After having my sports chub destroyed be Chicago’s professional football team and a dearth of sports stories to tell shitty jokes about, things are starting to look up.
- The Cubs are projected to win 77 games and finish 3rd in the Central behind the Cardinals and the Reds (but this projection was before they signed Chad Tracy).
- Xavier Nady passed his physical yesterday and will now be half of one of the weirdest platoon name combinations in baseball history.
- D. Rose has officially arrived as the best athlete in Chicago.
- Time for some rumor mongering… I’m starting to let myself believe the Bulls are going to land Bosh and Lebron. Bill Simmons tweets this morning: “Why Chicago's sudden willingness to move Hinrich/Salmons? They're getting LeBron & Bosh! I keep telling you.” And that’s like the forth person I’ve read that from (here's another one). I’ve also heard a Ty Thomas/Hinrich/pick for Bosh could be coming before the trade deadline, which would a) give the Bulls a legitimate shot a run at the Eastern Conference finals b) give them more time to free up the cap space (i.e. unload Salmons for an expiring deal) necessary to land Lebron or a second tier guy like Joe Johnson.
- While this Bulls stuff will probably be the most interesting story line in Chicago sports for the next six months (at least for everybody who isn’t going to hop on the Hawks bandwagon), the most intriguing sports story in the coming months is going to be Tim Tebow. This guy is poised for one of the most anticlimactic professional careers in the history of sports, and the next few months may become painful as his draft stock will likely plummet once everybody realizes he’s a fullback who’s been playing quarterback in a gimmicky college offense. It’s already starting.
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