Thank you, Clippers, for getting clipped again and making Krause's decision so joyfully simple. Obviously, Michael was the ultimate bailout guy. But that's our most glaring weakness. The Bulls finally have the NBA's rarest commodity a player who can draw and beat double-teams. Moments after Krause took Fizer, TNT commentators Mike Fratello and Charles Barkley were baffled, wondering if Elton Brand would be traded.
Brand is a moose who led the league in offensive rebounding.
Fizer infuriated former Iowa State coach Floyd and his successor, Larry Eustachy, with his distaste for doing windows and playing defense. The other day I asked Floyd, whose passion is defense, if he could live with Fizer's poor rebounding and defending. Floyd is sick of losing 94-84 games. But now came the cherry on top of Fizer. The euphoria over Fizer faded when Krause took his pet stiff Mihm at No. 7.