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one more thing on the bulls - because bulls suffering is the best kind of schadenfreude this side of buckeye schadenfreude - the heat were so pissed they blew a game to the bulls on saturday that they beat them by 43 points tonight, leading by as many as 54. the bulls shot 15% from 3. former #4 pick in the draft patrick williams was 0-7, which is only remarkable because he actually cared enough to shoot 7 times, and potential piston coby white went 0-6. one of his off nights, of which there are many, usually against teams that care to try on defense (make note for any future playoff game appearances).

my favorite bulls management moment was when they insisted they needed to get younger and more athletic to build around jimmy butler, so they signed dwyane wade, rajon rondo, and drafted denzel valentine. the jokes just write themselves.

if you thought troy weaver sucked at his job, check out what its like to be a bulls fan:

they have all their picks and...josh giddey? coby white's busted hamstrings? ayo dosunmu's hustle and broke shot? dalen terry? noa essengeh? does buzelis, three first rounders, and two pick swaps (does milwaukee have picks to swap?) get it done?

it would be the best for everyone. it worked out for chris webber...

i'd be fine with that. i'm sure duren wouldnt. as noted by all, duren isnt the "second guy" the pistons need. he cant really score on his own even if he is getting better at it. the one thing i will say about duren is that he's gotten better every year. he makes moves the basket now on his own. he's a decent passer for a young big. his free throws are decent. but its baby steps. and he still cant shoot a midrange jumper. if he ever got that, he'd be a #2 scorer for the team....but then he wouldnt be the version of duren who actually exists. 😞 i like duren and think he's going to continue to get better, but i dont want to see andre drummond 2.0 where the team is saddled to an incomplete big man on a huge deal. ausar not developing any type of offense other than dunking, ivey getting hurt, and holland just being terrible at everything but hustling has really capped this team's ceiling. those are three top 5 picks and none of them are going to be legit #2 scoring options for cade.

kat, lol. the knicks are dying to get off that contract now. they fired the one guy who could make him go to the basket and not pout all game long.

yzerman would do that in a heartbeat. i doubt st louis would, but please god let it be so.

Del was a trey murphy fanboy like 2 years ago. we dont know what's going on behind the scenes and what trajan ia working on. hopefully its some shooting.

Less. j/k. looks like they'll just match whatever the market offers him, which could be dangerous.

as long as they dont pay him like one.

so many shooters being traded to teams not named detroit.

should they include seider?

harris' contract is big enough, but not TOO big, that makes it easy to include. and its expiring, so you have to move it now if you want to move it and a team may want it because its expiring. i dont think new orleans is trading trey murphy. i think they would give you zion, but not murphy. at this point, i might even take zion. they desperately need another scorer and if its one thing zion is good at (othet than eating and banging porn stars) its scoring.

the wongs are probably due for regression, and NO ONE IN THE EAST EVER LOSES so they may drop in the standings; however, you do this every time the wings lose a couple games in a row. you say illitch doesnt care, yzerman is dumb, and we'll never win. then they win 3 in a row and you apologize. until the next time... 🙂