Billy deserves our praise for now, if not yet a parade. To paraphrase Pitino, Giannis isn't walking through the door, Blake Griffin isn't walking through the door (Clippers version), Anthony Davis isn't walking through the door. Maybe you could find a Kenneth Faried-type, but he has little offense like Bradley. They do have a system, and it relies more on activity than altitude. But when you opt for more size if it's not size with activity and shooting range, it detracts from the team's system of play. We've all known the size issue with the roster. Donovan is not quite as intense and structured. It's why Rick Pitino didn't last long at his two NBA stops. It's a lot to ask during an NBA schedule with all the games and travel. The problem with that is players have to continually play at such a high energy level to cause those steals and turnovers and transition baskets and offensive rebounds. Management, I suspect with Billy's endorsement, bought into the small ball philosophy. They're eighth in defensive efficiency, tied with perennial defensive leader Utah. Would anyone say any were a mistake? The Bulls obviously committed to remaking a defense with speed and aggressiveness. Remember, he lost his starting power forward for the season, and basically the offseason was hiring 6-foot-5 guards in DeMar DeRozan, Alex Caruso and Lonzo Ball. Which is the long way around to say Billy seems to have done as good or better than anyone could have with this team. Suddenly, Gregg Popovich doesn't look the genius. Which is why so many Coach of the Year winners are fired within two years, among them Dwane Casey, George Karl, Scott Brooks, Mike D'Antoni, Mike Brown. And except for those on the margins-the one or two best and one or two worst-they're actually pretty interchangeable. Did he get so dumb since then? It's a given in sports that coaches get too much credit when they win and too much blame when they lose. He got a standing ovation just coming to his seat and fans stopping by could barely speak or stop gazing at him. No, actually, he handled the hero role well. I refrained from asking for an autograph, but I asked if he wanted mine. Unlike most NBA teams, the Bulls still sit most media at floor level, and Nagy happened to be sitting three or four seats from me.
Is this the friendly Midwest I read about growing up in vulgar New York? I remember this Nagy guy coming to a Bulls game a few years ago. Fred Hoiberg went through it, also, as I know his son had to face Fire Hoiberg chants at his high school games. This thing with the Bears coach has been so bad I felt like I was in Philadelphia. As for the booing of coaches, enough already. I didn't know Billy's work well before this season because he always seemed to have players who were not so much immune to coaching but just who made sure you couldn't be a poor coach. You know what the chant would be at the next Bears home game. I'm still taking the over.Īnd imagine if the Bulls were to lose in Orlando on Friday. But the Bulls have been the better team most of the time this season, which is basically what this season was supposed to be about. So did some fortunate absences like LeBron in L.A. That first week of non-competitive opponents (see Bulls 2017-20) helped. It's actually been in the first quarter of this season a giant turnaround from non-competitive. I'm not suggesting merely being competitive is the goal or worthy of buying your No. Or just wait for the Bulls to fold at the end.
Not a time to give your players some load management breaks. The Bulls seem at least back at that competing stage where they-and the opponents-believe it's a serious game now with the Bulls. Every team talks about culture, which really means winning, or at least competing seriously. But that's not bad in the sense-and I'm not trying to make it a low bar-but we were surprised and disappointed. Keep repeating, they're all NBA players, they're all NBA players. I'm not suggesting the blowout loss was good, and the Houston thing was almost shocking level.
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