Frank Breakfast Styleham
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The time has come for Chicago to clean house and start all over again.
Picture it.
Phoenix. February 1988.
The Suns were an absolute mess. Cotton Fitzsimmons takes a LOT of heat for trading fan-favorite Larry Nance, Mike Sanders and a 1st rounder to Cleveland for little-known point guard Kevin Johnson and unknowns Tyrone Corbin, Mark West and 3 picks (one of those picks became Dan Majerle).
But it worked because the truth was, the Suns were going nowhere with the group they had year in, year out and trading Nance was the first major step in that team becoming relevant again.
Picture it.
Dallas. 1997.
Nearly a decade later, fresh off his New York pink slip Don Nelson comes into Dallas and purges the locker room of the cancers of that team.
Nellie takes a LOT of heat for dealing Sam Cassell, Chris Gatling, Jim Jackson, George McCloud and Eric Montross to the Nets for Shawn Bradley, Ed O'Bannon, Robert Pack and Khalid Reeves.
Just as it worked for Phoenix a decade earlier so it worked for Dallas. The cold hard truth was, the Mavericks were going nowhere with Cassell and Gatling and Jimmy Jackson and George McCloud and everyone else they had. His was the first major step in Dallas becoming relevant again and only a few years later they were the most entertaining team to watch in all of basketball.
At the time both of these trades looked certifiably insane on every level. Larry Nance for a bunch of nobodies? Four starters and Montross for only 4 medicore players (time won't permit me to explain the Suns-Knicks trade that sent Marbury AND Penny Hardaway to new York for a package that starred Antonio McDyess)?
Once most of those guys' contracts expired the team was in position to start all over again and they recovered.
We may not be able to trade them all in one deal but there has to be a way to trade Kirk Hinrich, Tyrus Thomas, John Salmons, Luol Deng and Brad Miller for expiring contracts like T-Mac and Luis Scola and a ton of draft picks.
When the Larry Nance experiment wasn't working and the Suns were mediocre every year trading him worked measures.
When the 3 J's was a colossal disappointment the Mavericks rid themselves of each of them, including every other player who was a deterrent to success in a years time.
When the Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway, Tom Gugliotta experiment failed in Phoenix they cleaned house and the very next year the Suns were a title contender for years.
I'm sick and tired of the pathetic mediocre Chicago Bulls.
If we're serious about ever being contenders again it all starts with a phone call, an insane trade offer and an agreement.
It's time to trade Mr. Hinrich, trade Mr. Thomas, trade Mr. Salmons, trade Mr. Deng and trade Mr. Miller (not to mention, get Jerome James out of town as well).
It's time to clean house, ladies and gentlemen.
So what do you say? Are we gonna call Niecy Nash or not?
http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/cleanhouse/index.jsp
Picture it.
Phoenix. February 1988.
The Suns were an absolute mess. Cotton Fitzsimmons takes a LOT of heat for trading fan-favorite Larry Nance, Mike Sanders and a 1st rounder to Cleveland for little-known point guard Kevin Johnson and unknowns Tyrone Corbin, Mark West and 3 picks (one of those picks became Dan Majerle).
But it worked because the truth was, the Suns were going nowhere with the group they had year in, year out and trading Nance was the first major step in that team becoming relevant again.
Picture it.
Dallas. 1997.
Nearly a decade later, fresh off his New York pink slip Don Nelson comes into Dallas and purges the locker room of the cancers of that team.
Nellie takes a LOT of heat for dealing Sam Cassell, Chris Gatling, Jim Jackson, George McCloud and Eric Montross to the Nets for Shawn Bradley, Ed O'Bannon, Robert Pack and Khalid Reeves.
Just as it worked for Phoenix a decade earlier so it worked for Dallas. The cold hard truth was, the Mavericks were going nowhere with Cassell and Gatling and Jimmy Jackson and George McCloud and everyone else they had. His was the first major step in Dallas becoming relevant again and only a few years later they were the most entertaining team to watch in all of basketball.
At the time both of these trades looked certifiably insane on every level. Larry Nance for a bunch of nobodies? Four starters and Montross for only 4 medicore players (time won't permit me to explain the Suns-Knicks trade that sent Marbury AND Penny Hardaway to new York for a package that starred Antonio McDyess)?
Once most of those guys' contracts expired the team was in position to start all over again and they recovered.
We may not be able to trade them all in one deal but there has to be a way to trade Kirk Hinrich, Tyrus Thomas, John Salmons, Luol Deng and Brad Miller for expiring contracts like T-Mac and Luis Scola and a ton of draft picks.
When the Larry Nance experiment wasn't working and the Suns were mediocre every year trading him worked measures.
When the 3 J's was a colossal disappointment the Mavericks rid themselves of each of them, including every other player who was a deterrent to success in a years time.
When the Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway, Tom Gugliotta experiment failed in Phoenix they cleaned house and the very next year the Suns were a title contender for years.
I'm sick and tired of the pathetic mediocre Chicago Bulls.
If we're serious about ever being contenders again it all starts with a phone call, an insane trade offer and an agreement.
It's time to trade Mr. Hinrich, trade Mr. Thomas, trade Mr. Salmons, trade Mr. Deng and trade Mr. Miller (not to mention, get Jerome James out of town as well).
It's time to clean house, ladies and gentlemen.
So what do you say? Are we gonna call Niecy Nash or not?
http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/cleanhouse/index.jsp
