Scholarship table
Ding Dong the witch is dead ... the Bulls have fired Gar Foreman.I'm generally reluctant to be happy about someone losing their job, but this is a hige relief for us Bulls fans who feared nothing would change, even with a new director of basketball ops, as long as Gar had a role in the organization.
Oddly, Covid-19 may end up being the best thing that could have happened for the Bull to clean house and get their $hit together.Only a matter of time until Boylen is gone, but Karnisovas is by all accounts a great hire, and reportedly the Bulls paid a very high price to get him. JJ Polk by all accounts is a great hire as well.I believe Nazr Mohammed will be Bulls GM, and he and Karnisovas would work together in Mohammed's first year. Remains to be seen, but that's my gut feeling.Weird to think there'd be a competent Bulls front office and coaching staff soon.
Season might be over:https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/nba-team-execs-agents-are-calling-on-the-league-to-cancel-season.htmlEven though the current NBA season is still technically suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, its return this year seems less and less likely with each passing day.Team executives are starting to feel the pressure, frustrated with the lack of information from the league and pushing for an outright cancellation of the season so everyone can focus on safely resuming play next season.
Great year to be a Bucks fan. NO BIG DEAL GUYS.
Thought this was interesting... bringing up the possibility of expansion to help mitigate losses from the coronavirus- https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2890710-should-the-nba-consider-expansion-to-ease-unprecedented-financial-painSeattle would obviously be on the list. Wonder where they'd look for a second team, and if realignment would come with it. If it's another western city like Vegas, I'd think the T-Wolves or Pelicans would flip over to the East.
The AP is reporting that the NBA is having exploratory discussions for late July, at the Disney/ESPN Complex for games, housing, practice, one site for all.
Sounds like Kyrie is doing his best to kill a return of the NBA.In case it wasn't already obvious, Kyrie is the worst.
That being said, he’s become increasingly obnoxious and bizarre and just overall annoying. This is no different given that progression. It’s disappointing
I kinda think the "we shouldn't play because it will distract people" line is a little offensive. Like people aren't capable of working towards justice and enjoying a basketball game. If anything, I'd think it would give the players an even larger platform.Also, his "something is fishy here" line was odd. No league has supported its players speaking up more than the NBA. Insinuating that the league wants to return to play in part to silence protests is ridiculous.
I think the issue isn't the playing. It's the living in a bubble for months. Kyrie, et. al. could play and also protest in a non-Covid world. They can't do that now.
I don't think the players' "platform" will be reduced at all. They will be in the media all the time, both mainstream media and social media. I do acknowledge they won't be able to go out and join protests, so from the standpoint of speaking at rallies and such, that part of their platform will be reduced. But one could argue that they will be so under the microscope, and there will be so much attention on this season, that their platform will be bigger than ever.