Some Bulls things:
- via
TrueHoop, here's
nice puffy article
on Luol Deng. We
already know about his newfound ambidextrous-ity, but there's also stuff
about his work promoting basketball in Britain.
- Found this at Hoopshype
monday morning (actual source link doesn't work), a blurb mentioning a
familiar face:
the Jerusalem roster is a step closer to completion. Coach Erez Edelstein will likely attempt to bring in two forwards in the next two weeks. The latest rumors have former Miami Heat draft pick Jerome Beasley and Mississippi State star Mario Austin as front-runners."
Austin, as you probably remember, was a Bulls 2nd round draft pick in 2003, and has had a pretty crazy basketball life since then, highlighted by a nightmarish situation in Russia. He did average 7.6pts and 3.2rebs in just under 20mpg with this year's summer league team, but his performance was overshadowed by Eddie Badsen (who has since been signed) and Drago Pasalic. I'm not sure if Austin will get a camp invite, but even if he does the roster will be crowded and he most likely will spend another season as a basketball nomad.
- Speaking of Hoopshype, they have recently added a
listing of NBA blogs which is
very comprehensive, and pretty cool of them I think.
- 82games.com is hiring
gamecharters for the coming season. So if you got a league pass and a TiVo
and feel your inner stats-geek trying to burst to the forefront of your
consciousness....hey, they'll even pay ya a bit.
Needless to say 82games.com is a fantastic statistical resource, but beyond that they also provide some great columns, like this one from Supersonics.com writer Kevin Pelton. And I'm not mentioning it just because he mentioned Bulls Blog. Twice.