Wait.....Brad Miller?

First of all I love the Bulls. I grew up watching Michael and Scottie. I grew up watching the dominance, the triangle and the swagger. I knew I was watching greatness and I knew what I saw, I would never see again.

So now, as the Bulls flounder in mediocrity, I don’t expect that decade of Bulls basketball to be re-lived by this bunch. I don’t expect those glory days to come back into my life. All I want is for my favorite NBA team to make good decisions, to just try and inch this team closer to being relevant again.

To me, the Bulls are the son you hope you never have. You know, the one that shows talent at a young age, so you start planning his future as a major leaguer, only to witness him in his teens throwing it all away by getting drunk, chasing dirty women and by smoking weed on the toilet in the upstairs bathroom. My point is that lately every move the Bulls make to move forward, really just pushes them back.

I understand why the team got rid of Larry Hughes, why Nocioni had to go, but why now? Why are the Bulls making all these meaningless moves when it only makes them slightly better? We have one of the most dynamic point guards to come along in years and the Bulls really believe Brad Miller, John Salmons, Tim Thomas, Jerome James and Anthony Robertson are the players to show him how it’s done? Really, Brad Miller? Wait didn’t we have Brad Miller? And didn’t Tim Thomas force a trade a la Larry Hughes just three years ago? And who is Anthony Robertson? Am I crazy?

Anyway, I understand that in 2010 the Bulls will have enough cap space to sign a major free agent, but I just don’t trust the Bulls with any of that cap room to make a competent deal. For the past decade the Bulls have been employing role players as stars, while passing up on potential stars. So for now, we Bulls fans get to look forward to another few years of Joakim Noah, Tyrus Thomas and Luol Deng jogging up and down the court looking lost. The one thing I pray for is that Derrick Rose doesn’t learn how to be an underachiever because, as of right now, he is the lone star on the Underachieving All-stars.