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As a life long Bulls fan and basketball fan in general I love to hear other people's opinion of the game and different theory's they have about players and teams. Sam Smith has one of the best blog posts I have seen in a long time.  By visiting http://blogs.bulls.com/ you will notice that everything is organized nicely in categories like: the draft, free agency, NBA playoffs, Awards, trade talk, and other things around the league. The main post I am going to talk about compares LeBron James and MJ. Over the years the 2 have been compared to almost every aspect of their game but today was a big day and it might hurt LeBron in ever being compared to great players like Kobe, MJ, and Larry Bird ever again. They all made legacies with their teams and stayed there for most of their careers discounting Jordans comeback with the Wiz. At this point it won't mater how many titles that LeBron gets on the Heat anymore because everyone will always remember that he couldn't do it on his own team, he needed to go somewhere else to win. If LeBron doesn't win at least 3-5 championships it will be a complete failure. LeBron is suppose to be "The King" and now he is going to play second fiddle under Wade. It sure will be interesting to see if all 3 of these superstars work well together and are able to share the ball. By leaving the Cavs LeBron also is giving up the chance to break multiple records in the NBA. If he would have stayed he might broken all of Kobe and MJ's records but now instead hes only going to average about 20 or so points a game. Another factor is LeBron is going to be hated by alot of people and he may never be able to go back to his hometown of Akron again without hearing booos and harsh words from people.

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1 How to get a donation page on my website
2 How to make an e-book
3 How to start my very own blog
4 How to make a web site
5 How to submit my site to google and yahoo search engines
6 How to use google adsense to make money
7 How to make money when people buy amazon products
8 How to sell and make products on CafePress
9 How to keep track of online visitors with page counters
10 How to set up a Click Bank account to make money on my website and blog

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This blog called White Sox Chicago’s favorite team is mostly dedicated to baseball but in this post he decided to venture off into basketball. He made a very long post on NBA free agency that goes through each of the top free agents and where he believes they will end up. This basically shows that no matter what sport you are a fan of many people are still recognizing that this upcoming free agency is a very important time for sports fans. It is not past July 1st so players, teams, and GM have all met each other multiple times and most of the All Stars have already accepted deals with the teams that have offered them contracts. He goes through many players with a lot of insight in what the Bulls are going to try and do too. Not only does he go in depth with the cream of the crop talent like LeBron James, Bosh and Wade but he also takes a look at role players such as Shaq, Nate Robinson, John Salmons, Ray Allen, and, David Lee. He made some pretty bold predictions throughout his 13 player post and he so far only has 3 players going to the teams that they are suppose to go to and they are Dirk. PP, and Wade. He had Chris Bosh and LBJ both coming to the Bulls which would have been a dream come true for all Bulls haves out their but the possibility of it happening is slim to none with Bosh saying he will go to Miami and play with Wade. LeBron James is set to make his choice of where he wants to play tomorrow on ESPN and that is really the only free agent that everyone wants to know about at this point.
Here is the link to the blog post that I just talked about it I hope you enjoy.
http://whitesoxchicagosfavoriteteam.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-nba-free-agency-blog.html

CARLOS BOOZER

It took just about a week but the Chicago Bulls have finally done something this free agency they got Carlos Boozer. He may not have been one of the big 3 that included Wade, Bosh, and James but he is much better then getting left out of the free agent extravaganza. It has been a busy day for the Miami Heat when they got Wade and Bosh to both agree to terms and at that point the Bulls knew they had to make a move and fast. A couple of hours later the Bulls Got Boozer to accept their deal, even though the full terms of the deal is not yet known until tomorrow when players can officially sign with their teams he is expected to make 75 to 80 million over the next 5 years which isn't too bad. I was afraid that the Bulls would get scared they were not going to land anyone and then over pay a guy like Boozer or Lee to a max deal when they are definitely not max players. Over the past 4 years Boozer has the 3rd highest rebound average in the league. That is a very important factor considering teams that rebound the ball more in a game tend to end up winning the game. Boozer has been wanted to play for the Bulls since the trade rumors of him coming here last year so it was exciting news for him. He will also fit in our system nicely as our number 2 guy behind D-Rose.

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Tracy McGrady:  There is so much to say about T-Mac I don’t even know where to start. The man has won a scoring title and was considered to the one of the most dangerous players in the league who could hit a shot from almost anywhere. He’s played on 4 different teams in his 14 years career but also can straight out of high school so he will have some extra years in the tank. T-Mac is also known for a curse that he supposedly carries around with him. Tracy McGrady has never brought his team out of the 1^st round of a playoff series EVER. The one and only time his team made it to the second round he was actually hurt and watching from the sidelines. Although many people probably don’t take it seriously it might have gotten into T-Macs head. Since he is only about a shadow of himself these days look for him to take mid level exception offer from a good team. I would like to see him in LA with the Lakers coming off the bench but that doesn’t seem very realistic. T-Mac will most likely go on a struggling team and do the best he can to score as many points as he can and fall short of the playoffs once again. This might be one of the riskiest free agents on the market because when you sign Tracy McGrady you are not going to know what guy you are going to get. If he’s signed and goes back to his All Star ways the GM will be considered a genius but if he gets hurt he will have been a costly signing. But in the end I think he is worth the risk as MLE.

Felton and Mike Miller

Raymond Felton: Raymond is coming off of his 5^th year in the NBA playing with the Charlotte Bobcats. It was the 1^st time that they had made the playoffs since becoming a franchise but it was too bad that they had to play the Magic because they were easily eliminated. Since Felton is a Free Agent there are many teams that are looking into his services. One of the main teams that desperately wants Raymond Felton is the LA Lakers. They will be losing 2 of their guards and D-Fish looked pretty old during the season. Felton is a great young up and coming point guard who has averaged 13 points and 6 assists with his time in Charlotte. Another quality that will make Felton very attractive to teams is his ability to hit the 3. Although he isn’t great at hitting the 3 ball he shot 38.5% last season which was the best in his career.
Mike Miller: This could be one of those pickups that could really help a team that lands a major star like LeBron or Bosh. Mike Miller is known for his great ability to shoot the 3 ball with deadly accuracy. He has been on 4 different teams and pretty much filled the same role on each team. A slight draw back that teams might have on Miller is that he has only had 1 healthy season in his 11 year career. That really hurts teams especially if it is a season ending one because then he would be useless in the playoffs. If LeBron leaves Cleveland and doesn’t pick up an All Star to take his place look for Mike Miller to end up there.

line up possibilities for the Bulls

At this point in the game the Bulls options are getting thinner and our number 1 option is still LeBron James. If we can get LeBron and then surround if with Ray Allen or Carlos Boozer that would be the best possible team we will be able to come up with. Ray might be the best bet if we do get LeBron because he needs to be surrounded by 3 point shooters to make him more dangerous. If the bulls can grab Ray Allen for about 6-8 million for a couple seasons and then grab LeBron the Bulls will be a very dangerous team. Getting Ray is not a long term thing though considering he probably only has a few good years left before he becomes a bench player. Boozer is also in his prime of his career being his 8th year this coming season. Getting him on the Bulls as a recruiting factor to get LeBron James could be risky though. They both were actually teammate at the beginning of there careers and they didn't succeed together and Boozer was later traded to the Jazz. But both players have matured and might be able to work better together. The main thing that the Bulls NEED to try and do is trade Deng to a team that needs a small forward. There are a couple of teams that need a small forward like the Wizards if they don't re-sign Howard could end up taking his contract for almost nothing, the Warriors just lost Corey Maggette and could look to unload Monta Ellis, and the T-Wolves who have been trying to shop Al Jefferson for a small forward. All those teams could be in the hunt for Deng and the Bulls need to work fast to try and unload him.