First off, I had incorrect info on the Summer roster. The two rookies are the only Bulls playing, which is right and normal. Unfortunately, they are playing like crap. Johnson is turning the ball over left and right and Gibson has 9 and 10 fouls respectively in the two games they have played. That's a lot even for Summer League. Hopefully, they are learning something.
Bulls buy out Tim Thomas again!! This is a good demonstration of why I named the title of my blog what it is. They have one stint with Tim Thomas, discover he is lazy and doesn't play defense, so they buy him out. He leaves acrimoniously. Fast forward a few years and they trade for him again, saying that Vinnie knows him and can handle the issues they had previously. Then, surprise, they discover that he's still lazy and doesn't play defense, so they buy him out again. What's great about this story is that the Knicks picked him up off waivers last time and appear likely to do it again. Maybe they hope to trade him back to the Bulls in a year.
On the FA front, it's looking like Utah will match Portland's offer for Millsap and retain him. I think the factor for them in doing this is that Miami appears interested in Boozer, so now they have a few teams that seem to want him, and I'm sure the Bulls are still in the mix. They are gambling that they can get a reasonable deal done before the season and tax time starts.
As a sure sign of the bad economy, the NBA lowered the salary cap this coming year. Less than half the teams made a profit last year. Bulls of course are one of the healthier franchises, but they will be under pressure along with everyone else to keep salaries down. This probably was a big factor in losing Ben.
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