After suffering a 56-point loss to the Celtics on Saturday, players threatened to not show up at the Sunday practice Boylen had scheduled. The Bulls have not taken a day off in Boylen's 10 days as head coach.
In practices, players have been asked to run suicides and drop down to do push-ups, unconventional drills at the NBA level. While Boylen's directive from management is to be tough, some players view Boylen's coaching style as excessive.
Forward Jabari Parker played just four first-half minutes in the Chicago Bulls' 97-91 loss to the Orlando Magic on Thursday night in Mexico City.
Coach Jim Boylen said after the game that the decision was matchup-based, but sources told ESPN earlier Thursday that Parker won't see regular minutes going forward.
With Chandler Hutchison sidelined, Parker came off the bench Thursday and was scoreless in four minutes. He did not play in the second half.
"Well, I think it's a matchup thing," Boylen said. "It's also hard to play three 4s. It's difficult to do that. You know, this team is not about one person, one matchup. It's about the team, and you play your minutes when you're in there, and when you're not -- you support the guys who are. We have a lot of games left, and we're going to need all of our people."
Boylen said he has spoken to Parker about the decision.
"Going forward, he's part of our team, and it's not about the individual, it's about the team, it's about playing your minutes the best you can," Boylen said. "We'll see what his minutes are going forward."
Parker, a Chicago native who signed a two-year, $40 million deal with the Bulls over the summer, was the team's sixth man to begin the season. After the team was hit by a rash of injuries, including to starter Lauri Markkanen, Parker moved into the starting lineup last month as a power forward, his preferred position and one he played for two seasons in Milwaukee.
shadowgrin wrote:I stand corrected, looks like the players are in the right for the attempted boycott.After suffering a 56-point loss to the Celtics on Saturday, players threatened to not show up at the Sunday practice Boylen had scheduled. The Bulls have not taken a day off in Boylen's 10 days as head coach.
In practices, players have been asked to run suicides and drop down to do push-ups, unconventional drills at the NBA level. While Boylen's directive from management is to be tough, some players view Boylen's coaching style as excessive.
The players are right, it is excessive.
Forcing employees, whether they be millionaires or minimum wage workers, to work with no rest within a week is too much. Even slave child laborers in factories get a day off during the week.
Bulls being run with the incompetence of a third world country
shadowgrin wrote:In the players defense one could reason that not having a day off in 10 days straight also contributed to them being exhausted already going into that game and being trashed by 56 pts.
shadowgrin wrote:In the players defense one could reason that not having a day off in 10 days straight also contributed to them being exhausted already going into that game and being trashed by 56 pts.
huge blowout I'd get it a lot more
The Chicago Bulls have traded forward Justin Holiday to the Memphis Grizzlies for guard MarShon Brooks and guard/forward Wayne Selden Jr., as well as the Grizzlies’ 2019 and 2020 second-round picks. In a related move, the Bulls also waived guard Cameron Payne.
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