'No Excuses... We're Just Pathetic' - Official 2015 Chicago Bulls Offseason Thread

[cornercommission2k12]

So let's talk about Bobby digital giving towns what work

 

[HNIC973]

So let's talk about Bobby digital giving towns what work

Portis was very oood at ARK he always gave my squad UK work

 

[Loot_Gingrich]

Too bad Taj or Jo couldn't be moved because it seems like Portis could be a productive role player in limited minutes. Unfortunately, he'll likely be buried on the bench until the trade deadline.

 

[red222]

I have that mindset not to back down,” said McDermott, who also had five rebounds and shot nine of 16, mostly inside. “Go right back at them. I’m excited for that. Last summer and last year I was too nice, almost. Now after last year and how frustrating it was I feel I have more edge to me and I’m excited about that. I was accepting of it. Now I know what I am capable of. I play my best when I have that edge. That’s what I played with my four years in college and feel I can build on that again.

“We were laughing about that in the weight room,” said McDermott. “Last year I was squatting about 50 pounds; (Now) I’m squatting my body weight. Last summer I was sore after I barely squatted 50 pounds. I was a toothpick. Today I was doing 245. It’s completely different. I feel great. I’m 225; last summer I was 215. I don’t feel it’s affected me at all. I feel I’m in a really good spot right now.”

“I think I can play stretch four in the NBA,” said McDermott. “I played a lot of four in college and I think it’s something that can work because I am really comfortable with it. We have guys like Niko (Mirotic) and that’s his place. But I also think we can play together and do pick and pop type stuff.

“Watching the Finals, watching high school teammate Harrison (Barnes), I’d never have guessed he’d be at the four,” said McDermott. “But there he is out there starting in the Finals at the four. That gave me a lot of confidence because he’s a guy who played the three his whole life and would never want to go to the four. But he was almost liking it more because of the matchups. I feel I can do the same.

“I would say I’m a lot more aware now and mature,” said McDermott. “I think I really grew up and learned the NBA game. I didn’t get a whole lot of experience (last season), but I got a lot of experience watching guys like Mike (Dunleavy) and Jimmy (Butler), guys who have played in the NBA for awhile. I feel I picked up on little things they did and I feel that will give me a lot of momentum going into the season. I look at (last season) like kind of a red shirt year. I got a lot of time in the weight room, a lot of stuff on the floor. I feel my game is really sharp right now. I think I have a lot more confidence in myself.

“Watching Fred’s teams at Iowa State, it’s a dream to play in that system,” said McDermott. “We have a lot of guys on our team who will thrive under him. I worked my tail off and my shot feels better than it ever has. It’s just a matter of getting an opportunity to really show it on a consistent basis.

“(Last season) was really hard because you go from being at an all time high in college and you get humbled,” observed McDermott. “I think it was a really good thing for me. It tested me mentally. I really had not gone through a whole lot of adversity. I had a great summer league, was feeling great and real healthy and then get that injury, get off to a rough start and never getting a chance to fight my way back in. I feel like I took a step back toward the end of the year and accepted it. I was on a great team last year; not a lot of rookies played on teams in the playoffs. I kind of looked at it that way. But I feel I can give so much more and everyone really hasn’t seen my game yet. That’s been motivation for me this summer and I’m excited to show that.”
http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/samsmith/bulls-roll-victory-summer-league-opener

 

[cornercommission2k12]

I'll admit maybe I'm being too overly critical

But I wasn't too impressed with doug showing yesterday

I was expecting more. I was hoping he would show some all star potential and all I saw was a regular role player not capable of being our starting 3.

Maybe I shouldn't expect much but those 2 picks seeing what nurkic looks like and his potential. I wish I could be more patient with his development but we need killers now.

 

[smARTmouf]

If you expected Doug to do more than what he did yesterday then you expect too much of him.

 

[Populair]

“We were laughing about that in the weight room,” said McDermott. “Last year I was squatting about 50 pounds; (Now) I’m squatting my body weight. Last summer I was sore after I barely squatted 50 pounds. I was a toothpick. Today I was doing 245. It’s completely different. I feel great. I’m 225; last summer I was 215. I don’t feel it’s affected me at all. I feel I’m in a really good spot right now.”

Was this dude really struggling to squat just the bar (standard gym bars weigh 45 lbs by themselves) ? The visuals that I'm getting from this is just .....

This is worse then KD's combine bench pressing numbers as far as I'm concerned.

And Doug still looked anxious and 'jumpy' out there to me during yesterday's game... I'm waiting for him to show that smoothness & confidence in his offensive abilities that he had while at Creighton.

 

[GoldenGlove]

McDermott saying he was only squatting 50 pounds last summer is weak AF.



That's basically squatting the bar without any plates on it

 

[red222]

Was this dude really struggling to squat just the bar (standard gym bars weigh 45 lbs by themselves) ? The visuals that I'm getting from this is just .....

This is worse then KD's combine bench pressing numbers as far as I'm concerned.

And Doug still looked anxious and 'jumpy' out there to me during yesterday's game... I'm waiting for him to show that smoothness & confidence in his offensive abilities that he had while at Creighton.

gotta be a typo if not

 

[Perfectson]

McDermott saying he was only squatting 50 pounds last summer is weak AF.



That's basically squatting the bar without any plates on it

it makes for good talk - no way he was squatting 50 lbs.

btw, someone mentioned trading Jo and Taj, very stupid. Bobby Portis doesn't play D all that well nor rebound. If you put a frontline out there of Miritoic, Portis, Gasol, and McBuckets we would get eaten alive on the boards.

The person who should be expendable is McBuckets and Taj (or Noah). Preferably we keep Noah

I would also sign Seth Curry and never play Hinrich at PG

 

[Rice N Beans]

Doug seems terrible anywhere around the rim.

 

[red222]

BULLS SIGN CRISTIANO FELICIO

The Chicago Bulls announced today the team has signed free agent forward/center Cristiano Felicio (cree-STEE-YAHN-oh). In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced.

“We've been impressed with Cristiano's work ethic and potential,” said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman. “We're looking forward to working with him and having him come to camp with us this fall.”

Felicio (6-10, 275) played with C.R. Flamengo of the NBB (Novo Basquete Brasil) last season and is currently playing on Chicago’s 2015 Las Vegas Summer League team.

 

[Rice N Beans]

BULLS SIGN CRISTIANO FELICIO

The Chicago Bulls announced today the team has signed free agent forward/center Cristiano Felicio (cree-STEE-YAHN-oh). In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced.

“We've been impressed with Cristiano's work ethic and potential,” said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman. “We're looking forward to working with him and having him come to camp with us this fall.”

Felicio (6-10, 275) played with C.R. Flamengo of the NBB (Novo Basquete Brasil) last season and is currently playing on Chicago’s 2015 Las Vegas Summer League team.

Was it for center reasons? I can't see why we have so many forwards.

 

[Perfectson]

WHO IN THIS THREAD SAID WE SHOULD TRADE BOTH NOAH & TAJ?





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i might have misquoted someone after reading realgm, lol.

 

[Perfectson]

BULLS SIGN CRISTIANO FELICIO

The Chicago Bulls announced today the team has signed free agent forward/center Cristiano Felicio (cree-STEE-YAHN-oh). In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced.

“We've been impressed with Cristiano's work ethic and potential,” said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman. “We're looking forward to working with him and having him come to camp with us this fall.”

Felicio (6-10, 275) played with C.R. Flamengo of the NBB (Novo Basquete Brasil) last season and is currently playing on Chicago’s 2015 Las Vegas Summer League team.

what the fukk

this has done absolutely nothing and I mean nothing

he has the NBA body and length but he doesn't know how to tie his shoes.