Pax - Is Mitch Cupcheck there?

Mitch - This is Mitch

Pax - Uh, yeah Mitch, John Paxon here. We'll go with what you wanted if you still want it.

Mitch - Nahh. I've changed my mind. We're gonna ride this out. See if we can't have a good year.

Pax - Fuck.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

My guess is that Skiles is trying to motivate Thomas, who has superior athleticism but is stupid and raw offensively. Or it could be that Skiles is simply desperate. Thomas is unreliable; Wallace has become reliably mediocre; and Smith's bad knees prevent him from playing big minutes. The Bulls' collection of big men are average at best. So far they look a lot worse than that.

And Hinrich is a freakin' idiot. Have I mentioned that yet? I hate the way he makes such obvious, stupid and unnecessary fouls....and then always complains about the call to the refs. For a player purported to be so "smart", he's actually incredibly dumb.

It is early, but when Joe Smith is your best big man at any point, chances are your team is going to struggle.

If Ben Wallace is indeed injured, then please sit him because he's not helping.

Tyrus Thomas starts at PF, but does this guy really have a position ? He just seems to be out there at times than actually filling a role.
Noah provided some energy with a few blocks, but I don't think we can expect more than that with his offensive game being so poor.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Am I basketball retarded for liking Noah?

His clappy-clap after every point is a bit dopey, but I think the kid COULD be a really good player. I think he gets after the ball, unlike the majority of the Bulls.
And one more thing, get Hinrich the fuck out of here! He has lost his luster and is just a crybaby. Refs are just waiting for him to give them a chance to "T" his ass up.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Am I basketball retarded for liking Noah?

His clappy-clap after every point is a bit dopey, but I think the kid COULD be a really good player. I think he gets after the ball, unlike the majority of the Bulls.

And one more thing, get Hinrich the fuck out of here! He has lost his luster and is just a crybaby. Refs are just waiting for him to give them a chance to "T" his ass up.

I think Scott Skiles will be here for the long haul. I see players getting launched (i.e. Ben Wallace, Kirk Hinrich) before they fire Skiles.

I just think the current Bulls team stinks. Plain and simple.

They need some new blood and that blood would be Mr. Kobe Bryant.

They seem lost out there and play timid.

I wanted someone to knock the snot out of Bosey on the Clip. The Bulls just sit around and wait for a ball to bounce their way so they can throw it away on the transition.

Noah, Wallace, Thomas all junk offense guys. This type of player is great to have, they turn missed shots and blocks into points, but when they are also your primary inside scoring we have a huge problem.

Another DNP on Gray!

Smith putting up big numbers off the bench, but lets not fall in love with his production, this was a bad Clipper team.

"We need some help"

No. They don't suck. They'll run off 11 out of 15 shorty.

No. They don't suck. They'll run off 11 out of 15 shorty. They'll win 47-51 games. But I'd like to see a go to guy. I don't know. This team just might not be championship material. Bernsie might be right.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

That's what I think also, but it won't happen until they get back from that trip. I thought they would go 3-3 (at best), but more than likely 2-4, so, in my opinion, we're looking at something between 2-10 and 4-8 to open the season.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.