Bryson Graham passed the 'communication test' with Chicago media

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What does Bryson Graham say about evaluating NBA players?

Harrison 0:01

rahimi harrison grody i don't want to break time can we handle more anthony heron middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 the score we want obviously two-way players i'm not going to take away from the offensive side but i mean i refer to it as guys that have slapped size length athleticism and physicality and that physicality is going to be felt on the defensive side of the ball

Rahimi 0:29

When you heard the acronym, did you scream to yourself like I did? The Homer Simpson scream?

Grote 0:34

No, not at all.

Rahimi 0:36

I was like, that actually makes sense. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score. Yeah, don't get triggered by the acronym. For goodness sake, Liam Cohen has Fasazmat and the Jaguars are doing great.

Grote 0:47

That one didn't make as much sense as far as when you had to actually spell it out and figure out what the words were because acronyms are supposed to make up something, a word.

Rahimi 0:56

Fundamentally sound and then a bunch of other things that he knows and I remembered Fasazmat.

Grote 1:01

By the way, Layla... 630 wants to know, what did the five starters say to the face?

Rahimi 1:08

Slap! I'm glad it's catching on. But ultimately, he's telling you, Bryce and Graham, how he evaluates players initially. And if you think about who's on the current Bulls roster, or I don't know, any of the players take your pick on last season's Bulls roster, some of them don't fit into this. Let's start with size. I'm sorry. I think height matters somewhat in the NBA.

Grote 1:41

Can't teach it, I heard.

Rahimi 1:43

I hate to be that person. But you can tell just based on what we heard, and we're taking your calls to 312-644-6767, gotten a lot of feedback on the text line. And I feel like it's a little all over the place when it comes to the collective. Some people think that this press conference was stumbling. Some people really liked it. Like we've gotten quite the evaluations all over the board.

Grote 2:07

Did someone really say stumbling because that person's just wrong?

Rahimi 2:11

Yes. And I didn't get that. Like, for example, there was a texter that said that Michael Reinsdorf and Bryson Gramsci misaligned on who hired the coach. Oh, that's not what that was, 708. That was, I'm pretty sure, Michael making a joke about Billy Donovan being the head coach of the team when they didn't have a GM.

Grote 2:35

That's exactly what that was, and I'm glad that he took a moment to correct himself. That's course correction because that got a lot of feedback. And now, even though – and I understand why Bryson Graham is talking about, as he has in all things, a collaborative approach. He's like, yeah, I'm going to have my owner sign off on the coach. He's like, oh, no, you pick the coach. Yeah. Yes, I get it.

Rahimi 2:56

And when he said we, I assumed he was speaking on behalf of the team. But yeah, I didn't get that impression. I think what you wanted to hear was, first of all, I thought Michael Reinsdorf, once again, was really informative. Started by apologizing to fans that they weren't good enough. And then when he says, this isn't his dad making the joke about Shohei Ohtani not going to the White Sox. He made it sound like the second apron and the luxury tax, as we used to commonly refer to it in the NBA. was an eventuality if his team is competitive and wanting to be in the playoffs and try to compete for championships. That did not indicate to me that that was an owner who was satisfied with a play-in appearance.

Grote 3:42

What he basically said was, yeah, luxury tax is all good. Don't bring me no non-playoff team in the freaking second acre. That's not happening. But yeah, if we're trying to win a championship, sure.

Rahimi 3:52

An expensive loser. That's what you don't want. You don't want an expensive loser.

Grote 3:58

Seen that before. Never ends well.

Rahimi 4:00

No, no. And frankly, we could all describe somebody as being an expensive loser. You know one or two in your life. But I'm not the type of person, I don't necessarily need you to tell me you're humble. If you're super confident and you're proud of the work you've put in because you took all the steps, then I'm happy for you too. That doesn't matter to me. necessarily as much. Then again, I just try to explain away Draymond Green's irrational confidence, so maybe I'm not the best person to ask on this.