I think what's lost on nearly everyone is that GarPax aren't bad at their jobs. They're bad at the jobs people (rightly, I'd say) think they should be doing; they're great at Jerry's vision of the job - i.e., make sure we have a shot at the playoffs and keep the building full of asses ever 18", not to mention keeping just enough 'peace' around the organization that they can pretend to plausibly deny story after story that somehow or another casts the Bulls in a negative light.

That's the only way, I think, to explain doing things like saying how they want to get younger and then sign Rondo, or at one moment seem to be lining up to tank and then keep making moves to just improve the team enough that they end up w/out a high pick. Maybe some long-timers drop their tickets, but folks that want to finally see a game and then get a chance to will go see a middling maybe-they'll-win-tonight squad, but not one that's tanking. Turnstiles turn, asses in seats, cash in hand, lather, rinse, repeat.

I honestly think, that because of the whole Philly debacle over the past 5 years, word has come down from the league that they will not tolerate one of their major markets going into a prolonged "rebuilding" mode.

That's not an unreasonable take either ... it's a more palatable one I'd say.

There’s another familiar face waiting for Durant in The Bay: Warriors assistant coach Ron Adams, the defensive guru who was with him in Oklahoma City from 2008 to 2010.

The two have a fantastic relationship, one that continued from a distance after Adams left for the Chicago Bulls six summers ago. Before games between the Warriors and Thunder the past two seasons, Adams and Durant would routinely visit. Whether it was just a half-hug or a brief visit, it was quite evident that there’s a mutual respect there that should help them going forward.
After Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals at Oracle Arena, when the Warriors’ comeback from a 3-1 deficit to the Thunder was complete, Adams stopped Durant on his way back to the visitor’s locker room to make sure Durant knew how proud he was of the player he had become. Durant is a born scorer, but his defensive improvements have come progressively over the years. And that, more than anything else, was something that Adams wanted Durant to know that he had noticed.

Ok, who's shitty mult is FJBlack8?

The OP gets it. The rest of you are the reason the NBA and it's fan are shit. Once again, like better things.

The OP gets it. The rest of you are the reason the NBA and it's fan are shit. Once again, like better things.

You were going to need a starting C at some point.

If you hold onto Rose and then let him walk, a big chunk of that cap space is going to have to go towards a ridiculous deal for someone to man the C spot. Say what you want about Lopez, but his contract is actually pretty team friendly considering all the new ones that have been handed out this off-season.