be forfeit if we don’t have 5 guys on the flo...oh wait...those 3 really tall guys aren’t just fans or something?"i bet 25 bucks noah couldn’t make 3 consecutive lay-ups on an wide-open fastbreak.wow i feel like there’s so much i could write, but it would all be revealed to a non-chicagoan if he or she would just watch ONE game. . | Posted by
Facts to the uniformed
on 01.4.2009 | Odd that Hughes has the best percentage of shots though, sure he pissed, Rose was 1 for 9 last night, nobody pulls him or says "chucker". Three pointers, he can’t shoot them? Hughes has 36 for the year and half the minutes, plus the only player or guard that can play defense. Hughes could give a s---who is hanging with him. 11 years in the NBA and you want him to babysit the rookies? Also besides the highest stats, percentages 3pt ers, don’t worry about Larry, since the average NBA career is 4.5 years, Larry is making about $180,000 a night on his 11th year. Only 10% of NBA players make that. Call you want you want, but Larry Hughes by all accounts, including bank accounts is a tremendous success as far as an NBA career. . | Posted by
Raptors-Fan
on 01.4.2009 | LOL@ JOHN NYGUEN. He claims to be a bulls fan but doesn’t wanna write about them? LOL. Your idiotic pal. You answered your own question in this article. ’How can bulls fans pack the arena when their team is crap." B/C THE FRONT OFFICE DOESN’T WANT TO WIN. Why do you think they drafted (or traded for) guys like Tyrus Thomas. Highlight plays. If they wanted to win, They would have kept lamarcus alridge. Same with D-Rose. They were gonna draft him even if they didn’t know he was gonna put up this kinda production, b/c he makes highlights. See I don’t get why you have to rant about meaningless shìt like this. "oh teh bulls sax, i blame the front office." what else is new? that’s the story around fõckin half the league buddy. Just b/c you got derrick rose you think your gonna become an eastern conference contender? LOL. Next time why don’t you choose to rant about something people care about. For example the celtics dirty a-------play? I know people have written articles defending them, and saying why it’s good to hate them, but is it so much to ask if one guy writes about how they are a complete bunch of .selohssa (read backwards.) Or maybe even about the touch fouls called on one end complete anal violation that goes un noticed on the other. we’ve all seen it. write about something everyone can relate to PLEASE.Sorry buddy, but your truly the shìttiest writer on hoopsvibe. . | Posted by
J,
on 01.4.2009 | ah the bulls, they should draft michael jordan again . | Posted by
Fred Combs
on 01.4.2009 | It’s really not that interesting, but good-look on the info tho . | Posted by
C.Y. Ellis
on 01.4.2009 | For the record, Fred, there’s a standard anti-spam, anti-obscenity filter built into all sites working on the same platform as HoopsVibe. I’ve tried disabling it in the past, but it invariably results in every article being buried in spam comments within an hour. We’re in line for an upgrade that should allow us to keep the spammers at bay without bowdlerizing the comments, though. I could explain why certain words are filtered when more objectionable terms are allowed, but it’s not as interesting as you’d think. . | Posted by
Fred Combs
on 01.4.2009 | The writers on the site can swear up and down, but the commenters can’t write the word cla-------without it being "Edited" amazing! I don’t even care about the piece, I just find that ridiculous what’s the point if swearing shows up anyway regardless from what side . |
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