Check out the video clip below which displays Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat being introduced to the NBA by former NC State stud Cedric Simmons who now plays for the Chicago Bulls. Beasley might have beeen embarassed by that block, but he did score 28 points in last night’s summer league game. The number one pick Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls only dropped 10 points and had 5 turnovers.

It was only a couple of weeks ago that we talked about Steely McBeam the mascot for the Pittsburgh Steelers and his unfortunate arrest for a DUI. Now comes the news that Benny the Bull the mascot of the Chicago Bulls is being sued for a high-five at a game on February 12th that went awry. Barry Anderson who portrays the mascot allegedly was “falling forward while grabbing a fan’s hand” and “running out of control” through the crowd. The problem lies when Benny gave Dr. Don Kalant Sr. a high-five it ruptured Kalant’s biceps. This could cause Kalnt to miss four months of work thus the lawsuit. It becomes more and more apparent that you do not want to be a mascot these days.

are done in six games. Last night’s 16 points in the fourth quarter was putrid especially considering they were in front of their home crowd. The Pistons were trying everything they could to give Chicago a chance, but the Bulls decided they would rather go fishing. Congrats to the Pistons for making the Eastern Conference Final.

P.S. Have I mentioned lately how much I detest Rasheed Wallace! For the love of pizza Rasheed…GROW UP!

Chicago covers +8 tonight at Detroit

OVERALL RECORD:

NBA 4-4

MLB 1-0

College Basketball 48-37-2

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

Check out this LOW BLOW by Kirk Hinrich against Flip Murray yesterday in game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal tilt. Its not really noticeable until the third view, but when you see the dirty shot it will no doubt make you cringe. The most surprising thing is Flip Murray still finished a nasty dunk on Hinrich even with the cheap shot.

Miami Heat cover -3.5 at home against the Bulls

OVERALL RECORD:

NBA 3-1

MLB 1-0

College Basketball 48-37-2

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

Chicago Bulls cover -8 at home tonight against Washington

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 28-16-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

Two days after the huge announcement that “Big Ben” Wallace will be a Bull next year comes the news of a Tyson Chandler trade to the New Orleans Hornets. Chandler who has 5 years and $50 million remaining on his contract was traded for P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith to help ease the Bulls payroll now that Wallace is aboard. Many analysts already felt the Bulls could win the East with the addition of Wallace so I wonder how they feel after this most recent move? My personal opinion is this trade further improved the Bulls, but they are not ready to step up and win the Eastern Conference this coming year.  I do feel the moves are setting things up for a legitimate shot in two to three years.