Jerry Reinsdorf doesn't have LeBron James, but he does still have a sense of humor. "I forgot to watch TV last night," the Bulls' chairman said Friday in a phone interview. "Anything happen?" What happened, of course, is that James spurned the Bulls to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami. But Reinsdorf said he has no regrets about the Bulls' free-agency pursuits and disputed a report the Bulls refused to meet James' personal demands during their July 3 sitdown in Cleveland. "He didn't ask for special privileges except for us to hire his trainer," Reinsdorf said. "And we said yes to that. That was it. We certainly didn't say no to anything. "Look, what these players did was follow a dream, which is their absolute right. They took less money to play together. And LeBron would've made so much more money off the court playing in Chicago than he will in Miami. But they're following a dream. I respect that. "I also think we're a better team than Miami right now, assuming we get a shooting guard. Of course, with LeBron we would've been a great team. Without him, we're still going to be a very good team. If you look at the Miami roster with these three guys but not much else, I think we'll be better next year." http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/reinsdorf-i-still-think-were-better-than-miami.html
Yeah -- I don't like this talk. Because the Bulls aren't better than the Heat unless they sign a real shooting guard. As I mentioned in Korver thread, the bulls have tons of luxury tax space, but only for two years and then everything gets tight. All of the rumored deals thus far have been for players on two year contracts, and we aren't certain yet if the third year of Korver's agreement is guaranteed. Let's see how committed to winning our management is.
