05-01-2018, 10:40 AM | #37 |
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We haven't posted to this thread for awhile. Maybe IR will come back around. Any other NBA fans? I am one - just of the casual variety.
I had thought about it two years ago, when Minnesota hired Tom Thibodeau as coach - then last summer I totally switched my allegiance from the Chicago Bulls to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Continual dissatisfaction with Bulls management, they ran Thibs out of town, got rid of all the players I had grown to love - then went on a "tanking" campaign to start about the 6th "re-build" since the Jordan era. So when Minnesota traded for Jimmy Butler - formerly my very favorite Bulls player - then kept picking up other former Bulls, it was easy to switch allegiances. Like cheering for the same team, different uniforms. Anyway - happy with how my T-wolves did this year. Interesting stuff going on in the NBA otherwise: all the guys switching teams last summer, emergence of the 76ers, how well the Harden/Paul pairing has worked in Houston (most legitimate challenger to what has been a powerhouse Warriors team - which I'm already sick of), and Boston coming on strong and staying strong - even after losing TWO top acquisitions from this past summer. Pelicans are a very interesting team now. All kinds of new talent emerging. And probably at least 12-15 ex-Bulls in the playoffs on other teams - while the Bulls had a very bad record, but not near the worst (does tanking really work if 8+ teams are doing it in a given year? :P ). Anybody else out there watching - and enjoying at all?
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