Reggie Rose rips Bulls' inactivity

Red Larrivee · Post #41 » by **Red Larrivee** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

DanTown8587 wrote:Meh. I don't think the Bulls give two **** about what Reggie Rose thinks and he's saying the Bulls should get better players. Um, does anyone think the Bulls aren't trying to do that?

I think there's a good bit who question what they're doing, especially if it's a man who has a ton of influence on Rose. The Bulls should give all the **** in the world about what Reggie Rose thinks. He's the leader of Rose's camp.

Cliff Levingston · Post #42 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

kulaz3000 wrote:
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said.

If I were a player in the Bulls locker room, I'd be PISSED if I read this in the papers. Yes, Derrick is a trooper, but whether it be Deng playing through his wrist injury, Noah playing through his ankle issues as well as issues with his foot, Kirk getting surgery to come back and gut it out for the rest of the season, and all the other players who is likely playing through injuries etc - Reggie needs to get his head out of his a$$ and open his eyes and stop acting like a naive wannabe hot shot.

Maybe Reggie has amnesia and forgot that the Bulls had the best record in the NBA the last 2 years before Rose got hurt and never got their return shot against the Heat last year?

Dear Reggie: shut the f up.

singal3 · Post #43 » by **singal3** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

I see nothing wrong with what he said. The Bulls struck out on LBJ, Wade and Bosh. Had they signed just one of them they would have won a championship.

Too bad his younger brother refused to recruit anyone of them. Perhaps he should have showed his brother the light 2 years ago!

s1022 · Post #44 » by **s1022** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

kulaz3000 wrote:
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said.

If I were a player in the Bulls locker room, I'd be PISSED if I read this in the papers. Yes, Derrick is a trooper, but whether it be Deng playing through his wrist injury, Noah playing through his ankle issues as well as issues with his foot, Kirk getting surgery to come back and gut it out for the rest of the season, and all the other players who is likely playing through injuries etc - Reggie needs to get his head out of his a$$ and open his eyes and stop acting like a naive wannabe hot shot.

yep..locker room can potentially go wrong

D_GoLow · Post #45 » by **D_GoLow** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

kulaz3000 wrote:
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said.

Bulletin board material.

This can definitely light a spark under the players, good fuel...They've already shown how good they are. Most thought this was going to be a tank, I think not!

Gregnice33 · Post #46 » by **Gregnice33** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

Screw this guy, and if Rose listens to him and doesn't come back b/c he doesn't have the right the pieces around him, then I just lost a ton of respect for Derrick. I am already unhappy he doesn't sit with "his" team on the bench, and all signs say he should be ready this year (and soon).

I'll reserve judgment until I hear for Drose himself or see when he returns. But if he sits out this season consider me someone who has little respect for our franchise player.

Maybe it's time for Drose to be his own man and not his brother's puppet. This is a rant but I'm fustrated that "the comeback" has taken so long, especially since he and Addias decided to profit from it.

ChampagneShower · Post #47 » by **ChampagneShower** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

kodo wrote:Reggie's stance is hardly unique.

Just about every Bulls fan I know feels the same way.

and the Bulls FO feels the same way too. Nobody can say they aren't in the process of clearing cap space right now to bring in better players

Googjob · Post #48 » by **Googjob** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:24 pm

coldfish wrote:For the record, the Bulls FO is in the right. I'm certainly glad they didn't do something stupid like give up first round picks to get rid of Hamilton. They never had a chance to make an upgrade trade. They don't have the assets. Reggie apparently doesn't understand that or really anything at all from the words above and that's a bad thing.

They actually would have if they didn't hard cap themselves like idiots in the offseason. They also could have offered up something better for Redick which would have been a perfect fit on this team. Or not destroyed their bench to save a few bucks.

Knock Reggie for coming out like this, but he is right about one thing. Bulls put profits above winning.

AAU Teammate · Post #49 » by **AAU Teammate** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:25 pm

This is a pro athlete handler.

Handles the situation.

You need someone to mess things up for you, a handler is on the spot to get it done.

Arghh there are things I wish I could just come out with on this whole situation

Post #50 » by **coldfish** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:25 pm

imagge wrote:
coldfish wrote:WWWWWOOOOOWWWWWW

I think we know where all the Rose stuff was coming from. Also, we can definitively say that Bucher was talking to Reggie and leaking that information.

Man, get out your popcorn because it sure looks like the team is close to trouble with their #1 guy, or his people.

For the record, the Bulls FO is in the right. I'm certainly glad they didn't do something stupid like give up first round picks to get rid of Hamilton. They never had a chance to make an upgrade trade. They don't have the assets. Reggie apparently doesn't understand that or really anything at all from the words above and that's a bad thing.

Oh they have an asset and its name is Luol Deng!

Go read around. Luol's contract makes it such that if you trade Luol, you would get a player worse than Luol. Luol won't be an asset until he is an expiring contract.

kuly1990 · Post #51 » by **kuly1990** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:25 pm

i hate this, i guess if this is out, that Derrick agrees with this, i really hope he doesnt!

BULLHITTER · Post #52 » by **BULLHITTER** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:25 pm

I think it's great, hopefully it puts more pressure on the Bulls and lights a fire under their ass.

And if Reggie is saying it, you can guarantee that a bunch of people around Rose probably feel the same way and that Rose has probably heard it too. This is a HUGE deal.

reggie and company must recognize the huge profits, realize that lil' brother is a cash cow, and want the FO to spread the milk around. it's not reggie rose's responsibility to manage (or know) the salary cap, just to manage how his brother's basketball career unfolds. unlike the folks who like to ask the question "what would YOU do?", reggie isn't (nor should he be) concerning himself with that; he just acknowledges as many here do, that the kirk's, bellinelli's and hamilton's et al ain't gon' cut it.

rose might be a choir boy, but he's entrusting his brother to look out for him; if that makes reggie that bad guy for speaking out, all i can say is "shots fired"..... :rofl:

red222 · Post #53 » by **red222** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:25 pm

singal3 wrote:I see nothing wrong with what he said. The Bulls struck out on LBJ, Wade and Bosh. Had they signed just one of them they would have won a championship.

Too bad his younger brother refused to recruit anyone of them. Perhaps he should have showed his brother the light 2 years ago!

It would not have mattered

organix85 · Post #54 » by **organix85** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:26 pm

bad knees wrote:Reggie Rose does not realize it, but he is threatening to destroy what makes Derrick truly unique. Derrick has great ability, but others have similar levels of talent. It is Derrick's heart, his commitment to his team, his focus on improving so the team can benefit, and his commitment to his city that makes Derrick truly special. If Reggie has his way, Derrick will be just another highly paid NBA superstar. It's sad.

You probably forgot the most important part... Rose wants to win.

s1022 · Post #55 » by **s1022** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:26 pm

GetSeven wrote:
kulaz3000 wrote:
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said.

Bulletin board material.

Beat Miami!

or could bring down morale

The Kane · Post #56 » by **The Kane** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:27 pm

Slip7 wrote:i dont get what move the bulls are magically supposed to make. They tried in 2010. struck out and ended up with boozer and the original bench mob. The team then has the best record in the league 2 years in a row and d rose wins the mvp. Drose gets hurt in game 1 of playoffs they lose. The team plays real well this year while rose is out and then theres complaining about not making moves. Seems like alot of bi tching about nothing.

I get the need to improve the talent on the team, but theres 2 all stars on the roster and boozer has been alright since the new year. i just dont see why this would come out now. who does he want? Klove howard josh smith? theres not a superstar just sitting there ready to get traded to us and ready to sign long term.

Boozer hasn't been alright since the new year. He was good for an 11 game stretch and has sucked ever since. Just wanted to correct that.

red222 · Post #57 » by **red222** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:27 pm

AAU Teammate wrote:This is a pro athlete handler.

Handles the situation.

You need someone to mess things up for you, a handler is on the spot to get it done.

Arghh there are things I wish I could just come out with on this whole situation

spill it we got time

Post #58 » by **kulaz3000** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:27 pm

GetSeven wrote:
kulaz3000 wrote:
"It's frustrating to see my brother play his heart and soul out for the team and them not put anything around him," Reggie Rose said.

Bulletin board material.

This can definitely light a spark under the players, good fuel...

Or could be very disheartening as a Bulls player, if you hear that your franchise player (by extension through his elder brother) feels that way.

League Circles · Post #59 » by **League Circles** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:27 pm

Reggie's dumbass would be wise to actually suggest a legal trade we could have made, instead of vaguely complaining about no action being done. I mean, we did pay Taj and Kirk big bucks, and I'm pretty damn sure Rose liked that.

I do, however, think it should be noted that much of this was probably more to try to influence the Bulls against getting worse in a Boozer or RIP trade, rather than actually bitching about them standing pat.

Rose quite likely wanted the Bulls to stand pat (if not upgrade which was difficult without mortaging the future by dealing the Bobcats pick), and his and his brother's comments were likely framed to make the Bulls think twice about any deals that would weaken the team. Since the Bulls last lost to Miami in the 2011 playoffs, Bulls have signed RIP, Kirk, Marco, and Taj to notable deals to try to contend. Only the Omer thing was a letdown, but IMO, done with the quality of the 2014 and beyond teams in mind.

Red Larrivee · Post #60 » by **Red Larrivee** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:28 pm

kulaz3000 wrote:It's not great at all because he threw the players on the team under the bus. How do you feel as a player reading that nonsense out of Reggie who is behind his desk, getting fat on Derrick money - when the players have been busting their tails all season, and placed themselves in as best position as their talents take them?

What he has done to go to the press, as well as what he said, is a direct slap to the players faces, as well as management who have coddled and given everything to Derrick and his family since he has been drafted by the Bulls.

You're right, he should have kept the players names out of it. He crossed that line. But I think his intentiosn were simply to protect his brother and bring awareness to the fact that the Bulls haven't been making basketball moves.

He's just trying to light a fire right now, and he's got a **** inferno going on instead.