Albatross contract and all that. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="yspsctbg" align="center"><td colspan="6" class="ysptblhdr" align="left" height="18">Regular Season</td> <td rowspan="200" class="yspwhitebg" nowrap="nowrap" width="1"><spacer type="block" height="1" width="1"></td> <td colspan="4" class="ysptblhdr">FG</td> <td rowspan="200" class="yspwhitebg" nowrap="nowrap" width="1"><spacer type="block" height="1" width="1"></td> <td colspan="4" class="ysptblhdr">3PT</td> <td rowspan="200" class="yspwhitebg" nowrap="nowrap" width="1"><spacer type="block" height="1" width="1"></td> <td colspan="4" class="ysptblhdr">FT</td> <td rowspan="200" class="yspwhitebg" nowrap="nowrap" width="1"><spacer type="block" height="1" width="1"></td> <td colspan="4" class="ysptblhdr">Rebounds</td> <td rowspan="200" class="yspwhitebg" nowrap="nowrap" width="1"><spacer type="block" height="1" width="1"></td> <td colspan="7" class="ysptblhdr">Misc</td> </tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody1" align="right"><td class="yspdetailttl" align="left" height="18"> Date</td><td class="yspdetailttl" align="left" height="18">Opponent</td><td class="yspdetailttl" align="left" height="18">Score</td><td class="yspdetailttl" height="18">GS</td><td class="yspdetailttl" height="18">Min</td><td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">M</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">A</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pct</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">M</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">A</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pct</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">M</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">A</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pct</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">Off</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Def</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Tot</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">Ast</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">TO</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Stl</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Blk</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">PF</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pts</td> <td> </td></tr><tr class="ysprow1" align="right" height="16"> <td class="yspscores" align="left"> Mar 4</td> <td class="yspscores" align="left">ATL</td> <td class="yspscores" align="left">W 109-105</td> <td class="yspscores">1</td> <td class="yspscores">40:53</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td> <td class="yspscores">9</td> <td class="yspscores">18</td> <td class="yspscores">50.0</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">2</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">50.0</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">3</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">75.0</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">2</td> <td class="yspscores">3</td> <td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">23</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td></tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody1" align="right"><td class="yspdetailttl" align="left" height="18"> Date</td><td class="yspdetailttl" align="left" height="18">Opponent</td><td class="yspdetailttl" align="left" height="18">Score</td><td class="yspdetailttl" height="18">GS</td><td class="yspdetailttl" height="18">Min</td><td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">M</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">A</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pct</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">M</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">A</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pct</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">M</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">A</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pct</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">Off</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Def</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Tot</td> <td> </td><td class="yspdetailttl">Ast</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">TO</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Stl</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Blk</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">PF</td> <td class="yspdetailttl">Pts</td> <td> </td></tr><tr class="ysprow2" align="right" height="16"> <td class="yspscores" align="left"> Feb 28</td> <td class="yspscores" align="left">@ MIA</td> <td class="yspscores" align="left">L 115-120</td> <td class="yspscores">1</td> <td class="yspscores">38:24</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td> <td class="yspscores">7</td> <td class="yspscores">15</td> <td class="yspscores">46.7</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">7</td> <td class="yspscores">57.1</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">1</td> <td class="yspscores">2</td> <td class="yspscores">50.0</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">1</td> <td class="yspscores">1</td> <td class="yspscores">2</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">5</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">2</td> <td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">19</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td></tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right" height="16"> <td class="yspscores" align="left"> Feb 27</td> <td class="yspscores" align="left">PHI</td> <td class="yspscores" align="left">L 103-108</td> <td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">33:58</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td> <td class="yspscores">9</td> <td class="yspscores">16</td> <td class="yspscores">56.3</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">3</td> <td class="yspscores">6</td> <td class="yspscores">50.0</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">100.0</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td><td class="yspscores">2</td> <td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">4</td> <td class="yspscores">0</td> <td class="yspscores">5</td> <td class="yspscores">25</td> <td class="yspscores"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="yspsctbg" align="center"><td colspan="6" 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It's only 3 games, true, but there may be something to treating an accomplished veteran like he's an accomplished veteran. As opposed to treating him like he's a scrub and that he's got to earn PT against players he thinks he should be playing over. I think I'd have let him play himself out of the lineup vs. playing himself into it. When he did play, he was actually pretty good.
Wow, that's some great revisionist history right there. They did give Hughes a shot at the beginning of the year. And he tore up his shoulder, or he would have been getting big minutes from the start. When he came back he played well for a few weeks and then his play went downhill. Hughes played himself out of the lineup with his quick shots. It was a race between Hughes and BG to see who could get the shot up first for a while.
I wouldn't worry too much about how Hughes is playing now. IF you look at what Thabo is doing, he starting to put up numbers like a young Scottie Pippen. I'm sure even King fans are noticing how well Salmons is playing for the Bulls.Still way too early to say this was a win for New York. Let's not forget he's also playing in the D'Antoni system which has a way of inflating player stats (ex-Mr. Duhon).
Yeah. Hughes and Sefolosha were never going to be productive for the Bulls. The only question of value at play is whether the Bulls got the most value they could have on the open market, not whether Sefolosha or Hughes go onto be more productive than the players the Bulls traded for.
I think the question of value at play is why the Bulls can't get a team together that they make the best use of possible.
Yep. Given what he is doing with Hughes, just think what D'antoni would be doing with Rose, Gordon, Salmons, etc.
Our team would be point scoring machines if we were running D'Antoni plays. Despite the Knicks record, I think D'Antoni has turned a crap team into a success with his system. They are still in playoff reach and knowing the eastern conference they have a good shot at making a run for it. and with all that said: He'd do well with the Bulls.
I remember saying at the beginning of the season that we should play him and see if he could revert to this form. It really sucks having a system that players having to fit into vs. making a system that plays to the abilities of the players.
Funny, I'd say it sucks having so many mediocre players who need gimmick systems to be effective. And I'd say it's a league wide problem, not just the bulls...
Since when do the Bulls have a system? The system, such as it is, wasn't Hughes' problem. His problem is there were three guys that were better players all competing with him for minutes.
