Windy City Rises? The Chicago Bulls' fantasy
The Bulls are a team whose ancestors were once wide, and every time they brag at a party, they slap Danzi on the stage, and keep all the people and horses silent. However, back then, I put my hands in my pockets, and I didn't know what it was to call the domineering appearance of my opponent, and it was no longer the past.
Now this bull is in a state of confusion. They have missed the playoffs five times in the last six years. Last season, the regular season gnawed a 40-win play-off first-round counterattack against the Raptors, seeing that it was one step away from the playoffs, but unfortunately was flattened by the subsequent overall runner-up Heat. Although there is no shame in losing to the overall runner-up, the outcome of missing the playoffs again cannot be changed.
Big living people can't be suffocated by urine, and it makes sense that every year the Bull management will have an ambitious plan to "make the Windy City great", but it will not be long before it is scrapped. The reason is simple, the overall strength of the team is mediocre and not supergiant, and it is not attractive to stars in all aspects. This can be regarded as a wake-up call for Yong Guan, who thought that he was located in San Francisco and had Curry's future without worry, and he fell quickly in confusion. If nothing else, wasn't Windy City once the third largest city in the United States?
To get back to the point, Bulls management received bad news before the offseason began: Ball Lang had a rare disease, nominally a condition in his left knee, but in fact this injury was outrageous even in the name of knowledge. He underwent two surgeries in January while missing a knee injury, announced season reimbursement in late February, underwent cartilage transplantation of his left knee in mid-March, and confirmed reimbursement for the new season in July, forcing the Bulls to apply to the league for an injury exception.
It is foreseeable that it will be difficult for the future Lang to restart his sports career with a fresh attitude, which can be regarded as confirming the saying "Ask Jun how many worries can there be, just like choosing a ball". It makes the Bulls extremely uncomfortable, and the lack of point guards to dispatch in the center, what can Azan and LaVine achieve alone? Isn't it a new and upgraded version of the Trash Brother?
Looking through the yellow calendar, you will find that when there is Da Lang, the bull still has the ability to bully the soft and fear the hard, and when Da Lang falls, he is a little unable to abuse vegetables. It can be seen that the Bulls need a commander to command the three armies, but how can a point guard who is good at organizing a series of connections be so easy to find?
I had to make do with it, what Caruso Beverli Drajichdosum, tried it all over again like a lot, and the effect was lackluster. In the offseason, only Carusotossum remained, and he rushed to the hospital to get the Bucks' Jevon Carter over with 3 years and 20 million. Frankly, I don't know the meaning of this sale. Last season's Beverley effect is average, the new season to get a young three-point enhanced version, mental attribute weakened version can cure the disease? However, if you think about it, it's really okay, the silver two you can use on hand are these, let's make do with it first.
Incidentally, he completed three contract extensions, 60 million for 3 years, 40 million for 3 years to Kobe White, and 21 million for 3 years for Dosum. The price is generally reasonable, the bonus to the team is limited, and the brothers are all bull old courtiers and have passed the age when there is still potential to be tapped to be cashed in, at most, so that the overall strength of the team does not increase or decrease.
After signing & renewing, the Bulls lineup surfaced, roughly as follows.
Point guards: Caruso, Jevon Carter, Carrick Jones
Quarterbacks: LaVine, Kobe White, Dosum
Small forwards: DeRozan, Darren Terry, Justin Phillips
Power forwards: Patrick Williams, Craig, Terry Taylor
Centre: Vucevic, Drummond
Looking up is full of mediocrity, according to Shanghainese parlance, "no flowers". For this reason, the Bulls management has simply played an evil game, according to recent rumors that Windy City seems to be involved in Lillard's bid, as for what are the chips trying to provide?
Zach LaVine.
Frankly speaking, LaVine's role positioning and his salary are like a chicken rib, and it is not a day or two to see him unpleasant. As early as last season, there was a scandal with the Lakers, which scared a crowd of 6 billion seconds. Now whimsically trying to exchange LaVine for a watch man, how could Xiao Kai agree?
Even if Xiaokai Lard nodded in agreement, how could the cousin agree? Damien angrily smashed the Chastity Archway, in addition to being dissatisfied with the team's perennial attitude, he also wanted to take advantage of the sunset to fight for the championship, what is the matter of stuffing him to the bull? Table + Zan to support death is also playoff-level strength? The whole twenty-eight does not rely on it, so this rumor is either wishful thinking or made up by Citi media people with a pat on the head.
If nothing too much surprises, the Bulls will enter the new season with a mediocre roster, and then most likely play a mediocre record again. Mediocrity here means that it is not up and down, and the playoffs should have a playoff, and the playoffs are quite difficult. Let's do the math, Lu Kerefei Rider is sure to make the playoffs, there are still two spots left, can the Bulls get one of them?
It's hard.
Seriously give the bulls an idea, quickly admit the planting, and send LaVine and Azan away before the trade deadline. LaVine blamed himself for this, and the contract was signed smelly and long; Azan is in the fuel tank for the contract year, and he still has some oil, and he can probably sell it for some price. If there is hope, perhaps Vucevic can be sold together, do things thoroughly, and then close your eyes and hand over your fate to tomorrow.
Shock therapy is painful, but compared to the current situation when you can no longer be stiff, shock therapy may be regarded as the lesser of two evils. Sometimes, as a decision, you have to make a decision.
The management was a little embarrassed, they closed their eyes, and the scenes of the past 20 years flashed back in their minds. Looking back, the Bulls almost took Kobe; Back in the day, the Bulls had the youngest MVP; Back in the past, the Bulls had the opportunity to build a rose + King. The memories are too beautiful and the reality is too skinny, and the windy city is no drama, and only the fantasy of the wind echoes in the mind. Of course, before the final transaction takes place, the bull's level can still be assessed against a realistic benchmark.
Expected wins: 40 wins