#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

The 2029-2030 Chicago Bulls season was a success by many measures. We finished with a tremendous 67-15 record, the best in the Alpha Conference, and won the tightest division race in the league against the Portland Trailblazers. However, after winning an extremely important game 7 against the Rockets in round 1 with our first team all league big man, Wanderlei Silva, sidelined with a broken jaw, it was the Trailblazers that won the war. Despite being down 3 games to won in the second round, the team battled back, taking the next two to force a game 7 back in Chicago. We were unable to keep momentum on our side, and foul trouble caused us to lose a 20 point lead coming out of the half and a double digit lead going into the 4th quarter.

The 2029-2030 Chicago Bulls season was a success by many measures, but the goal of the 2029-2030 Chicago Bulls was to win a championship, and that didn't happen. It fell apart spectacularly.

10 of the members of the 2029-2030 Chicago Bulls are on the 2030-2031 Chicago Bulls. They all still have the same goal. We've also added on a handful of guys with the same goal. Arthur Cornish and Cedric Pruitt return to Bulls uniforms on the deep bench. Hyman Low adds a very solid, reliable force to our front court. Darnell Mitchell adds tremendous athleticism to the wing position. And Chris Pallies adds a stubborn desire to prove he's worth a better long term contract next year than he was offered this year.

Coming out of training camp, we were happy to see that Leroy Haugh and Andre Betts both remained committed to their conditioning and they come back as strong as they were last year--Nassir Little and Daniel Bowens, too. Wanderlei Silva and Patrick Edmunds both look like they're at the peaks of their games. But the guy who we sprang for in RFA, Silky, made the most gains on our team. His clutch performances in the playoffs to keep us viable without Wanderlei, and the work he's put in this offseason have earned him the starting point guard spot on day 1. Leroy, Patrick, and Wanderlei will all be guaranteed starting lineup spots, but we have a couple of options on where to put them. Nothing else has been decided yet.

In RFA, AC Williams understandably took a max contract offer that was a little higher than we had in mind given our payroll. We're sad to see him go (again), but with the signings of Hyman Low and Chris Pallies, we feel like the frontcourt is in good shape at a fraction of the cost.

We're looking forward to competing again this season, and we're optimistic that we've gotten stronger and are ready to prove it on the court. Until then, we leave the floor open for questions.

Who do you expect will challenge you the most for the regular season conference title this season?

I think it's going to be the Portland Trailblazers. They didn't bring back Jayson Tatum and some of their frontcourt depth, but they were able to sign Deandre Ayton, giving them a more balanced starting 5. Despite their preseason, the division fight with them should be just as strong as last year.

Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: Who is going to be the alpha of this team? Who you hope has the ball when it matters most?


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What led into the decision of letting AC Williams go to the Pelicans during RFA?

AngryBanana wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:43 am Chet Youbetcha, Dimmadome News: Who is going to be the alpha of this team? Who you hope has the ball when it matters most?


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Really this is a multiple alpha team: perhaps three or even four alphas. It's all going to come down to matchups on any given night. Right now, however, it's so close, but Wanderlei Silva is our most dominant player. Leroy can score and make smart passing decisions, and Patrick Edmunds would be the best player on most teams. But it all comes back to Silva. He's first team all league for a reason.

NickMalone77 wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:03 pm What led into the decision of letting AC Williams go to the Pelicans during RFA?

We didn't want to pay max money to a guy who wouldn't even crack our top four alphas.

You've been circling the top for several seasons now, only to meet tragedy in the playoffs, like with Wanderlei's jaw. Do you think your depth can support a tragic loss like Wanderlei in the playoffs?

greepleairport wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:37 pm You've been circling the top for several seasons now, only to meet tragedy in the playoffs, like with Wanderlei's jaw. Do you think your depth can support a tragic loss like Wanderlei in the playoffs?

Wanderlei is a big reason we've been at the top for so long, but we were able to play through his injury in the playoffs. We had to play game 7 against the Rockets without him, and Silky came up huge in that one. If Wanderlei Silva was healthy the whole Blazers series, maybe we would've been able to get an extra win earlier on, but we had a home game with Wanderlei completely recovered from injury for game 7, and we came up short. Some of it was foul trouble, some of it was making an adjustment that didn't work, some of it was running into a great team like the Blazers, and some of it was just luck.

Our team is probably a little deeper now, but a lack of depth isn't what caused us to be eliminated. We need our alphas to come up big to get further in the playoffs.

Will you be rotating at PG again between Haugh and Johnson or do you expect one of them to lock it down?

false9 wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:44 pm Will you be rotating at PG again between Haugh and Johnson or do you expect one of them to lock it down?

To start the season out, we're going to put Silky at the PG spot. Leroy can play there nicely, but he's so versatile, that he can defend both guard spots and the wing while also scoring a lot of buckets for us.