Chicago Sports Then and Now

In 2005 the White Sox claimed the first World Series title for the city since 1917.

With the first decade of the 21st Century coming to a close, we look back at 10 memorable sports moments for Chicago area sports teams during the last 10 years.

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(10) Cub –Yankee Game—June 7, 2003
In interleague play, the Yankees return to Wrigley Field for the first time since the 1938 World Series. The atmosphere at the ballpark is electric, as Kerry Wood outduels  Roger Clemens to secure a Cub victory.

(9) Bulls-Celtics Playoff Series-April -May, 2009
The Bulls surprise the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs with their tenacious play and amazing  shooting  accuracy. The teams set an NBA record playing four overtime games in a playoff round, but eventually Boston triumphs in game seven to win the series. Read the rest of this entry →

Luol Deng and the Chicago Bulls are already showing signs that this could be another roller coaster season.

This years Bulls team is reminiscent of the 2002-06 Detroit Pistons teams.

I’m not saying that they mirror each other in every facet of the game, because that is the farthest from the truth.

Maybe I should rephrase that.  This years Bulls team is like a poor man’s 2002-06 Detroit Pistons team.

Derrick Rose is a more talented point guard than Chauncey Billups, but Billups was more seasoned and played his role better.  John Salmons has a similar game to Rip Hamilton’s, but the difference is that the Pistons played to all of Hamilton’s strengths and the offense made Rip Hamilton who he was instead of him having to make it himself.  Luol Deng can match Tayshaun Prince’s length.  His defense is not up to the same level, but it’s not too far off.  The power forward position is where the teams truly differ.  Either with Taj Gibson or Tyrus Thomas, we don’t have the scoring threat that the Pistons had with Rasheed.  And, at center, we have the young Ben Wallace in Joakim Noah.

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BJ Armstrong was signing autographs and talking basketball as part of a promotion for Windows 7.

On Halloween, I was given the opportunity to interview Chicago Bulls great BJ Armstrong.  It was, with great honor, that I accepted the opportunity.

He was at a Best Buy, promoting the launch of Windows 7, in partnership with the NBA, Microsoft, and HP.  Before he moved on to his meet-and-greet portion, I, and another blogger (Ricky O’Donnell from TremendousUpsidePotential.com) were given fifteen minutes to throw any question at him that we may have had.

I had sixteen questions lined up for him, but obviously knowing that I was only going to have fifteen minutes, I had to decide which ones would be best to ask.  I wish I could have had more time, because I had some good ones that I wanted to ask, but may have come off a bit odd if I asked them as stand alone questions.
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David Thompson was a high flier along Tobacco Road a decade before Air Jordan.

Seriously, Mike?

Are you really choosing David Thompson as your Hall of Fame induction presenter?  How does that make any sense?

Look, I understand that it’s the players choice who they want to have present them to the Hall of Fame, but why on Earth would the Hall let him choose someone he barely knows?

Don’t they want personal stories being told?  Game-time insights from former teammates or coaches?

What is David Thompson going to tell us about Michael Jordan?

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Michael Jordan led the Bulls to six titles, what will it take for Derrick Rose to lead the Bulls to a seventh?

If the Bulls want to get back to their glory days of the mid-to-late 90s Championship teams, they are going to have to recreate what the teams of today are doing more so than what the Bulls teams of the past did.

But, since we have no idea what the team is going to look like this upcoming season, I thought it would be fun to go back and compare the last Bulls Championship team to this years expected roster, and see how they match up and if this seasons’ team has any chance at being a contender.
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