Finally

Finally, the Bulls are done, and I can be optimistic about Chicago again.

For as bad as the Bulls have been post-MJ, this might have been the worst and certainly is the most disappointing team. They were lazy, they had players with giant egos and little ability, and the only thing that kept them from being the New York Knicks was the lack of ridiculous contracts. And that was just luck.

The Bulls offered BG7 and Lu huge, $10 million/yr contracts that they turned down. Wow…thanks! The Bulls will want Gordon and Deng back, but now, will probably be able to pay them less, and keep some of that cap room open. And if they get big offers elsewhere, the biggest failure is that Paxson never traded them when he should have. At their peak value, a Gordon/Deng deal was probably worth Pau Gasol, who will be part of what looks like a championship Lakers team. Sure, they have Kobe, but he probably would have been a nice piece of at least a competitive Bulls squad in 2008.

But at least there’s baseball. Cubs got off to an inauspicious beginning, but look phenomenal right now. White Sox are playing well, too. Both teams have starting pitching to worry about…I refuse to make any unnecessary predictions yet.

However, this is not very smart. You’re kidding, right? This early? Really?

Bears are picking up Fox-32 as broadcast partner. We can only hope they pick up Tom Waddle, who was hilarious on the NBC-5 broadcast last year. More on this here.

Don’t you feel good knowing that Ronny Cedeno is thinking “World Series?” I don’t want Ronny thinking anything but “don’t screw this up” or “I’ll never shake that ‘AAAA’ player label.”

Also, hasn’t Benny the Bull been in a lot of trouble lately?

AJD