Larry Hughes, Go Back To The Bench, And Please Be Quiet

Last night, the Bulls got murdered. Last night, Larry Hughes played relatively limited minutes (21 of them, to be precise). If you ask me, or basically anybody who cares about basketball in the slightest, “limited minutes” is too many for Hughes, because he’s not a very good professional basketball player. He takes bad shots, he’s not a great defender, and he takes really, really, really bad shots. All the time.

Unfortunately, Larry has made a correlation in his mind between “Larry not playing enough” and “Bulls getting murdered.” Oh, goody:

“I don’t want to play like this,” Hughes said. “I’m not comfortable with 15-20 minutes. Something has to change. You have to understand that situation and I do,” Hughes said. “We have a lot of guys at one position. Somebody has to come off the bench and you accept that role. But I’m not expecting 15-20 minutes, and I don’t want to deal with that.”

“We all understood the situation going in,” he said. “I want to give it a little time, but being put in a situation not to succeed doesn’t do me or the team any good.”

Larry. Real talk. You are not as good as you think you are. You’re that awkward, crappy guy at open gym who, for whatever reason, thinks he’s really good, and alienates an entire court of eager basketball players in the meantime. You are self-deluded. You don’t command minutes. You waste possessions. You don’t defend. Your arm sleeve-sweater-thing is utterly ridiculous. You take horrible shots. SOMEONE NAMED A WEB SITE AFTER YOUR BAD SHOTS. IT WAS QUITE POPULAR DESPITE ITS INCREDIBLY LONG URL.

Christ, Larry. Figure it out. You’re the only one that hasn’t.

Posted at 11:12 am
on November 20th, 2008
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Larry Hughes, NBA

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Matt 1 year ago 1 point
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John Paxson and Vinny Del Negro would like to remind you that they haven't figured it out either.

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Spain 1 year ago 1 point
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Amazing. + 100 Eamonn.

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Stacey 1 year ago 1 point
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The first thing is that he can never stay healthy..besides that he left his game in Washington..Now Larry was a Cavalier (im a clevelander) at one time and dont get me wrong he helped a tiny bit..you really cant say he cant play D because he was one of the league leaders in steals..The problem is hes not a jump shooter..his game is strictly going to the basket..but injuries will make a player become something their not (jump shooter) or elevate another part of their game (their jumpshot)..you can ask Vince Carter about that..but Larry wants to be the man whereever he goes and his game isnt there like it once was..--stacey-

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Hoop Soup 1 year ago 1 point
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Larry Hughes had one good season. That season, he played amazing, getting almost 3 steals a game and scoring 20 ppg. Other than that, he's pedestrian at best. He has ben gordon syndrome, meaning he thinks he's better than he actually is.

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Mickey 1 year ago 1 point
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Ok, dogg seriously stop hating on L Hughes, Wowww!!! That was way too harsh drama queen!! LMAO

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