Waived players tracking thread

MikeDC · Post #81 » by **MikeDC** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:12 pm

Wingy wrote:
MikeDC wrote:I'm completely unworried about the shooting. In fact, Westbrook, despite being a bad shooter himself, is likely to make the team shoot more and better 3s.

The reason is because Ayo is the guy Westbrook would be replacing in the lineup, and he can't shoot for ****. He also can't break anyone down off the dribble. He does absolutely nothing, which is why Zach, Vuc, Pat and Coby so rarely get open catch and shoot 3s. We need more firepower, not less. Westbrook is going to give it by collapsing the defense and making passes to open guys that nobody on this team currently has the ability to try.

U bum @russwest44 already said he ain't going to Chicago! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to Chicago was a great honor until AK showed up!

Link?

Rose2Boozer · Post #82 » by **Rose2Boozer** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:14 pm

biggestbullsfan wrote:

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He'll choose the Miami Heat, but I would be just fine with Brodie becoming our new starting point guard. It's simple for me, how many guards do we have that's better than Westbrook? We could use a basketball psychopath like Russell Westbrook.

FriedRise · Post #83 » by **FriedRise** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:22 pm

What happened to the Clippers? I thought they were the frontrunners and PG13 was recruiting him?

Wingy · Post #84 » by **Wingy** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:26 pm

MikeDC wrote:
Wingy wrote:
MikeDC wrote:I'm completely unworried about the shooting. In fact, Westbrook, despite being a bad shooter himself, is likely to make the team shoot more and better 3s.

The reason is because Ayo is the guy Westbrook would be replacing in the lineup, and he can't shoot for ****. He also can't break anyone down off the dribble. He does absolutely nothing, which is why Zach, Vuc, Pat and Coby so rarely get open catch and shoot 3s. We need more firepower, not less. Westbrook is going to give it by collapsing the defense and making passes to open guys that nobody on this team currently has the ability to try.

U bum @russwest44 already said he ain't going to Chicago! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to Chicago was a great honor until AK showed up!

Link?

Haha...sorry, old reference. It's meant to be a light-hearted parody of a Lebron tweet that was politically-charged. It was originally about Steph Curry (instead of Russ) not going to visit the House that championship teams typically visit.

_txchilibowl_ · Post #85 » by **_txchilibowl_** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:31 pm

Gimme Rose....I wanna see some heads explode around here.

MikeDC · Post #86 » by **MikeDC** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:34 pm

Wingy wrote:
MikeDC wrote:
Wingy wrote:
U bum @russwest44 already said he ain't going to Chicago! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to Chicago was a great honor until AK showed up!

Link?

Haha...sorry, old reference. It's meant to be a light-hearted parody of a Lebron tweet that was politically-charged. It was originally about Steph Curry (instead of Russ) not going to visit the House that championship teams typically visit.

LOL, my street cred is clearly very low these days

boundbymusic · Post #87 » by **boundbymusic** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:40 pm

FriedRise wrote:What happened to the Clippers? I thought they were the frontrunners and PG13 was recruiting him?

They got Bones.

ChettheJet · Post #88 » by **ChettheJet** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:48 pm

MGB8 wrote:
Bulls need another good shooting guard or wing (who can defend decently) in the worst possible way.

Do you honestly think a player of the description and caliber is going to be bought out and kicked to the curb? Anybody even serviceable with that skill set either wasn't on the market or was added by some team in a trade yesterday. The Bulls had nothing to offer to get this unicorn.

BullChit · Post #89 » by **BullChit** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:04 pm

_txchilibowl_ wrote:Gimme Rose....I wanna see some heads explode around here.

Plenty of that happening already without it lol

Rose2Boozer · Post #90 » by **Rose2Boozer** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:09 pm

FriedRise wrote:What happened to the Clippers? I thought they were the frontrunners and PG13 was recruiting him?

They're probably going to hitch their wagon on the games of Mann and Bones.

MikeDC · Post #91 » by **MikeDC** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:23 pm

Darius Miles Davis wrote:If we sign a buyout player, am I correct that if we sign them for the minimum, we are actually only paying them a prorated portion of the minimum as it applies to the number of games left in the season. Because we have only 1.7 million or so left under the luxury tax line, and we're not going to go over the luxury tax line to sign Russell Westbrook, are we?

Correct

biggestbullsfan · Post #92 » by **biggestbullsfan** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:40 pm

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MikeDC · Post #93 » by **MikeDC** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:42 pm

Muzbar wrote:
MikeDC wrote:I'm completely unworried about the shooting. In fact, Westbrook, despite being a bad shooter himself, is likely to make the team shoot more and better 3s.

The reason is because Ayo is the guy Westbrook would be replacing in the lineup, and he can't shoot for ****. He also can't break anyone down off the dribble. He does absolutely nothing, which is why Zach, Vuc, Pat and Coby so rarely get open catch and shoot 3s. We need more firepower, not less. Westbrook is going to give it by collapsing the defense and making passes to open guys that nobody on this team currently has the ability to try.

Haven't you said that trading for somebody that isn't a shooter is a non-starter? Unless it's Westbrook? A little contradictory but ok.

Not at all. With a trade you’re getting rid of a player. Getting rid of a guy who can shoot and for a guy who can’t is literally losing capability.

Just signing a guy off the street without losing anyone who plays is expanding the team’s capability. You’re not losing anything.

Red8911 · Post #94 » by **Red8911** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:45 pm

At this point since the Bulls made absolutely no moves Russ is the best they can get to finish the season. Ball isn’t coming back. Russ has his flaws but he would be a lot better than the PGs we have now. Get him and hope for the best, got to try something. If they can get Barton too, even better.

Muzbar · Post #95 » by **Muzbar** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:46 pm

biggestbullsfan wrote:

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Oh God, it's happening, I need to start preparing myself.

biggestbullsfan · Post #96 » by **biggestbullsfan** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:50 pm

Muzbar wrote:
biggestbullsfan wrote:

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Oh God, it's happening, I need to start preparing myself.

I feel like this is a win win for us. Billy and Zach’s relationship seems horrible. We aren’t contenders but we also aren’t tanking. This will be horribly bad or amazingly good. Either way it’s entertaining. Gives me a reason to watch the rest of this season lol.

This given he even comes. We might lose to Miami in which case it doesn’t matter.

Jcool0 · Post #97 » by **Jcool0** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:51 pm

I was pretty much checked out watching anymore Bulls games... Westbrook would at least make me check out a game again.

holv03 · Post #98 » by **holv03** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:54 pm

Muzbar wrote:
biggestbullsfan wrote:

Read on Twitter

Oh God, it's happening, I need to start preparing myself.

I don't think is that bad. Westbrook could help us or hurt us. We have nothing to lose. At least he plays hard.

drosestruts · Post #99 » by **drosestruts** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:56 pm

Westbrook does get us closer to our goal of fielding a team entirely made up of UCLA and USC alumni.

What's OJ Mayo up to?

kodo · Post #100 » by **kodo** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:56 pm

biggestbullsfan wrote:

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Surprising. I'm guessing he was promised a starting job in Chicago vs bench in Miami.