Joakim Noah To Play For France
Chicago Bulls big man Joakim Noah is taking his talents overseas.
That probably sounds like music to the ears of many Bulls fans, especially those who were disappointed with Noah’s play against the Miami Heat during the Eastern Conference Finals.
Noah averaged 11.7 points and 10.4 rebounds in 48 regular season games. But, in 16 postseason contests, the 6-foot-11-inch center averaged 8.7 points and 10.2 boards. That’s a significant drop off compared to last year’s playoff tear when Noah averaged 14.8 points and 13 rebounds in the five game series against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Alas, Noah won’t be gone for good — much to the chagrin of a certain segment of Bulls fans.
Instead, Noah will be representing Team France in the European Championships in Lithuania.
With the NBA lockout in full swing, here’s hoping Noah can somehow heal form the injuries that slowed him down this season and recapture the form he had during the early part of the year when he was a double-double machine and a force on both ends of the court.
Ridiculously Long Post About LeBron James & His Ties To Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan and Hollywood Hogan
LeBron James constantly finds himself compared to some of the greatest athletes of a generation.
Problem is, we’re thinking about the wrong sport.
If you’re comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan, you’re doing it all wrong.
If you’re looking for a fair comparison, look no farther than Barry Bonds.
Yes, that Barry Bonds.
The self-anointed King and the asterisk-ridden Home Run King have more in common than reaches the eye. (more…)
Can We Cool It On The LeBron James-Michael Jordan Comparisons Now? Part II
The silly Michael Jordan-LeBron James comparisons were out in full force after the Miami Heat’s big Game 3 win in Dallas.
Last I checked, you have to win four games in the NBA Finals to go home with the Larry O’Brien trophy.
Furthermore, some of the game’s greatest analysts cautioned those who thought Kobe Bryant was Heir Jordan to Air Jordan that Jordan was a six-time NBA Champion and six-time NBA Finals MVP.
Apparently, those don’t apply to the game’s self-anointed Chosen One.
James scored eight points and had four turnovers as the Dallas Mavericks tied up the 2011 NBA Finals at two games apiece.
After the jump, a fun-fact about Jordan’s scoring numbers in NBA Finals games. (more…)
Can We Cool It On The LeBron James-Michael Jordan Comparisons Now?
If you watched the last few minutes of the Dallas Mavericks victory against the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, you witnessed history.
It’s not every day a 15-point lead gets blown in a Finals contest. In fact, it has been 19 years since such an event took place.
The sentiment of many, especially in and around Chicago, was that Michael Jordan would never allow that to happen to him or his championship Bulls.
Well, they have a valid point. (more…)
Bulls Fans Shouldn’t Be Afraid Of Chris Bosh’s Big Game
Credit Chris Bosh for exercising his own demons on Sunday.
While Dwyane Wade and LeBron James led the parade after beating the Boston Celtics, the team which eliminated Wade and James last season, Bosh had a coming out party and slayed the dragon that was the United Center rim.
His 1-for-18 performance was seemingly erased when he went off last night with a 30-point performance against the Bulls. Yet, the Heat still lost.
Sitting around my roundtable of sports fans, I said something that raised a few eyebrows.
“Bosh getting his is a good thing for the Bulls.”
When asked to explain, the eyebrows raised higher — in a good way. (more…)
Jeff Teague’s Emergence Not A Surprise To SIU’s Lowery
Jeff Teague has taken the NBA Playoffs by storm.
A non-factor in the Atlanta Hawks series win against the Orlando Magic, Teague, a second-year guard out of Wake Forest has taken his game to another level against the top-seeded Chicago Bulls.
Teague is averaging 17 points, 4.4 assists and is shooting 55.9 percent from the field in the first five games against the Bulls’ highly regarded defense.
For most, Teague’s coming out party has come out of nowhere.
That’s not quite the case for Southern Illinois University Carbondale head coach Chris Lowery. (more…)
Happy Birthday, You Ol’ Blog!
It’s been four years since Matt Hartwig and I started this thing in hopes that we could take over the world.
Unfortunately, our attempts at global domination have fallen short. Way short. Then both of us grew up, took big boy jobs and scrapped the world domination via sports blog chit-chat.
And while Hartwig has retired from the blogosphere, I’m still chugging along. As is this blog.
With that being said, I’d like to say thanks to this blog’s fanbase. I appreciate you all the same, but bless the Saluki fans for really putting me on the map and trusting me as a source for analysis and news.
I’d also like to give a shoutout to the contributors we’ve had over the years.
Johnny Sole. Jon Iaccino. Stile Smith. Brian Feldt. Jeff Engelhardt. Mike Carter.
Here’s hoping I didn’t forget anyone.
(Though I probably did.)
So, how will we celebrate another year of this blog’s existence?
Well, if it was up to me…
And if you’re note already doing so, follow this fine blog’s editor on Twitter @lcm1986.
Jason Whitlock Disses Chicago (And Jim Cornelison) Via Twitter
Sometime this summer, I hopped on the Jason Whitlock bandwagon.
Maybe it was his thoughts on the LeBronathon. Or the candid way he tackled social issues.
Whitlock, a polarizing columnist with a knack to start a forest fire in a place with no trees, was back to his old tricks on Monday night.
“Bulls/Lakers screwed up not calling in some heavyweights to do national anthem…. Someone call Alicia Keys please,” Whitlock tweeted last night, shortly after the Los Angeles Lakers trotted out a 14-year-old singer to to The Anthem prior to Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers-Dallas Maverics series.
I know nothing about the 14-year-old girl, but thinking Jim Cornelison isn’t a heavyweight in regard to anthem singers is a gross oversight. (more…)
Photoshop Fun: Bulls Bringin’ The Hot Sauce
Kudos to my guy F-Rod a.k.a Frank Rodriguez, one of my old high school buddies and Chicago sports fans, for this epic piece of photoshop work.
Yes, Stacey King has got himself quite the popular catch phrase by teaming everyone’s favorite condiment — hot sauce — with everyone’s favorite white boy, Kyle Korver.
Yet, it took FrankRod to put it all together.
The next step is for some Chicago hot sauce manufacturer to link up with the Chicago Bulls 3-point sniper.
And because Korver is involved, the proceeds would likely go to charity.
Chicago Bulls Debut New Wrinkle As Omer Asik Gets His Double-Double
When Omer Asik notched his first career double-double, many thoughts in the Chicagoland area immediately shifted to WSCR afternoon host Dan Bernstein, who has been calling for an Asik double-double for quite some time.
Surely Bernstein celebrated with a glass of wine and one of those fancy learning books with big words in ‘em.
As for yours truly, there was no celebration. Just a nod of the head and an acknowledgment that the Chicago Bulls have gotten a steal with Asik. (more…)
