ChicagBro of the Week: Chris Bosh

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It would be really easy to make Derrick Rose the ChicagBro of the Week almost every week during this basketball season, and Rahm Emanuel also received a few votes too. But in what was really the biggest Bulls game of the year last night, Chris Bosh was the Chicago Bulls MVP.  1 for 18 shooting from the field and just getting dominated defensively by Noah and Omer Asik. The only way to describe his play last night...Like a Bosh.

Lovie Smith is gonna be here for a while

The Chicago Bears made it to the NFC Championship game last year, so if you are the Chicago Bears, I guess that means you need to give him more money.  The Bears gave Lovie a two year contract extension, which means that Lovie is now under contract through the 2013 season.

I know the Bears had a much better season than expected last year, but this move just seems like it is totally unnecessary. Lovie was still under contract for another year, so it's not like the Bears had to do this right now. We have seen the Bears have a random good season followed by a bad one.  What is the risk of letting the season play out and negotiating with him later if things are still moving in the right direction? I don't really think there is a high demand for Lovie around the league and teams are just waiting to scoop him up.

Also the argument that they want to get him locked up before the work stoppage, is a dumb one. If there is a work stoppage and for some reason no NFL season next year, no other coaches are going to get fired, so there won't be anywhere else for Lovie to go. 

It is just a classic Bears move.  Pay a guy for what he just did, not what he will do for you during his new contract. That is how you end up with Tommy Harris being one of the highest paid guys on the team. 

Yesterday could not have turned out better for the Bulls

Bulls beat Heat, Celtics trade away Kendrick Perkins and Celtics lose to the Nuggets.  All they did was win, win, win.

First off the game last night. The Bulls beat the Heat last night 93-89. Great game played by the whole team (except Keith Bogans, but that is expected), especially Omer Asik who had 11 rebounds and played great defense coming off the bench. Wade and Lebron had big games, well until Lebron tossed up that brick at the end of the game, but the Bulls defense shut down the rest of the team. That is exactly the type of game the Bulls needed to show the league they are for real  after everybody started slobbering all over the Knicks after the Carmelo trade.

On top of the win, the Bulls also won because the Celtics inexplicably traded their best big man, Kendrick Perkins, to the Thunder for Jeff Green. The Celtics strength is their size and getting rid of size, just makes no sense for them. So inevitably the Celtics lost last night and the Bulls are now 2 games out of first place, which is definitely with in reach.

PS - Chris Bosh, get your punk ass off the ground.  That was the worst flop ever.