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Chicago Bulls Slide Continues – Hello Lottery Pick!
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 | Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports | No Comments
The Chicago Bulls free-fall continued with their 7th loss in a row – to the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night. Playing short-handed with injuries to 3 stars – Derrick Rose, Loul Deng and Joakim Noah – Vinny Del Negro’s Bulls are clearly overmatched. Once a lock for the playoffs for the 2nd season in a row, the Bulls now found themselves on the outside looking in. The Bulls trail the Toronto Raptors by 2 games for the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. Can you say lottery pick?
In last night’s loss, the Bulls were forced to start 2 rookies – Taj Gibson and James Johnson, 2 older veterans – Brad Miller and Jannero Pargo and better-suited 6th man Kirk Hinrich. Ouch.
It doesn’t get any easier for the Bulls over the next week. They have road games against the Grizzlies in Memphis and the Mavericks in Dallas and then return home to face the Cavaliers on Friday night at the United Center. Can you say 10-game losing streak?
This would not be good for often-criticized Del Negro, but it could mean a good lottery pick for the team as well as a good chance to land a big free agent this summer. If not, it could be another long stretch of bad Bulls teams for the foreseeable future.
Allen Iverson Parts Ways with 76ers… Again…
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | Memphis Grizzlies, NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Sports | No Comments
The Allen Iverson – Philadelphia 76ers “2010 reunion tour” is finally over. Iverson played 25 games for the Philadelphia 76ers in 2009-2010 after abruptly leaving the Grizzlies just 3 games into the season. Iverson never really got into a groove in the 76ers system and he never really fully accepted his “reduced role” as a contributing NBA player. Iverson averaged 13.9 points, 4.1 assists and 3.0 rebounds while playing just over 30 minutes in each game. But his playing time severely slipped in mid-December and things got worse from there in the new year. Iverson eventually left the team about 2 weeks ago to spend time with his ailing 4-year old daughter.
76ers GM Ed Stefanski made this statement earlier today: “After discussing the situation with Allen, we have come to the conclusion that he will not return to the Sixers for the remainder of the season, as he no longer wishes to be a distraction to the organization and teammates that he loves very much. It has been very difficult for Allen and the team to maintain any consistency as he tries to balance his career with his personal life.”
Personal situation aside, this was going to happen at some point. Iverson still thinks of himself as an “NBA star” and he simply isn’t that kind of player anymore. Iverson is a lock for the Hall of Fame with his amazing numbers, but if he wants to keep playing in the NBA, he needs to accept his role as a bit player on a playoff contender. Until he does that, he likely won’t find himself back in the NBA anytime soon…
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