Bullard was supposed to be expendable because Rice was such a great shooter? Right now I think most people who said that would change their minds right about now. Bullard hasn't been getting half the minutes Rice has yet he has a higher season high!
Yes, Bull is one hell of a player for Charlotte! He averages : 12.6 mins/game 26.1 FG% (holy cow, he's incredible) 30.0 3PT% (still one of the elite no doubt) 2.2 Rebs (still crashing the boards I see) 0.09 Steals (must've missed the one he got...) 2.9 PPG (stroke it Bull, stroke it!)
I haven't changed my mind either. I never wanted Rice in the first place. There's about $7m/year and 2 extra contracted seasons between Rice and Bullard.
Bull still has the higher season high of the 2, makes far less money and does not have half the ego Rice has. As far as the shooting percentage and ppg #'s he gets far less minutes per game than Rice does so he can't get in much of a rythm. If he were getting the minutes Rice is he would be doing a lot better than Rice is right now. Air Bullard!
No disrespect to Bullard because I like him, but Bullard hasn't been better then Rice at any point of his career, why would he now? And Tony Delk went off for like 50 this year, does that make him better then Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley?
blah blah blah Rice has no "ego" problems here, and he is definitly better than Bull. I'm happy Rice is here, and I have confidence that he will light it up, and soon.
But Bull was a player that was meant to be brought in and hit a shot without having to have time to get in rythm.... that has been the soul reason for him being in the NBA right now. Glen has been a starter most of him career and has had diffent roles everywhere he has been. He just needs to learn his new role and he'll be a great player for us.
The next time Rice explodes for us will be the first time. I hope we enjoy his 7 mil. salary over the next few years. We should be safe with Rice and Kato taking up half our cap space
Bullard averages 2.2 rebounds in 12 minutes. That's a lot better than Rice's 2.5 rebounds in 31 minutes a game! Right now, Rice is giving us nothing. We miss Air Bullard! Especially when our team is shooting 35%.
