Praise From Simmons

ESPN’s Bill Simmons recently praised the Chicago Bulls for their signing of Jannero Pargo to a one-year deal this summer, describing Pargo as “a poor man’s Ben Gordon who catches fire off the bench every so often.”  ”Chicago, don’t do anything else!” he continues.  “You had a nice run this past spring and created an identity for yourself, and you have Luol Deng coming back to take Gordon’s minutes.  Let this thing breathe.  Let the kids run around and do their thing.  You have plenty of time.”

I think Simmons is on the right track here.  “According to NBA history, the Bulls will struggle coming out of the gate as this season’s enticing ‘Watch out for these guys!’ team that surprised in the previous playoffs, receives a little too much attention and briefly self-combusts the next season (copyright: 2007-08 Warriors),” Simmons explains.  ”Again, let it breathe, Chicago.  Thank you.”  There is definitely something to this.  We’ve seen it a number of times.  Think back to the first year after the Bulls got Ben Wallace.  They were supposed to make the leap to the upper echelon of the Eastern Conference, but it ended up sparking the end of that era of the Bulls.

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