'We had a great team when I was in Chicago,'' he said. ''I loved, loved, loved my teammates in Chicago, but something was missing. Maybe we were a bit too cool in Chicago. Or we just didn't give it our hearts and soul. Whereas here, with [middle linebacker] Ray Lewis being that emotional leader and as spiritual as he is, it takes us over the top with that emotional advantage we have over every other team on Sundays.''- Brendon Ayanbadejo

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/slezak/1374412,CST-SPT-carol13.article

I think it's time now for JR to come back to Chicago and clean up this Franchise.

It's been way too long for this losing to be going on with the Bulls. JR has lived off the title years for ten depressing years. Now it's time to revolt Bulls fans! Stop supporting this team and making them rich while you suffer. 

Listen these little trade ideas we talk about to give us hope that the old days will return, those are nothing more than visions of grandeur.  You wanna keep running in place? Make trades that are lateral moves? 

NO YOU CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE!!!

The Bulls are cheap thats why they hired VDN.  The Bulls know they will have to fire him sooner than later. They knew he would fail. They know when to be bad and how to save money during these so called hard economic times.  How long did they profit during the MJ years? Think about the dough they raked in because of Jordan. Why did the Bulls pay Deng 71 million? Think about it. He is their community good will figure. He's not a good basketball player. 

So they have a team full of cheap lottery picks and a rookie coach. TO SAVE MONEY!

This is Chicago you need a superstar, you need a big draw. Paxson can't bring that person here he's failed and now he needs to be fired. Don't blame Noah or Deng or VDN for this mess. Blame the person who created it. 

Something major needs to be done and not just trading Hughes for someone on Sacramento. 

JR needs a polarizing figure and a leader that has the respect of the organization and the league and most importantly his team. These players don't respect this organization it has no backbone. 

Jerry West can bring professionalism back to this franchise. He could build around Rose and find the talent needed to win in the NBA. I mean who else is out there that can clean this up and bring respect back to that logo?

It's just an idea for now but the first step to have change is to stop giving your money to them. STOP GIVING YOUR MONEY TO JR WHILE HE SMOKES HIS CUBANS IN ARIZONA with a cactus in his front lawn and rocks for grass. 

Stop supporting this team if you want to win titles!

http://67.72.16.166/wscr2/1518724.mp3

Tried to make this a FanShot. Sorry.  

Sounds like he's talking about Larry there? Luol is not a quick shot player? Hmmm. Paxson wants the ball moved around better. He also talked about tightening up the rotation. 

One thing I did like about the 2006 team is they did share the ball really well and scrapped on defense. I think the ball movement has improved. The defense has sucked. 

Sounds like Paxson wants to see Noah and Tyrus develop which I wanna see also. 

Is anyone as mad as me that we're not seeing more from the WR that the Bears have on the roster? I mean are they that bad that they can't do any better than Rasheed Davis?

What is going on? 

Earl Bennett, Brandon Rideau and even Mike Hass could do better than Davis and Lloyd? Really? If the Bears wanna make the playoffs or even win in the playoffs their going to have to address the wide outs. Is it too late? I mean this group is pathetic. 

I guess I wanna know if it's just a matter that they don't know all the plays or that their not battle tested. By the way Bennett made a nice special teams tackle. Whats the deal because this needs to be addressed.

I started to think do I wanna watch this anymore? No. 

I went Christmas Shopping and walked past a Bulls hat and there is no longer that feeling of pride when I see that logo. I started to think do I really want John Paxson to build a team around Rose? No not really. 

I listened to him on ESPN 1000 and felt like this is a man who doesn't like his job. I mean I felt tired after I listened to him. 

Had the Bulls not lucked out in the draft what would we be talking about today? Paxson getting fired? I mean I like John Paxson he seems like a really nice guy but I don't think he's a good GM and he even knows it. 

Remember the white knight standing in the UC tunnel with his nice suit and his fresh take on the Bulls rebuilding plans. College kids from big programs. It was a great Idea and it worked for a few years but I wonder now if Paxson has just lost control. The luster has wore. Players take advantage of him because why else would Noah come back out of shape? Why else would Duhon constantly show up late last season?  You can go on and on with Paxson's failures to Kobe Bryant to Paul Gasol the blame starts with him. 

Other than Derrick Rose you have Paxson's steamy pile of crap players.  

My point is do you trust Paxson to find the kinda of players to mold around Rose? Do you trust Paxson to unload bad contracts? His time seems to be running out. This is huge for Paxson now. Because now he has a star even though he won't say it. 

What is Jerry West doing these days and how does he feel about Chicago winters? Paxson is lame duck. Do you guys have an names for GM after Paxson? 

One of the big things talked about this past summer after drafting Rose was how he would make Tyrus and Joakim better players by his passing ability and his ability to create. 

Now maybe it's early but that really hasn't been the case so far. 

Why?

I really thought Tyrus Thomas would be throwing down monster dunks from Rose all season. Why hasn't Vinny used Thomas more to play off Rose? Why isn't Thomas being taught that once you set the pick you should roll down to the basket looking for a pass?

Really this is what angers me about some of our pro teams in this city. They draft a player and don't use his strengths. Then they thrive in other teams systems. I realize it's on the players too but Vinny should be running the high pick and roll all night. It should be their bread and butter. 

They also mentioned how Chris Paul made Chandler better. And he has but it's all from one simple pick and roll where Chandler plays the alley-oop pass. This is what I had visioned for Rose and Thomas. But nothing.  Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkSCQBpDKzA&feature=related

 This is the perfect play for Rose and Thomas because it creates movement and keeps Thomas near the hoop for put back tips instead of long jump shots. For Rose it gives him a bailout pass when the drive is stopped. Not only does it help Rose it would open up a shooter because now you have someone helping on Tyrus. 

I was calling for this play when Rose got blocked and Thomas cleaned it up. Alley-oop to Tyrus Thomas it was the perfect play and it happened in away but not intentional. 

You need a bread and butter play in this league just look at Malone and Stockton or GP and Kemp. Now Chris Paul and Chandler. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u80lBvwLTzw

Everyone on Philly is paying attention to Rose while Thomas goes untouched. This was the play I was calling and by luck it worked. With this play Thomas can be productive along side Rose.