Chapter 1: What insights does Adam Amin share about the Bulls' roster overhaul?
As we get set here in Pool B for the second game, Adam Amin, a couple of World Series champions, and A.J. Krasinski and Adam Wainwright. Ken Rosenthal is with us as well.
Judge swings, launches it deep left field, heading towards the wall, and it is gone. Walter, that's loose to Yuki. Behind the back to Moore. It's Yuki Mania. Cowabunga, baby. Oh, Murray keeps it. Murray being chased by Witherspoon. Floats for Wilson. Off target to Kobe Bryant. And there goes Kobe Bryant. With a house call for Seattle. And a Marshawn Lynch homage. Smith at the other end.
Slings it to Buzellas. Big shot. Give me that. It's off. Big shot. Boozy.
No.
Oh, my goodness. Valentine. No. Oh, no. No. That is not the shot at that moment. That's a horrible shot. Hit me with it, Stace. We haven't heard it in a long time.
I almost forgot. I haven't said it in a month. Drive home safely, Chicago. Beep, beep. For Stacey, Casey, our great crew, I'm Adam. With Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
There were ups and there were downs, but we got through the Adam Amin introductory open. This is Remy Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. We are broadcasting live from our Blue Cross Blue Shield performance studio today. Again, congratulations to our winner, Mark, who is one of only two people we got left in Mark, give it up for yourself.
Yeah.
He gets the strobe light treatment. I appreciate that. Oh, we got three people now. Three people.
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Chapter 2: How does Adam Amin evaluate the current state of the Bulls after the trade deadline?
But also just that there are three people now who we have to consider when it comes to personnel on the Bulls, and previously there were two.
And Mervis, too. It seems like, as you said, Layla, properly, there's going to be thought about what the organizational structure looks like. If it were a traditional structure, I imagine Mervis would probably be the number two, essentially. I don't know what that's going to look like in this current structure, whatever the changes are going to be. But what I like is...
you know, we talked about Bryce and Graham having this kind of like wide ranging experience. What I like is these two, again, unofficial hires. Um, you know, when Sean says it, you feel fairly confident in it, but like these two unofficial hires laws got a really good scouting background. Uh, You know, he was with Brooklyn this past year. They really, I thought, did a great job in their draft.
They had a bunch of first round picks and most of them were pretty good. Yegor Diomen was like one of the top rookies in the NBA. They found a real shooter and a potential backup point guard in him. And their first round picks, I thought, were really good contributors. I feel like AC has good experience with that. He also has a Thunder background. He spent a year with Oklahoma City.
So you at least get a taste of what is considered to be the elite organization of the NBA in terms of structure, organizationally, front office-wise, scouting. That seems to be the number one team for that, the number one organization for that. So he has that background. And then Mervis is a salary cap guy.
which I think is incredibly important right now because the Bulls of any team in the NBA are going to have more acres to roam in terms of exploring what they want to do with that extra money. The concept I think most people believe is, oh, well, you have $60 million in salary cap space. You should go get some players to help you compete. I don't think that's necessarily what you have to do.
The luxury of this particular – Off-season, four picks, two in the top 15, two second-round picks where you try to find some depth or rotation pieces or just capital to be able to trade.
And the $60 million in cap space means you can take on some bad money so that you can flip it for a year from now or two seasons from now and really feel like you can invest in the young players that eventually are going to make up the core of this group. And Bryson Graham has made it.
very clear without, you know, making it personal or whatever, that there, there is, there are no safe bodies on the bowls right now. And that, that includes Josh Giddey and modest Boozellas.
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Chapter 3: What are Adam Amin's thoughts on the upcoming NBA draft and its implications for the Bulls?
Any organization can mess up a pick like that or have that pick not pay dividends the way they want it to. And Patrick was kind of at the top of the heap in a COVID season where you didn't get a whole lot of feel for it. So this year doesn't feel like that.
This year feels like DeBansa, Peterson, either Wilson or Boozer, and you pick the remaining player because that's probably the best player you're going to get. And that seems to be the theme that Bryson Graham has emphasized. Just let's get the best players and we'll figure out the rest.
No, I agree. And we talked about Michael Reinsdorf's candor in this, which I feel like is pretty important. Agreed. I've argued he needs to speak more. I know that's hard at first, but the more you get to know somebody, the more you understand even in our positions who they are.
And that's why we were all taken aback, not just by him talking about the communication, which, you know, it's one thing that we observe it. It's another thing when he's dealing with it as the owner of the team. But the other part was him saying, I'm sorry. Sure. Him saying this wasn't good enough. He starts with that. Those are the first words out of his mouth when he introduced Bryson Graham.
I think that went a long way with people. If you show this fan base what your direction is, we will observe and go with you and understand it for a long time. When you change it, that's the challenge.
That's part of the Midwest sensibility. I know I keep kind of making the joke about that, but that's why this city is as forgiving and understanding as it is if you are humble, contrite for mistakes that seemingly are going to be put upon you. And to his credit, I saw this with Kevin Pritchard, right? The other day, the Pacers GM talked about like, hey, I –
Didn't think that this trade, the Zubats trade that eventually ends up losing them the number five pick. Like, I didn't think that that's how it was going to work out. We played the odds. We played, you know, the field that was in front of us and it didn't work out. People in Indiana are going to be a lot more receptive to that than if they said, no, no, no, no, no, no. This was a great deal.
And you guys, you know, let's let's look at the positives. Yeah, let's. pounce on the positives in practice. But when you speak to a fan base and speak to an audience, you have to understand where their frustrations lie and how to alleviate some of those. And sometimes that's just saying, hey, I messed up or we messed up or we made the wrong play. That happens sometimes.
And I think that level of contrition was was. refreshing to see in somebody like an owner like Michael Reinstorf.
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Chapter 4: How does Adam Amin perceive the flexibility of the Bulls' roster moving forward?
I can't remember. but he was on that rookie deal and you could pay all the Legion of Boom guys and you could pay the offensive and defensive lines. That's starting to make the trend because of the second apron. The NFL is built to do that.
Now the NBA with the second apron and the way that roster construction is looking, this league is now built to model after the NFL and you can turn things around relatively quickly just like you can in the NFL.
That is Adam Amin. We are live from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Performance Studio. And our crowd is still here. Yeah, flashlights, Rich Wyatt. Our audience deserves the lights.
Wyatt's doing the lights in the back. I love this.
Like he's working at the Sphere in Vegas. I love it.
It's just like the Sphere. Just like the Sphere. Let's talk a little bit next about, because Adam Amin is here and he sprays to all fields. Let's discuss baseball. Let's discuss the NFL schedule. We will do all that and more next.
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We are family.
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Chapter 5: What is the outlook for the Cubs as they prepare for their upcoming games?
Give him the spear lights, Rich Wyatt.
Give Adam Amin the lights. Give him the no doubt Gwen Stefani background for what they're doing.
That's it. Adam Amin. And when is your next DJ gig?
Uh, at least in late June, we'll try to book some stuff before that, but, uh, yeah, we'll go play like good night, John boy at the end of, at the end of June. And hopefully there's a festival in July and all that. Chuck and Ozzie might need you. We got to do that with Chuck.
We're just producing for you, Adam. Thank you so much. We're excited to see you. That is Adam. I mean, joining us, the national announcer for major league baseball and NFL. And of course the bulls announcer as well, coming up next year on Rahimi Harris and grody. What is this about Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer having a Patreon?
Oh, yeah.
I forgot we were doing that.
Oh, yeah. So we're going to share that with you next.
What's their sub stack? Rahimi Harrison-Grody. Oh, sorry, bud.
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Chapter 6: How does the performance of the White Sox compare to the Cubs this season?
Joke away.
Chargers, where are you at?
Have at it.
That is per front office sports. The league is letting teams use their own judgment regarding potential content.
So they're not suspending him or taking any action, but they're just allowing the rest of the league to eat him up.
They are not going to review them.
We literally said this yesterday with Mike Florio. Literally.
But this is an official official.
This is officially, officially official. Or was it officially official yesterday?
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Chapter 7: What challenges do both Chicago teams face in their respective divisions?
Ron's happily married. We're all, Zach, help us out here. Zach, you're single. We can make this about you and kind of soften the blow. Yeah. I love it. The whole thing. The bit is great.
And the organ at the end. And mercifully, the ending has ended.
Pat, of course, Pat is into Mary Poppins and Julia. I mean, that is perfect. We would have accepted a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. As he was thinking of songs, that's what I was thinking of right there. But I don't know. We'll see. Maybe it's time. Maybe it's time for Zach to settle down. Maybe it's time. Yeah. You know, he's like me get starting to get up there a little bit.
You know, maybe it's time for him to understand what's realistic. And maybe it's Julie Andrews. First of all, you don't look a day over 40. First of all. But perfect. But no, I enjoy just when the game itself is not providing much action as has happened for the Cubs offense specifically over the last four games. Oh, man. God. No, I wasn't even saying that as a shot.
What I'm saying is... The peanut gallery is crazy. I'm just trying to instigate. That's all I'm trying to do here. Much like Adam Amin told us how some of the games felt more like a podcast when the Bulls are down by 20 points for the majority of the game. Pat and Ron and Zach, they have a great way of just entertaining you, even if there's not much action on the field. It is so entertaining.
Yeah, and Adam was just talking about that. You end up doing somewhat of a podcast, but no, that was great. Step in Time was a wonderful dance routine back in the day.
Oh, nice.
That was a really well-choreographed number in Mary Poppins.
And if that's not a commercial for Patreon, is that what it's called, Patreon?
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Chapter 8: What future strategies does Adam Amin suggest for the Bulls and Sox?
You know who I saw in the building earlier? Do you know who's here?
I didn't recognize him at first. I had to really think, is that who I think it is?
I know that ain't who I think it is. I guess we got to find out next.