Comments on: Life upstairs

By: Brian Laesch

Brian Laesch — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:00:52 +0000

Easier said than done, but I think they need to trade some of their young talent for a proven all-star, so the team can at least have some indentity. Right now, they have a bunch of good pieces but nobody has seemed to step up as a legitmate leader of a winning NBA franchise.

-Genius Sportswriter

By: Allen Hermann » Blog Archive » Life upstairs

Allen Hermann » Blog Archive » Life upstairs — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:38:48 +0000

[...] Life upstairs It is what it is, as we like to say in the NBA. And you are who you are, which extends even beyond our world, though few around the NBA know that world exists. And so it is with Michael Jordan as well, lately the part owner and … [...]

By: JoeJoe

JoeJoe — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:32:28 +0000

God I was so pumped for Kobe in a Bulls uni. ”Get a Bulls uniform fellas!” remember that one? I love how it just kinda went away day by day. It would have been great for the league to see LBJ and Kobe going at it in the ECF. The East is so weak so it would have been awesome to bring the closest thing to MJ to Chicago. Oh well. I still think the Lakers are the most over-hyped team in the league.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:25:35 +0000

I think its hard to put blame on Jordan for the bobcats. Its hard enough as a gm to turn around a losing team but its even harder to take over an expansion team. THe bobcats are only 2.5 games out of the 8th spot and with how the bulls nets and hawks have been playing anything could happen. Its too early to determine Jordan’s reign as a gm a failure.

By: anthony

anthony — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:47:56 +0000

bulls stink this year. paxson has not done his job.

By: Green Jackson

Green Jackson — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:52:36 +0000

This article sums up to “Duh!” Jordan was let go from Washington because he is unfit to manage a basketball team. He was a good player but those skills are not what you need to be a good manager. Jordan will not get it through his bald head and that is why he is also failing to make his new team better. Sam Smith aka- Captain Obvious, write articles that tell us things we do not know or cannot easily figure out.

By: Matty

Matty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:25:52 +0000

Bballer,

Your insights are somewhat valid - fair enough.

But keep in mind much of my post was regarding the character of players and building a TEAM. As seen in the link here, he has got a good group of players.

http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story/?ID=230317&hubname=nba

When it is all said and done, I guarantee you Bargs will be a phenomenal NBA player. The things he can do for a 7 footer is amazing and the guy is only 22. Hopefully he’ll improve in rebounding which is definitely his weakest area. But more than likely another BIG will be there to play 25 mins when either Bosh or Bargs are on the bench. Luckily next year there will be about 23 million reasons why this will happen. As for the scoring shooting guard - basketball is a team game. It doesn’t matter who scores. Most of the games the Raps win convincingly are when there are 5-7 guys scoring 12-20 points. What the Raptors really need is an athletic, defensive stopper on the wings. Joey Graham would be perfect if he had a consistent head. Again, 23 million reasons why this will be rectified next year too.

With regards to Colangelo - he has had a team for about 2 years now that before him was challenging for the most coveted title of worst run team in the league (thank you Rob Babcock - although to his credit he is responsible for Jose Calderon). As well the Raps will have nearly $23 million in expiring contracts to work with next year. See:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080221.wsptgrange21/GSStory/GlobeSportsBasketball/Raptors

As for the deficiencies you mentioned in the Raptors, keep in mind Colangelo has had the team for 2 years not to mention the expiring contracts for next season and opportunity for free agency next summer as well. The core of this team i(Bosh, Ford, Bargs, Calderon) is all under 26 years of age and they all have their eye on the prize a couple of seasons down the road.

“look at western teams like the spurs, portland or houston to see how their players complement each other. ask if toronto does the same.”

- San Antonio has been consistent because they have kept the same core year after year and have grown/tinkered where needed. This is the same path Colangelo is on. To compare the tenure of Colangelo to that of Pop (over 10 years) is unfair.

- Portland is in the process of a major overhaul with a GM who has proven to be in the last year extremely lucky to win the Oden sweepstakes (hopefully he comes back like Amare) and very shrewd in his deals. Like Colangelo, Pritchard is keen on character. He has very quickly ridded the Trailblazers of the nickname Jailblazers.

- When has Houston won a playoff series? And don’t they have McGrady and Ming? I think this is a bad example of complimentary players.

By: sean

sean — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:43:10 +0000

Mostly disagree with this article. Richardson can go to hoop but is not a slasher and is in fact one of best shooters in NBA. He is a 2 guard and Wallace is a clear three no problem there. Felton is not a shoot first point guard at all, although maybe not destined for greatness he has hown flashes of brilliance. I actually think they have a lot of talent and in a coupe of years could be poised to make a serious run.

By: DJHOTT

DJHOTT — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:19:09 +0000

G-FELTON G-E.BOYKINS
G-RICHARDSON G.M.CARROLL
F-WALLACE FJR SMITH-
F-OKAFOR F-MOHAMMED
C-NENE C-HIBBERT

WORKS FOR ME

By: DJHOTT

DJHOTT — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:16:43 +0000

CHARLOTTE WILL DRAFT ROY HIBBERT

WILL TRADE A.MORRISON,J.MCINNIS,SEAN MAY, CASH FOR NENE,JR SMITH