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2011-12 Open Game Thread #23 OVERFLOW: Bulls at Washington Wizards

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Got a Lucas look-a-like behind Stacey and Neil
If God wants it to happen, then it will happen...

…so, howard is tebow now??

God is the biggest troll in the universe
where amazing happens
Its things like this that make me not want Dwight here sometimes

It’s YOUR CHOICE NOT GOD’S damn

I mean...

Does God shake up His magic 8-ball after asking “Dwight to Chicago? Let’s see…”

i wonder if smith would consider talking to the bulls this early

considering they are in the east and im starting to think he might be waiting for a good offer from the western conf. if not, then i think smith will get desperate in the last moment and then the bulls can dive right in.

I confused why God made you type that...
maybe they are the same person?
I guess the worst part of yesterday

Was not having the first BaB gif party of the season

heat down 12 to the hornets

LOLOLOL

Lets keep it that way Hornets.
Hornets are legit man! Glad we arent playing them!

/sarcasm

Your daily Jimmeh update:

2pts 2reb 1stl

Newsradio!

I miss Phil Hartman…

i just saw this in the other thread

mos def miss Phil Hartman, and Newsradio. one of the few sitcoms of my lifetime that i’ve really enjoyed.

one of the best... (both)
i noticed the heat got to wear their black jerseys at home yesterday

we should be able to do that as well, that would be silky smooth

Boozer got fouled
Boozer with a weak turnaround

than even weaker defensive play for a foul

Noah to Brew was pretty
Noah just said, "Me Tarzan, you Jane!" to whoever that white guy is
noah is a pretty good passer

if there is one thing the bulls frontcourt is good at, its def passing.

ITS NOT "MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY", PRICK!!!

damn…I’m mad now. Fuck these guys

Even Memphis State is acceptable

But not Memphis University.

I went there. Everybody f's it up.
its funny because that's what Derrick says in his intro sometimes
well he scored like a 12 on his ACT...what do you expect?
who the fuck is this vesley guy

now i want him and scal to become the “saviors”

Good D Booze

Come on guys

Thank god the Wiz are stupid
Korver for sauce..

…YES!!!

Nick just earned a seat on the bench
Rose pissed at the refs and himself

Forcing them to call fouls

Looks like Rose is taking out some frustration tonight
I'm waiting for him to do the dougy in front of Wall
Wizards have a collective IQ of 7
and all 7 pts go to the white guy.

Wait…that’s racist, isn’t it?

his name is vesley and hes the loong lost brother of scal
dude, thats just being generous!

gotta be -million.

I said that ATL is the dumbest good team ever

Dimbest bad team ever this Wiz team

Dumbest*

FUCK!

vesley!!!

lol, trade for vesley!

Rose blocks>Lebitch's Blocks
John Wall hating lol
lol

That was def a, “U mad?” look right there

Rose has even learned how to fall this year after contact
Rose didn't get a chance to practice his free throw shooting after the game yesterday

SO he’s getting it in today.

I was about to say that
And back come the Heat
did you really thought NO would win?
Did you ever think Washington would beat OKC?
I think we'll find this year

that we’re better than them. The Bulls took that loss in a way that I wouldn’t be too cocky about if I was Miami

Oh you know they are
I love you derrick
I think everyone in Orlando has collectively quit on themselves.

It’s just terrible basketball down there.

Not terrible

Turrible

i was just about to post..

magic with 39 points with under 4 minutes to go in the third…yikes

They should trade him for the best deal

regardless of team or situation. Go to the Bulls right now and ask for Noah and Taj and picks

Imo

Even that is the best deal. It’s better than fucking Bynum since we have the charlotte pick and more picks

Sixers want Dwight to be a Bull
Um

Why?

hint: cause the magic are bout to getting their ass kicked
Lol That guy in the prior thread said he expects Dwight to be a Bull by morning if 76ers won
idk why but i really like this sixers team

they get no love from ESPN.

Bet he's traded by next week
For anyone that's on twitter.

I’m giving away a digital print of my 8bit Derrick Rose piece for anyone that RT’s and follows my account. Wanted to extend that offer to you fine folks. LINK

I'm glad Jo is back <3
noah needs 1 rebound to have his 5th straight double-double.
never mind he just got it while I was typing.
oh snap, roger mason jr. sighting!
Wall does some FB layup

Rose like yeah..fuck you

Rose can't be stopped by these Harry Potters
the only harry potter of that team is mcgee

the chosen one!

Rose is avada cadava-ing that ass!
That last Rose sequence just made me giggle.
Rose: "You Reach i TEACH" John Wall.
lol booz

THREE SECONDS THREE SCONDS

THANKS MAN

May as well do somethin while he's out there
"AY! WE GOT THREE SECONDS HERE!!!! THERE YOU GO!!!!"

Booze, if only you didn’t get swatted like a bitch every time you go for a lay up, I may actually find that funny.

Brewer enjoys completely fucking up fastbreaks
Ronnie on the fastbreak is an issue
lol

hat gave me flashbacks of that 30 second stint of Ronnie running the point

That fast break was very Dengesque
heh
SamSmithHoops Sam Smith
Noah holstering his “guns” after making a jumper for 68-47 Bulls. Perhaps not best team to do that against, but it did get a crowd chuckle
I really think Wall is a hater lol
Weak Boozer you couldnt do an up and under? WTF
ROSE FOR THREEE
I know i'll get my knees chopped off for this, but do you think Rose has a chance to win MVP again this year even though Ledouche is avg nearly 30 pts a game?
A chance? Sure.

But it won’t happen.

I doubt it honestly

Doesnt matter tho, only thing that matters in the playoffs imo

Nope

It’ll be LeBitch or Durant. I think Durant if they get the best record

No it's either Lebron or Durant

But by the time the year is over, Rose may deserve it anyway

if deng does not get in the allstar game, he better.
Everyone with me now...Fif-ty! Fif-ty! FIF-TY!!!!
He could get 50 if he plays most of the 4th
I'm afraid he won't let Thibs take him out

And even thibs taking him out is an oxymoron in itself.

Booker as many points as Boozer

Sounds about right

wow, rose is putting up his best MJ "im pissed" impression

and its working!!

Rose was the best player on the court yesterday

And let those guys off the hook so he’s going the hell off tonight.

Played 44 minutes

Id like to see lebron play 44 minutes with no rest and do what he does

I think someone on here

said Derrick was the 3rd best player on the floor yesterday.

I LOVE THIS KID
Boozer has no desire to go to the rim hard whatsoever

this is going to hurt in the playoffs

He has no desire but to yell

The moment we start Taj is the moment we REALLY turn shit around and dominate

Yeah Taj is the better player

He really is

Agree

His spacings better, he handles his own on D nobody has to over-persue to cover his miscues. I mean, for being a defensive minded coach this must be killin Thibs. I wonder if he’s ONLY starting cuz of the money.

It is

It’s about that contract or he would have benched him last year

Taj has more desire than Boozer definately
i think i just saw John Wall whisper "uncle"
*moments after the game*

john wall caught crying while eating skittles!

Caught the last few minutes.

THAT BOY IS BAD FUNK!!!!!!!

The DRose feast is on baby. Loving it!

anybody else think that budweiser commercial is creepy
yes

Especially the “my cute neighbor Sarah” part,..

Maybe the loss yesterday was actually a decent thing, Rose looks determined tonight and next time we play those jackasses he is going to play pissed off.
Plan: Amnesty Booze, throw money at Dwight and...

…hope God approves

0 for his last 7
Is the next Heat game in Chicago?
yep i will be there :)
wanna send me your tickets? I would be happy to provide my address and pay for shipping?
haha thats what boozer said when he asked the bulls to sign him
Yeah, March 14th
Alright Thibs, let's rest Rose please
Bulls in the zone again
rose would never say "im gonna go crazy against these guys" last year

this year….

i think he realized the dark sad truth how the NBA refs work
Rough sequence right there for Taj.
Im glad Taj is taking it strong to the basket
That's traveling....Refs suck
Definitely was.

Too many steps

Taj getting destroyed, lol
Gibson having a nice sequence of plays there.
Hope Rose can play this way against a good Sixers team
They really do scare me more than any other team

Team is sick to watch

Big road game on Wednesday our bigs will be tested
Hawes might play too

Gonna be a good 1. First time we’re playin em right?

About that whole sign Nick Young thing...

Nevermind.

he plays like that annoying guy at the gym who shoots the ball 4 ft behind the 3 pt line with 2 guys on him
I agree

I always knew he was a primary scorer who had little else to his arsenal. But I didn’t think it was this bad.

Philly beats Orlando

We beat Philly
Bulls call Howard

Ha

“Yeah you take Boozer contract we’ll take Hedos, we’ll give you Omir or Noah(not havin both), the Bobcats pick, our picks, and a Portillos Italian Beef. DONE

gotta throw in the chicago deep dish dude
Yeah that's true

And we’ll give em Lucas to bring all that down there to em.

and scal if otis still doesnt budge
Are you insane?

You want to win a championship this year don’t you? Scal stays.

ur right, i dont what i was thinkin
y'know, as a big time pizza enthusiast

deep dish was kinda meh to me…

depends where u eat

giordanos for instance its not even top 10

i guess i shoulda gone to a local joint

i took people’s advice to go to Hancock building instead of Sears tower. i shoulda surveyed for good deep dish as well.

yeah, try lou malnatis next time

that place rocks!

A SHEEK putback dunk woulda been full of Awesome
does wall still "dougie" for his introduction?
What the fuck was that?
Lost in the DRose-fest....Boozer 3-10 shooting for 6pts, 5reb
Oh trust me it's not lost lol

Trevor Bookers outplaying him

Dont hate

jan vesely was guarding him

Oh no worries

We can never forget about our all important PF

his jumpshot must be off LOL
31 in 31 min?

Thank u derrick

The day before the 31rst? hmmmm
His PER is getting larger!!!
that's what she said
hollinger is somewhere having dirty thoughts
its nice for Rose to have a game like this in order to pad the stats
Am I crazy, or is their like an hour break between the two doubleheaders on

NBATV?

Yeah mine says 930
They better get those cheerleaders out there.

The Wiz sure ain’t giving them anything to cheer about.

OT: 58-42?

I thought that was the pro bowl score when I saw it.

It's in the 4th qtr

game not over yet. Still low scoring.

Ha on mine it says final too
Oh on ESPN it says final score lol

May SVG said fuck it we quit

Is ESPN just being retarded?
PHI only needs 58 to beat ORL ?????

Is Howard trolling the Magic, or is it the other way around??

I mean, Jeez……

i think its his team

nelson is actually trollin him hard. Watch him play and ull realize why howard is pissed.

just got here

who is playing pg when rose sits?

CJ
nice! i thought he was out today
me too
HUUUWAAAATTSOOOOOOONNNNAAA
And he looks like foamy shit tonight
Taj should have passed that to Jimmy
Waittt a minute...

was ESPN way off when it showed the magic had 39 points with 4 minutes left in the third?

nope.
they are shooting 31% as a team
Sixers play good D and Bulls face them Wedneday in Philly....interesting
And that Orlando gave up probably
apparently ESPN is just failing hard..

theyre still in the 4th quarter haha

Hopefully the bench extends the lead

don’t Rose playing in the 4th. Although for selfish reasons, I’d like Rose to get a couple more assists.

going to watch Alcatraz in a couple minutes fellas, hope we finish the game injury free.

see ya.

How is it?

Got em DVRd havent started yet

really good so far.

been awhile since I’ve had a show I regularly watch.

Last ones were 24 and Prison Break.

Good, I gotta check em out

So tired of these shit shows. I wanna watch “The River” when it comes on but I gotta feeling it’s gonna be terrible

yea it could be ok, but it could be cheesy.

guess we’ll see.

The wizards offense...

The term “rec league” comes to mind

CJ really blowing hard tonight.
Gonna leave this one alone.....
Ok starters back in
wow..i thought cj was rip for a second
cause of his ghotee?
lol..yup
CJ shouldn't even be playing
thing is, watson does well when hes starting over rose or gettin more mins

OR, if hes playing alongside D Rose as the SG.

Oh i hear ya

I just mean I think he’s still pretty banged up. And now Rose back in, jesus

true, but i think thibs really is tired of watching lucas play
ok why did thibs take out butler there

that would have been good experience

if they tie you up and you lose the jump ball, is it a TO?
good question but i had to google it

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_jump_ball_a_turnover

looks like its a yes

Did the orlando magic forfeit?
No ESPN is just retarded right now
It keeps saying final on mine
no lol..

its 48-64 with 6:38 remaining according to SI.com

Nevermind

64-49 midway in the 4th

i was so confused..

last time i saw a game called early was the indiana brawl…

Great here we fuckin go
Man, fuck the 2nd string bench mob...letting the Ravenclaws back into it...
EXPELIAMUS!!!
Are these more Harry Potter references that are going over my head?
Nick Young is a headcase

was he celebrating after the 3?

I don't think Washington quite understands what NBA defense is supposed to be like.
Boozer would be a perfect fit
Wiz showing why they suck. You gotta concentrate during a run.
poor wall

I can’t believe this team beat the bobcats twice

I would hate to be a Wizards fan

There’s pretty much no one on that team I would like to root for.

I wouldn't mind Booker on our team
Jo landed on his funny bone.

That shit HURTS

good thing he never has to bend his arms when he plays basketball
Noah: No Lob for you. Next!!!!
Wiz has a bunch of players that can create their own shot

they have too much actually and no teamwork and no IQ. I wish they just give us Nick Young or Jordan Crawford and come off the bench for us

ugh i don't want either of those morons.
good deflect jo
Good foul Booz
Boozer. SMH as usual
McGee grabs a huge board.....

….over Korver

that was a terrible sequence by boozer

missed the pass over his shoulder, didn’t box out, stupid foul

Grab that shit Booze, geez.

No scream, he doesn’t have power without it.

That was the worst full-court press I've ever seen.

It took the Bulls 2 seconds to get it to past half court and they didn’t even have to dribble.

Come on DRose, you havent scored in the 4th and

the Wizards have turned this into a game. LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!

2 words: Double Team
Great

Here comes a heartattack game

What. the. fuck. is happening?
Bulls going through the motions and Boozer taking the day off apparently
Wow, push in the back on Noah
You saw that too.
(I mean McGee pushed Noah for the offensive board
We know.

It was very obvious too.

not the first time he's done it either
Booker>Boozer
rose needs to remember that jordan played here

if he says hes going to go crazy we’re expecting 60 points

Rose is outta gas
No, he isn't.

Jeez.

I think he is

Banged around all game too. Barely fuckin rested.

If double teamed=outta gas

Then Rose is running on empty

He's outta teammates that can dribble
booz should be schooling these kids

I know he short but that’s ur job bro

Booz was fouled there

But cool

Can we like, not let them score the rest of the fourth?

And have Rose go 5-5?

get mad bro
I smell trouble
Thibs is pissed!

And the in other news, the sky is blue.

D Rose= Gohan?
DBZ references are soooo 2011.
Thibs as Majin Buu

sounds about right

wade=vegeta
seriously guys, stop

i can feel my IQ declining.
it’s already gone from bulls fan level to celtics fan level and it’s getting dangerously close to knicks fan level

rofl

tells u how bored we are with this bulls vs wizards game.

*fists pumps to deng's sprint commercial*
Alright Deng, suit up!
Put CJ in there right now.

Make them pay for the 2xteam with another ballhandler.

Good call

they are trapping rose every possession

need two ball handlers

with no rip and deng, need a combo of watson and rose

Defense is shit this quarter.
Wiz hitting jumpers

not much else

Yea...Bulls haven't hit the boards hard enough, but Wiz just hitting some jays really.
Well thibs is great in reading plays and stopping it

Wiz doesn’t have any. They just run random stuff

Normally the Generals would have given up by now

we bring out the best in everyone…

can the wizards please stop getting O boards

thanks

Ugh

I get extremely pissed when Rose is double teamed near half court and the Bulls can’t score in a 4 on 3 situation. I would be running 4 on 3’s in practice until the Bulls score literally every time.

What practice?

Tough to get them in with the schedule. But you’re right, its easy money right there.

Just woke up, how're the Bulls?
Good, great, then shit, now we're back to good
Boozer just woke up too
Rose GOIN HAM.
That's funny because Boozer just woke up too.
KORVER....With the Hot Sauce.
Bulls struggling without Lucas
Jimmy with 12 minutes whats up with that
Booz woke up in the 4th
Nope.

He’s just been standing under the basket waiting for his guys to pass out of the double team. If he can’t make these simple dunks and lay-ups then it really would be time to amnesty him (if we could, of course.)

Well, aside from that jumper.
Even Tyrus Thomas could have finished those shots
Boozer showing up in 4th!
The irony is that a few dunks got him going and then he hit the J.
Gotta wonder how Rose would fare at the 2G spot
bulls bench has 8 pts, 8 rbs, 7 tos
I really think Asik is in the dog house
Confidence shot

Since the airball?

there ya go boozy!
Orlando collapsing again

Barely makin it to 60

I bet Dwight cares about Wee uning now.
When you don't double Howard and make him hit free throws,

you beat the Magic.

I mean seriously

That last possession pissed me off. Rose was double teamed BEFORE CROSSING HALF COURT! Noah gets the ball, screws around and then basically resets the offense. We should score on that shit nearly every freakin time! Otherwise, teams will just double Rose. Freakin pathetic.

Yep

That’s what he has to deal with. Amazing. Hell even Jordan had Pippen who could handle the ball.

Noah's passing is overrated.
Hes a nice passing big

Hows that overrated

Passing well tonight
It's not his passing that's overrated

It’s his decision making. He needs to take two big dribbles in in that situation and force the d to commit.

Nah he's the best passing big man in the league I think

It may be underrated

Gasol brothers all day
oh, how would i love to have marc gasol o nthis team
noah should start taking 3s
a tornado from 3 might cause some rough winds
Brewer has been playing kinda shitty since Deng went out
Another pathetic possession.

WTF is Brewer standing in the corner for? Cut to the basket!

One thing of note

Noah and Boozer are starting to really be able to play together. Noah’s assists totals in the last 5 games are 4, 3, 4, 4 and right now 6.

Oh, and Jo has 5 straight double doubles.

I think he’s going to be just fine.

his lungs are finally detoxed
the weed jokes will never get old
boozer traveled so much on that rb
This offense is downright embarassing.
This is all garbage basketball

Letting the Wizards sloppy play rub off on them

so glad this is the wizards

Not a good look tho

horrible that rose has to play 40 mins against washington
Last few mins are ugly
Boozer should be sitting under the basket every time
looks like watching a pickup bball
Brewer's worse game as a Bull
This shows why we need Dwight. Double Rose and who steps up? No one...
bab stepped up!

we are the sixth man

Out of all the games that would show this

…a blowout against the Wizards?

what on earth would Howard even do in that situation

At least find a reasonable time to try to get your point across.

Thibs should put CJ in Brew's place
Korver with 42mins

playing the part of Luol

LOL NOAH

Run’em right the fuck over

Truck Stick'd their ass
Jo playing Madden lmfao
wizards falling like dominoes
fucking heat and their flops

wait, this is the wizards? damn

Noah gets through TWO flops
lol flop flop flopping
Rip would have helped in this game

He needs to be the one getting the ball off the Rose double teams.

If that was Wade or Lebron, Noah would be called for an offensive foul
Does someone have to say this every game?
Yes
As Bulls fans, I'd have to say we're just as bitter as MJ was/is
Stupid fans

Clearly the right call

Big baby with a 3 lol
Wiz coach: Cmon refs, we flopped twice, you gotta call one of them
Ladies and Gents

Good Jo is back, dammit!

Thank ya Jesus!
OFFENSIVE FOULS DON'T EXIST FOR JO
Good grief, Nick Young...
that was absolutely hilarious Jo
Wall is an idiot
so what was wrong with Noah, you can tell hes better now
every year the same thing. takes him a portion of the season to get into game shape
Not last year, but that was a contract year.
Come to the pass ronnie!
This just looks like an awful basketball game.
the last quarter has been terrible
WHY ISN"T ANYONE TRYING TO GET UNDER THE BASKET?
Jesus, Rose has been putrid this quarter.

Really lazy passing. Great game, rough fourth quarter for him.

In a game like this

does it really matter?

Nah.

You’re right, he’s just dicking around out there. Probably better he doesn’t hurt himself or something.

I agree though, he's looked pretty sucky.

But yeah, as long as he isn’t going crazy hard during a pointless quarter it’s no big deal if he looks like a bum after playing practically two full games in two days.

He can't drive

Can’t do much with those traps

They put the whole team on him
I get the not scoring part, but the terrible passing is pretty bad.
Hard to pass

When McGee in your face at times

Lol

It’s called a trap with your Center being your 2nd best ballhandler. Sheeesh

I have no problem with giving the ball up,

but what’s with the bad and lazy passes?

It's because his man a 7 footer are in his face

Rose is 6’3 barely you know.

*and a 7 footer
watch the replay and learn how to play basketball

Brewer stood and waited for the pass to hit him in the hands. Fuckin idiot.

Rose tired man
WTF DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO!

His teammates don’t even know what my fucking 7/8 girls know and that’s come to the ball off double teams. Brewer stood with his thumb up his ass waiting for the ball. He has been double teamed at half court and his team can’t convert a 4 on 3 and instead dicks around and gets him the ball back with 10 on the shot clock. Oh ya, and then Thibs helps him out by calling for a high screen which gets him doubled again.

double teams make me grind my teeth....

like Steve Gnash.


GET IT?!

I really tried not to laugh

I failed.

This is Pa-the-tic!
I think it is funny that WAS thinks that they are playing good D
its tough breaking that press with Brew not having a jumpshot
should have put in scalabrine (not kidding)
Or ball-handling skills.
Free Throw Redemption!
Thank you Washington for showing that

even a bad team can apply the same strategy as GS, Miami, and the Pacers and damn near beat us. Thanks Garpax for giving Rose a ball handler at SG.

I ahve one thing to say about this

Meh

He did

Hes on the bench hurt though

Rip?
The dudes who're injured are dead to him!

Til they rise again! muwhahaha

Orlando came back

Only lost by 5!

Still.. it only takes 74 pts to beat the Magic?

they need a pretend resuscitation, STAT!

no break for rose
were people actually worried we were going to blow this?

i had said to my husband that i would only think we could lose if they came within 2 in the last 30 seconds.

I wasn't worried at all

Because its teh fucking wizards, they’re too stupid

this is what i'm saying

i just think the reactions here are crazy lol. this game was never threatened.

When teams with better personel use the same strategy, then they'll be in trouble

But yeah, its the wizards.

i was worried john lucas was going to get jumped over again

but alas he made it through unscathed

bench never got back in

8 pts, 8 rbs, 3 ast, 7 tos, 2-10 from the field, 4-8 from the line. bad

Motherfucker

Bulls better be running 4 on 3s in fucking warmups. Jesus.

Noah nearly triple doubles.

14 pts, 13 rbnds, 7 ast.

KK shot 12 3s
So, who will be better next year after Dwight leaves Orlando?

Washington or the Magic?

Magic are Tragic, but the Generals...

…Suck ass. A lot.

Generals suck Genitals?
I rec'd, but only cuz I missed that one..
Korver played 45mns!!

Dayum!!!

jus shows how bad our injury situation is

fuck!

Not surprised.

He played well all game too. Gotta say that Korver can now be considered a ‘good’ defender.

Great

He’ll be the next one injured

So, I guess Noah finally played himself into shape?

It’ssad that he didnt come into the season ready to go tho

We're 18 and 4 right?

Meh

You're giving him a pass?

I’m a fan of his but I don’t agree with that

looks like rose is finally warming up

34, 34, and 35. too bad he wasn’t ready to start the season

Are you really comparing Rose' production to Noahs?

…..

………..

……………………….

no, i was being facetious

…or was i

his point is alot of players came in struggling

form players like rose, paul, williams etc. You can check the gamelog and see the number of players who are struggling this yr,

It'snot the first time he's done this
wasnt he off to a solid start last yr?
yes

16 and 13 through the first 15 games

also

12 and 12 through the first 15 games the year before that

yeah, so idk why people say hes always off to a slow start

i know he can be on and off during the season but for the most part hes known to be decent beginning of the season

I don't know what this means.
We're 18-4

As long as he comes back to form…Meh

Besides in this shortened season it's bound to happen
are you surprised?
he needs to stop that shyt

That’s the one thing that I hated about shaq and it bit him in his ass alot

yeah, bit him in the ass a lot

good thing he got those 4 championships first…

he shoulda had more! lol
i mean, he wasnt theo nly one outta shape

so many players came outta shape. For some players it takes time to get into season-mode shape.

Hell considering how many people aren't playing

because of injury, I’ll take it. All I heard about was how fit Hamilton was and this dude keeps pulling his groin

sigh...being fit as nothing to do with the groin

its just one of those injuries that can happen to anyone.

Well it's happened to him

I’m just saying that I’m not going to worry about Noah having to play himself into shape because at least he’s able to be on the court

yeah, its been bad luck for rip so far this season

jus gotta wait till the all star break till everyone can finally heal up.

this really irks me that rose played so mich

Let lucas or watson play those last minutes…even if the wiz was making a push…its the wiz!

or just let jo play point center
Come on, Hornets!!!
that gave me a chuckle
no heat starter will play 30 mins tonight at this rate
36-19... yikes
who is this gustavo ayon guy?
Top 10 in the league in PER!!!!!
Ryan Anderson had 20 boards today.

11 offensive.

JaVale McGee had 6 offensive boards today.

but then, he is offensive.

by pushing off on our guys
Korver getting Deng minutes

Holy crap. And 5 -12 is pretty good from 3.

most of his shots were wide open too

he should have made more lol

Two games in a row with 10 + free throws for Derrick...

maybe three. Did he have a bunch against the Bucks?

6-10 against the Bucks.
yes, he had 10
Can we stop the Taj>Boozer stuff now?

Boozer is clearly the superior offensive player, passer, and has a much much better IQ, and takes shots in the flow of the offense. His defense has shown massive improvement as well.

meh, i dont think itll stop dude

for what hes getting paid, he needs t perform near or at all star level.

What's all star level in your mind?

It’s a serious question, too, I’m not trying to be snarky.

well, consistent production ranging 16-18 ppg and 10 rbds per game
17.7 and 10.2 per 36 for Booz.
sorry, forgot to add on i think majority of the guys here want him to do that consistently against the good teams

the teams with the decent frontcourt like the miami heat…

ok
yeah, i mean, if he was getting paid noahs money, he wouldnt be criticized as much he is right now

but hes getting paid 17 mill a yr…so, the expectations are high.

But that's not really his fault...

Shouldn’t that criticism go straight to the org?

yeah, but then again, at that time we had to spend that money somewhere

bosh was off the market as well the other choices for pf. Im sure if paxson had to do it again and bosh was still there, he would have gotten bosh.

so i guess u can say boozer is overpaid but its neither his fault not the FO

its LeBrons and Bosh’s fault! FUCK THE HEAT!

Yeah, Bosh is a better player.

But I still don’t see why that makes Boozer a dart board.

well, lets bring up soriano from our beloved cubs

his situation was def the fault of the cubs FO. He should have never gotten that contract i nthe first place and yet, cubs fans trash him left and right. I know hes past his prime now, but i dont blame him for accepting that contract (thanks alot Hendry)

The thing with Soriano is a lot of it appears to be a lack of hustle/caring...

It’s not that with Boozer.

well, how bout fukudome

ill say hes another fine example of an overpaid player who does hustle, but jus wasnt worth the contract.

It's true, but still not really fair to the player.
its just one of those common things u see in all fanbases (esp the major market fanbases)

whether ur a cubs fan, yankees fan, lakers fan, knicks fan and so on and so forth…every team is gonna have their own so-called “boozer” type player.

Dunno about that.

Of course you can’t blame any player for taking money offered to him. But when you do, you take the responsibility and scrutiny that comes with a contract. You think Pujols has a right to bitch or Fielder now that they have their money when fans want them hitting .300 and bashing lots of RBIs? Boozer doesn’t deserve to be a scapegoat all the time. But I hate seeing a guy who’s paid his amount of money shrink from going into the post. He’s being paid to be the star forward opposite deng. We need him to be a force on both sides. And not just get his numbers shooting jumpers. I don’t think he’s played as bad as some do here. But I do want him moving in the post better and taking up the slack from the injured guys.

plus, i think majority of the fans on this site want him to do well against one team

that one team that ruined our summer…THE MIAMI CHEAT!!!

Shitstorm in 3..2..
BOOZER SUCKS!!! HE HAS NO LIFT!!!
Not that I'm on either side of the argument

But this same comment has been mentioned 100000 times. Its not gonna stop. Just get over it and deal with it. Just like how we deal with JBJ rather having Wall than Rose.

wtf?! rofl! are you serious? say aint so!
I did a similar thing with Deng.

Look at the respect he gets now.

Don't take the credit for that

He just happened to come across the perfect coach for him especially defensively for Thibs. Plus, Deng is by far our best defensive player and Thibs maybe most trusted player on the court next to Rose (maybe over).

Boozer…..not so much. But like I said, I’m neither here nor there.

Deng was subject to waaaay too much criticism here.

As is Boozer.

well booz can make that side layup taj failed a couple times tonight

And taj can dunk and booz can’t..so ya

he has no lift!!!
boozer dunked like 3 times tonight..
get out!!!!
"Booz had no dunks"
After yesterday's performance...

Nope.

I don't think this is so difficult.

There are teams and situations where it will be more valuable to have Taj on the floor…same for Booz. We just all need to live with that already.

I'm not the one you have to tell that to...
Wasn't meant directly at you.

I think we all just need to accept that they are both valuable, but they have limitations. The Bulls will probably need them both to perform in the playoffs when called upon.

Nah. We'll keep saying it because it's true

Taj is the better player because defense matters as well. He’s the better player. But you keep up the valiant defense of Boozer. That train is getting light and lighter

It does hurt a lot to have to choose between offense and defense.

Taj of course isn’t the offensive player Boozer is. In crunch time it hurts a lot to have to insert Taj to clamp down. big numbers offensively against sub par teams doesn’t change that.

Vote Bulls for ASG, fuck the heat

and I’m out

uh-oh, Rose is recruiting :)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-0131-bulls-bits—20120131,0,5239288.story

‘Who wouldn’t want to play with him?’

no body except maybe all of the other Magic players

True dat.

The longer this lasts the more irritated his teammates will get. The media won’t let it lay, it’s too juicy a story. I can just imagine the situation if he’s still on the Magic come playoff time and he’s counting on those guys going to war with him.

john wall

on the wizards press defense
bq. : “I think it just made us more aggressive and got the ball out of his hands. Once they got him back the ball, there were just eight, nine seconds on the shot clock, and it’s kind of easy to stop him then because he can’t really kick it out to no shooters. You give him a full clock and he can pick you apart”

On whether it’s hard to manage the game like Rose can:
bq. “It’s not hard when you got guys like Kyle Korver that can make shots and you can run him off down screens, and you got a guy like Carlos Boozer that can pick and pop. When Luol Deng’s in, you have a guy who you can run plays for, make shots and create his own shots. It’s kind of easy.”

awww

One thing about Rose is even if he does get a bit too cheesy with his post game bs, at least he doesn’t make excuses for himself.

Wall is a hater
that is what is Wall said

this is what he is thinking -

thank god the Bulls lost interest once they got up 17. I got a chance to pad some stats at the end.

Before we started double and triple teaming Rose at half-court, I was probably going to let him go for 40. Nah 50. He was embarrassing me.

Rose said he was going to go crazy before the game. I had to change my shorts pre-game.

Rose’s haircut looks uneven from behind.

With the way Rose is finishing, I hope nobody noticed I just throw random crap at the basket.

Yea, yea, yea Rose is better at me at basketball. But can he dougie?

I LOL"d

I was thinking exactly your first comment for awhile now. Rose coasted most of the last quarter. Not that I blame him. Good stuff here.

i didnt know it was possible to be both right and wrong simultaneously.
For all those who decided Bosh is way better than Boozer based on Sunday's game,

note their respective lines tonight:

Bosh vs. the Hornets: 5-12 FG | 2-2 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 12 PTS | +1

Boozer vs. the Wizards: 9-16 FG / 0-2 FT / 8 REB / 1 AST / 18 PTS / +11

I know that doesn’t prove anything either, because one game does not prove anything.

I'm beginning to think you guys defend Boozer just for the fun of it and to be contrarions

It’s over OK. The defense of Boozer and sifting through his numbers and good games is a waste of time. Here’s a thought… If you have to sift through a player’s numbers to make an argument to why he doesn’t suck and when he plays well and if you can literally remember the good games he has by memory, then he’s not that good. Seriously he’s not.

He’s starting because of his contract. Bosh is playing because he’s the most important player on his team. Miami can’t function at all in the halfcourt without Bosh. The Bulls are quite possibly a better team without Boozer.

To be fair,

His offensive numbers also are a reason he plays at least. Perhaps not starting, I can’t be sure. It’s never easy , however, to replace his 15 pts consistently.

no one came to that decision based on sunday's game, because it was already obvious to anyone with eyes.
Why post it then?
I know that doesn’t prove anything either, because one game does not prove anything.

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