I'm not defending Young but I'd be pissed if someone secretly recorded a conversation I had with them on anything. Completely pissed. To do it in the lockeroom and than have it leaked is even worse. In no way am I defending Young. Cheating scumbag and he'll get what he's deserved but Russell f***ed up royally too and should never have secretly recorded a conversation between two people in the lockeroom. That violates all code of the lockeroom.

 

I can only imagine how everyone would be ripping LaRoche or Eaton if he had done something similar. I was watching an NFL show yesterday and every single player (black, white, defense, oline, etc)...this included hall of famer Jerome Bettis (plus Jeff Saturday and a few others) and they all absolutely ripped Russel and said if that happened in there lockeroom, things would have been much worse than the Lakers shunning him, but beyond that, you would never ever trust the player again (and that isn't just on the Lakers, no player will have that trust because it has been violated).

 

Minor nitpick, but I believe it happened in the hotel room they were sharing, not the locker room

The NFL guys mean nothing to me. Greg Hardy got a second chance. Ray Rice, if his performance wasn't horrid, would have had another chance. Saying never trust some kid who just turned 20, made a mistake, but nothing criminal, is absurd. Players do worse things every day. Young has every right to be angry. If he recorded me, I would be angry. But if that's the worst thing anyone will ever do to you, you will have a really happy life. People need to let it go.

Also, I want to be clear, I am not saying Russell is in the same league as Hardy or Ray Rice or worse, what I am saying is, in the lockeroom, what he did is perceived far worse than what those guys did (right / wrong / indifferent).

 

I fully agree with you in the sense that what Russell did, while extremely immature and stupid, is not a big deal in the grand scheme. But if you secretly recorded your boss talking about something or your staff secretly recorded you, I'm going to guess we'd all be livid and you'd never trust said employee or person again (and you'd also never hire someone if you knew that was in there past).

 

Minor nitpick, but I believe it happened in the hotel room they were sharing, not the locker room

Fair point, but my point remains the same. Secretly recording someone violates trust and the fact that this was made public means every player he ever plays with is going to worry about that. He can learn from it, but he's going to have to be an insane teammate for a while before people forget it and if we are going to go after him, we should be buying low on him (and I'd still be fine with moving Rose for a combination of him and something else). I don't know if the Lakers would.

 

Hell, maybe Lakers would buy on Niko + Dougie for him. Who knows how bad the Lakers want to move him.

Jimmy Butler is a star player in this league, very clearly. He isn't a superstar player, but he is one of the best two way players in the game today.

 

He's also on a team-friendly contract given the upcoming salary cap increase. I think that makes him pretty close to untouchable to the Bulls.

There is also rumors that Nikki Minaj's camp leaked the tape because of their beef with Azalea, which begs the question how did they get a copy

There is also rumors that Nikki Minaj's camp leaked the tape because of their beef with Azalea, which begs the question how did they get a copy

Russell was banging a Kardashian/Jenner

He's also on a team-friendly contract given the upcoming salary cap increase. I think that makes him pretty close to untouchable to the Bulls.

That's partly why I want Orlando to trade Oladipo for him, especially if Vic is going to demand 5/145 for his next deal....

That's partly why I want Orlando to trade Oladipo for him, especially if Vic is going to demand 5/145 for his next deal....

What has Oladipo done that could warrant a deal even close to that?

What has Oladipo done that could warrant a deal even close to that?

Nothing really, but with the salary cap increasing and some teams going to have $40M - $50M available to spend in the 2017 off-season, he could get that from some team potentially.

Somebody has to win.

 

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 2m2 minutes ago

 

The Bulls are 2-11 in last 13 road games (won last); are seeking consecutive road wins for 1st time since Jan. 23 & 28. Play Rockets at 7 ET

 

670 The Score ‏@670TheScore 49m49 minutes ago

 

Reports: Bulls' Taj Gibson has a rib fracture, will miss tonight's game http://cbsloc.al/1MX8jTx

The Bulls have had an at least 3 game losing streak 6 times this season. They had 6 losing streaks of 3 games or more total in the 5 seasons Thibs coached the team.

 

Also DRose has played more games this year than the 3 previous seasons combined.

Somebody has to win.

 

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 2m2 minutes ago

 

The Bulls are 2-11 in last 13 road games (won last); are seeking consecutive road wins for 1st time since Jan. 23 & 28. Play Rockets at 7 ET

 

that was ugly. Mirotic with 28 in back to back games. Bulls were up like 9 with like 1 minute to go and Houston almost got it to Overtime lol (beverly wide open 3, harden 3, and mirotic fouled ariza shooting a 3 lol)

 

The Bulls have had an at least 3 game losing streak 6 times this season. They had 6 losing streaks of 3 games or more total in the 5 seasons Thibs coached the team.

 

Also DRose has played more games this year than the 3 previous seasons combined.

 

INJURIES! THIBS FAULT! CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER!

Indiana looked awful last night as well, they lost by 20 to the Magic at home.

 

When Myles Turner doesn't play well, they really struggle so long as you don't let their guards get out of hand.

Indiana looked awful last night as well, they lost by 20 to the Magic at home.

 

When Myles Turner doesn't play well, they really struggle so long as you don't let their guards get out of hand.

The NBA has a few really good teams, a couple of maybe all time elite teams, but it drops off to mediocre then horrible really fast.

Taj is with Fred.

 

https://twitter.com/highkin/status/715971046034300929

How long until he sees Dr Andrews?

 

Vincent Goodwill ‏@vgoodwill 51m51 minutes ago

 

Derrick Rose getting an MRI on his elbow right now. Precautionary measure

 

Celtics vanquish the Warriors at Oracle

 

crazy

 

Brad Stevens is a boss

Edited April 2, 20169 yr by buhbuhburrrrlz

Steph had a legendary flop at the end

Eastern conference is definitely on the comeup.

Celtics vanquish the Warriors at Oracle

 

crazy

 

Brad Stevens is a boss

 

What a sneaky great hire the Celtics made with Brad Stevens.

Love how the entire GSW team just left the court immediately after the game without shaking hands

I have so much hate for Pau Gasol.

 

Also, down 3, playoffs on the line and no one spraining back on defense and Reggie Jackson blows by everyone for a missed lay up and Tobias Harris put back.

 

 

Edited April 3, 20169 yr by SoxPride18

Gasol is terrible. He's going to ask for stupid money next year. Some idiot GM will give it to him, I just hope it's not the Bulls