Those Poor Chicagoans
Been kind of a bummer year for sports fans in Chicago. Granted, the Cubs breathed a breath of excitement and hope into every Chicagoans heart, but that excitement ended predictably as the Cubs melted down at the end of Game 6 and then throughout the last eight innings in Game 7. The Bears are off to their usual 4-7 start, and now this: the Bulls are restructuring. Again.
Yes, the Bulls have decided to not only give up on their coach, but to also give up on Jalen Rose, Lonny Baxter, and Donyell Marshall. In return, the Raptors are letting go of Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams, and Chris Jefferies.
Now, I'm not saying that Rose, Baxter, or Marshall are the cornerstones to building a championship fanchise, but you need to form some sort of consisten nucleus in order to have any chance at even hoping to get into the playoffs. For an example of a solid nucleus, look no further than the... Chicago Bulls of the 1990s. In each of their two three-peats, the Bulls kept the same core players. In the first three-peat, many of those core players had been there for several years prior to the championship run.
I guess the Bulls are pinning their hopes on Chandler and Curry as the core nucleus, and are trying to fill in role players. Who knows, though. A few more winning seasons and those two guys may be history as well.