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Can you GM your team?

Im gonna try and do this for the Bulls.

1. Hire Rick Carlisle. The guy is an extremely good coach. No he could not bring the Pistons to the championship in his time there, but look what he turned Chauncey Billups into.Billups was basically a role player and a big time bust before his first season in Detroit. Ironically it was Carlisle's last season there, but he helped Billups become the player that he is today. Then he did even better with a good Pacers team. He got that team to play way past their potential. They didnt have the talent of a 60 win team, but he got them there. Carlisle is a very good coach, and i think he can put the Bulls over the hump. He gets the bes tout of his guys. Hes not a dictator like Skiles was. I liked Skiles strategy but some of our premadonna players decided they didnt like it and quit on him.

2. Let Ben Gordon walk. The guy is a cancer. I used to be an avid fan and pushed for him to get re-signed, but not anymore. Hes going to want top dollar, and hes not worth it. I can see paying him if he maybe improved on last season's 21 points, 3.6 assits, and 3.1 rebounds. But he didnt he fell far short. Now some of that can be acredited to this being a different team then last season and they weren't as good, but i dont care you still have to play. He put up a measly 18.6 PPG, 3.0 APG, and 3.1 RPG. For a guy that is supposed to be our best offensive threat, those arent great numbers. We have one of 2 choices pay him or pay Luol Deng. I will choose Deng any day. Gordon is way too small to be a superstar in this league.

3. Re-sign Deng. You need to. He is the future of this ball club. Yes he didnt improve on last years numbers, but he was hampered by an Achilles injury all season. Its kinda hard to put up 19 and 8 with a bad achilles. He still didnt do bad 17 PPG, 6.3 RPG, and 1 SPG. He is by far the best player on this team at the very young age of 23. He finally got healthy toward the end of the season and he showed what he can do when healthy. In the last 5 games where he played at least 20 minutes, he averaged 20.1 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 1 SPG, and shot 56.5 % from the floor.

4. Draft either Eric Gordon or O.J. Mayo. Chances are that we wont get a top 5 pick. That means, no Michael Beasley, no Derrick Rose, no Brook Lopez. I cant see management spending another pick on a big guy, unless by some devine miracle Beasley, Love or Lopez is still there at the time. Besides, Noah showed great promise torward the end of the season. And Tyrus Thomas showed what he could do when actually given the opportunity to play. We need to get bigger at guard. Thabo looked very good this season when he played. He's a 6'6 SG. Mayo is 6'5 and gives you some versatility where he can either play SG or PG. Same thing with Eric Gordon 6'4 can play either PG or SG. Chances are as long as we are picking in the top 10, one of those guys will fall to us. Personally im hoping for Mayo. I think hes the best off guard coming out of this class, and he gives us a little more height in the backcourt which has been killing us against teams like the Pistons for so long.

5. Give Sefolosha a shot as the starting SG. The kid can play. Hes only 24 years old, and can do everything. Hes a decent passer, has a nice jump shot, can attack the basket well, plays outstanding defense hes got some of the longest arms ive ever seen on a guard. And hes a solid rebounder as far as guards are concerned. No matter what rookie comes in, Sef should be given the chance to win the starting job.

6. Do not retain Larry Hughes. Hes ok but hes not worth that money. Unless you can get him to take a substantial pay cut theres no point in keeping him. Hes not the scorer he once was. He plays ok defense, but its not as good as it used to be. Hes aging as well. Instead let him walk and save alot of money. Put that money to extending Deng's contract and drafting some solid rookies. We may not make the playoffs next year either, but it will be setting up this team for a great run in a year or 2.

This team needs to do alot this offseason to bounce back, i think its possible. Some key changes have to be made, but this team is on the verge, we should have contended this year, but some bad decisions prevented that from happening. Heres to hoping it will be a better season in Chicago.

Can you GM your team?

Good post.  Well thought out.  I agree with most all of it but the Carlisle part.  Players in Indiana hated him.  And in Detroit he was rumored to be very aloof to players and front office.  He micromanages the game, and even tepid, normally quiet dudes like Danny Granger admitted to being happy he was gone.  Every single Pacer just loathed the guy.  And honestly, with Artest on his meds, JO coming off a season where he finished 2nd in the MVP voting (I'm not BSing you, there was a time), and Stephen Jackson, who's underrated as it is...plus depth and Reggie's leadership, he did an okay job.  Nothing amazing, but not bad. 

But he won't let players out on the break, calls really about 70% of the plays brought upcourt right there, and doesn't allow for much breathing room on offense.  On D, he's a great coach and a guy who would improve the team, but when two sets of players and two front offices both say the same things about him not being the most personable or fun guy to work with....I think the writing gets put on the wall.  If I were you, I'd call Larry Brown and just get your 1 year's worth.  Might be worth a ring.

Can you GM your team?

Can you GM your team?

you are the first person i've ever seen besides myself advocate that ben gordon should be let go. i am incredibly, incredibly happy.

i have no team in the nba that i root for consistently, but if i were the gm of the clippers i would get rid of everybody in the starting lineup except brand and maggette, hoping that i could get duhon, redick, and either dunleavy or battier, rename the team the blue devils...wait a minute, nevermind. that's what i did in nba live this semester.