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NLK... I'm honestly running out of patience with this debacle.. Did you hear what Barkley had to say when asked about the Bulls at halftime??
Better yet.. I love it when they asked Ivaroni about why Memphis regained the lead after the Bulls cut it to 6 early in the 3rd quarter.. the first words from Ivaroni's mount were "We threw it down to Pau and we regained the lead with his low post presence and passing ability"..
TNT's Zar was almost puking just calling the game... "Look at the Bulls just jack up shots left and right". "I can't believe Nocioni continues to bomb away from the 3 point line, bad shot"... "The Bulls are a jump shooting team and haven't scored in the paint since last year"..
Let me tell you something about Barkley. Dude speaks his mind when he's not inebriated, and makes sense. A lot of times on TNT, he's have a bit too much to drink, and it reflects in his analysis (esp. the Bulls). Honestly he keeps brining up the Garnett & Pau trades. He doesn't realize that giving up two of the core & whatever filler, puts us back to the 2003-2004 season. No one knows for sure how close these deals really were in the summer.
IMO, they were never really that close. McHale wasn't interested what we offered. He had a surplus of SF/SG, he wanted a big man (one thing we lacked, and Big Ben wasn't even in his mind of taking him on with that young roster). Memphis might be close, but then again, Pau's salary is ridiculous, and they didn't want Wallace either. They don't want TT & Deng (more tweeners, they have a surplus of tweeners). They wanted BG and Deng, or something that's ludicrous. Because you give 'em those two and whatever wack combinations/fillers, who is going to can an outside jumper from the guard positions??? Kirk, Du, Thabo, or Griff? F##$ no!
You go back to square one again, filling one need after one another. Building a championship is not easy. Restrictions of salary and all the other variables prevent that (i.e. injuries, player personalities). Sometimes you need a bit of luck.
Just take whatever Barkley says with a grain of salt, he's still laments having his @$$ handed to him by MJ and Pip in 1993. Barkley sometimes make a lot of sense, sometimes he doesn't. The times he doesn't, he just needs to STFU. He makes Sam Smith look like he should be getting sports writer's awards. Better yet, ignore Barkley.
Of course having a low post threat eases a lot of the pressure on this jump-shooting team. And no doubt moves will be made to minimize our weaknesses. I know its easy to say, but sometimes being patient brings forth the greatest reward.
