Chicago Bulls Thread

[Moz]

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Pau has been tearing up the Eurobasket perhaps, contrary to what AG expects, we will see the same production from him this year. I know those 3's measurement is short to that of the NBA but it seems like he's readying himself for Hoiball. Niko has been producing good numbers and also tearing up some flag apparently...

[air gordon]

Great to see Pau Pau-ing it up. He seems to be more aggressive in international play.

I'll be glad to be wrong about him "tearing it up". I'd be happy if he still maintained his efficiency. At his age it doesn't make sense to play him the same minutes as last year- especially when he looked out of gas in the playoffs

[mp3]

I don't think he needs to play heavy minutes with Taj looking to be ready soon along with Noah and Bobby I think 30 minutes a night till after the allstar weekend would be the best way forward when you look at the injuries the Bulls have had come playoff time in recent years.

[air gordon]

Yeah the spaniard is 35yrs young. 25-30mpg would great

[Moz]

Thibs has left the building and Hoiberg's a yesman so I would not worry about starters logging heavy minutes this time... Also their 4 spot is crowded so I will not be surprise if Taj will play some minutes at the center spot to relive Noah and Gasol. By the way, they signed Jordan Crawford to a training camp deal.

[Andrew]

Well, so much for my theory of him having too big of an ego for that!

[air gordon]

Thibs has left the building and Hoiberg's a yesman so I would not worry about starters logging heavy minutes this time... Also their 4 spot is crowded so I will not be surprise if Taj will play some minutes at the center spot to relive Noah and Gasol. By the way, they signed Jordan Crawford to a training camp deal.

So which is it? Gasol posts the same numbers as last year or he plays less?

Why not on Crawford? Make whoever is on the roster bubble sweat.
Imagine a brooks Crawford backcourt lol

[mp3]

Jordan Crawford could have the same impact that Nate Robinson had which could be a good thing in a uptempo offence that Fred has planned for the Bulls and it's only a camp deal so low risk high reward....

[Andrew]

I'm not against giving him a shot. I'm just surprised he's interested, given the money and prominent role that the CBA offers.

[mp3]

I think the nba is the dream for every player plus there could be family issues that mean he wants to stay in the US.

Or maybe he's like JR and didn't realise that Chinese food isn't the same over there lol

[air gordon]

Jordan Crawford could have the same impact that Nate Robinson had which could be a good thing in a uptempo offence that Fred has planned for the Bulls and it's only a camp deal so low risk high reward....

What's the high reward though? He's been a terribly efficient scorer and mediocre 3pt shooter.

[mp3]

High volume bench scorer on a low salary I guess.

I won't lie he's a chucker lol but sometimes in limited minutes if coach can control him he could be a solid spark off the bench.

[air gordon]

Yeah fair enough. Maybe he'll fall in line of the other cast of cast off guards having moderate success. I hope it's Moore really

[mp3]

Like I said in my earlier post I think if he makes the team he could be the next Nate Robinson for the Bulls, I don't know how you felt about Nate?

When he was a knick he could do some amazing things with the basketball but then do 5 stupid things straight after.

[air gordon]

Pgs who can create their own shot and hit 3's like Augustine, robinson excelled in Thibs pg centric system.

I didn't mind either and really had no choice since the starting pg repeatedly was injured and no one else could score.

The Bulls shouldn't be anemic on offense like in previously years past so there isn't a need for garbage like pargo or Crawford.... Despite the "high" reward potential
There already is a high usage/inefficient perimeter player that starts at pg lol

There's a lot of talk of the magic hoiberg offense. It's been a few months since his hire. Does anyone know what it is yet? Lol I see people post uptempo but what offense doesn't want to do that

[Moz]

So which is it? Gasol posts the same numbers as last year or he plays less?

I reckon he can still be productive like last year if he plays around 29-33 minutes though we didn't see yet how Hoiball works so we'll see... Pau seems to have this pessimistic vibe on his recent interviews regarding Hoiball perhaps he has this impression that it's a D'Antoni-esque system...

[NovU]

Pau's 35 years old now. I think it's fair to predict regression across his stats sheet as there are bunch capable and eager players that can step up on Bulls team. With everyone healthy, I don't see needs for 35 year old Pau to try and push to repeat what he did last year.

[mp3]

To be fair Pau was only asked to do what he did last season because the Bulls front line was so banged up.

[air gordon]

So which is it? Gasol posts the same numbers as last year or he plays less?

Pau seems to have this pessimistic vibe on his recent interviews regarding Hoiball perhaps he has this impression that it's a D'Antoni-esque system...

Link?
When Hoiberg was initially hired, Gasol did take a subtle shot at Thibs saying he looks forward to having more freedom and creativity on offense

I agree with the previous quotes above. Ideally he should get the Tim Duncan minute restriction- keep it at or under 30mpg

[Moz]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago-bulls/p ... th-hoiberg

Re-reading it, it seems that pessimistic is not the appropriate word for it rather he's apathetic or he's just telling the truth that he have no idea how Hoiball works...

[air gordon]

Strange that's the only quote the article could get out of him

This is a decent read on the situation

http://www.blogabull.com/2015/9/16/9332 ... les-lakers

I think gone are the days of Pau posting up. Occasionally his face up works but I don't think he is a consistent low post threat against good defenders

I think he would be killer against 2nd units and solid if he is playing center as a starter. Countless times he was canning an open jumper on a slow rotating center off the pick in fibas

[mp3]

Funny, Lakers fans said the same about Carlos Boozer last summer lol

[Andrew]

Funny, Lakers fans said the same about Carlos Boozer last summer lol

Mind you, a vocal contingent of Lakers fans also said that they'd be getting all the big names this offseason, and that the rest of the league was "trembling" while the Lakers licked their chops. As with Boozer, reality then ensued.

[air gordon]

Would you rather have rose or gasol shoot 100 3pt shots this year??

Serious question

[NovU]

I'm more interested in how far the Bulls would push 'small ball movement' trend? The Bulls went big last year with Noah/Pau frontcourt. But the Bulls were exceptionally good with Mirotic at 4. (i know, mirotic isn't exactly small but compared to either Noah and Pau, he is)

http://www.82games.com/1415/1415CHI2.HTM

But contrary to previous popular belief that he can replace Dunleavy in the starting line up, he's been strictly a 4 and highly likely to remain so. It's still going to be Dunleavy/Snell/McDermott rotation at 3.