John Paxson

In April 2003, John Paxson replaced Jerry Krause as the GM of the Chicago Bulls. Since he was replacing the man that broke up Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, the appointment of John Paxson was cheered by all Bulls fans. Now, I'm ready to get rid of the bum.

For years, the Bulls haven't had a low post presence of any sort. It's hard to think of the last low post player that Bulls had that could create his own shots in the paint. Besides the one good year by Eddy Curry, I'm thinking Horace Grant was the last low post player with any presense. John Paxson has known this for years now and we still have no low post presence. He's done nothing in the draft or the trade market to alleviate this problem. Last year, the Bulls could have had Pau Gasol if they were willing to include Luol Deng in a trade. How does Paxson not make that trade? Especially, since Deng was having a horrible year last year and he's still sucking now.

On top of Paxson not making obvious trades, he's not drafting anybody to help out. In 2006, Paxson traded the rights to LaMarcus Aldridge for the rights to Tyrus Thomas and a nobody. I know I wrote an earlier post about Tyrus Thomas becoming a player this year, but I'm wrong about that. He's terrible. While Tyrus is sucking, Aldridge is thriving in Portland. In 2007, Paxson drafted Joakim Noah instead of Spencer Hawes. Noah is worse than Thomas! The guy is nothing more than an energy player. Paxson picked a second round talent with the 9th overall pick. And just like Aldridge, Hawes is thriving in Sacramento. Paxson also passed on Brandon Roy, who was the big guard we needed.

John Paxson has put together a team that is too heavy on guards and light in big men. The big men we have are quite possible the worst in the league. Paxson's refusal to rectify the situation has led the Bulls to become just another crappy team. The only reason the Bulls aren't worse this year is because Derrick Rose has been everything and more than the Bulls could have ever hoped for at this point. While John Paxson will always have a place in my heart for the shot he made against the Phoenix Suns to help the Bulls win their third championship, I'm ready to see him walk out the door.