Tag: Nikola Mirotic

I think the hype for Nikola Mirotic took a permanent hit after he got benched a couple weeks ago. His hype levels were already kind of low for what kind of a player he is (the Euro kind), but the prospect of him never getting to play again have lowered them even further into the…

It’s time for Nikola Mirotic to find another team. Yeah, he’s playing big minutes as of right now, but the Bulls have shown that they won’t hesitate to bench him/DNP him for no reason at all. At any moment, BAM, Mirotic could find his heinie superglued to the bench while Joffrey Lauvergne gets to play…

This makes two games out of the last three where Nikola Mirotic has scored 28 points without getting to the line. I could go with the “typical soft Euro” angle here, or the “refs hate Euros” angle, or the “Bulls fans who are forced to travel to Milwaukee to see an affordable basketball game are…

The Chicago Bulls’ “White Foreign Bigman Combo” (better nickname pending, and no, it can’t be “The Ivory Towers”) just dominated the Pistons tonight to the tune of 60 points. Nikola Mirotic had 28, Joffrey Lauvergne had 17, and Paul Zipser had 15. Spain, France, and Germany putting aside past differences to dominate the filthy heathen…

I don’t know what’s going on with the Bulls right now. I didn’t know before, but I definitely don’t now. I had just read that they had told Nikola Mirotic that he was out of their rotation. Okay. Kind of a weird decision, but that’s what they decided, and it’s their player after all. They…

If I’m Nikola Mirotic, I think hard about going back to Europe after my rookie deal is up. Sounds crazy, I know. But it must really suck being a low-usage bench player on a middling team with a fanbase that doesn’t like you anymore after being a much-beloved beast in Europe. Actually I just looked…

What do the Bulls do this offseason? They were supposed to be, if not contenders, at least a strong playoff team. But now their season is over. Granted, there were at least a few bright spots, and they don’t need to demolish the whole thing and start over from scratch. That would be reactionary. But…

From now on, every time a European comments on one of my vids crowing about how so-and-so Euro player could be really good in the NBA, I’m going to think about all the things everybody said about Nikola Mirotic and laugh heartily. It’s official: because Nikola Mirotic was some sort of Euro MVP thing, and…