Has The Youth Movement Arrived?

[JeremyB0001]

We're 7-7 under Boylan and 2-4 over our last six games, despite a very soft schedule. Thabo, Tyrus, and Noah combined for a gaudy 71 minutes today. Certainly, some of Thabo's minutes are due to Du's injury but it marked the first time Noah and Tyrus have played 15+ minutes in the same game under Boylan. Thoughts?

[DanTown8587]

I have said any minutes given to Wallace, Smith, Duhon, Griffin, Khryapa that are meaningful are useless to the future Bulls. I think TT, Noah, Thabo, Gray should play about 110 minutes, Gordon, Hinrich, Deng, Noce the other 130.

[step]

I doubt it, but I would so love for it to be true.

Honestly the only way I see Tyrus and Joakim both getting decent minutes is if Nocioni is traded.

[Rerisen]

If it happens, I think it will definitely be something like this, where we only know it because of the minutes going up. I don't expect Paxson to go on the radio and proclaim the youth movement is beginning, or even K.C. Johnson writing an article that a sea change has begun, though that could certainly happen post-fact after it becomes obvious in 3 or 4 games we are going away from the vets.

Maybe something was said internally though and the players know it. Wallace's comment that he was getting old and its time to develop the young guys, certainly seemed out of character and might be his way of hinting around that if his minutes get decreased its not because he is sucking. Though the fans know the truth of it.

[BillyDW]

My (almost) favorite line-up played tonight in the 4th.......

Gordon
Thabo
Noc (Fill in Deng if healthy)
TT
Noah

I would go to war long-term with those 5 guys.

Trade Kirk for a young 2/3 and draft pick
Noc off the bench
Trade Wallace
Gray off the bench
Trade Smith
Keep Duhon, as long as he is truly a back-up

[DuckIII]

I've been saying since the start of the Boylan era that if the ship isn't "righted" by the end of January that the organization is going to shift to more of a youth movement. Its at least starting to lean that way a little right now. We'll see what happens.

[JackFinn]

It would inspire more hope. But we should also inspire more fun by having Boylan step down and by putting a mascot-slash-coach in his stead.

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[tclg]

Hopefully we do start to play these guys more who knows the young guys might actually get better

[bobsampson]

I hope we go with the youth and play exciting ball but still suck and get in the lottery.. I now think Beasly is super sick, kinda like a bigger T-Mac... Draft Beasly, trade for a star or somebody pretty good and keep a few players from this years team... Thats what i want to happen.. Beasly prolly gonna go #1 thou right?

[Wingy]

Can we get Zeke on loan from NY to coach out the season??

[theanimal23]

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=18921

Jake (VA Beach): How late into the season will the losing have to continue for Noah, TT, and Gray to get regular playing time?

John Hollinger: Probably won't happen this year, because even if the Bulls lose two of every three they'll stay in this sad-sack playoff "race" until late March.

[kyrv]

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Jake (VA Beach): How late into the season will the losing have to continue for Noah, TT, and Gray to get regular playing time?

John Hollinger: Probably won't happen this year, because even if the Bulls lose two of every three they'll stay in this sad-sack playoff "race" until late March.

Well, he's guessing.

The problem with the Bulls is, by pretending that these guys can't play, if they announce they are playing the youngsters, they feel it will be interpreted as them 'giving up'. Again, this is their own doing.

Tyrus contributed last season in the playoff run and in the playoffs, yet the Bulls have managed to convince a lot of people that playing him signals giving up. Wow.

I would never have guessed that this would be possible.