Just What Happened to the Chicago Bulls?

The Bulls almost committed an absolute travesty by very nearly letting restricted free-agents Luol Deng and Ben Gordon both leave. The team re-signed Deng to a six-year, $7 million contract a little over two weeks ago, but Gordon is still unsigned, and it appears unlikely we’ll see him in a Bulls uniform again.

I mentioned that taking Derrick Rose may have been the wrong choice. Rose seems to be an excellent talent, but the Bulls are already loaded at the guard spot and Beasley seems to be an absolute scoring prodigy on the inside, which is what the Bulls so desperately need.

So we’re caught up to the present day, where the Bulls are on the fence between contender and rebuilding...again. What I truly don’t understand is why John Paxson still has a job. True, he managed to draft Gordon and Deng, but he also managed to alienate these players to the point where they honestly don’t seem to want to play for this team anymore. I don’t blame them: Chicago has learned nothing in the last ten years.

They finally have a team that may be capable of achieving something. Of course, I’m not suggesting that this current team could do anything more than reach the conference semi-finals, but with a few more added pieces and some general effort, they could be one the top teams in the East.

But only if they let themselves.

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