Hinrich telling friends ...

I would tend to think that setting a smoke screen with somebody who is on contract with another team would be considered tampering.

 

Unless we have something different cooking with CHI?

I'm sure you're right. I love conspiracies. They're more fun than reality.

 

You know you might be on to something there, but maybe it wasn't Hinrich who was the Alumni who fed it to Kirk? KP could have fed it through other sources, maybe even somebody at another school like Roy Williams. I am sure they have plenty of connections who talk. Plant it here, it makes it's way over, next thing you know it's on the net.

 

Maybe Hinrich just has a vacation house in Gresham and was simply telling his friends that he "thinks he's going to Portland"... for a vacation.

 

He has a vacation house in Gresham? Chicago must have really gone downhill since I last was there for that to happen!

 

Ahh, yes, the Division Street Manor, right next to the impeccable cuisine of Heidi's Restaurant.

 

John Hollinger on this situation:

 

That's how you pronounce his name???

 

Translation: Homer Alert on the board!

 

"and VASTLY better defender who can cover tough 2s and allow Roy to take an easier assignment."

Not only does Batum guard the the tougher players for Brandon, but how about getting a PG that guards other top PGs instead of SGs and SFs?

 

Hinrich provides a coach with flexibility. That's all Hollinger is trying to say. He's not saying that Hinrich can't guard the 1s, because he can, and can quite well. What he's saying is that if the opposing 2 is more threatening than the 1, than you can save Brandon by giving him the lesser assignment.

 

I am sure they thought about that when Brandon fouled out of that playoff game. He doesn't foul out very often, so it was shock, but I think it made them kick it around a little bit.

 

What's great about adding Hinrich is then McMillan can put Batum and Hinrich on the two toughest defensive assignments, allowing Roy, who's a good defender himself, on the remain 1, 2, or 3.

That's just making me drool. This will buy Oden and Przybilla more hard-nosed minutes.

 

Hinrich defended the best offensive player on the opposing team because he was the best defender on Chicago. If there was a better defensive SF on Chicago's roster (after Deng got hurt) Hinrich would likely have defended more point guards. It's not that difficult to understand.

Since Batum is better suited to guarding bigger players, he'll probably guard the best offensive player between the SF and SG. Hinrich better of what's left between PG or SG. Roy will defend whatever is leftover.