Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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I spent some time in Chicago over the weekend. First time I'd been there, Wrigley Field, in a decade. And I got to say, you folks got something special cooking. Not that you need to hear it from a foreigner like me. I mean, you're not from here, all right? You don't know how it is. I grew up in L.A. Anaheim. Whatever, man.
What drew you to this particular matchup this weekend, and why'd you want to go?
Leading into the weekend, I considered doing this 999 challenge. However, I will be honest with you, upon arrival in the Wrigley Field Bleachers, proved to be quite an expensive proposition. Well, yeah. And so I decided to pull the plug before even getting started.
And Eric tickets out again. Quack, quack, quack.
Quake! You didn't even make it through the first inning? The 9-9-9 challenge is in my future. I guarantee that. But it will be done at home. It will be done at home with a, you know, financially reasonably priced case of lager and some grilled franks right in front of me.
Have the courage to drink alone.
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Chapter 2: How does the Wade Boggs Challenge relate to sports culture?
The test is this.
No, it's not the test. I just said if you want to make the quickest... Do you not agree? If we got through draft night and Patrick Williams was no longer on the Bulls, what would you say the next day?
I can't believe that happened.
Exactly. Exactly. But we know he's capable of making moves. I'm not saying he has to do that.
Patrick Williams is so nice, and I always feel terrible. Oh, I love Patrick Williams as a person. Let's just qualify this. You and I would 150 million billion percent have signed the contract. I'd be like, yes, I'm 5'3 and I can't shoot, but I'm here to help.
I think it's safe to put this out there, right? Like when we make all these analyses of these moves and these terrible contracts, it's never the player's fault. The player's going to play, baby. It's never the player's fault. It's the evaluator's fault.
Mitch Trubisky, yeah. He couldn't help where he was drafted. Like, what's Mitch going to do? Be like, no, thank you. I will take a later pick.
This is all about bad evaluations. Terrible evaluations.
And that's the point. That one, though, hurts me on some level. I don't know why. It's just sometimes I get triggered. I don't like picking on people. But the contract is what it is. And it is a... Massive example, along with not doing business with the Pelicans, trying to acquire a high, high unprotected first round pick in the next year's draft. One of the best the NBA has seen.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Bryson Graham's hiring for the Bulls?
And if they're taking a more wholesome approach, a more diversified approach to how you can attack different problems and you're not, you're losing.
Well, I also think that what was important, what was one of the comments and the sound bites that stuck out to us from Michael Reinsdorf's press conference was communication. And he he joked, and I think he was correct, was that Arturis and Mark were not. And he specifically mentioned Arturis. They were not the best communicators. And if the interview process is anything, it is communicating.
So if that is something that is a priority to them, then welcome Bryce and Graham. And, you know, we've seen multiple reports saying that John Paxson excused himself from the interview process with Matt Lloyd, didn't want that relationship to color how the Bulls were able to judge this in any way. and they used a search firm, we have a reason to wonder if the rebound aspect is big here.
But you can also ask, maybe the process is more sound as well.
Yeah, with Graham in particular, look, it's day two, I guess, since day one is when they announce it, right? And then day three will be the press conference. But I'm optimistic, pragmatically optimistic about where this can go if this guy is who I think he is based on what everyone is telling us about him. But we'll let him speak for himself tomorrow.
Absolutely. His press conference, we expect to be at noon tomorrow. Of course, we will bring you everything we possibly can here on 104.3 The Score. That is Marshall Harris. I'm Laila Rahimi in with you on this Tuesday. Our producers are Ray Diaz and Tyler Buterbaugh. Brandon Fryer helps us out as well. You can text us and call us. Some of you have been. Hi, guys. 312-644-6767 is our number.
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have one of the guests that has really gotten a lot of good feedback from our listeners, so we like to bring him on as well. Glad we agree on it. Joel Lorenzi, who is a Chicago-based NBA writer for The Athletic. He's had a lot of really good observations when it comes to what's gone on with the Bulls regime change, with Billy Donovan leaving. He'll join us next and at 1045.
I said it before and I'll say it again. A respected source in the NBA has connected Tom Thibodeau's name and the Bulls. So we'll do that in this first hour. That's all coming up next.
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Chapter 4: What are the initial impressions of Bryson Graham's hiring?
But let's get a gauge on your initial impressions of him on a scale of one to 10 on the encouragement meter trademark. How are you feeling about Chicago's decision to make Graham their top basketball executive?
OK, well, first of all, I think it's important that we appreciate engineering and machinery. You know, that's a good thing. Secondly, on the encouragement meter, I think I'm still a little wary. So I'm going to put it at a seven because I don't know who he's hiring as a head coach. I don't know what he wants in a player.
Like I told you, one of the reasons I like Tom Thibodeau is I know exactly who he wants on his team at all times. Sometimes it's the same guy for many years, decades, if you will. What's up, Taj? But in the meantime, we don't know what he wants to do yet.
We know that he knows how to find talent in different ways, not just the same way or not just the same market of players, if you will, or the same process.
Chapter 5: How do the hosts assess the Bulls' decision-making process?
And that is very encouraging. So before I get too excited, seven.
Okay, so I'm thinking about this, and there was nothing discouraging about the announcement or the news or any of the kind of vetting that we've heard from all the people who know him and his processes. So I'm going to put mine at a 7.5. Because I think, just in our conversations, I think I have a little bit more confidence in the decision than you do.
But you make great points with... I don't know who he's hiring as a head coach. The one thing I'm sure of is he's going to hit on draft picks at a high rate. Because that's something he's always done.
Or undrafted guys.
Chapter 6: What are the key factors in evaluating Bryson Graham's potential impact?
Or undrafted guys.
You gotta... Or two-way players, as Joel Lorenzi aptly brought up. You gotta work... Justice for Mac McClung.
Around... What you do and don't know. And he's a first-time lead lead, like big boy. You get to remake this whole front office and the coaching staff, if you want to, in your image. I feel like he's at the point in his career where this is the next logical step. The Bulls are in a position to give him an opportunity. And my favorite things about him is that he is a talent evaluator first.
That's his strength. And that he understands that he doesn't have all the answers.
Chapter 7: What insights does Will Guillory provide about Bryson Graham's strengths?
Once you start with that as your framework, that means you can not only delegate, but you can also pivot when you do make a mistake. Because he's going to make mistakes. All front offices make mistakes.
Yeah, it's just about acknowledging them and then being able to move forward. Not double down on them for five years and $90 million.
Shout out to Patrick Williams. Not your fault, big guy.
I feel really bad. It's more about a contract than it is about an individual.
I wonder if we had AK.
He supports small businesses too.
Under the interrogation light, if he would tell us what he thinks his biggest mistake was in his time with the Bulls.
Here's the other thing. At the end of the day, we also don't know how his boss felt about this stuff at the time. We don't know how Michael Reinsdorf felt at the time about these things. Pretty sure he has a say in it if he wants to. I'm not trying to take the blame away.
But I will say this, you know, that money that you think you're just paying somebody as a vote of confidence when, say, the market for Josh Giddey isn't there and you could have paid him $20 million, not $25. That starts to add up in a CBA world where the aprons start to matter.
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