Seriously. I understand wanting T-Mac or AI or Pierce, but Walker, give me a freaking break. The guy is a piece of turd that Celtics were glad to get rid of. Especially when you consider trading a package which includes this year's possible #1 pick for him. Now I see why Bulls have been mediocre for the past couple of years. I could just see it now..Hinrich to Walker, Walker steps back -- takes the unadvised three and misses. And another, and another, and another...
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Uncertainty is the only sure thing for Bulls trio
March 25, 2004
BY ROMAN MODROWSKI Staff Reporter Advertisement
As the Bulls' season winds down, conversation among players turns to the future, with several wondering who will be back.
The most intriguing topic concerns the futures of Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler and Jamal Crawford, who will become a restricted free agent.
It is considered highly unlikely all three will return. It is believed operations chief John Paxson will build around Curry and Kirk Hinrich. Chandler may be dangled in trade talks with the Bulls' top pick -- which could be No. 1 overall -- along with a big contract, perhaps that of Antonio Davis, to acquire an All-Star-caliber player. Names that have been thrown around include Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker and Tracy McGrady.
''It's always a topic of conversation around here,'' Curry said. ''It's hard, because the only people I've gotten along with are Tyson and Jamal. Everybody else has been rotating in and out, so it's hard to adjust to the fact somebody may not be here, maybe me.
''It's tough, but it's a business. We all knew coming in that more than likely we wouldn't spend our whole careers in the same place, so it's just a hard reality.''
Curry expects change because of the Bulls' record (20-51). He even admitted he would make changes if he were the general manager.
''With all the stuff going on, nobody's been able to sit down and say this is the player we're going to build on,'' Curry said. ''I feel I can be one of the dominant players on this team or one of the players to help carry this team where it needs to be.
''But we have a lot of work to do, and I have a lot of work to do, and it's a tough situation.''
Paxson has accepted blame for assembling this team, but it was Jerry Krause who became the first NBA general manager in history to invest his team's future in two 18-year-olds straight out of high school in Curry and Chandler, and a player in Crawford who participated in just 17 college games at Michigan.
That group has had three seasons to prove itself, and the results have been disappointing.
''You hear so much that I go back and forth,'' Crawford said. ''They could break it up because of the year we've had, and we were a big part of it, but then again, to throw away or trade all this talent after a bad year. ...
''[Curry and Chandler] are under contract, so everything with them is speculation. My contract is up, so I'm going to sit back and explore my options.''
Crawford will attend a few playoff games before heading home to Seattle and returning to Chicago to work out before the free-agent market opens on July 1, when he will visit several teams.
Curry, who plans to work out again with Tim Grover, isn't sure if the three individuals would have been better served to start their careers separately on more veteran-laden teams.
''[But] our development would have been the same if we were never together or together,'' Curry said.
''Things didn't turn out quite like anybody expected. It's probably frustrating to people watching, because it's frustrating to us.''
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Uncertainty is the only sure thing for Bulls trio
March 25, 2004
BY ROMAN MODROWSKI Staff Reporter Advertisement
As the Bulls' season winds down, conversation among players turns to the future, with several wondering who will be back.
The most intriguing topic concerns the futures of Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler and Jamal Crawford, who will become a restricted free agent.
It is considered highly unlikely all three will return. It is believed operations chief John Paxson will build around Curry and Kirk Hinrich. Chandler may be dangled in trade talks with the Bulls' top pick -- which could be No. 1 overall -- along with a big contract, perhaps that of Antonio Davis, to acquire an All-Star-caliber player. Names that have been thrown around include Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker and Tracy McGrady.
''It's always a topic of conversation around here,'' Curry said. ''It's hard, because the only people I've gotten along with are Tyson and Jamal. Everybody else has been rotating in and out, so it's hard to adjust to the fact somebody may not be here, maybe me.
''It's tough, but it's a business. We all knew coming in that more than likely we wouldn't spend our whole careers in the same place, so it's just a hard reality.''
Curry expects change because of the Bulls' record (20-51). He even admitted he would make changes if he were the general manager.
''With all the stuff going on, nobody's been able to sit down and say this is the player we're going to build on,'' Curry said. ''I feel I can be one of the dominant players on this team or one of the players to help carry this team where it needs to be.
''But we have a lot of work to do, and I have a lot of work to do, and it's a tough situation.''
Paxson has accepted blame for assembling this team, but it was Jerry Krause who became the first NBA general manager in history to invest his team's future in two 18-year-olds straight out of high school in Curry and Chandler, and a player in Crawford who participated in just 17 college games at Michigan.
That group has had three seasons to prove itself, and the results have been disappointing.
''You hear so much that I go back and forth,'' Crawford said. ''They could break it up because of the year we've had, and we were a big part of it, but then again, to throw away or trade all this talent after a bad year. ...
''[Curry and Chandler] are under contract, so everything with them is speculation. My contract is up, so I'm going to sit back and explore my options.''
Crawford will attend a few playoff games before heading home to Seattle and returning to Chicago to work out before the free-agent market opens on July 1, when he will visit several teams.
Curry, who plans to work out again with Tim Grover, isn't sure if the three individuals would have been better served to start their careers separately on more veteran-laden teams.
''[But] our development would have been the same if we were never together or together,'' Curry said.
''Things didn't turn out quite like anybody expected. It's probably frustrating to people watching, because it's frustrating to us.''
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