Cowley also cracked open the door of Uncle Jerry bringing everyone to one room and smashing their heads together. End result of Tibs staying.

I think the most logical explanation is GarPax is playing poker with suitors of Thibs by forcing them to make a move if they really want him. That means doing nothing until they get a call from a team. That this process may result in those teams hiring other coaches (and thus screwing Thibs out of a job if he's fired) is irrelevant because holding out for a pick is in Chicago's best interest. Thibs is just a pawn just like any player under contract in that his interests are subordinate to those of the team.

The only way holding out is not in Chicago's best interest is if they are then prevented from interviewing a coach they've identified as the best coaching candidate out there (because they have a coach in place). If the pelicans really want Thibs and don't want to trade for him, they should schedule interviews with Hoiberg, Gentry, and whomever else the Bulls are interested in just to force their hand.

I think Thibs fucked them. He knew they were going to get rid of him so he let it be known all season long he was going to be let go. He was smart for doing it. He gets paid no matter what and they get zero compensation.

I think the most logical explanation is GarPax is playing poker with suitors of Thibs by forcing them to make a move if they really want him. That means doing nothing until they get a call from a team. That this process may result in those teams hiring other coaches (and thus screwing Thibs out of a job if he's fired) is irrelevant because holding out for a pick is in Chicago's best interest. Thibs is just a pawn just like any player under contract in that his interests are subordinate to those of the team.

The only way holding out is not in Chicago's best interest is if they are then prevented from interviewing a coach they've identified as the best coaching candidate out there (because they have a coach in place). If the pelicans really want Thibs and don't want to trade for him, they should schedule interviews with Hoiberg, Gentry, and whomever else the Bulls are interested in just to force their hand.

I'm wondering what Thibs value is around the league. The Pelican job is the best one out there with OKC being filled. Which begs this question. How valuable is Thibs if OKC, which will be far and away the best job available this summer, was not willing to wait on him? Everyone keeps talking about him being a lame duck coach. If so, why would OKC rush to fill their position with an unproven college coach rather than wait on the great Thibs? Why wouldn't OKC simply wait for the second best coach in the league (at least according to members of the board) to become available?

I agree no one will give up a first but that doesn't mean the Bulls can't hold out in the hope that some other team will blink first. Like I said it's in the Bulls' best interest to hold out no matter how unlikely holding out will yield any compensatory return. They should only fire him once the possibility of compensation is eliminated.

I agree no one will give up a first but that doesn't mean the Bulls can't hold out in the hope that some other team will blink first. Like I said it's in the Bulls' best interest to hold out no matter how unlikely holding out will yield any compensatory return. They should only fire him once the possibility of compensation is eliminated.

JR Smiths stats were better with the Knicks....sometimes all your shit don't stick

The infinitesimal chance someone blinks first isn't worth the cost of looking even pettier than the front office has already, which is exactly how this is being represented nationally. If compensation was such a high priority perhaps the Bulls should have thought twice before making it blatantly obvious to everyone that this was an inevitability. Cowley said the offers they put out to teams with vacancies were "outrageous," which is hardly a surprise.

Cowley is Thibs' mouthpiece. The Bulls look petty because they're losing the PR war to Thibs, not because they are actually petty. They will probably engage in some muckraking once this is all done to reshape the narrative. Are you suggesting they fire him and thus lose out on the possibility, no matter how small, of compensation just to avoid looking petty? That would be failing to extract the most value out of an asset in addition to acknowledging PR incompetence. Again I don't see how firing him now represents the team's best interests unless not doing so prevents them from hiring the coach they want.

Cleveland's success in the Finals depends on how healthy Kyrie will be in a week. Either way, Golden State wins the series. In the summer, Kevin Love definitely opts out and goes elsewhere. If any of the other 29 teams think JR Smith is worth more than 6 million a year, he opts out and signs elsewhere. Restricted free agent Tristan Thompson resigns for an ungodly amount of money.

Their roster is going to be weaker but they'll still have LeBron. GarPax has to get creative this summer. I don't expect something big but something like Taj Gibson for Terrence Ross - to get more athletic.

These Granville Waiters like pivots are becoming quite pronounced. Or is it that I'm the only one doing the pronouncing? This is quite the example of "credible" posting at its finest. I must have missed the admittance of wrong somewhere along the line.

What? a Thibs critic becomes a fierce advocate without the benefit of the guy coaching another game? How'd that happen cappin?

I think you don't know the meaning of "credible," but I'll leave that discussion for another day. There is no pivoting here - that's your forte. I've said before that it was time for Thibs to go in Chicago since he lost the locker room after five years. It took Hoiberg all of five weeks to lose his locker room, comparatively speaking.

I don't think you actually know what it means to be frank. How can you have credibility on an issue when you make arguments that are paradoxical in nature? You have been touting the greatness of Thibs for the better part of two months. Please don't obfuscate by asking me to find a direct quote where you used the word "great". Petty deflections are most unbecoming. You obviously wanted the world to know that you were a fan. Now I find a quote where you posted "good riddance" to him and you wonder why your "credibility" is called into question. You have quite clearly been painting yourself as a Thibs guy until it was discovered that you were also a Thibs detractor. You are both a supporter and a detractor yet you wonder why your credibility is called into question? Maybe you don't know the meaning of credible. Good way to cover all of your flanks.