The Chicago Bulls are dancing in the back
Published by The Cavalier May 5th, 2006 in Chicago Bulls, Dancing in the Back, General Managers, Miami Heat, Shaq, myspace
So now that the Bulls are out, what’s the Paxfather do to top last season’s raping of the New York Knicks?
Well, he could try and go get some from next-worst-GM Kevin McHale, and there are going to be plenty of KG-to-CHI rumors soon.
Truth is, we’d love to go into that, but unlike the Pacers-Nets, the winning team is actually more interesting than the loser in this series. Specifically, Shaquille O’Neal, who had 30 and 20. That’s points and rebounds.
Even Chicago Tribune wannabe arch enemy Sam Smith relents, admitting Shaq might not be done just yet. Shaq of course, will continue to claim he’s been fine all along.
“Ever since I came into the league, I always wanted to brutalize and punish people. It was something my father told me to try out tonight, and I tried it out and it worked pretty good.
“I knew coming into the game I was going to go to my finesse game. I wasn’t really trying to use any power moves. I knew I was going to go to my jump hook, my turnaround and fadeaways and all that stuff.
“Games 2 through 5 I got into foul trouble. Tonight I said I wasn’t going to help out at all. I said, ‘Give me the ball.’ I knew I wasn’t in foul trouble, and I wanted to close these guys out. I was loose. Anytime I’m in a rhythm like that, there isn’t much anyone can do. We said we’ve got to close this out and not mess around anymore with these guys.”
That’s what you call a reality check for the team from Illinois. Very nice season, very nice effort, very nice werewolf, but there’s much more to do yet.
As for the Heat, we’ll have our Miami-New Jersey preview up soon. For now, let’s just sit back and enjoy this Ben Gordonesque gift from the Associated Press a bit more.
Yeah, we think we’ll be making use of this. The Bulls may be done, but Ben - you get to keep playing, buddy.
someone better IM him today and ask him how he feels about the whole thing.
After getting hit by that car, is Gordon going to realize that those 3-for-33 shooting nights are killing his karma, and start making a list of all the bad things he’s done over the years? I suggest he start with Mike Sweetney, who scored 16 points on 9 shots in Game 5 while Gordon and Hinrich were off playing “let’s see who can shoot the lowest percentage from downtown”. After that he can investigate Kwame Brown’s charges. And then star in a Kevin Smith film or two.