An Excellent Explanation of Why The Bulls Suck

Ball Don't Lie does a recap of the NBA games every night, and after watching the Bulls get embarrassed by Portland last night Kelly Dwyer had this to say explaining why the Bulls are so bad:

The Bulls just don't have a clue, continually firing up the lowest-yielding shot in basketball, the 20-foot jumper, while leaving guys open all over the place on the other end. Poor effort, no basketball smarts, Tyrus Thomas with three points and two rebounds in over 24 minutes, poor rotations, 21-footers, poor coaching. We told you that a good coach could do something with this team, and there you go. 16-22.

I could not have said it better myself. They just suck. Obviously there are a lot more specific reasons they are bad, but this is a concise way of putting it. And the dig against Vinny at the end? Warranted.

Today's Links

• Funny cartoon depicting "Take an NFL player to school day" starring Rex Grossman.
• Kelly Dwyer breaks down the Iverson-Billups trade (don't forget McDyess, the throw-in). Apparently this gives the Pistons a lot of cap room this summer. I'm just glad Rose won't have to face Chauncey 4 times this year.
• The Peavy trade talk rolls on. Cubs are still in the running.
• Bulls played crappy all game, then made a late run and almost won. Too bad. Also what was with that 3-guard small ball lineup? It actually was somewhat effective in short spurts, but I'm skeptical.