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Connor BeJesus
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Of course Cora basically gets off scot free.
My memory was at the end of 98 the Bulls were barely hanging on. Now watching the documentary I feel like they definitely would have won 4 in a row if they brought everyone back. The funny thing is, Krause wasn't wrong about breaking the team apart and rebuilding. The problem was he made the Bulls bad at a terrible time in the NBA. 99-2002 were just some unbelievable bad drafts. This if the Bulls had the 1, 4, 7, 4, 2 picks starting in 2003 instead of 99. Could have ended up with something like Lebron, Gordon, Deng, Paul, Aldridge. Tanking, getting a ton of high picks and clearing cap space was a great plan by Krause with some bad luck and some bad execution.
The awfulness of those drafts was bad luck more than anything that could have been foreseen years in advance.
Krause’s biggest draft mistake was drafting Oakley instead of Karl Malone (and my friends and I said it at the time, not in hindsight). With hindsight, it would have been great if he drafted Shawn Kemp instead of Stacey King.
My memory was at the end of 98 the Bulls were barely hanging on. Now watching the documentary I feel like they definitely would have won 4 in a row if they brought everyone back. The funny thing is, Krause wasn't wrong about breaking the team apart and rebuilding. The problem was he made the Bulls bad at a terrible time in the NBA. 99-2002 were just some unbelievable bad drafts. This if the Bulls had the 1, 4, 7, 4, 2 picks starting in 2003 instead of 99. Could have ended up with something like Lebron, Gordon, Deng, Paul, Aldridge. Tanking, getting a ton of high picks and clearing cap space was a great plan by Krause with some bad luck and some bad execution.
Man Toni Kukoc would've been a superstar in today's era.
I'm a Raptors fan so I don't have much insight here, but I believe Zach LaVine is the team's best player (in terms of offense. His defense is non-existent). However I don't think he's a superstar. I think he needs to be the team's number 2 guy, and they need to acquire a true number 1.So I’ve been trying to get back into the Bulls during this quarantine. Can someone who follows the team closely give a Cliff Notes version on the state of the team?
Who is a building block?
Who should be moved?
Are these young player good enough to build a contender around, or are they just supporting pieces that still need a superstar to contend?
Umm.....I'm a Raptors fan so I don't have much insight here, but I believe Zach LaVine is the team's best player (in terms of offense. His defense is non-existent). However I don't think he's a superstar. I think he needs to be the team's number 2 guy, and they need to acquire a true number 1.
I've heard Markkanen wants to leave (Finnish divas in Chicago amirite?) so that's a guy I'd trade.
I also believe that the Bulls are really lacking quality veteranship. That goes a long way. I think the young players on the roster need guys they can look up to and be mentored by.
Mike really did put up some insane numbers under Doug Collins.