Dear Bulls Fans, You quietly picked up one of the best passers, low post bangers, intelligent, gutsy, 50 % + FG shooting forwards in Darius Songaila who can run or play in the half court set. The Kings decided to reload around Peja this year and parted with some great players (e.g. Christie). Songaila will never hurt you, and as he picks up less fouls while he continues to learn the NBA limits on physical defensive play it will be tough to leave him on the bench even with the unusally proportioned Luol Deng on deck. What a steal. Watch and believe for youself.
Most of us knew what we where getting when the Bulls signed Songaila. He was the Bulls biggest free agent signing in the off season. He has paid dividends he has a nice shot, and is a gritty defender. However, I do not think he should be starting over Michael Sweetney. Sweetney proved to be the more impressive of the two during the preseason, and has done the same so far this season. He played excellent in the game against the Nets, but unfortunately fouled out with a couple minutes left. I can see why Skiles starts Darius however he plays tough defense, and leaves it all out on the court you never have to worry about weather or not your getting 100% from him.
Songaila will be a good player for us, i'm convinced of this. But I also think he is better off at the 3, and that will create minutes problems in the future with deng and Nocioni also on board. If Paxson does a trade for an inside scoring presence, i expect one of these 3 to be included in the deal...
