Chicago Bulls Thread

[koberulz]

I find that far easier to watch than his free throws and jumper. Now those are cringe-worthy.

Yeah, that's not a pretty shooting form. Seems to work alright for him though.

Indeed it does. Watching it as a Bulls fan wouldn't be too bad, but watching it as a shooter...ugh.

[George7]

Another win on the road trip!!
3-2 on those 5 games is a really good record,taking in account that the 2 losses were close ones(and the SA game was ours)

Great job on finding the answers on the last seconds yesterday.Phoenix had a great game, but they couldn't seal the win when they were in front on both the regular time(even by 23!) and the 1st O.T.,so Chicago stepped up and took this one away.

Rose was a beast again,and IMO he should be an all-star starter if he keeps playing like this!

[Andrew]

It may have taken two overtimes, but a win's a win. Hope Gibson isn't out too long.

[George7]

I was really impressed by Korver and Johnson on the game with PHX.
Korver had 24 points and was clutch on the 2nd OT, while JJ was amazingly clutch on the last minute of regular time,scoring those 5 points who led the game to OT! I really wouldn't think that JJ was able for a performance like this.He really matured this season,playing some great games from the preseason till now,and is clearly a solid back-up Bulls' team can utilize.

[shadowgrin]

@Benji
That would never happen and its stupid!

Why?

[Jackal]

Because it's stupid!

[Andrew]

I really wouldn't think that JJ was able for a performance like this.He really matured this season,playing some great games from the preseason till now,and is clearly a solid back-up Bulls' team can utilize.

I wasn't that impressed with him in the Knicks game as I thought he was trying to do way too much. Given that's the only time I've seen him play this season though, it might have just been a bad example.

[shadowgrin]

Because it's stupid!

That's always your excuse when I suggest we try something new in bed for a change.

[puttincomputers]

why owuld you give up noah and deng and gibson for melo and evans?! i would not want to trade noah away! it depletes the front line that was seriously lacking until noah came along!

[shadowgrin]

They compensate for the loss of Noah's rebounding with Evans. He's good at grabbing balls, just ask Kaman.
Melo can also rebound a bit, definitely better than Noah's scoring, also gives them the shooter/scorer that helps free up some space for Boozer.
Post defense/shot blocking is the major loss the Bulls would acquire if they let go of Noah but their defense happens to be their coach's strong suit, so I'm guessing he can turn any big man scrub they can get into a serviceable defensive player. Just look at what he did in Boston developing Perkins, Rondo, and Tony Allen's defense.

[puttincomputers]

At least the bulls would still have asik

[Andrew]

Gibson's back but Rose is out against the Nuggets today, Watson starting in his place and John Lucas III has also been signed.

[Andrew]

So close and yet so far against the Nuggets, thanks to Melo's gamewinner.

[George7]

Andrew, Yeah...

Too unlucky for Lucas to miss those 2 free throws who would have sealed the game.

[Andrew]

They still could've made a three to force overtime so it wouldn't exactly have sealed a win but yeah, costly misses that left the door open for the Nuggets to win in regulation.

[air gordon]

thibbs first big mistake as a coach. Lucas shouldn't have been in there. he just signed on the with the team that IIRC

gotta give credit to the bulls. Korver was shit, Gibson was ineffective, Rose was out. somehow they were able comeback down 19pts. Watson. wow.

and kudos to Anthony for making that game winner- which me made look pretty effortless

on to sacto... prolly w/o Rose again

[George7]

W/o Rose,but if the rest of the squad performs great,we will have huge chances of getting the win.

I really wait for Korver to step up on this,and Watson to keep that kind of play,somehow.
He really was great yesterday.Really stepped up his game.

[puttincomputers]

while I was 5-2 on my prediction outcomes, i was right about the record afterwards! nice win against the kings, well i did start to watch in time to see them go on their 11-2 run in the fourth.

[Dan's Brain]

Really satisfying result from the road trip (4-3, and competitive in the losses, and likely would have been 5-2 had Rose played against Denver). That's the toughest part of the schedule done and dusted, and they did it without Boozer. There's a hell of a lot to be excited about this year.

[George7]

That's really my thoughts Dan! Couldn't agree more!
Go Bulls!

[Andrew]

I'm with you guys. It's a shame about what happened in Denver to prevent them going 5-2 but 4-3 isn't too shabby. Couple of tough ones coming up though in Orlando and Boston; Celtics game will be on ESPN here next week.

[air gordon]

and Boozer is expected to return to practice on Monday

[Andrew]

Still no set date for his return, but that's an encouraging sign at least.

[Dan's Brain]

I read somewhere that December 10th was a chance of being his return game, which would be the rematch against the Lakers. Either that or the day after against the T-Wolves. He'll have a few practices under his belt by then.

[George7]

Hopefully he will be ready soon.I'm really curious to see how the team will shape up with him.