Donyell just wants to have fun

Ex-Jazzman Donyell Marshall arrived in Chicago this week with a new spin on his decision to accept $2 million less per year from the Bulls: He did it because the Bulls seem more fun. According to a story in the Daily Herald of suburban Arlington Heights, Marshall said at a press conference, "(Bulls GM) Jerry (Krause) has said being around the younger guys made him feel young again. I think those guys can give me energy, make me younger again. Make me want to run. Bring some excitement. "After we score a big bucket or something, clap and yell and pump your fist or stuff like that. In Utah sometimes, there wasn't that oomph in there. We didn't get excited. We went out and played our game because that's what we did. It was a business."

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Hang 'em up, MJ

Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times thinks Michael Jordan should walk away. Between the injuries, the age and the demeaning role as a bench player, Mariotti thinks MJ’s story will not have a happy ending. Which is sad, given the exquisite climax he spun four years ago in Salt Lake City.

Mariotti claims, “A midlife crisis isn't easy to mask, especially when it strikes the greatest basketball player ever. If MJ truly has reached a meeting place in his mind, why is he resuming elaborate workouts in hopes of returning for another season? Isn't the Big Four Oh staring quizzically at his forehead wrinkles? Hasn't his problematic right knee been surgically repaired; isn't the left one still worrying him a bit? And don't the suspect Washington Wizards have only a fair-to-small shot of making the playoffs, with the possibility they won't be as good as the incrementally improving Bulls?

It's his life, of course, his career. And my guess is, he'll pull off more astounding acts at 40 than any other big-ticket athlete, however sporadic. Yet just as I didn't want to watch Jordan get hurt last season, I don't want to watch him get old this season.”

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Jay Williams remains with Team USA

Jay Williams believes he is well enough to stay with Team USA as they prepare to tackle the world in Indianapolis later this month, Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune is reporting. Williams, who was caught by the knee of teammate Andre Miller in the team's first practice, dismissed reports that he is contemplating leaving the team because of a hip flexor injury he had aggravated. It was the same injury that slowed him early in the Bulls' summer-league games in July.

"As long as it gets better each day, I'll continue to take it day by day," Williams said. "I broke a sweat, which was good because I hadn't broken a sweat in two days."

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