Jerry Reinsdorf: Put Up Or Shut Up

"Thanks for your money"

Since 2001, there have been seven teams that have never paid the luxury tax.  Those teams?  The Charlotte Bobcats, the Golden State Warriors (now under new ownership), the Los Angeles Clippers, the New Orleans Hornets (now under new ownership), the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Washington Wizards, and the Chicago Bulls.  Yes, that's right the Chicago Bulls who have been top 3 in attendance every year since Michael Jordan has been in the league even during the tough rebuilding years when the Bulls were the Baby Bulls and are in the 3rd biggest market in the NBA have never paid the luxury tax.  Since Michael Jordan retired after the Bulls 1998 championship the Bulls have won just 3 playoff series (Detroit in 2007 and Indiana and Atlanta in 2011).

Now I'm a personal Bulls boycott because quite frankly, I'm sick of supporting an organization that doesn't care about the fans.  This doesn't mean I'm going to stop supporting the Bulls, but I'm just not going to go to any Bulls games or buy any Bulls gear until they prove that they are committed to winning and care about the fans.  There's no reason for Jerry Reinsdorf to change his cheap ways when the United Center continues to sell out year after year.  This is one of the negatives about being a great sports town like Chicago is.  For years the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs have taken advantage of the fact that Chicago sports fans will show up to their stadiums whether they win or lose.  Lately both of these teams have began to change their ways but the Bulls continue to not spend any money.  The Bulls have two major free agent signings since Michael Jordan left Chicago, Carlos Boozer and Ben Wallace.  In today's NBA, you win by having stars and the Bulls have yet to understand this.  They've have chances to add stars in the last seven or so years but John Paxson has been too scared to pull a trigger and Jerry Reinsdorf has shown the inability to pay the luxury tax despite saying to KC Johnson that he would pay the luxury tax for a winner.  Put up or shut up Jerry.

Now the Chicago Bulls organization are selling you on a "2014 plan" saying that's why they blew up their team this offseason.  Remember the last time the Bulls went all-in for a major free agent?  They ended up with Carlos Boozer in 2010.  This is just another excuse for the Bulls to sell hope and dreams to their fan-base when in reality they're just trying to save money.

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The Miami Heat will be celebrating another NBA title in 12-13

The NBA is dead as we know it.  Players are being babies dictating where they want to go (Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Chris Paul) because they know in today's NBA, superteams are the only teams that have a chance at winning a title but don't tell this to cheapass Jerry Reinsdorf or John "Pussy" Paxson because they have yet to realize this.  With the Oklahoma City Thunder trading James Harden to the Rockets, it leaves the Lakers and the Heat as the only two teams who even have a prayer at winning an NBA Championship this season and this is sad.

Really, there's no point in picking the top 8 seeds in the East and West because the regular season doesn't matter.  The only thing that matters is the Miami Heat will win the NBA Championship over the Los Angeles Lakers in 6.  Kevin Durant will win the NBA MVP and Anthony Davis will win the NBA Rookie of the Year.