I'm no fan of Reinsdorf, but this is the first thing I've seen him say about the team that gives me some real hope. Thank you transplant!
Love ya, trueblue, but I'm not sure that it is the question. While I'm sure that fans who don't like Reinsdorf will try to cycle everything back to money, but this isn't baseball...you can't just throw money at the problem. The real issue for the Bulls this offseason is which of their current assets they're willing to part with for what. If there's still a MLE and the Bulls don't spend it on something they need, Reinsdorf's a cheap bastard and even I won't disagree. I don't know many folks who believe that this will happen. It then comes down to who/what they will trade. Specifically, it's going to be about Gibson, Asik, and if you believe some of the rumors, Deng and/or Noah. Salaries will be close, so it won't be a matter of the "money-grubbing Reinsdorf" hording his filthy lucre. It'll be about whether a promising young big is worth a promising young small. Whether one hole you want to fill is worth creating a new hole.
Not a fan of Reinsdorf? Who knew? Yeah, I liked what he said too. He could've just left it at the "our inexperience showed." Instead, he gave himself a fan moment and essentially said that the emperor has no clothes. Honesty is cool.
Reinsdorf isn't cheap! He's greedy, and to the point, so far, of not putting the best team possible on the court. The distinction is important. It's about maximizing PROFIT.
Denny, love your passion. Please put this argument in your bring-up file for mid-July or early-August...particularly if there's a lockout...we'll need stuff to talk about. Yeah, I know we've been down this road before, but it'll still be fun.
I'm just saying he's not cheap, and I never thought he was. It's the conflict between profit and putting the best basketball team on the floor, that putting the best basketball team on the floor is 2nd priority.
I don't really get your stance. Reinsdorf isn't an absentee owner. I'm sure he's been aware of the franchise's deficiencies along with the rest of us. I assume he's speaking about them now because the league is about to institute a hard cap. I'd be silly to believe that anything has changed in his monitoring of the team; the thing that has changed is the impact of his words. You can't criticize Reinsdorf for not anteing up when the CBA has a hard cap. Thus the honest assessment.
My stance is based upon these words in contrast with his words from last summer and earlier in the season. Stuff like, "the Bulls are a great business to pass on to my kids (because it makes so much money, not wins championships!)" and "the Bulls can win 4 championships with Rose." (They can't win 1 championship without more talent).
So, JR is honest when impotent, but disingenuous when powerful? Sounds like a good description of the human condition.
Wow Denny. I know several women who don't switch their arguments around after the fact as much you do... And Reinsdorf isn't being cheap or greedy, he's being savy by not throwing Rose and Boozer under the bus. Those were the guys who could have provided all of the scoring the bulls needed to beat the Heat. Miami just lost to a one man team. And before anybody brings up Jason Terry, go compare his stats to Boozer's.
Terry shot .463 and averaged 18 PPG against Miami in the 6 games. Boozer shot 24-59 (.406) and averaged 14.4 PPG against Miami. Terry is Dallas' 6th man. Dallas' 7th man (Marion) started at SF for them because their regular SF is hurt. Marion shot 34-71 (.479) and averaged 13.7 PPG against Miami. Luol Deng shot 32-76 (.421) and averaged 17.2 PPG against Miami.
