>1. John Paxson & Gar Forman are poor talent evaluators and
>even worse at roster construction. Which means...

Seen ><

>2. I'm not all that excited about the opportunity to draft
>Zion Williamson.
>No way he can reach his ceiling with the way this is
>organization is currently constructed.
>They're not bad at drafting, but they don't know how to build
>a roster.
>One example?

I don't care who it is in the top 3, you get the talent and hope that the talent overcomes their incompetence like the D-Rose years. And I think we'll have more talent with this crop than that crop.

>3. The Zach LaVine & Kris Dunn back court.
>I know they probably need more time together,
>but this backcourt hasn't looked good so far.
>They both need the ball in their hands and
>when LaVine is running the offense, Dunn isn't
>equipped to be a spot up shooter.

They haven't had the right coach to make this work and they both have been injured so there's a lack of chemistry. They need a solid 30 straight games together and good coaching to make this work. So fat chance...

>4. Another example? Who watches a full year of Cam Payne in
>OKC
>and still decides "we gotta get him"?
>Who watches Jabari Parker's previous year in Milwaukee
>and thinks...
>
>"But it might work for us" -Tobias Fünke

Ugh...

>5. I watch games for Wendell Carter Jr. and Lauri Markkanen.
>And lately Chandler Hutchison, who hasn't look horrible in
>his
>extra playing time. I'm still mad the Bulls promised to pick
>at 22.

And I think there were players that made more sense than Hutch at 22 but I see potential in him.

>6. "It's excruciating to watch them manufacturer
>possessions."
>- Kevin Arnovitz on The Lowe Post Podcast.

I only watch periodically now and when I do, it's to see how Lauri and WCJ develop. Now that WCJ is done for the season...ugh.

>7. I repeat, John Paxson & Gar Foreman are horrible at
>recognizing talent.
>Both players AND coaches. I expect Boylen to be the coach
>next October,
>especially if Hoiberg doesn't get another NBA job this
>summer.
>Scott Skiles (Paxson)
>Vinny Del Negro (Paxson)
>Tom Thibodeau (Supposedly Thibs was a Reinsdorf pick)
>Fred Hoiberg (Foreman)
>Jim Boylen (Foreman)
>Do you trust these guys to conduct a real coaching search?

No, because they treat hiring an NBA coach like hiring an overseer.

>8. https://twitter.com/RyanBorja/status/1086135050930933760
>
>"Why are people so convinced Bulls are tanking?
>To me Bulls are bad because the FO misevalutued their roster,
>and foolishly thought they could be more competitive.
>
>The negativity of this list is not due to our W/L record. I
>wasn't
>anticipating that this team would even compete for a playoff
>spot.
>I just wanted the young guys to play together, develop and
>show
>some improvement. Instead we got ATO's of Robin Lopez post
>ups.

I had them pegged at 35-43 games. I thought with health we would have been competitive and I still hold to that. But we lost major guys for extended periods before we could get out the gate. With this team, that was a death sentence. BUT, it did get us closer to the Zion/Morant/Barrett jackpot

>9. I really want to see the Bucks in the Finals.

After Saturday and X-mas 2017...The most fun would be the Celtics. Bucks don't shoot well enough to make a series against the Warriors fun. There's also a lack of playoff experience on that roster vs the C's.

>10. The fact that auragin_boi didn't make this post means he
>may be
>giving up his "glass half full" mentality. No?

Nah, I just understand this organization. They have to 'dumb luck' their way into relevancy. And our next chance at that is this summer. The drawback is that, it buys GarPax more time.

Reinsdorf is a top 5 worst owner (Gilbert, Dolan, Sarver, Cheesey E?) so I'm never optimistic about what they'll do. I have to actually have faith in the 'players'.

We should have some money to throw around this summer (Jabari won't be back) and a top 3-5 pick. We 'should' be able to upgrade one of our starting spots and add a young stud ready to contribute immediately.

So to answer your question, my optimism will return this summer. I'm busy just enjoying the rest of the league right now.