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2011-12 Open Game Thread #24 OVERFLOW: Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers

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stacey ripping boozer

good stuff

jeez

pathetic. PATHETIC.

Good thing I have Meeks on fantasy

Not

this offense is hard to watch
i cant believe no luol can really make that much of a difference

this is ridiculous.

the thing that scares me

is what if Lu coming back doesn’t make all that big a difference

Ive thought about that too

We havent put together a solid game start to finish since the one against NJ

Missed the first half

How do the Bulls look?

dont ask
If only I could delete my post...
in a word?

:KhCHCVLGVLLFV~!!!!!

this is disgusting

absolutely disgusting.

still ripping on Boozer...lol
Brewer has played like complete shit since sunday

This is the 10th play I’ve seen in 3 games where he doesnt hustle. The guy cannot play 40 minutes a night. He is not cut out for it.

Also, we need to get Boozer out of there. This is a joke

Get Boozer outta there!!!!!

WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow

no hustle, no effort, no nothing. They deserve to lose.

That's a carry on Iguodala, badly.
He traveled

THREE TIMES THIS GAME

lol, this is pathetic
Korver has been wide the fuck open
the bulls should be ashamed

this is honestly the worst i’ve ever seen them look in the thibs era

The Sixers are legit, though

Give them credit.

no energy whatsoever
Derrick's free throwing is a problem.

Make a damn shot kid!!!!!!

Now Iguodola is just playing douche

fuck iggy

Yeah

He’s a dickweed, Worse than Monta

The guys a baller though

Fills out every damn stat

Yes

But still, a dickweed

Oh def

But I’d take em! lol

Korver's D still sucks
Yet another fast break dunk
Derrick got swiped
looked like he was fouled
HE didn't get fouled, at all.

Just dicked around with the ball and spun into a waiting defender.

What the fuck is Rose doing?
I miss Deng so much
Running Derrick into the ground
Man Battie is just awful

we should leave him wide open and get him to shoot every time

Our team is a mess right now
i guess it's safe to say that the ECF is not a lock

philly and the pacers can give us fits

They'll give anyone fits

How they take each other out

whats happening
Bulls playing like a bunch of bitches

can’t even get a shot
not showing for rebound on either side
shameful

Yeah, the rebounding has been gross
Meh, I knew this game would be tough

Again, they played us better than ANY team last year. Just a terrible matchup

Yeah, Rose has good numbers,

but he’s gotta have more than 13 FGA right now. He’s taken 5 shots since the first quarter and thats inexcusable. He needs to at least try and take over.

What's bad is the PHI is only shooting 46%

If the bulls decide to REBOUND, this game becomes winnable

Get Dwight Howard Already (OVERREACTION)
c'mon God- make it happen
Booz attacks the paint

3 seconds

please take Boozer out, he was wide open

Boozer finally turns down a jumper and still costs the team.

He sucks.

Put in the bench w/ Rose and see if they can play D
Carlos Boozer and Ronnie Brewer need to get the fuck off the floor
Kyle man

Kyle getting killed

agreed with the other 2
"the bulls just look a step slower"

what stacey said

How many times has Boozer driven to the lane this season

without traveling or getting called for a charge?

Boozer's so fun to watch just running in circles on D and yelling
Hey motherfucker,

maybe that ball would GET IN DER if you took it in like a man. I seriously hate Boozer.

no chance we win this game.

lol stacey is ripping boozer
As he should be
I admit he should
rightfully so.

boozer is playing like he has concrete in his shoes

We havent done anything right in the last two minutes

The sixers are legit but we shouldnt be doing this badly

Ronnie Brewer has played like shit since he became a starter
Thibs needs to go

Rose+Bench mob the rest of the way

Boozer makin Noah look bad

Half assin to the finiest of em

we aint shit w/o deng.
With 2 starters out its tough to sit Booz/Noah like he diid in many wins

Those 2 are playing like overpaid punks

Iggy thinks he is LeBron
Well he's doing a really nice impression so far
GET BOOZER OUT OF THE GAME

WTF!!!

Goddamn Boozer at least hit your shit
Nets sign Keith Bogans wtf
BENCH HIS FAT ASS ALREADY!

BOOZER IS A BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bench his husky ass already

Yeah…I agree

Elton Brand hitting from the floor?

Could he alawys do that?

yes, since he was a rookie
nothing is going in for us

Nothing

Just now turning to the game

and I know we’re losing because of Boozer right?

in this case, yes

he looks horrible.
and i think we need him, he’s good, and we should keep him.
he looks horrible.

we got this, calm down, lol
OMG Boozer HELP on D please
"who" gets an easy basket..
Ok Booz Get out
Sit Carlos already.

He sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

every single play, our offense

give it to boozer
give it to boozer
give it to boozer

brick, brick, brick

Kyle just can't stay in front of them
Why vant kk get a shot off?
Because Philly can play defense
YESSS

TAJJJJJ

wow wtf i have never been happier to see him. this is horrible.

Wtf Rose! MVP that shit
the backboard got hurt by Boozy jumpshot
lol we are paying $80 mil for a guy who just yells and gets uncontested defensive rebounds
Asik's hands...ugh
The Sixers are a gimmick team

It just so happens to work well against us, but teams like the Heat will fucks them up

asik and his shit hands

strike again

Hammer's gotta catch that
rose needs help
he need to at least try

what a soft quarter

Dwight Howard
look at that hustle and effort

of which we have none.

We've come to expect Greatness from D.Rose.

But his supporting cast really is sucking it up so bad that he can’t even afford to have a bad game now.

Stop passing and start shooting.

Derrick isn’t doing enough right now, plain and simple.

And I know its not easy, but he's gotta dominate.
I think is one game where it would be really hard

to pin the problem on Rose. He’s penetrating very well and creating shots for everyone else, but they’re just not hitting them.

He cant shoot on double teams and expect to suceed

Sounds good in theory but until somebody actually produces its gonna be tough for us

sooooo bad tonight
no redeemng characteristics
jumpshot

jumpshot

rebound the fucking ball
What happened to our defensive rebounding?

Shit.

Dwight Howard wouldn't have allowed that.
wtf Rose is doing?
If I was Derrick I would just go sit down

Not one teammate can do shit

neither can Derrick
And why is that?

Think about it… a little bit

because he is passing the ball from the circle instead of trying to penetrate?
Huh?

He’s penetrating to the lane multiple times now and has created open shots for guys every single time. They’re just not hitting them. He can’t keep jacking up shots while being double and triple teamed.

that's the difference between rose and howard
Two games against quick athletic teams so close together (Miami and Philly tonight) really exposes the fact that the Bulls have no athletes outside of Rose.

They collectively play like everyone is 5 years older than they really are.

I should add that I mean quick athletic defenses
agree

I noticed that last year, quickness is our weakness, thats why we struggled against the heat in the playoffs with their quick starting line-up, we struggle against the sixers and warriors. we struggled against the knicks as well when they had that small line-up with amare at center before carmelo got there.

Offensive rebound sighting
Not a travel there
we're getting killed by some random dude named Lavoy
enough with these fucking pump-fakes CJ

shoot it!

This is embarassing.
I wake up and see the Bulls start shitting on the floor.

What the hell is this shit.

Put in Jimmy, Lucas, Scal, all the baddies for the rest of the game.

Time to go straight Popovich in this motherfucker.

Shoot the ball u fucken chipmunk
Philly playing a perfect game

Like we used to

Trade for Dwight

play Omer at the 4.. someone comes in the lane, they get their face broken. No more of this soft garbage.

rose needs to pull a dwight

and call these idiots out.

Do we ever hit open shots??
when can we start banning these people who say

dwight howard every time the bulls give up a shot

I don't fit in that category.

I just think Rose’s supporting cast is over rated. He doesn’t have as much help as people may think.

Fuck this effort...you'd think matching up with the #3 team in the Eastern Conference would fire someone up
76ers are playing better than Miami, tfs
Fuck it. Get Dwight at all costs.
thats probably game
Cj says otherwise
8 points this quarter.

This is just disgusting.

Cj should be in sooner
sickening

a 30 foot 3 is the only offense we can get.

just wave the flag and rest that MVP toe
fuck that

they can’t let themselves be humiliated like that and then get payback in shitty teams. Too much of that already

we have a game tomorrow...
so what? They are tired? It's not like they are spending a lot of energy out there
Another loss to a playoff team and then beat a team like the Wizards is no good
knicks are not the wizards. we could lose tomorrow
worst game of the year
You remember the Hawks game?
worse than the hawks game
both of them?
yes

we play the knicks tomorrow. thibs will rest our guys

the one they lost, anyway

the one they won, they get a free pass because they won

way worse
6ers head and shoulders better than Atlanta
No way

We were healthy that game but Rip I think

Bulls look disgusting.
I think Rose has 1 point this quarter.

That’s the game right there.

Because Philly didn't change how they played/trapped him at all.

I’m sure that has nothing to do with anything.

There's absolutely no excuse for him to have one point in a quarter.
Ok...

I’m not excusing him, just providing some context. The point made by dakoose was that Rose’s 1 point in the quarter is “the game right there.” The score says the Bulls are down 20 points.

Unless we expect Rose to drop 20 in the 3rd while being double and triple teamed, I don’t think his 1 point is the difference in the game.

His point was Rose being unable to score

encapsulates the game for us. Not that he expects Rose to single-handedly bring us back.

Really?

Re: the latter, that’s not what I’ve taken from his comments at all. But I’m sure you’re right…

Doesn't matter.

A guy that wants to be the best player in the world can’t allow himself to get shut down so easily.

Fuck neil funk
Last time I saw the Bulls play that bad E-Rob was on court
enough of putting the bulls in the same class as miami and okc

right now they are barely up there in the 2nd tier of the east. the honeymoon is over

losing to Miami, Indiana, Atlanta and now Philly is no coincidence
we can't beat good team anymore lol
This is our reality guys.. we are a one man team

This roster lacks overall talent.

except for our injured guys
ugh, you really are flirting in the territory called "trolling"
This is disgusting

No excuses…not even without Luol and Rip

Can't stand listening to the Sixers announcers,

but that’s only cause they’re making everything, and we’re not.

If they have scoring problems against the Knicks tomorrow

then they seriously need to reevaluate their offense (ie – stop giving the ball to Boozer when he isn’t hitting his rainbows)

they need to stop the pick and roll completely

all it does is trap rose, every single time

This is true

It’s sad that I’ve missed Vinny’s ISO’s at points this season. That’s scary. But it’s really only because everyone else isn’t doing their jobs.

I hate it i hate it i hate it
we're just like the old sixers with a better iverson
lebron and the cavs
Wassup with Derrick's free throw game lately?
nothing.

40/49 since he got back. 81% instead of 85%.

Meaning the last few games.

12 for 14 vs. miami
14 for 15 vs. washington
nothing.

Our bigs are such pussies

They cant rebound if they are in contact with someone, wtf

Fourth quarter comeback anyone?
i knew we were going to lose this game

time to sit Rose.

Rose should not play 1second of the 4th
hard to win many ball games when you're missing two of your three best scorers

and Kyle Korver is getting major minutes haha

*Fix
hard to win many ball games when you’re missing two of your three best scorers supporting casts sucks

There

Ha ok man

When they’re the bench mob theyre the best bench in the league.

Best Bench

should be highlighted.

Exactly. And Deng is the best defender.
This is a fact
Hate to say told ya so, but yeah:
Bad feelings about this one
I think we lose it somewhat easily, people will freak, bu then we’ll run off a real nice streak over the next stretch

Injuries. Fuck.
by Juiceboxjerry on Feb 1, 2012 5:37 PM CST reply actions

This team just fucks us up

Our bigs are pussies
you didn't tell us

you jinxed us

this aint the time jbj.
Luol is more important than once thought

get three stops

honestly, doest anyone want the bulls to just get obliterated by 40?

send management a wakeup call and put pressure to trade for dwight.

if the bulls get dwight, i'm leaving for good
Time to end this discussion
For the Boozer fans….

Quote stats and per all day………but he has not pass the simple eye test since he has been on this team. He is 12.5 mil of wasted money.

so how do you like Taj travels?
I Taj much better at the price, than a over priced bum.

At least he plays harder than Bozo.

so what

you want him to play because he is cheaper? that makes no sense

No i want Boozer off this team he sucks.
it's pointless to get him off if you don't get anyone better in return
My dead grandmother is better than him……….he sucks against teams that have any length.
well bring her in then
IF i could i would at she can make a fricking lay up.
Of course eye-witness accounts are by far the least reliable source of evidence
All bench? did we give up?

if so, that’s disgusting

we have the knicks tomorrow

no point in bothering

I disagree

I think there is point in bothering

Then there will be more bitching

about Rose playing too much again….

I think Rose more than anyone should be pissed that Iggy is humiliating them like that

unless his toe is hurt I expect to see him there

Bulls starters came out with no energy.

All of the starters should be ashamed of themselves.

Imo

The whole team should be

We're like the Colts.

Derrick is our Peyton Manning.

No

Luol is the Manning of our defense

So where did the "No"

come from?

MAYBE Jimmy butler can pull a James Johnson

and lead us to a victory

What did JJ do that?
vs Pistons
Really?

Either way this aint Detroit. This is a real team.

wow

that is the first time the paint opened up in almost 20 minutes of game time.

Wow Bulls got an easy layup good for you CJ
We just need to freaking execute

Thibs hasnt been making good adjustments in game

Doug Collins needs a raise

Can’t believe he’s making that roster look so good.

Are u kidding me

Hats some talented players

Gotta know what to do with that talent
Fucken rebound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im getting sick and tired of omer

has he done anything of significance since noah found himself again?

haha, doug collins isn't letting off the gas.

dick

only 16

He ain’t stupid

impressive taj

nice post move

Glad he didnt fall
Their drugged with

Philly Cheesestakes.

Taj pushing his defender in that pain and scores should teach that to Boozer please
Traveling much by Turner?
lets not kid ourselves

its too much of a lead and philly is not the shit team ATL is.

Philly just dicking around now
UGH

just get the easy shot!!! come on!!!!!!!

I turned it off already. Let me know if it gets under 10
korver you fucking ddumbass
Is there any other team in the NBA

that has only one player that can create off the dribble?

Kings?
Thornton, Evans

maybe Jimmer?

Evans, thornton

maybe to some degree, jimmer and garcia?

the Phoenix suns
Nash and maybe Grant hill
Deng can, Rips not too bad at it

But doesn’t help when they’re out. OJ MAYO PLEASE!

Deng and Rip?

Are you kidding me? One can’t dribble and the other has to use thirty screens to get open.

Yes Deng can creat his own shot

And Rips got a good post game(which is a creation of your own shot)

you are really undervaluing deng and rip
Heat of the moment I'm assuming(or hoping)
Thats just a disgusting fast break.

This game is infuriating.

Where was Kyle running?

Get your jump shooting ass behind the line dildo

First game in a while

That I can’t shit on the refs they were actuallu meh. So theres that

its just an old fashioned beat down and pathetic effort by the Bulls
love how korver looks down to see if he's behind the line

he realizes he’s not but still decides to shoot

That played defined the game

Open 3 missed by our best shooter, offensive rebound being battled by 2 of OUR players, only to give the D enought time to recover and block the shot and, of course, recovering the posession.

UNBELIVEABLE.

Wasn't even a 3.

He was inside the line.

trade all those fuckers for dwight
They just have so man guys that fly around defensively

You have to be able to pass the ball, and go to the basket because they have no shot blockers. If you just move the ball around the perimeter, you’re playing into their hands

They're a bunch of Thoroughbreds.
Like I said, it's a gimmick team
Its a fact, we are the worst fastbreaking team in the league

CJ, kyle, lu, brewer

Fucken terrible

12pts for "who" on 6-9 shooting
We look too LAZY.
it is what it is

you just have to accept the fact that a.) year 2 and b.) compressed 66 game schedule, this so called hard working, never die, never quit team is just going to mail it in some nights this year, something we would have never thought possible last year.

ronnie brewer is the epitome of this. last 3 games i have seen at least 2-3 plays per game where he doesnt hustle back on D. Thibs needs to realize that he is not Deng and can’t survive 40+ minutes a night

LETS GO BULLS, LETS WIN THIS!
Not happening.
PHI clearly wants this more

Down 10 by 7:00
Down 6 by 5:00
Down 2 by 3:00
Up 2 by 2:00
Bulls win 100-76

Sounds reasonable
Cheap foul on Jimmy
Jimmy plays some nice D

I already like him more than Brewer

What the fuck??

Clean block.

Bullshit call

bad call, that looked clean

just got home

someone give me quick summary up to now

40 minutes that will induce vomit

more or less..

I dont think you wanna know
fuck you ref

not even Iggy thought that was a foul

God forbid we get the sixers in the playoffs

It seems like they just have our number, and I’m really not sure why.

Wowwwww terrible call
How was that not travel
Jimmy lateral quickiness is a problem
whens the last time we beat a good team?
we didnt have too many good teams to face so far

magic (befroe now) were good and we beat them

First stretch in awhile we've played good teams

Hard to tell whos even “good”. Everybody’s beating everybody

and besides, number of good teams the bulls beat doesnt mean SHIT when it comes playoffs time

you can ask the mavs or the heat from last yr. Their record against great teams wasnt that good.

Scal's in

there’s the white towel

Why u gotta be racial
Omer is shit

He needs to bloody a fucken guards nose, all of em jump into him no fear

atleast thibs recognized lol
maybe? comeback?

possibly?

nah, no way.

changing to future bull Dwight Howard vs. the hated John Wall

the bulls did not bring it tonight

What the fuck are you doing Taj???????
can't even hate this team, unlike indy, miami.

they deserve to win tonight and they don’t play dirty.

Exactly

they are a team seeking respect and they have got mine today in all honesty

Is this the worst game of the year?

I think it is

yes
nah , i think the hawks blowout was the worse
Losing to the Heat

is always the worst to me.

that oakland game was pretty bad

at least rip and lu are out in this one

do the bulls have enough time to chip into this?

if they get it down to 10 with 5 minutes left, you never know.

Taj already has more of a post game than Boozer.

Retarded.

im waiting DENG.
he's back tomorrow
so after tonight we'll be #2 in the conference

first time since beginning of december

Doesn't matter anymore

Just get in the damn show healthy!

taj is better than durant
DEFENSE

oh shit, maybe.

Hey Bulls coming back

Taj banging with the big boys and scores WOW and his ass isnt nearly as big as Boozers
this woudl be hilarious

if our depleted bench brought us back after the sixers already gave up and thought game over.

I'm trolling their site with Scal pics
This is a spirited effort

but maybe futile

Get Rose in there right now.
What will the Boozer defenders say today?
i think the whole team deserves to be bashed...not jus boozer

noah and yes, even rose played like shit. Imma put this on the team, not jus boozer.

Rose Rose Rose
lmao

oh shit. here we go.

If we could go back Boozer or Bosh?
you act like we had a choice

bosh was always our first choice. he didnt choose us first.

you act like we had a choice

Um no, I’m asking for opinions.

Lebron or Hamilton if we could go back?
Don't think they were in the same free agency period.

But Lebron no doubt.

MJ or Scalabrine if we could go back?
they wanted bosh

but he said eff chicago

Not that we ever had that choice

But if we had bosh, bulls win it all last year.

Why can't Chicago get big recruits now?
No idea
Sounds JUST like the Vikings to me.
I never wanted Boozer

But as everyone is saying, we had no way of getting Bosh.

tyson chandler part 2
right now, i'd trade away Boozer for a roll of toilet paper

so yeah, Bosh

WOW Scal really
scalabrine is a complete dumbass

ugh

What in the holy hell is Scal doing?
he started a fast break for the other team LOL
I know right?

You have to save the white mamba for the last second shot!

Let the bench stay in, starters deserve to sit
absofuckinlutely
fuck that, at least put Rose in

man that turn over hurt

seriously

we had a chance to cut it down and the dumbass blows it

Scal, please report back to the bench
I'll be happy if we lose by 15

That’s how pathetic we have looked today

I have confidence in Thibs that they'll figure out a way to crack this team

We’re more talented, and talent wins out. I think Rip will help a bit too, because he can post up some of their guys, and open things up with his movement

We ripped them by 30 one game last year
You trust Rip to ever being healthy enough to help this team?

And I don’t mean a game here and there.

And curl off screens!

Korver has to basically pass our shoot.

How many more years

do we have Boozer?

30 more yearS!!1
3 more years I think unless the Bulls are able to trade him for Dwight Howard
He'll be amnestied as soon as Mirotec is ready for the NBA
i think this team was due an asswhoopin

this is a compressed roadtrip schedule. This game does not worry me one bit,

we have been blown out by atlanta

we lost to miami
we are about to lose to this team.

that doesn’t concern you?

Lost to the Pacers
not one bit...

considering how many injuries we have, you should be glad we are 1st place in the east.

Oh god

we’re never healthy, Not even last year

yeah but thosei njuries were worse imo
Scal is a "victory" cigar. "victory"

but this is not a victory, so he should sit

Philly victory
Oh, maybe I forgot that it was a 2-way cigar
athletes>chemistry

at least now gar almost has to pull the trigger on something before the deadline

I kinda feel there is a trend in all our losses

all we need to be defeated is a bigger pressure on defense and we are stuck like deers in the headlights

Well maybe we needed this

Almost seems like they got too “up” barely beating Miami under-manned. Bring us down to earth and force us to grind it again

Cant wait for this from DRose:
I’ll never forget how they showboated tonight, never
he needs to STFU

ive had enough of his statements. they only pump up the opposing team more. i.e. golden state, miami, etc.

Agreed. Keep it to yourself, man.
Deng went from being a 18ppg with no impact on the game

To the missing 18ppg peice for the bulls to win games

Starters benched. Cool.
Iggy STFU its a foul you bitch
Its a thirteen point game.

Rose should be in there.

they have to cut it down to 10

to make it worth it

No , he shouldn't

The guys on the court brought us back, not them

This bench unit won't win the game.

They got us back into it. Thank them and then let the MVP win it.

Not even a given he's gonna do that

Sit em, let em feel embarrassed and come out tomorrow swingin

NO. Thibs is finally playing it smart
Watson will lead us.
Where to?

Quicksand

Nobody in this game deserves praise

Nobody

I like how Butler, CJ and Taj have played.
Maybe CJ and Taj

MAYBE

You act like

Rose played TERRIBLY

The team sucked

This game everybody sucked, Time to move on

nice find by CJ

ok, i think we still have a shot.

oh shit

here we go

oh shit

nevermind

:(

PHI's got 42-26 points in the paint
Oh yeah its been a layup drill all game
They could let that one go

stop with the turn overs

how come everytime we're on a run

we commit a TO?

Should've been a foul as well
Sums up this game: Defensive stop leads to boneheaded turnover
Cj is a fucken moran
This guy

CJs made it reasonable

okay now here's your real white flag

john lucas. FUCK.

Thibs making a statement right now.

Not only will he not bring in Rose, he brings in Lucas.

Or being smart

1 slight chance at victory, versus a rested and healthy Rose.

tried to suggest this the other day...

…and got crucified by homers

fuck it, live to fight another day

I'll live with whatever CJ is doing.
nice pass JL3, dumbshit
JL3: the new surrender flag
Lucas is the worst player the Bulls have had in a long time.
Not as bad as Pargo

But bad bad bad

Pargo can balll
Much worse than Pargo.

That guy actually get some buckets. Lucas had one or two games in his career where he was OK. Pargo’s been around forever.

well KK was doing shit
Thibs = troll
Jeritroll=Thibs?

wow, Thibs may have given up too early. Maybe I’m wrong

I wouldn't want a comeback win by the starters at this point

They don’t deserve it.

I’m not talking about the starters, CJ and them were doing welll. He took Korver out and brought in Lucas

Greg Popovich does this all the time

We are playing for the playoffs. This is one game.

I am starting to think Thibs has zero offensive plan.
he does have a plan but hwo can you win if you have brewer as the sg alongside a sf who has no business starting
So what is his plan?
idk but seems liek you forgot what rip before he got injured again

the offense was crisp and smooth. It makes a big difference having two starters that have no business starting. Its something thats out of thibs hands.

plus, multiple turnovers tonight didnt help the bulls

thats not on thibs, thats the players.

No Deng, No Rip

Brew is a bench guy and so is Kyle for he’s 1 dimensional

Well my point is a great coach can over come injuries, and devise a plan to win.
nope, if any coach has their major starters out, they onyl do so much
I disagree New England lost half their defense and they play in the super bowl this weekend……why great coach and yes great QB and we have Rose similar to a QB
Basketball and Football is completely different
Yeah coaching is still coaching
thats not how it works...
wow, are you seriously comparing football to basketball???
Also it is great to beat up teams with less talent, we struggle against the heat, pacers, and the 76's, which are good teams.
exactly, i wish people would get that through their head you cant make money outta crap...
stacey trying to rationalize this loss

give me a break.

Last hope: Lucas shoots us back into the game.
more like shoots us out of the game
Pts Off TO

27-10…and it didn’t look that close

how long before iggy dunks over carlton?
Jimmy Butler Boom
Jimmy takes a jumper NOW!?!
Jimmy must go into beast mode NOW
What did I say?

Defensive stop . turnover

Yes

All game…amazing

all this losses only make Deng look more underrated

what’s our record without him? 4-3?

Meh, like he would have made a difference tonight
Iggy never raped him

plus I’m talking overall. Since he left we lost 3 games

Doesn't help that him getting hurt coincides with us playing much better teams
they didn't look that much better last year (or in the preseason)

I showed you before. Granger never had a game as good as that with Deng on the floor (from 2007 forward) and I bet Iggy never had it too (gonna check tomorrow)

yeah, the whole team has been off tonight
Butler needs to get playing time. Plain and simple
What is Lucas doing in the league?
Mike James
10x the player Lucas is.

I can’t believe I thought he might be better than CJ.

Man, I hate Iggy now
He's good
not as good as he thinks he is
Butler showing something tonight, at least.
hes gettin Comfortable.
showing that he's better in the paint than Boozer
Ok I hate Iggy

You gonna flop to Jimmeh’s arm? Really?

There you go Jimmy
that looked like an offensive foul to me
I like jimmy

Fuck Brewer, that guy is useless. All those guys play timid as fuck.

No, Brewer is a pretty good

bench player that’s all.

And great against Wade

AI is just a terrible matchup for him tonight

You're crazy man

Don’t let the heat of the moment fool you.

This is JBJ

It was he does, It’s ALL he does…(Not really but meh)

Both are bench players
It's an attitude thing

Nobody but rose even looked like they wanted to score

Jimmy with the moves
Lets blow the fucking roof off of MSG tomorrow

Thats my mentality if I’m Derrick after a game like this

Should I feel bad that LAVOY ALLEN had more points and field goals than our entire frontcourt?
Just texted my friend about that.

WTH

on the plus side, our starters tied their starters, 44-44
If I was GM and still hadn't amnestied the Booz Cruise,

I would amnesty him tonight and leave him in Philly.

But he played so well against the Wiz!Q!!@$@$%@#
Im beginning to hate that word

Just because it starts with the letter A… I hate the letter A

Boozer's scarlet letter
now we know

why you don’t like Aaron Afflalo

lol, but for real though, i havent seen anything special from him this yr
is this trollin'?

or do we still not know how amnesty works?

I get it, Amnestying cant be used mid-season.

I’m just hating on Booz.

Now we are in the same boat as the Sixers are

looking for a win against a legitimate contender (and the Knicks dont count).

Michael Wallace and Darius Soriano don't sound so dumb right now
what?
Soriano: While Rip Hamilton and Ronnie Brewer give the Bulls a serviceable shooting guard rotation, getting them a more versatile player to fill that spot would give them that extra boost in getting to the Finals. Meanwhile, O.J. Mayo is on the trade block and could give the Bulls that secondary shot creator and scorer who can complement Rose and a healthy Luol Deng. Here’s the trade.

Wallace: When you’re in first place in your conference, it’s hard to accept that you need anything to put you over the top. But if those painful losses to the Heat show the Bulls anything, it’s that they need another reliable scorer to complement Rose. Why not call Houston and check on Kevin Martin’s availability? If I’m the Bulls, I’d pitch Boozer but realize it might cost Joakim Noah. Chicago just won’t beat the Heat in a seven-game series as is.
The dumbasses might have a point here
Im a dumbass for trading Young
lol, he hasn't done that well this year
get this

I traded young for noah. LOL. It’s like he’s making a personal statement against ME!

lol

(fyi-pick up farmar or duhon for ur fanatasy team)

Lucky bounces their way

Great effort by the guys on the court right now(minus Lucas) glad the starters got to see that. and as always FUCK CARLOS BOOZER

Please no burgers for Philiy fans
The Bulls should Sign Donovan Mcnabb.

I hear he’s a pretty good basketball player.

So their crowd

Just as dumb as ours eh?

Remember that they come from... Philly !

That makes them dumber

Oh yeah, the same dudes

That threw snowballs at Santa. lolol

im having 22nd thoughts about BOOZER.
What were your first 21st thoughts?
Noah killed Gooden

Evryone here had an orgasmic seizure

Noah is so weak, fact

Prisoner of the moment, fact
He played well in Miami too
Hes still weak
Yeah, who want's 10 and 11 outta your C
Id like it every game
Ha, ok

Even Rose has off nights. Give it a rest. Shit happens

Noah got blown by as if he was standing still
Entire team plays poorly

All everyone wants to bitch about is Boozer

the defenders are out!!!
I ain't defending Boozer, just using logic and not being blinded by your personal hatred for a player
Its not personal
rofl

Plenty of players are getting ripped today.

I give passes sometimes to the people that actually give effort

You really gonna tell me he gave a shit?

Boozer wan't into this game at all whatsoever
when he sucks on offense, he's the worst player in the league.
He's such a pleasant to watch on D and his rainbows looked nice but didnt go in unfortunately
recap

Boozer jumpshot….ricochets

missed this game...what happened?????
they made us look like 13 tyler hansboroughs coached by an older tyler hansborough
my ass

tyler jumps for his rebounds
we were worse than that

That must've been a big booger.
someone told him there was a fortune if he opened up the cookie
U dont wanna know.
Nothing happened

NOTHING

complete humiliation
These are not the droids you are looking for.......
lmfao!!!!

damn guys…I thought booz would have a good game

we used to be good

then boozer got an arrow in each knee. plus deng got one in the wrist and rip got one in the groin.

our starters got called for 4 fouls altogether. make it scarier for them, guys
Ha, I hate excuses, but no Deng and Rip

so I won’t be all upset losing to the Sixers.

I will be

Bulls could have one this game with some aggression!

yeah...i agree.
Props to Philly

They’ve got one hell of a defense over there. Just a horrid matchup for us.

everyone that is good now is an horrible matchup for us

man, we suck

i disagree with that
Lol, now that I think of it, you may be right

Atlanta, Philly, Miami. Still think we’d fuck up Indiana

That's not a coincidence, imo

I still think we would beat Philly, ATL or Indiana in a series
but Miami? no way
Not if we don’t bring something new either a player or a strategy

Drose only 3pts in the 2nd half
Well he only played one quarter
He can't go an entire quarter with 3 points and no assists.

Yeah, I get it, it’s not fair to ask him to do everything, but thats his job for this team when he’s got no Deng or Rip. He didn’t bring it tonight.

yeah, but u gotta be realistic dude.

look at this road trip!

9 game road trip

On top of playing more games than anyone…Seriously brutal…

Hm, you're right.
Come on man
yeah, thats jus being ridiculous
He's not robocop dude
I must say I agree - tho I expect the turf toe story to be called upon tomorrow

Rose was bringing the ball, stopping in the midcourt circle and passing for someone from there. That’s not good

Well, considering how even with Rose not being great,

he was still their by far their best player which just goes to show how his teammates didn’t do shit to help out.

At least Rose kept attacking and ddin’t sulk, but it would have been nice for somone else to step up.

Hard to beat elite teams 1 on 5.

He sat the fourth
We got our asses kicked today

But to be fair, I don’r remember any Bulls game in which there were so many dumb mistakes and the other team caught so many breaks…lead cut to 12, we decided to pressure the PG, easy layup…again, cut to 12, they trapped our PG and have an easy layup on the fastbreak…good D for 23 defense, ball scrambles and a 76er ends up with the ball under the hoop…WTF!!!

Hawks game....
What happened to hot Boozer?

This kinda sucks. Also, need to do better than 17 TOs

He isn't playing a crappy defense and no one is creating to give him easy shots.
No more excuses.

Boozer sucks.

he missed 5 open shots.
Remember when we brought him here to Draw doubles and create offense for others?

Hah

It is very simple

Any team with athletes is going to be very difficult for us to beat. We have one..count it ONE.. player on this team who can create his own shot.
Deng as good as he is, is not a star player- he is a great third option currently trying to play the role of a second option.
We need to take this rare chance to acquire another superstar and trade the FARM for Dwight Howard. Everything else is a losing formula.

lol @ deng is not a star

deng is an all star. however, i do agree bout getting howard, but not the whole farm. i would do deng and noah in a heartbeat.

I think Rip can create his own shot

to an extent…and even in chucker mode, so does CJ.

BTW, am I the only one that thinks we looked at least decent when CJ was at the 2?

Congrats to Philly

For putting their BOOTS to our ASSES…(See what I did there?)

Lebron is insane

He has 26 points 4 assists, and 4 rebounds at halftime

24 were in 1st quarter
And the Heat are now 1st in the east by mere percentage points
Well they deserve it.

We sure in the hell don’t at the moment

Really not all that surprising of a result

Philly is a team that is being underrated because of their easy schedule, they saw an opportunity to prove how good they are against a top team at their home. They just were more motivated and had more energy tonight.

What I don't get is why weren't the Bulls motivated?

They just lost a few nights ago to the Miami Heat. Are they satisfied by a road win over the Wizards?

I can't say if the Bulls weren't motivated, only that I could understand Philly being more motivated
Omer needs to bloody someones nose
kendall gill:

“The bulls saw themselves tonight”

BIN-GO

Except more athletic
CJ Watson is a good player and all

but if hes finishing with more points than Rose, you know you’ve had a bad night. I suggest that people on this board relax.

This game was a reality check

For any of us (myself included) that were under the illusion that this team was the hardest working team in the NBA. We just got introduced to the team that arguably takes that title.

Anyway, what I posted in the game thread:

It seems pretty clear to me that the Bulls aren’t going to show the same “never say die, never quit” effort they showed all the time last year. The GS game was the first sign that this team was actually capable of mailing it in, the second ATL game was a disturbing follow up, and I know Deng is injured, but some of what I saw tonight I never ever thought I’d see from this team, ever.

If this team doesn’t hustle and put in effort, they don’t have enough raw talent to be an upper echelon team in the NBA. The Heat can mail it in and still win games. We don’t have that luxury.

Additional comments:

If this team has it in them to be lazy and not show effort like they did tonight, then it makes me think that there will come a point where they could potentially tune out Thibodeau. And quite frankly, that scares the **** out of me.

For the first time in almost a year I’m having buyer’s remorse on this team. And I think it goes beyond missing Deng. This is the 3rd or 4th time this season we have mailed it in to a good (or even bad) team.

The only excuse I can think of is that this is due to the shortened season. I pray that’s all it is, but if not…wow.

One game

Lets all breath

I agree.

Defense is slacking and what kind of offense are we running out there?

I guess its panic time

ahhh ohh nooo…….

Not panicking, here is a quote that tells you the honeymoon is over.
JeffGurt Jeff Mangurten
The Bulls have been outrebounded in 3 straight games for the first time in the Tom Thibodeau era.
I was sarcastic...
our rebounding has definitely not been good this entire year.

Noah was the only one trying to get offensive rebounds.

I agree with tuning Thibs out ………….he lacks any offensive scheme

When you are missing quality players it is up to the coach to have a game plan to bet better teams. Thibs does not have that ability.

no. vinny del negro lacks any offensive scheme.
Well no kidding and so does Thibs
wow, are you still shittin on thibs

get over it…you cant win with limited players like brewer and korver!

You are still missing the point
no im not

i know what a coach can do and not do for a team. Look what happened to the wizards…they had a good coach and yet they sucked balls? why? because he can only have enough impact on a team. Thibs can only do so much with brewer limited scoring abilities and a super one dimensional player like korver,

This is a great coach

But not a miracle worker, He’s not out there playing

exactly, if oyu wana start bashing thibs

might as well bash phil jackson after how they lsot to the mavs! And Greg Pops!

Geo my point is …...

Form the start of the game there seemed to be no plan on how to attack the 76’s………just let the defense turn into offense seemed to be the plan. You cannot go against Doug Collins with that sort of plan. At least to me the players did not buy into Thibs plan, that is just me ……….great coaches devise a scheme to beat other good or great coaches. And yes Thbs was out coach last year in the ECF.

you are again missing MY point

in order for the scheme to work, you need certain players that consist of certain skillset. The bulls at thid point DONT! If you dare tell me Brewer and Korver should be enough, then you are clearly delusional.

Great coaches can only do so much. What happened to jackson and pops team says NOTHING bad about their coaching. Why did the spurs lose and why did the lakers lose? simple…the scheme is not enough to beat teams if you have players who have a limit skill set. Bulls had mutliple injuries including rose and booz. We lacked a true SG and we got exposed. What can thibs do exactly to coutner that? NOTHING. You have nobody on the bench that can play score and play alongside Rose. Brewer and Bogans does not cut it…in roder for a coach to do great things with the team, he needs the right weapons to succeed. If you were to tell me Phil Jackson would have lead the lakers to multiple titles without pau gasol, you are delusional. Same goes for the mavs of last yr. They had the right set of players that had the appropriate skills where his schema would work. For example, Jason terry…if he waso ut for that series, heat would have swept the mavs asses.

Bottom lineL thibs is not a miracle worker. Every great coach needs not only good players, but the right players to help his schema. Thibs tonight just didnt have anyone to answer philly defense.

effort and hustle have nothing to do with game plan

watch the games. we never ever saw this lack of effort from a thibs coached team before, even undermanned. this is unprecedented.

I'm not worried about effort

I’m worried because this team is clearly limited
and this limit will be a problem if we want to beat Miami.
That said I say a healthy Bulls beat Philly like they did Indiana last season

lebron james scares the fuck out of me, he is so much better than he was last year
Derrick Rose > Lebron.
Shitstorm in 3..2..1
on a positive note

Jimmy butler was great

He was good

Dont get carried away

give him Minutes Coach Thibs.
I liked his three.
His PER is rising!!!!
because he hit a 3?
no the way he played solid defense on evan turner and iggy.

he wasn’t forcing shots he took everything in rhythm.

I think Iggy torched him when he went sideways

jimmy must work in his lateral quickness

yes he has flaws still but this is coming just from his defensive instincts.

so that’s a great sign about jimmy. just trying to be optimistic about it.

I agree with T.Moore

you got a bit carried away calling it “great”

...mmm maybe i just used the wrong word.

you guys just misinterpreted my message but yeah really solid from jimmy.

well Thibs learned something new today

wave the flag and rest the starters

This is Bullshit
JeffGurt Jeff Mangurten
The Bulls have been outrebounded in 3 straight games for the first time in the Tom Thibodeau era.
Deng our 3 best rebounder and a tough one

We miss him BADDD

and I'm waiting them to reveal a injury for one of our bigs
Save us Dwight, you're our only hope
But Carlos is such a great defensive rebounder?

Oh yeah, he can’t jump.

We need a signature win

To prove ourselves and let other teams know that last year wasn’t a fluke. Next opportunity for such a win comes at home at the 20th vs the Hawks.

We had signaure wins last year

Didnt help

True

Ah fuck it, I just cant wait till the playoffs to start

Sorry but the Hawks ain't signiture.

They are good but cursed with inconsistency.

When do we play OKC???

I wouldnt call that a signature win given how skitzo that team is
Another big thing.

We’re losing on the road.

i hate that more than home loses by a hair.
no. we are 9-5 on the road.

only other teams close to us on the road are miami and indiana.

maybe more appropriate to point out that philly is 11-2 at home.

we need to keep home court against all these teams.

we didn't lose

we got crushed
I wouldn’t be pissed if it we just lost

Every Superman

has his kryptonite

we lost most of our tough games

Indiana, ATL, Philly, miami

We're better on the road than last year.
Deron Williams did just rip up the Sixers

I’d love to see how he did it

Nets suck, Sixers didnt give a shit about them

We’re good they were hyped

Kendall hitting the point on Boozer

“You continue to play defense like this, miami game, washington game, this game, you are going to lose your teammates.”

Gill is KILLING Boozer right now!
I would rec Kendall if I could
i dont think kendall likes boozer
Honestly he should

And im the rational one, Giving Booz credit, but man he was ugh

It's good that he does

(Gill was a shitty player tho)

What?

Kendall was a pretty good player for a long time. Averaged over 20 points twice in his career.

so did Stephen Jackson

shitty

Bullshit

Captain Jack is a baller

If you're a Boozer fan

you must also be cheering for the Heat like his children.

These are the type of games that make you wanna not watch the Bulls for like a week
But melo next game!!
I hope Scal bitchslaps Melo,,,,

Just run to the court and slap the shit outta him…Heh heh funny

...and then backsteps out of the building
Not before he kiss the hell outta Lala
depends what the rest of your life is like, i suppose
I guess I'm not emotionally invested in the Bulls anymore

After last year, the regular season really doesn’t mean much to me, they’re still one of the top teams, and I just hope come playoff time, everyone’s healthy and they’re playing like a championship team.

The voice of reason

You have arrived

Yeah, I'm starting to get in that mode now too

There’s really not much excitement left. This is basically the team, and we have to hope they’re good enough. The only real mystery is seeding, and who gives a shit

i need to follow your lead

i have to keep reminding myself the regular season doesnt matter anymore. ugh

In theory, thats how it should go

In practice, I’m too big of a fan to stop watching or listening, whatever the case may be.

Yeah, I always find a reason to watch or tape the games
I'm not going to stop watching them.

Christ be a fair weather fan if you want but I won’t be.

lol, how is that a fairweather fan?

Overreact much?

Says the queen of drama.
What drama have I started this season?

I’ve barely even been in game threads

come on sue

I know exactly how JBJ feels. It’s just that sensation of fuck this shit. It will be over tomorrow

showing jordan clips

thank god, i really needed that.

hey God

now is the best time to bring in Dwight

They said on CTL tonight that

Noah can not be traded until March so if he’s included in a trade it won’t happen for a while.

That's incorrect.

We all thought the same thing but Mr. Coon set us straight on that. Noah can definitely be traded.

espn trade machine is wrong then

so his 12m contract is tradable? or is it byc

Yeah, I think trademachine has it wrong.
Coon and friends

haha

mintberry crunch!
I have no idea who that is.
How or where do we find a definitive answer for this?

I keep hearing it both ways. I also have no idea who coon is.

You could try sending

an email to CSN. I’m sure they would answer you.

I'm pretty sure Orlando will wait until after the all-star game if they do anything.

Since the game is in Orlando

I don't get that

What is Orlando a city full of retards? Like they don’t see what’s going on. They’ll probably boo his ass

I wonder can Tebow create his own shot.
Well he sure cant pass thats for sure
Hey Heat only up 2!

Come on Bucks!

meh

maybe if fall they won’t play half-ass games like that

Miami are a big ass tease
yeah

they will probably win by 15

here is thibs

i’ll give a recap. giving props to the sixers right now.

this is eerie

thibs is hardly talking about what the bulls did wrong and just praising philly nonstop

Maybe some jedi-mind tricks
he is not one to expose his players

so he probably decide to keep quiet

right, he doesnt call out players individually

but when they do things really bad he calls them out as a group and goes on in length about it.

The amount of bitching after bad losses is ridiculous

we’ll play Miami in the ECF and everyone will have forgotten about this game.

you hope...
You honestly think we'll lose to Philly, Indiana, the Hawks, or any of those teams in the playoffs?
Please don't force me to think about that question too much

Depressed enough as it is

Thinking we're just gonna walk to the ECF is ridiculous

We needed everything to beat Indiana in the 1rst damn round last year, and they too got better this year

I didn't say we'd walk there, nor did I imply it by any means
You just said "we'll play Miami in the ECF"

How’s that not implying it?

Because I didn't say it'd be easy
You didn't say it wouldn't be hard
That double negative is throwing me off completely
Well you didn't say it wouldn't be hard lol
Thats what she said.....wait
The 76ers may have something to say about that.
They'll get the right to say something when we're not missing two key offensive players
I have no excuse.

When a player is out others have to step up and they didn’t and we got our asses handed to us.

'Stepping up' is nice

but Brewer and Korver aren’t scorers and don’t do for us what Rip and Deng do, period. Expecting them to ‘step up’ to their production is foolish

like i told to another blogger

you cant make money outta crap. you got brewer and korver starting..GOOD LUCK SCORING!

you are really underestimating the bulls

you need to look at hte big picture. SEASON DOES NOT SAY SHIT COMING PLAYOFF TIME!!!

Yeah- that's why the Wiz have a shot this year..
first got to get to the playoffs
We want to get past the Heat

And this team is showing the same issues as last season.

We played the best defensive team in the league missing two of our 3 most vital offensive players
A playoff series is more then one game.
Meaning you can't predict a 7 game series based

upon one.

Your point seems very irrelevant

if that’s true, then why the overreaction? Hint: it’s the BAB way, that’s all

How is it irrelevant?

Just because we played them well in one game without those players doesn’t mean we will over and over.

Seriously, what are you talking about?

I think you need to re-read my comment and the comment i replied to. I’m talking about THIS game

I thought the Heat were the best defensive team in the league.

Therefore I assumed you was referring to the Heat game. Afterall you did comment under a “Heat” comment.

I'm saying a lot of the "same issues" that RogersPark Kris was referring to

could be caused by missing certain players and playing an elite defensive team. I’m not saying we don’t have the problems offensively, but we were the best offensive team in the league at one point when the team was damn-near healthy.

I could care less about all the other teams in the league and how we played against them.

If we’re not prepared for the Heat we won’t be going to the Finals. But Yeah, I think Deng would’ve helped us get over the hump.

My point doesn't have to do with other teams though

I’m saying the flaws that we showed this game won’t be as glaring once we get Deng and Rip back, or even just Deng sing Rip is old and injury prone.

No we are better than them defensively

Their advantage on offense for the time being overrode ours on defense

We had Boozer
Boozer isn't as important to our offense as Rose, Rip, and Deng
Has Rip even played in 3 straight games this season?

You can’t count on him being there.

the first four games...
I didn't count on him being there either

but panicking when he’s not is just emotional reaction, not a logical conclusion

I don't understand including him then.

because if he is that important than the Bulls are screwed.

I disagree

we nearly beat Miami with him playing like shit, and missing Deng still. It’s not like losing him drops us off a cliff, but it definitely hurts.

Him playing on 1 leg he says lol
seriously

we “nearly beat Miami” last 5 games we played against them. That’s no coincidence

When a game comes down to some measley free throws, no matter how hard I try I can't/won't be concerned

and we were missing a starter for that game. Seems like none of you guys are willing to give this team the benefit of the doubt…which I guess is ok.

we had the chance to close that game 100 times

but we didn’t. And if we had made that FTs doesn’t mean we would win. They had 4FT after that

yeah but those FTs

were a result of us wanting to stop the clock. bulls wouldn’t have taken that course of action if derrick had sunk his.

and I do give the benefit of the doubt

but I think we should try to reach the playoffs with more than that

Well, if you're just looking for the team to improve, I'm behind that

it’s just this apocalyptic talk about us not being able to to make the ECF and that we DEFINITELY won’t beat the Heat based off of this one game that’s annoying.

not DEFINITELY but we must try to reduce the MAYBE as much as we can, imo
Yeah, I agree there
what worries me is that Brew went back to bad-O brewer
yeah and thats depending on rose every game
I agree that we will be at the ECF

but those losses to ATL, Philly, Indiana and Miami are no coincidence. The way things are we will reach ECF and lose again

I agree

at some point we need to develop a better offensive strategy than riding Derrick Rose to victory like… ahem, getting boozer’s ass in the post and shooting something other than a 20 ft fadeaway

how did miami fare against good teams last yr?

we had more wins against good teams than miami did last yr. Wins against good teams dont say much. You can ask the mavs (the champs)!

yeah and we swept em, and see where that got us

after this road trip our schedule gets a lot better… we’ll have played 2/3 road games, which means only 1/3 of the second half is road games. if we can stay afloat i’d think we’ll be able to make a good run and hopefully have our guys back in the lineup.

not the point

the point is we still have to prove that we are any better than last year

thats nto how it works dude...this is a low correlation between winning record against good teams

multiple teams in the past have won it all despite their record against good teams.

that's not what I'm saying

I’m saying that everytime we faced a tough D we lost. I’m not mentioning records

This game is not the game to use to try and draw that conclusion, is my argument

you can’t judge a team when they’re not healthy.

I'm not talking about this game

I’m talking about a trend of this team. They are paralyzed when the other team matches their defensive efforts

i hear ya dude, sorry, i misunderstood you...

but i would give it another couple more games before we can say what the bulsl can do against teams who match our defensive effort. Lets wait till weget back deng at least.

I'm saying this game can't be used as evidence to back that trend, though
Every team in every sport has a team

that can beat them. Tonight their strengths matched our weaknesses. We’re still a good team. A great team? Eh Idk.

There's something to be said about losing this badly

But, I think the Bulls clearly mailed it in, and in a shortened season, that’s not the worst thing in the world. The injuries are certainly part of it, but that’s not an excuse for this kind of showing. It was a lack of effort, plain and simple. But, the Bulls will make the playoffs, and need to get healthy, so I don’t have much of an issue with some defeats (no matter how humiliating). Even great teams lose big sometimes.

The bigger issue is that the Sixers are a scary team that could give the Bulls fits in the playoffs. Hopefully we’ll be healthy and ready to defend against Iguodala ripping us apart, but the Sixers are LEGIT and frightening. Good luck to whoever has to deal with that.

man thibs threw watson under the bus

putting in lucas was a total run killer.

not saying the bulls would have come back, but they were on a run and then putting in that midget sealed the deal.

I think it came down to avoiding injuries

team is jinxed

They have not beaten a good team in 2012

At some point you have to do more then just beat up on the garbage teams of the league.

they haven't had a full roster in 2012

when we’re not missing 2 starters, then i’ll be worried

Every team has injuries

No excuse this season. Have to get it done.

dependso n the teams ur talking bout

miami? they had a full roster…memphis on the other hand are struggling with randolph out. the bulls have been winning alot with injuries and i honestly think its absurd to think we’ll win games with our MIP and only legit scoring SG out.

Why? For more wins in the regular season?
maybe we never will
hope that maybe we'll only be missing one starter then :P
thibs is pissed at the starters

“honestly if the bench group had gotten us back in the game i would have kept the starters on the bench because the bench players were the ones who got us in there”

but otherwise his comments praising the sixers nonstop and hardly talking about what the bulls did wrong is very scary. i’ve never seen/heard this from thibs before.

what else can he say, lol

its fuckin obvious he sucked. What matters is what he tells the players, not the media.

What is Rasheed Wallace doing now in days?
talking to the lakers and might join them

we might sign joel as hell decide asap between us and miami

I bet he's going to miami
In Miami he won't have a chance to shine

like he would on the Bulls

not sure if serious

here he’s behind Noah, Asik, Boozer and Taj…

In Miami he’s behind Eddy Curry…in the lunch line

there is a fanshot about him talking with LAL
Jordan dunking on Kendall

Full of LOLZ

I hope we sign someone like CDR while Rip is out

We need someone that can dribble drive. I also prefer mike james over mr trampoline john lucas

lol, yeah poor John Lucas is not an NBA player
Agree. We waved the wrong one
Who invented John Lucas?
thibs
I'm fine with thibs getting players that he trust and knows his system

but make them your practice players or assistant coach. Don’t force them to become NBA players

mr trampoline

lol

is JR Smith back in the US?
hopefully the bulls are looking at him

they seem satisfied with the roster though

One last thing: IT HAS TO GET FUCKING BETTER, NOW!

that is all..

here's a nice stat
Bulls_101
Against teams .500 or better, Boozer is averaging 12.7 ppg.
how is that nice? I honestly don't get all this people cheering against Boozer

a lot of people here seem to have pleasure in watching him suck
I don’t understand this at all

I think you misunderstand

The whole point of bringing up stats like this is showing how much of a displeasure is it to watch him play.

At some point you have to understand that his SUCK is so great it becomes comical.
Yeah I get that people hate him, understandable at times

But pleasure makes no damn sense

say its a "nice" stat, doesn't mean it makes you feel nice

it means its illustrative of a point. In this case, a point many people don’t seem willing to accept. Boozer no-shows against tough opponents.

OT: LETS GO BUCKS!!! (KNOCK ON SHITLOAD OF WOOD!!!)
Miami might lose!!
Jimmy Butler is a player folks

I think I might start him over Brewer’s indecisive ass tomorrow (sorry Ronnie, still like ya, but I like the new guy too)

I agree

and he probably has a much better jumper than Brew.

Brewer has a horrible jumpshot
lmao, at least he has a jumpshot now man

damn, last yr he DIDNT EVEN HAVE A JUMPSHOT!!!

....you're right.

I see no reason why Brewer has to start anymore.

Of course, it’s even less likely that Butler will take his spot than it was for brewer to take Bogans’

Why? Maybe Thibs sees it

Brew is way more suited as energy guy off the bench

Butler will never start for the Bulls.
Why?
He's a rookie
Yeah, but you said "never"

he’s not gonna be a rookie forever

Well, maybe next season or if Deng gets traded
There's no way Thibs is starting a rookie that isn't 7-feet in my eyes

BUT maybe Butler gets more time with the bench mob, at least

Yeah I find it unlikely too, but it's not the worst idea

use him much in the same way that he used Bogans. And if he sucks, you pull him like he pulled Bpgans. And guys like Ronnie and CJ can stay in the roes they’re comfortable in

I'd rather start CJ
This is probably the best option

but we don’t need CJ to start against Milwaukee

I really like trying this out.

I mean, why not? Obviously, Thibs would need to sub Rose/Cj wisely, since Lucas being the back up point is far from an acceptable option, but I think it’s worth a try.

Bucks over Heat by 8, 6:40 to play
Man, we have to go up to Milwaukee on Saturday
Boozer will destroy them
hey, it's a home away from home heh
if the heat lose tonight (KNOCK ON SHITLOAD OF WOOD), i think ill be over this loss.
Bucks by 10, 5:30 to play

How do people feel about this trade?

nice trade idea

i like it, but i heard htye also want a pick. AHhhhhhh fuck it, lets jsut give them our first round pick too.

i don't like giving up cj without getting another PG

lucas makes me want to vomit.

mayo can play point...
he could barely play it in the fucking summer league
Actually, unfortunately...he can't
yeah, but he would have to over lucas, lol

i never said he would be a good pg. I know hes a pure sg…

BJ for 3333333333!!!!!!!
Damn, its over for the Haslem and the Heat
Bucks by 16 with 4:30 to play
omg, ONLY 3 PTS!!! (KNOCK ON WOOD!!!)
98-82 Philly, 98-82 Milly
Bulls gonna stay in 1rst
9knock on wood!!!)
I need to

Just as I said that they go from 16 to 11. DAMNIT!

C'mon Bucks make my night.
Miami scored 40 in the first quarter, have scored 27 in the second half
FUCK YOU CHALMERS!
people questioned last year if Rose was better than Wade

there is no question now. Wade is living off his reputation with the refs

miserable old man cant do shit without the refs

i hope he suffers the curse of steve francis.

I wonder how steep Wade's decline will be.

He’s obviously lost a bit, and I suppose it could get much worse relatively quick.

And Wade looks like the 3rd man this year

Bosh has played better I think (not sure tho because I’m not following every game)

i told everyone hes gonna be past his prime after these injuries
Bucks by 9, 2:25 to play
fuck you LeDouche

piece of shit…suck on 7 TOs

Luol Deng ain't making the All Star team

Just in case no one figured that out just yet

really these games since he's been out should prove why he should

half of the bulls losses have come while he’s been on the bench.

Yeah, I don't mean it as a slight on him

just that with guys like Granger putting up 40 on the Woves tonight, and Igoudala clowning the team with the best record, there’s just no way in hell Luol’s :Glue" game is making that team.

not saying you were

it was really just a thought going the other way. being out obviously doesn’t help someone’s cause… even though it’s obvious how valuable he is to the bulls.

Granger 17 and 4

Lu 15 and 7. Lu’s consistant. Granger disappears alot

His game isn't flashy enough to make it

Melo and Iggy have SF on lock.

Melos got nothin on lock he's been average at best this year

He’ll just get in a reputation. Which is most of em anyway.

yeah i mean four celtics were voted in by the coaches last year.

pretty bad shit. wouldn’t be surprised if pierce gets one final nod.

I wouldn''t go as far

melo is a 13ppg player. I would still give Deng the edge over him

I don't know man, Melo should get enough fan votes to put him in
yeah, pretty sure you're right

i think at the last returns he still had a sizeable lead.

my bad

I meant Iggy is a 13ppg
Melo will probably be in

deng has been betetr than both iggy and granger actually

he has been more consistent than them. however, this injury def knocks him out of the all star spot.

thats fine dude...

i want them rested…all of them. I know it means alot to deng but he needs to rest for the 2nd half fof the season.

Same

I wish Derrick sat out

I wish he would be called and played like 4 minutes

just to say he was there

what i voted for him 9999999 times
oh and i forgot to comment on what annoyed me endlessly

i guess in philly they have the same douchey promotion about the big macs. at the end when they were at 98 and we had the ball malik rose was all, oh philly will get another shot… and then said, once they had the ball “somebody foul!” like even if he was joking, it was totally retarded. the guy was so annoying and then had the nerve to say that shit it was just absolutely ridiculous.

Yeah, I've listened to Malik Rose a couple of times, and he's pretty weird
I was really annoyed with Iggy
Iggy is a jack ass,he can ball

but Still a showoff jackass

he kinda looks like lebron james

NO WONDER HES A JACKASS!!!

He's a fusion of Lebron and Jay Z

Ew

ugh, thats even worse

fusion dance of two dickheads=super jackass

Good ol Heat
it does always seem

that when we blow it, they blow it too, doesn’t it, lol

But we didn't even blow a sizeable lead tonight

They were up 13 at half. 17 at end of 1st q.

also, their game proved lebron is the same lebron of last yr in the 4th Q

im not afraid of this team.

But but lebron better than last year....

He’s the same dude that fades in the 4th

Dirk has missed his last 14 three point shot attempts

Ouch

Miami plays Philly this week
and if they lose, what would you say bout miami...considering they are 100 percent in health
meh

miami doesn’t take games as seriously as we do

idk man, i mean, sure we take the season games more seriouslyl however, the heat really do put in a strong effort
the point is one of them will get out of our backs
ok, the heat losing just made my night alot better

horrah!

1rst place still boys!
yup, thanks you coach skiles!!!
Skiles:No Prob.
that made me laugh lol
Maybe the Bucks will knock the Heat out in the first round for us
haha

that would be awesome

at least we lose to good teams

the cHeat just lose to bad teams. that makes this fun. the bucks are now 2-0 against those clowns right?

on the other hand we swept them in the reg season last year...
Didn't the Bucks beat Miami this year already?
Yup.

The last team to beat Miami before this 5 game winning streak, I believe.

shit, we need to learn shit from... Skiles!
They beat them last year too if I'm right

the Bucks to the Heat is the same as the Warriors to the Bulls haha

Agreed.

That made tonight slightly more acceptable.

We're gonna rattle off a bunch of games in a row after that wake up call

Rip is gonna rest through the All Star break, and hopefully when he gets back we’ll be firing on all cylinders

that prob is the grand scheme for rip this yr

hell be out till after the break and boom!!! asswhoopin time!

I'm not worried

Need these games every so often. Props to philly though, they will be a tough out this year.

i'm really disappointed in the way Brewer and Korver are playing

if D Rose doesn’t get them an open shot, its nothing. painful to watch.

Gotta make teams pay that pack the paint

Bulls didn’t tonight.

how does miami go from second to first to fourth in under an hour
good night of NBA basketball

too bad the Bulls stunk up the joint. btw, it seems like the Clippers are ALWAYS on ESPN.

They've taken over the Blazers spot on late night espn
they are fun to watch

they will leave in the first round of the playoffs tho

Guys

at least we didnt lose twice to the Bucks!!! lol

the top 5 eastern teams all have 6 losses
yeah

it’s “crazy”

the Bulls and Indy have played the most road games

the Heat and Philly have played the most home games. Atl is right in the middle, but more road than home

I've started to really dislike Danny Granger

When did he become this tough guy, shit talker? If all these other East teams keep turning into clowns, I might have to root for the Heat (but not really)

he needs Deng to put him back in his place
Westbrook!!!

haters gonna hate

March 15th

…is the NBA trading deadline. Sure will be interesting to see what happens. I honestly think the Bulls really need to make some changes. As currently constructed I still feel we fall just short. We need a big splash.

not really a big splash but more like an addition of a guy who can score from the bench

i think this team needs a 6th man. Sure, we all want howard, but im being realistic…i think this team can def acquire a solid scorer by the trading deadline.

How do you guys feel about the dual point guard thing?

Like Denver runs. Once the ball is taken out of Derricks hands everything stops. No one else can really safely handle the ball. How about a real facilitator that isn’t crippled like Rip.

Clippers are fun to watch

They run the two PG thing also (CP3 and Chauncey). I guess we really couldn’t do that since not many Bulls can really finish well.

thing is billups is a combo guard

thats why they can play together.

CJ looked pretty score-y today, and he often looks that way when he applies himself

I think Thibs and the players need to get in his ear about being more aggressive.

CJ looks nice with rose...no doubt bout it, but i feel like we need a player sorta like jason terry
And look how that turned out.

JK. I didn’t get to watch the game. Buy after reading the posts it sounded like the whole team was lethargic. Just need someone else that can dribble and work with Derrick back and forth when he is doubled. I don’t know, the games where Rip was healthy and played well I thought he may have been enough. He was able to run the break along with Rose and also distribute to others. But I don’t see him staying in much of this year.

actually CJ was rollin well with rose

they make a good combo! CJ can score is given enough time and with rose, CJ can def put up like 12-14 ppg.

So if we end up playing Miami

in the ECF, and they put Lebron on Rose again, why is this year going to be any different?

depends on rip and deng

they are absolutely vital to the bulls success this yr. Rip can play but again, we need him healthy and thanksfully the bulls will rest him till the all star break. If we can get rose, rip, and deng combo set, I dont think lebron can afford to guard rose.

Lebron on Rose, Wade chasing Rip and Battier on Lu, no?
Rip can get a shot over Wade

as he’s proven he can block Wade’s shots and frustrate him beyond belief. If major offense is needed put Luol at the 4 and put Cj in at the 2. There’s ways to get past it.

indeed, and battier this yr has looked very...old.
lol yeah

i think his label as the best defensive specialist is bullshit. I personally think Tony Allen is better.

allen is a beast

i wish we can trade brewer and and a pick for allen…alas, this is not ESPN 2K11

Well in that case, lets just Create a Player.
we should do Korver, Brewer, and a pick.

For Allen and Mayo. Memphis really needs shooters, that would be so sick.

wow, that trade alone would make this team complete imo

allen can score and defend and mayo can def help rose or subbing in for rip during the 2nd/3rd Q.

yeah i like it too

too bad we ourselves can’t just hit up memphis and make it happen

i heard their GM hates our organization

idk, i cant find the article but there was an interview where the griz would spurn their trade offers.

yeah i heard that too

I mean I’m sure if we threw a 1st rounder he would have to do it. Homeboy would never cut us a deal though.

I heard we were offered Beasley for Korver and our Charlotte pick sometime before this season what do you think of that?

really? never heard bout that...

if thats true, damn, that would be a steal. Beasley can score and cna def help rose in crunch time. The prob is having gibson and booz at pf. Out frontcourt would be overcrowded and we would most likely have to give up gibson in order to make room for beasley.

yeah they were trying to avoid problems with their own front court overcrowding

I don’t hate Booze but it sucks that he kills our flexibility so much. I’d much rather have Beasley play the 4 and have cap space then being locked with Booze for 3 more years.

yeah, what can oyu do, jsut live with booz for another couple of yrs

but i do get the feeling garpax will def make a move by midseason.

hope so

I’m not in the camp that thinks it’s Dwight or bust. I’d be happy with just a solid playmaker, a guy who can change the game every now and then.

There weren't any ways last year. Just dont feel Rip is gonna be around at the end of this crazy schedule.
rip injuries are not bad as they seem

they are nagging injuries, but he just needs to be rested by all star break (kncok on wood).

yeah Rip's injuries aren't severe

he just has a small nagging injury. It’s more annoying than worrisome, he should be good to go in the playoffs.

Something people don’t give him credit for is being a legit starter for an nba championship team. Come playoff time Rip isn’t going to be afraid like Rose’s supporting cast last year.

Sorry meant Haslem/ Battier on Deng.
Haslem guarding Deng?

Deng would get us a bucket if they tried that lol

I still feel we will come up short

unless we get someone other than derrick that can create off the dribble. I don’t care if he’s a starting 2 or backup 2/3. I just want someone that can provide some spark offensively and actually knows how to dribble and dunk

idk Im kinda over this loss already

It sucks but losing to a good team on the road is gonna happen. When we start losing to the same multiple times, and on our own floor, ill be ticked.

Only thing that sucks about this loss is that this is the third time we've lost to them in a row

They appear to have our number. Compound that with the fact that we’ve lost to Miami and Indiana in the past week, and yeah, things could be better. otherwise I agree, no biggie

yeah, but those fuckers caught us in the right time
the last three times?
im alluding to the deng injury.
This thread is longer than the river of tears that is flowing next to my couch
Jeez!

This must be one long thread then, haha.

yyup, as we speak, multiple BaB'rs are jumpin off the cliff
I hate the Clippers but

LOB CITY IN SESSION!!!

griffin dunkin left and right!
nothin but Highlight....for Flop City.
So hollywood lol
Wall

1-12

westbrook killed dallas

still would like to see him as a bull this season

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1058/jr-smith

J.R. Smith scored 60 points in a win over Qingdao in the CBA on Wednesday, making a ridiculous 14-of-18 shots from 3-point land.
GARPAX pull the Trigger.
indeed, the ideal 6th man
Holy Shnikes

He has been tearing it up over there. Checked your link. He was 14-18 from 3 tonight. And he had another game last month with 43 points.
Man, two scoring threats to go with our D and rebounding? Wow.
What would it take to get JR?

hes in china right now and he has expressed interest playing for the bulls before

however, how much $$$ will he demand? Will GarPax go the trade route or wait till Smith returns? At this pt dude, we cant asnwer none of these questions nor speculate.

i think we are his 1st choice.

multiple times on twitter he kept mentioning he would love to play for chicago. shit he even dyed his hair RED for fucks sake. we need our very own james harden, louis williams, mo williams, etc. and JR looks perfect for that role

absolutely, he would fuck the heat up

i dont think wade or lebron can keep up with smith. Rose+Smith=rapage!

was just looking around the web and saw this post

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1157063

hope it’s ok to link to another forum…but if all that shit is true….WOW

if this is true, imma buy me a smith jersey (custom made) even before he comes here

GETERDONEGARPAX!

damn, now i have to find out if this rumor is legit, lol
Damnit, don't tease me!!
better keep that signature
Speculation is essentially all blogs are

That and complaining.

yeah but to speculate, we need some sort of indication what the FO is planning to do

at this point, i cant read what GarPAx want to do as of right now.

like right now, i think its quite legit to discuss howard to the bulls rumors.
One time, reggie evans inbounded to Billups with about 7 seconds left.....

You know how they roll the ball to conserve time, well, evans just dropped the ball it rolled about 12 inches, and i swear, Billups looked at him and said, “what the fuck, dude”

I would take 45 PF ahead of booze

Amir johnson, maxeil, Ivan Johnson, troy murphy, Scal

i really like this ivan johnson fellow
hes a man, lololo
Has any shot been made outside of 2 feet this game?
Had to wait until the KU game was over to post my thoughts.

I’ll still continue to harp that I don;t want D12 and that Boozer is good. Honestly, this game changes nothing. They played like crap, sure, but they were also on the road against a very good team, with arguably their second and third best offensive players. Besides, the Heat just lost to a shit team at full health. Everyone needs to calm down.

whne a team win as many games like the bulls, one loss=PANIC TIME!!!
Yeah, that's something I hate about this place.

Yes, this loss made me feel like shit, and yes, it sucked, but man, I don’t see the reason to freak out.

i hear ya man, but i think alot of the fans here wanted the bulsl to beat a good team like philly

but i think people are forgetting or dont want to use the excuse that the bulsl have crucial injuries. I hope Deng is painfree tomorrow (known on wood) and hopefully that wrist doesnt bother him for the whole season (knock on wood)

so you came to say you're still wrong

thanks?

Boozer is 'good'?

What’s that mean?

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