I'm perfectly fine with Luol's contract. He's not your average small forward. He brings great length and defense, along with a sweet jump shot. I've always loved his game, and I knew Deng was being read wrong. In another board I post on, I remember getting into arguments with people on the subject. When I said Deng still hasn't peaked and was just dealt a bad hand of injuries instead of going with the "he's soft, trade him ASAP" crew, I had everyone calling me a moron, idiot, you name it. It was always just, "he's soft, he will never be a threat from three, he could never play 80+ games again" blah blah blah. I wonder if Crystallas remembers those exchanges.
He has lived up to his contract this season. There's still a lot of room for improvement, but the only problem I had with Deng was games missed, and that was a non issue for this season. When he's on the floor, he's always good. The Bulls went through some rough years and so went Deng. He underachieved, but some players are just late bloomers. Now that the Bulls have a steady system and he has found his game, it looks easy for him. I could even see him improving off of this season, perhaps a MIP award is in his near future.
Boozer hasn't been right since that fall on his leg. This is the worst he has ever been in the play-offs as a result. I wish we could get more from him. It is really scary how he always misses so many games.
