Through 2 games in the NBA Summer League Jimmy Butler has been the star of the Bulls squad.
Tonight Butler amassed 24 points while grabbing 7 rebounds and was a tremendous 8-8 from the foul line.
He's been drawing thee point plays, he's been all over the glass, and he's doing a majority of the scoring while out there.
Butler is going to be a key guy for the Bulls this coming season. Whith the former Bench Mob now almost completely depleted, Butler and Gibson will be the guys who are going to be expected to inject energy into the game as the second unit.
Mat would love to see Jimmy put the ball in the hoop a little bit more, like he's been doing in Summer League, to go along with his excellent defensive work.
Butler's offensive game is going to have a major effect on how successful the Bulls second unit is. If he can't score, it's going to be all up to Taj.
Butler has a chance to be a nice release valve for the pressure Gibson will carry while out there with the subs, if he can do it, you may be looking at a new, younger, version of the Bench Mob.
Mat expects a lot out of Jimmy this year, hopefully his expectations can be met.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It's Summer League Time
Bryan Crawford of NBC Chicago passes along information regarding the Bulls upcoming NBA Summer League venture, which will be taking place in Las Vegas. You may remember last season this was cancelled because of the lockout, but this is an otherwise annual occurrence in the NBA offseason.
The roster breaks down like this:
Jimmy Butler, Marquis Teague, Demetri McCamey, Leon Powe, and a bunch of random clowns whose names can be found within the article. For those unfamiliar, the NBA Summer League is less a time for compeition, but more a time for players to showcase their talents to the NBA execs/scouts who are watching on.
Mat likes this for various reasons. Partially because he gets to lounge around, eating cheese while watching mediocre basketball. But mostly because he gets his Bulls fix. He is very interested in seeing Marquis Teague donning the black and red for the first time and witnessing his perceived first round skills.
Mat expects Jimmy Butler to dominate over the course of the 4 games the Bulls are playing (July 17th vs. Celtics, 18th vs. Rockets, 20th vs. Warriors, and 21st vs. Clippers) as Butler's role is expected to be heavily increased this upcoming season because of the departure of Ronnie Brewer.
Also included in this bunch is former Celtics second round pick, Leon Powe. Powe has had numerous knee issues in the past, but has been known to explode in previous NBA games. Mat is interested to see what this 4 year NBA vet has left in the tank.
Last, and certainly least, Mat wants to see what Demetri McCamey has left. Purely because of the fact that Mat believes McCamey to be the biggest waste of basketball talent this side of Kwame Brown. Mat remembers fondly hearing of his fantastic performances while playing at the University of Illinois, only to be undone by his reputation to be lazy and unable to be coached.
Mat doesn't expect much out of the latter two, but knows big things should come out of the first two mentioned. Hopefully the basketball is bearable, and the Bulls front office learns a little bit more about their team before the season starts up.
The roster breaks down like this:
Jimmy Butler, Marquis Teague, Demetri McCamey, Leon Powe, and a bunch of random clowns whose names can be found within the article. For those unfamiliar, the NBA Summer League is less a time for compeition, but more a time for players to showcase their talents to the NBA execs/scouts who are watching on.
Mat likes this for various reasons. Partially because he gets to lounge around, eating cheese while watching mediocre basketball. But mostly because he gets his Bulls fix. He is very interested in seeing Marquis Teague donning the black and red for the first time and witnessing his perceived first round skills.
Mat expects Jimmy Butler to dominate over the course of the 4 games the Bulls are playing (July 17th vs. Celtics, 18th vs. Rockets, 20th vs. Warriors, and 21st vs. Clippers) as Butler's role is expected to be heavily increased this upcoming season because of the departure of Ronnie Brewer.
Also included in this bunch is former Celtics second round pick, Leon Powe. Powe has had numerous knee issues in the past, but has been known to explode in previous NBA games. Mat is interested to see what this 4 year NBA vet has left in the tank.
Last, and certainly least, Mat wants to see what Demetri McCamey has left. Purely because of the fact that Mat believes McCamey to be the biggest waste of basketball talent this side of Kwame Brown. Mat remembers fondly hearing of his fantastic performances while playing at the University of Illinois, only to be undone by his reputation to be lazy and unable to be coached.
Mat doesn't expect much out of the latter two, but knows big things should come out of the first two mentioned. Hopefully the basketball is bearable, and the Bulls front office learns a little bit more about their team before the season starts up.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Bye Bye To The Bench Mob
Mat's thoughts recently have been filled with retrospect and nostalgia regarding his beloved, "Bench Mob." Although, the majority of Bulls fans have known for a while this offseason would introduce much change to the bench at the Madhouse, the closer the change comes to reality, the harder it is for Mat to come to grips with the loss.
Salary constraints are to be blamed in this situation in addition to a few other reasons. With the drafting of Teague and reintroduction of Hinrich to the franchise, C.J. Watson and John Lucas III are going to be left searching for a new franchise. Ronnie Brewer is also said to be gone, with Mat seeing a silver lining in Jimmy Butler gobbling up the majority of his minutes.
Kyle Korver is the player who leaves the most to be questioned. While nothing is certain for any of the previously mentioned Bench Mob, the Bulls seem to be waiting till the last second to make a decision on Korver's $5 million option.
Mat doesn't see him staying either. $5 million is a lot for a one dimensional player; keeping in mind the salary cap shadow that is hovering the franchise as it is.
While Mat is definitely sad seeing some of these key role players go, he is also excited to see what GarPax are made of. He knows you won't see any big moves out of the Bulls this offseason, but sometimes the minor moves are the ones that win you championships.
The pressure is on GarPax to rebuild this new Bench Mob with talent. Hopefully surrounding the Bulls core with enough of it to take them to the promise land.
Salary constraints are to be blamed in this situation in addition to a few other reasons. With the drafting of Teague and reintroduction of Hinrich to the franchise, C.J. Watson and John Lucas III are going to be left searching for a new franchise. Ronnie Brewer is also said to be gone, with Mat seeing a silver lining in Jimmy Butler gobbling up the majority of his minutes.
Kyle Korver is the player who leaves the most to be questioned. While nothing is certain for any of the previously mentioned Bench Mob, the Bulls seem to be waiting till the last second to make a decision on Korver's $5 million option.
Mat doesn't see him staying either. $5 million is a lot for a one dimensional player; keeping in mind the salary cap shadow that is hovering the franchise as it is.
While Mat is definitely sad seeing some of these key role players go, he is also excited to see what GarPax are made of. He knows you won't see any big moves out of the Bulls this offseason, but sometimes the minor moves are the ones that win you championships.
The pressure is on GarPax to rebuild this new Bench Mob with talent. Hopefully surrounding the Bulls core with enough of it to take them to the promise land.
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