Dengness9 wrote:_txchilibowl_ wrote:Dengness9 wrote:
Thanks for this reply bc the OP is a joke of a take. One of the worst Bulls takes I’ve seen in years. I usually am always fair to my fellow bulls brethren but that was utterly ridiculous. The way this team has been run since Lonzo’s injury is absolutely embarrassing and horrifying.
You could have just replied to me. I'm a big boy. I can handle it.
We just see basketball differently my friend. I am far from a championship or bust kind of guy. And I definitely don't think that being bad is the only way to get good. I'm team continuity. I want to establish a winning identity. I want people to say Bulls Culture the way they say Heat Culture. You, and apparently many others, would rather just take their chances with the lottery.
I'd like to make the playoffs this year. What a terrible take.
To be clear, I wasn’t trying to not reply to you. Both posts were included for a reason. I know I sound like a jerk. I’m just fed up with Chicago fans accepting mediocrity or worse.
Team continuity? Bro, this continuity is resulting in nothingness. The culture isn’t being developed, and a lot of the guys you want to build this culture and continuity won’t be here long enough to see that through.
You want to see the Bulls make the playoffs…we all do! But that isn’t what is happening at all is it? We are hoping to make the play in currently…AGAIN. I can agree with Zach out of the way, the team can finish the year playing hard and competing…it’s just painfully obvious that this team has a seriously limited ceiling.
It doesn’t have to be about “taking chances” with the lottery. Eventually you have to wave the white flag. You have to take a direction one way or another. They just stand pat and say the same ****. The team hasn’t succeeded in growing young players nearly well enough. The only reason we’ve seen Coby emerge is bc the 250 million dollar man they signed is hurt and out of the way!
Watch Demar and Dre walk for NOTHING in off season after Bulls are once again unceremoniously bounced from playin or first round.
Eventually you’ll see what this bull continuity will further result in as if we haven’t had enough proof yet.
For the record, I hope I’m dead wrong but I don’t expect to be.
Honestly funny to bring up Bulls working towards a culture that the Heat have. Look at their culture….MAKING MOVES LEFT AND RIGHT EVERY YEAR!!!! Cmon man.
I'll try to address your points one at a time...
- I'm not accepting mediocrity. What I'm doing is not accepting being truly bad. I think that's an important distinction. Of course I would like the team to be better but there is no path this season that leads in that direction. If the team flames out again this year you address it in the offseason.
- The continuity and culture I'm talking about NEEDS to extend beyond the players that are currently here. That's the entire point. It needs to be the identity of the franchise. By most accounts, these players like playing here. They like playing with each other. As Steatmaster said, that's a major change from where we were in the last few years of GarPax. I am under no delusions that this roster can win a championship. My hope is that this roster can change the reputation of the franchise. A few years ago we were perennial losers, now we're a mediocre team that tries to fight every night. That's positive change.
- if the Bulls continue to play like they have they will make the playoffs. It's been pointed out a few times how well they've played over the last month or two. Top 10 record in the NBA.
- Of course this team has a limited ceiling. I don't see anyone disputing that. But I would like to see them hit that ceiling. I'd like for Coby and PWill to get that playoff experience, brief as it might be. I'd like them to go into the offseason motivated and hungry, not defeated by a management team that pulled the rug out from them.
- I don't think you need to wave the white flag yet. To what benefit? There apparently weren't any deals that were going to push this team in a positive direction this season or in the future. Why not try to win a little bit? The mediocre assets we passed up on will either be available later or they won't. No big deal. That's what makes them mediocre.
- I'm not worried about DDR or Drummond walking. And if they do it will be of their own volition and not because the franchise gave up on trying to win. That's important to me. Hopefully it will be important to other players who might want to play here down the line. That's the experiment I'd like to see through.
- "Heat Culture" isn't defined by a level of activity. It's defined by a constant pursuit of winning and playing hard. The trades they make only accentuate the philosophy that has already been instilled. That's the very same philosophy I want the Chicago Bulls to have.
