Heisler Too Quick to Dismiss the Bulls

One loss in the playoffs, and The Times’ Mark Heisler (May 10) is ready to proclaim that the emperor (the Bulls) has no clothes. That the loss came against the New York Giants masquerading as the Knicks matters not. Even Heisler’s revered Lakers were never held to such an impossibly lofty standard.

He goes on to “expertly” unmask the Bulls bench as “one Smurf.” This is the same bench that was extolled throughout the regular season, even by Heisler.

But considering the source, this is the same Heisler who recently told all of us to forgo any entertainment, in a sort of weird collective mea culpa, and to simply mail our cash to the gangs in South Central L.A. Don’t be hurt, Mark, if we all disregard both of these missives.

THOMAS DI VERDE

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