I completely agree. It’s like people weren’t around for the tanking years because this shit is so much fucking worse. We used to have fun around here.
There was a season where other teams were using their bench warmers for the 4th quarters.
Don’t worry, this is the year LaVine plays defense, P Will will become an All Star and we’ll make a trade to make us true contenders!
/s
The one thing I don’t get out of all of this is why people don’t like AKME. I get not liking Billy. I understand the people calling Pat a bust or shitting on DeMar for playing real basketball rather than acting like he’s a circus performer shooting it from half-court, and even I get being pissed at Zach for making the wrong pass at the wrong time in every key possession. I don’t get what AKME was supposed to do here.
They were hired specifically to turn the team around right away. Not in four seasons using Lauri and WCJ as key development pieces, not by trading Zach for picks and restarting the rebuild. The fans literally bought a billboard demanding the last guys get fired because the rebuild was taking too long and it was the first time in 20 years that the Bulls weren’t selling out crowds.
They were clearly told to build around Zach, get some stars, and make the team into at least a playoff team. On paper, this team should be that. Every move has been about being that. Has it worked? Obviously not. But that’s the marching orders the general gave them so they have no choice.
People seem pissed that AK’s press conferences are him talking about continuity and improvement, but what the fuck do you expect him to say? “Yeah this team sucks and we know it, so we’re going to try to ride this out to mid-year and start the fire sale”? You do realize he’s not allowed to say that and keep his job right? It’d be like an actor doing a Michael Bay moving going on the Late Show and saying “This movie is dog shit and I’m ashamed I was in it, but the check cleared so I had to show up”.
Press conferences are not about the team openly and honestly talking about the issues and discussing their ideas to the public. They’re basically wrestling promos where the goal is to hype up the fans and drive interest in viewership.
The demar comment: just wow. Apparently “real basketball” means iso mid range jumpers. Every successful nba team in the last 10 years have been circus performers because they figured out shooting 3s is a better way to play. Derozan is the clown for pretending otherwise
