Chicago Bulls Blurbs is back here at Pippen Ain’t Easy! With the season officially over for the Bulls, the offseason fun can now begin, which probably means weird chaos. In this edition of CBB, we’ll take a look at some GarPax-related content across the internet and much more.
It’s been a little while since we’ve had an edition of Chicago Bulls Blurbs here at PAE, but with the offseason here, it felt like the perfect time to bring back the best resource for finding and reading the best Bulls-related content on the internet.
In this edition of Bulls Blurbs, we’ll link you to some of the must-read content on the John Paxson-Gar Forman press conference that took place on Wednesday, along with some other Bulls things that you should take the time to read.
Forman and Paxson spoke for over 40 minutes on Wednesday in front of reporters and discussed an array of topics: Rajon Rondo’s contract, the young core of the Bulls, Jimmy Butler, Dwyane Wade’s player option and a lot more.
Without any further adieu, here’s the GarPax Edition of Chicago Bulls Blurbs.
Oh, the places the Bulls will go … if they just pick a direction – (@jon_greenberg)
Jon Greenberg has been around the Bulls for a long time, dating back to his days as a member of ESPN Chicago. He’s seen a lot with this franchise and he was in the building for the GarPax press conference on Wednesday. His breakdown of what we heard from the front office pairing, along with some of his own thoughts, is definitely worth some time.
(This is behind a paywall, so you need a subscription to The Athletic to read it. Please pay for a subscription if you haven’t already and support our colleagues.)
A lot of excuses, not many answers in Bulls’ season-ending press conference – (@highkin)
Along with Greenberg, Sean Highkin is on the great team put together at The Athletic Chicago. He’s been on the Bulls beat with them all season providing some great pieces, including this one about the befuddled state of the Bulls thanks to Forman and Paxson’s “leadership” in the front office. (The part about Nikola Mirotic playing for Team Spain is the best part because no one in the building provoked that response.)
My favorite GarPax quotes: selections from a masterpiece of nonsense – (@BullsBlogger)
There’s a few reasons why you should Your Friendly Bulls Blogger’s piece on his favorite quotes from Wednesday’s press conference. One, nobody calls out Forman and Paxson on their agenda more than YFBB does. Two, the headline itself is fantastic. It truly was a spinjob of all spinjobs by GarPax in those 40-45 minutes of speaking. Three, he’s our friend and you should be reading their stuff at BlogaBull.com anyway.
Next: Our own Daniel Coughlin breaks down the GarPax press conference here at PAE
Other Bulls-related things: The highlights (yes, there were a few) and lowlights (plenty of those) from the 2016-17 season
2016/17 Chicago Bulls season in review: some highlights and a lot of lowlights – (@EasyEis)
In this piece at Blog a Bull, BaB contributor George Eisner went through the 2016-17 season for the Bulls and found the highlight and lowlight of each month throughout the year. Remember when Jimmy Butler dropped 52 on the Charlotte Hornets? How about when Rajon Rondo set social media on fire with an Instagram post out of nowhere. It’s all in there.
Five questions for the Bulls ahead of the offseason – (@MKarantzoulis)
Not only is Mark Karantzoulis a great follow on Twitter for discussing anything Bulls basketball and the NBA as a whole, his articles are always an enjoyable read as well. In this piece, Mark poses five questions surrounding the Bulls this summer, including whether or not Dwyane Wade opts in for the final year of his two-year deal he signed prior to this past season. It’s a good read.