Jerry Krause

I'm so glad that never happened.

If it was Jerry Krause, it probably would have been Michael Beasley, right? John Paxson was calling the shots at that time.

Thankfully, because if they took Beasley instead of Rose, I don't know how many fans that would have came around since the post-dynasty era, because the people I've talked to that are the next generation under us pretty much became Bulls fans because of Derrick Rose.

Yes.

I don't really see any of the problems with Reinsdorf.

uh the last few years though have been interesting hires but i think i believe his son mike ryan's door has been really running the bulls it hasn't really been jerry um jerry was one of the first ones to really get the bulls on local television and get that wgn network um uh deal and then had the you know michael jordan you know basically seen across the country so i think he's one of the better owners he's not been bad Now, they had, what's his face? Jerry Krause.

Yeah, he was basically who they based the Monstars character off of in Space Jam.

And I think

Okay

... that was-- Jerry Krause was the GM of the Bulls and-

Yeah

... and, you know, read every single book, read, read every single, um, article I could and, you know, understood like his pursuit of, of players was, you know, unyielding to a degree.

Filled in very well as a starter as well.

Jerry Krause at the trade deadline decided to trade him for a second round pick and Dickie Simpkins bringing him back.

So, you know, he left for free agency or what have you, or I don't know exactly why he left, but he was with the Bulls the year before, and then they bring him back.

It was David Vaughn and Dickie Simpkins is who they made that trade for.

It just made no sense whatsoever.

It's like when they made that trade, I remember I'm like, yeah, this is Jerry Krause just saying, yeah, good luck, Mike.

You're not winning at this time.

Good luck, Phil.

So hold on.

Why Jack John? How are you going to call? So then the Bulls are just Jerry Krause merchants then?

They are 100% Jerry Krause merchants.

The Bulls are just Jared Croft's merchants.

Their

Go in the bathroom, bitch.

So when Jordan left Chicago, I didn't like how Jerry Krause handled that situation, which made it hard to be a Bulls fan.

And then how they handled Derrick Rose made it hard to be a Bulls fan.

And how they handled Jimmy Butler made it hard to be a Bulls fan.

Go ahead.

They shit on Jerry Krause because he's dead and can't defend himself.

It was terrible.

And it was mostly, mostly unfair.

Okay.

Well, first of all, you just don't throw that at me like that because you know that's bait.

So I feel like I've been defending Jerry Krause since I wrote a profile on The Reader in 1989 or 1990.

It was 1990, I want to say, so that's a long time ago.

Yes.

But only if you give Jerry Krause one.

[clears throat] I love that you said that.

First of all, shout out to the Lakers.

Once he started being the Zen Master Phil with the gold teeth and stuff, that, that, that's kinda the...

Yeah, I mean, hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, but I wouldn't mind Phil Jackson getting a statue.

Is there any other Bulls player, coach, anything exact that you think should get a statue other than Jerry Krause, of course, which you brought up?

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