No, I do know who Vinny Del Negro is. He was a pretty good shooter in his hay day. He was with Steve Kerr down in Phoenix, assistant GM.
Zero coaching experience. Yikes.
Respect, it's a necessary commodity for coaches. If you can command respect, you have the making of being a very good coach. Does Del Negro? Does he have anything that would make the young team respect him? No wins, wasn't a fantastic player in the NBA, how will this work?
If anything it will test the character of the Bulls. Will they allow Vinny to at least try and create a system? Will Tyrus Thomas listen? Doubtful.
I don't want to be a pessimist, but c'mon, I have no legs to stand on. Neither does Del Negro. And after this move, neither does Paxson.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Finally Smelling some Rose
Ok, I'm done. I am officially a Derrick Rose fan. But it has nothing to do with the previous post about his measurements, or anything like that.
In a dream scenario, we'd have the Rose mentality in Beasley's body. But I digress.
But I will take the Rose mentality. From what we've heard from scouts, GM's, and Coach John Calipari, he's a winner. In high school and college he's lost like five games total. Everywhere the kids has played, winning is a way of life.
He is a student of the game, he works hard. Rose is one of those lead by example guards. He has a desire to get better, in all facets of the game. Be the best player he can.
I believe that he has the ability to grow into a vocal leader as well. It will be easy to do so, when everyone knows he is the best player on the team. He's unselfish, a guy you would love to play with because you will get the ball if you are in the right spot. He has been compared to Deron Williams, CP3, and Nash.
A big, strong guard, one of the fastest with the ball in the open court. Can get to any spot he wants on the floor, decent and improving mid range J, can rise up and dunk, and has the vision to make the right decisions. He's a one every 10 year type point guard prospects, I get it.
But I love his mentality. In interviews, he was all business, humble, and looks to be a professional. Nothing against Beasley, truly, but he's like Joakim Noah, more laid back, almost goofy.
Having said that--name a couple great players with that kind of attitude? Shaq? Well he's Shaq, and Beasely ain't Shaq--I think Chris Sheridan said that. Magic Johnson? He was a killer on the court, ask Bird or Isiah Thomas.
Jordan. Kobe. Isiah. Bird. Magic. Stockton. Kidd. Williams. Paul.
These are attitudes that Rose emits. While Beasley is kind of like Gilbert Arenas, Dwight Howard, Rasheed Wallace. These three a good players, but not winners. Gil is hurt, Dwight is just too nice ( did you see him in the playoffs?), and Wallace never went downlow.
I want that amazing desire to get better, to make teammates better, and to just win, not matter what. Rose and Beasely might be even in terms of talent, but Rose is a winner.
Now what do we do with the roster............
In a dream scenario, we'd have the Rose mentality in Beasley's body. But I digress.
But I will take the Rose mentality. From what we've heard from scouts, GM's, and Coach John Calipari, he's a winner. In high school and college he's lost like five games total. Everywhere the kids has played, winning is a way of life.
He is a student of the game, he works hard. Rose is one of those lead by example guards. He has a desire to get better, in all facets of the game. Be the best player he can.
I believe that he has the ability to grow into a vocal leader as well. It will be easy to do so, when everyone knows he is the best player on the team. He's unselfish, a guy you would love to play with because you will get the ball if you are in the right spot. He has been compared to Deron Williams, CP3, and Nash.
A big, strong guard, one of the fastest with the ball in the open court. Can get to any spot he wants on the floor, decent and improving mid range J, can rise up and dunk, and has the vision to make the right decisions. He's a one every 10 year type point guard prospects, I get it.
But I love his mentality. In interviews, he was all business, humble, and looks to be a professional. Nothing against Beasley, truly, but he's like Joakim Noah, more laid back, almost goofy.
Having said that--name a couple great players with that kind of attitude? Shaq? Well he's Shaq, and Beasely ain't Shaq--I think Chris Sheridan said that. Magic Johnson? He was a killer on the court, ask Bird or Isiah Thomas.
Jordan. Kobe. Isiah. Bird. Magic. Stockton. Kidd. Williams. Paul.
These are attitudes that Rose emits. While Beasley is kind of like Gilbert Arenas, Dwight Howard, Rasheed Wallace. These three a good players, but not winners. Gil is hurt, Dwight is just too nice ( did you see him in the playoffs?), and Wallace never went downlow.
I want that amazing desire to get better, to make teammates better, and to just win, not matter what. Rose and Beasely might be even in terms of talent, but Rose is a winner.
Now what do we do with the roster............
Meaurements vs. Heart
The Pre-Draft workouts and measurements came out earlier this week. People are ragging on Beasley's height, being only about 6' 8" in shoes. He was often times listed at 6'9" or even 6' 10". Derrick Rose was a litte bit shorter than advertised at 6' 2" in shoes. He also test weakly in the lane agility drills, but did well in the 3/4 court sprint.
Noteables--O.J. Mayo had a 41" Max vert, while Patrick Ewing Jr. had 42". Joe Alexander and Josh Duncan did well on the bench, with 24 and 26 reps respectively. Rose had 10, and Beasely had 19. Apparently Eric Gordon out of Indiana did the best in drills, and had great measurements as well.
Noteables--O.J. Mayo had a 41" Max vert, while Patrick Ewing Jr. had 42". Joe Alexander and Josh Duncan did well on the bench, with 24 and 26 reps respectively. Rose had 10, and Beasely had 19. Apparently Eric Gordon out of Indiana did the best in drills, and had great measurements as well.
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