Bulls fans, if you checked out the Sun-Times this morning below John Jackson's postgame recap of the Bulls' latest clunker to a bad team, the John Ratzenberger-looking Mike D'Antoni & his New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, you may have noticed something below the story concerning the NBA Rookie of the Year already being over, according to Bulls' head coach Vinny Del Negro. I don't know if he was sticking up for his rookie or what, but VDN feels that the NBA Rookie of the Year race is already over. Vinny says that the Bulls' very own Derrick Rose should be the league's top rookie. VDN feels that Rose is clearly better than the Grizzlies' O.J. Mayo & the Heat's Michael Beasley among the NBA's top freshman class. Before yesterday's loss at MSG, Vinny said, "There's not even a conversation as far as I'm concerned." He feels that no one's played at the level #1 has played from the start, even though Mayo is the league's top rookie scorer at 19.4 points per game, compared to Rose's 16.8 points per game here in Chicago. While Rose is shooting 45.9% from the field compared to Mayo's 44.5%, Beasley's Heat is where Derrick & O.J. aren't, and that's a playoff team right now. To go one step further, ESPN2's Tim Legler & Jamal Mashburn feel that Rose is the midseason NBA Rookie of the Year, and so does ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard. Isn't Vinny getting a little carried away at this point?

Why are you constantly mocking people's appearances? Don't you realize that their looks can't be helped? Maybe they're not as fortunate as you are. Don't you ever consider that these people that you mock have feelings and find this type of behavior offensive? What's a single guy to do?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
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I'm not mocking anyone's appearance, Darkside...In fact, the Knicks' head coach looks like the guy who played the mailman on "Cheers" back in the day, and I have a feeling Comcast SportsNet's Luke Stuckmeyer might agree...They "Luke" so much alike, they could be twins...

1 thing for sure Vinny isn't coach of the year!

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I hope Mike D isnt is sensitive as you cuz ill tell you id rather have an obviously false pregnancy rumor about me than some guy tellin me I look like fuckn Cliff Claven

I see what you did there

at "Luke"

Hugh nose these daze.

Mayo's got a strong choir behind him but I'm inclined to agree that Rose is doing more with less, a remarkable fact for all the wrong reasons.

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Bulls to announce today that Rose won Rookie of the Year.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... 5550.story

I won't believe it until SHARK tells me it is so.

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Was there any doubt Derrick Rose was going to win the NBA Rookie of the Year? Hell no! Before the season, writers had the Heat's Michael Beasley, the Grizzlies' O.J. Mayo, and even the Blazers' Greg Oden ahead of #1. Hello McFly?! Oden's NOT EVEN A ROOKIE!!! He missed his rookie season due to microfracture surgery! Earth to NBA Writers...

Peter Vescey thought so.

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Spmack, Silvy mentioned that this morning on "Waddle & Silvy" with guest co-host David Haugh. You've got to be kidding me! This is the same Vecsey whose story about GM John Paxson leaving was taken by Uncle Jerry and others with a grain of salt! Vecsey was so far off target when the story broke around the NBA All-Star Break, and as for VDN, Silvy said the New York Post "writer" gave Vinny a first place Coach of the Year vote. Honest!

Umm. . . This is considered Oden's rookie season and he was eligible to receive votes for ROY.

B.S., Ex-Media Guy...Besides, out in Portland, they're mentioning Oden in the same breath with another often-injured big man, Sam Bowie...

I'm not following the linkage between the two, but this is from NBA.com. The R next to Years Pro stands for Rookie.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/greg_oden ... l?nav=page

I think John PAxson will quit as GM and sell his house to Jake Peavy.

I think cubbiegirlshamus will quit posting and go back to being parkridgesteph.

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