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Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks: 2011-11 Open Game Thread #26 OVERFLOW

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Jesus my prediction was light
Can i Put a GIF up?
later after the game so it doesn't slow the thread down
Bulls playing so well

even Stacey grows weary of his one-liners

Nice Drose! Fuck Jennings!
JENNINGS REACH, ROSE TEACH
Love the 1st person
If I lived in his neighborhood,

I probably wouldn’t let my kids trick or treat at Joey Crawford’s house, and I’d be sure to run updated searches on various law enforcement registries.

ill always hate joey for giving duncan that wtf technical foul

hes such a bitch, After stern, hes next on my hate list

I loathe joey crawford
yeah and plus im a big time duncan fan

sucks seeing him in the twilight of his career.

Crawford sucks
Oh my Deng

That was a wide open shot

Should have been and AND1,

Jennings grabbed Rose’s arm.

lol thibs is getting pissed.
Thibs is pissed: TWO straight layups for the Bucks
wtf

my feed like froze.

???

on tv...
ok guess it works now
Rose is like...

“dayum, missed that. next time i’ll try a 540 spin in the air, for shits and giggles

Fantastic
Every time Rose drives the rest of the Bulls are too busy watching to pick up his man in transition.

I would be too though.

DRose triple double possibility?

Only 5 more boards needed. Probably won’t happen, but still….

I'd say 25%
yeah he won't be in long enough

to get 5 more rebounds

Rose better not play the 4th.
God damn omer is shit
How the hell is Rose shooting under 50%?
yeah i know weird.
hasn't he had like 4 shots blocked?
His missed several of his recent (forced) shots
Missed foul calls

Real bad ones too

He's been fouled on 4 or 5 of his missed shots,

if the refs didn’t blow he’s be 10-16 with 11 FTA and ~32points.

end of the half heave
Oh no's

SB is messin up

Is it just me or can Rose not buy a foul tonight?

I count at least 4 obvious ones missed.

It's been terrible.

I’s surprised he hasn’t been T’d up. I’d be so pissed

I thought he definately got fouled on that last drive
hopefully the bench mob can go on a run

and we don’t have to see Rose or Deng the rest of the night

Rose has been getting hit a lot this game,

no calls. If Wade got bumped on that baseline floater from earlier, he’d have been awarded 4 free throws. Got hit on his last layup too.

the refs are just like "fuck it, its a blowout"

the bucks have been fouling a lot everywhere in the 3rd

Spy is sappin my sbnation!
lol bucks are just getting pity calls right now.
2 FTs all night for the Bulls

Drew Gooden has 10. Somethings not right, but I’ll take the score anyway

why the hell does the bradley center play HOUSE music to start the quarter???

that has to be distracting as hell!

Oh Fuck You Joey Crawford retire already please
Dunleavy and ilyasova

Both look like extras in the Thriller video.

Rose will sit for the rest of the game

Jimmy should come in with 6mins left

Fuck taj. You jumped TWICE?!
Ok rose back in
sweet passes by rose n cj
TTTTTTTAAAAAAAJJJJJJJJ!!!!!!!
ooooooooOooooOOoOoo!!!!!!!

Omg taj gibbbson! Lol

Taj!!!!

Booz would have had that stuff sent up to the tenth row

TAJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stacy fucking going crazy tonight! He drunk!
BuggyWhip!!!!!
Put that shit on Sportcenter
someone got hit by a lunch pail
ha!
Oh come on, now is just a 20 Point lead
Too bad this ain't going to happen in real life

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7tawj83

Otis Smith would and should get fired on the spot for that.
That's ok...

because he could then take the lifetime special assistant to the owner position Reinsdorf would most assuredly offer him.

Bulls should offer that + Mirotic + Charlotte pick just to see what Orlando says
TAJMAHOLICS ANONYMOUS
That face by Scal said it all
duclalec stool softner

Wonder if booz needs that to get his shyt together

Baron Gibson of County Facial
Whats up with King tonight man? God damn!
stacey is firing
Stop the SCAL chants, crowd
Who gives a shit about that it's not the uc
lol, Stephen A just tweeted this. Apparently people are giving him shit for saying D Will and CP3 were better
And btw, I’m sick of folks whining about D-Rose. I say the dude is 3rd best PG in a 30-team league and ya’ll act like I called him KW-AME BROWN! Stop all the damn whining. That thoughts just for now, anyway!
tweet him back that he's delusional
LOL D-WILL!?!?!?!
CP3 I can understand, NOT DWill
Ignore that obnoxious blowhard
yo juice, just throw out the stats on him
Meh, its Stephen A, I find it funny, don't care enough to actually tweet him
Stephen A Smith

1. Become most “inside” insider i the NBA
2. Get lots of airtime on SportsCenter, get your own show
3. Get cockier than LeBron to the point where everybody hates to work with you
4. Get fired because you’re an arrogant ass
5. Fade away into nothing
6. For some reason, get hired to host a radio show for ESPN after they already fired you
7. Have Maverick Carter tell you about the Big 3’s plans about the south beach orgy
8. Talk about it on the radio, have everybody slob on your dick when you’re correct
9. Get back on ESPN TV, get cocky as hell all over again
10. Get fired next year when people are sick of you guaranteeing that T-Mac will be a Bull every damn year.

derrick rose is not amused

lol, can't wait till

rose clowns dwill on monday. :)

Can CJ not dunk?
"He'll do something with this!!!! Watson with the layup"

lol, know your guys, Funk

I hate Joey Crawford!

Fouls are 20-7. 20 to 7!

It's been awful

Makes Rose’s night look less impressive than it was.

almost all Bucks play starts with a pumpfake
Rose aint hit a shot in a while
Nope - his jumper really fell off after the 1st quarter
doesn't matter, just win.
Started 6-8,

has gone 4-15 since then. He’s been fouled a bunch but still…….

Yeah - the no calls haven't helped his FG%

but they didn’t make him miss the long jump shots.

his passes make up tho
Yeah 13 assists
Just because the bulls are up by 20 doesn't mean they aren't getting fouled
I hope the Bucks don't get Pistonee and start to hurt people
BROCKMAN! SMASH!

Right in the dome

I'm seriously angry at Derrick's shooting percentage right now
He got fouled on some drives and got no call nothing he can do about that
If you go check the Knicks-Nets box score,

seeing 3-15 next to Melo’s name will make you feel a lil better :)

lol
Can you be mad at a number?
woooo-sah
Rose legit can't buy a foul
yeah, he was fouled before jo was
to be fair he wasn't fouled on that drive
What about the 4 before that
can we take our starters out now?

remember detroit? bad teams start fouling hard in frustration when they’re being blown out and the starters are still in

Brock lesnar foul
Who you got in the Super BowL

Rose, blah, Scal Bulls

Giants!!!!!

That defense will fluster Brady and manning is a better qb than flacco.

and Flacco almost won
flacco is an overrated qb
not disagreeing with you

just emphasizing the point that Manning is better and can win the game considering Flacco almost beat the Pats.

OT: Jeremy Lin

25 pts, 7 assts, 5 reb

DAMN. knicks.. that's you're point guard.
nice..i loved his summer league game against jwall
lol

lin is gonna save the knicks

Bucks announcers suck.

On one end Watson gets hammered and there is no call, they say nothing. On the other end I think it was Dunleavy missed a layup and the announcers couldn’t believe there was no call. Like they were being robbed.

Shoot that fucking ball Kyle!!!!!!!
Rose with 7 boards now!!!
3 MOAR!!
Yahoo didn't give him that board fir sine reason.
Thibs going crazy
damn it. lu don't be so reckless.
He shouldn't be on the court
but thibs.. ahhh!
Lu doesn't get the And1

Refs are fail

Damn be careful of that wrist Lu.
WTF man foul Refs calling fouls only for Bucks to get them in the game somehow shit
DENG...GET OUTTA THERE!
Dude, get these guys out the fucking game
Dunleavy getting the best of Noah in the 4th
Get our starters out tibs for fuck sakes!
Rebounding has been really bad in the 4th
Thibs is getting angrier!!!!
Seriously...

up by 20 with less than 4 minutes to go? It’s probably time to rest some guys.

You would think
Thibs is going to wear out his welcome in another year or 2
Yup

Will take another playoff beatdown with an exhausted roster to do it.

you really think players want to sit? Honestly, people who bitch about how much they play don't really know anything about sports.
Dude WTF are you talking about?

This isn’t daycamp it’s professional sports. Who gives a damn what they want?

Who's he gonna wear out his welcome with?

The players love him.

pax

remember what happened to vinny?

You said he was gonna wear out his welcome.

Thib doesn’t give a damn what they want and guess what, they want to play. I don’t understand your point.

My Point is yelling and bitching and playing an injured player with a 20 point lead

has an expiration date, That’s my point. Ask Doug Collins and Mike Keenan. What’s your point?

You may see it differently, but I feel like everyone on this team knows where he's coming from.

For other teams and other players, this type of coaching may not work, but from everything I’ve seen and read, these players welcome it and actually like it.

Oh and I'm glad you got that one on one

with Deng And Rose to find out what they want to do. Great reporting.

just like your in the huddle!!!
Hey Thibs, I know the doctors said Lu's wrist won't get any worse

but it doesn’t mean he can’t hurt other parts of his body.

REST THE STARTERS!!!

Deng come out- Jimmy go in- NOW!
thibs could have been the best drill instructor ever

What a shame

ahem...

this guy would like a word with you

Is that you john wayne?

is this me?

even the bucks announcers can't believe the lack of free throws by the bulls
interestingly enough, neil and stacey haven't mentioned it.
Stacy is too busy joking and coming up with one liners
Probably because we're up by 20 and there's not much to worry about

Imagine what this score would be with the free’s

Well its fucking horseshit and Joey Crawford is an ass
The Bradley Center is really just the Berto center isn't it?
Usain Bolt, lol!!!!!!!!
Lu is just ridiculous
I cant believe they're still in the game, This is insanity
2 more boards =DDD
Deng gets a layup, but should still rest
With this liunup the Bulls are really punishing the Bucks for trapping
Lu w/ 21pts, 9rebs
even with an injured wrist.
Ok, now its time to rest the starters

c’mon thibs

Derrick hits that without really trying
he really makes it look unbelievably easy
Rose university and he's giving scholarships!
Jimmy coming in now
Rose and Deng playing with the game out of reach?

Dumb, and unfortunately predictable.

I think he's making switches now
Beyond dumb. Unacceptable.
Skiles ready to cry in the shower.
Scalabrine!!!!
NOW's the proper time for SCAL
so it looks like the next three are wins?

NJ, NO, CHA

Easiest road trip imaginable
If we play like we did today, yup.
Everyone out with 1:35 left

Progress!

there goes the assist from the white mamba
asik continuing to be a non-factor

is he injured or having personal problems?

Derrick:
John going crazy…..
i hate watching lucas

even in garbage time. blech

gah!!! my eyes! (lucas chucks up a 3)
Lucas is great...

…when he’s not getting jumped over for a dunk

Dont sleep on little johnnie
Don't jump over him either

He doesn’t like that

Lucas+Omer=FUCK YEAH
Sportcenter top 10 lololo
DAMN I MISSED TH E WHOLE FUCKING GAME, SHIT
lol you missed a good one.
the best game so far in terms of fun lol
specially in the first quarter.

The derrick rose show pulled up to town and sold out! xD

My sentiments exactly.

Nothing beats those first 5 minutes. Any doubt that this game was in question went out the window immediately.

This was the Bulls close to their best
wow JL3 showboating? no class.
Thibs left rose ans deng out there for 2 reasons

1. Build their chemistry back
2. Show other teams to stop trapping us or we will torch you!

i think he did it to def give more practice for deng and rose

he wants deng to shake off the rust asap

Deng minutes: It's like a never left
Bulls escape with the win despite the reffing of Joey Crawford!!!! Yes!!!!
OT: Tony Parker with 40, still 7 and half minutes left.
Underrated career
He's got 3 rings, so he don't care
i saw the Cubs play the Astros in Milwaukee during the Houston hurricane

the crowd was 10x more pro chicago My friend from houston hated it, haha

Great game.

Except for A-hole Bucks announcers.
Even they called Scal the Human Victory Cigar,
and then called Lucas the Human Hurdle.

see that is the definition of no class.
The human hurdle

That’s pretty good!

I did kinda snort at that
Lu was giving hugh fives when thibs took him out

With his right hand

Bulls fans going apeshit

behind Stacey and Funk the Hunk.

LOL @ "Can we get some security?"
also observation

no one gave a shit that boozer didn’t even play half the game.

Yeah because he only played half the game. lol
Let's try to be fair on this one.

He had a poor first half but a decent 3rd quarter and ended the game with some pretty good number for his minutes played.

his defense stunk like a donkey's ass more than usual today though.
Really though?

MORE than usual? I think every game his defense stinks, and it stunk no more or less this time.
Except that one play Gooden blew by Noah and Boozer decided to watch him layup instead of take one step to the left…that was kind of sad.

I've come to terms that boozer will NEVER be a passable defender.

I mean kyle couldn’t defend at all last year but now he’s progressed much better(still sucks at times though), only weakness left is, he’s held back by his foot speed.

But anyways i go off on a tangent, point if there is a point where boozer tries and boozer doesn’t. today he gave no fucks about it. just my opinion though,

I agree.

But I think sometimes he shows up not giving an F, which is much worse than this game where it looked like he was ready to ball, but Rose just said in those first 5 minutes “chillax y’all, I got this one.”

Korver at least seems to give a damn when he gets scored on

boozer just looks at his teammates like its their fault.

OT: Keith Bogans only had 5 points

No wonder the Nets lost

6 is the magic number.
WHOS HOUSEeeee

ROSE HOUSEeeeeeee

lol'd when I got it
wow... the wgn news just fucking brought my mood down...
First team with 20 wins, we're beast
very happy that Jimmy got to roll with the big boys again....solid.
0 turnovers for Rose and Butler...
Zero turnovers for Rose

is just an INSANE stat. I mean, that makes the assist to turn ration undefined.

Joey Crawford is an ass

He took away what coups have been a career night for Rose and the bulls. Really hate him.

Indeed

1 fucking free throw for the MVP and he was driving all night.

Last thought for the Coaches:

Luol in All-Star Game

….or I WILL find you….

We all know what Thibs is saying

“90 points is unacceptable!!! Deng, do I have to play you more minutes?!?!”

Well that was fun
Im gonna be pissed if both Dend and one of Noah/Boozer isn't on the All-Star team

Deng absolutely deserves it, and the Bulls should have one of the other two there by default. Last year the Celtics had 4, the Hawks had 3, and the heats had 3 even though Boozer (at the time) had better stats than Joe Johnson, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and Chris Bosh.

If the Bulls have the best mark in the east, they should have representation based on that. I swear if Rose is the only Bull there and there are four Celtics again…yeesh.

Yeah I can't see how Philly would get two but the Bulls not.

If that’s the case, then Rose should win MVP again by default

Exactly.

It’s possible we could see two 76ers, two Hawks, three heats, and four Celtics. and one Bull. if that happens, it’s a joke.

what happened last year was joke.

its a popularity contest, what can you do

alot of these people dont know shit. Its a brandname market. Fuck these assclowns.

agree

Deng should be joining rose as an all-star this year

there's no way that 4 celtics are gonna make it this time

if they somehow do all get in on the coaches vote… well. the coaches are even worse than the fans lol

thing is, last year I was thinking there was no way Johnson, Pierce, Allen, and Bosh would make it over Boozer on the coach's vote
well, booz's injury hurt him there

i think he didn’t get votes cause people thought he missed too many games. and then obv noah was hurt and didn’t get voted in for the same reason.

deng coming back and having a strong showing before the voting (which is in a few days i think) could remind them and give him a boost. so if he plays well on monday, maybe he’ll sneak in there.

if nothing else, Deng should get votes from Spolstra, Vogel, and Collins
yeah i'm hoping that the bulls record

with him out shows just how important he is. but obv him not playing hurts his chances. i’d love to see him get in. marc stein picked him! hope others agree..

seriously.

the Bulls have a better record with no Rose than they do with no Deng

to be fair, we were mostly playing scrubs with rose out

but it def shows how important luol is to this team, imo. i think it does help that he was able to come back before the voting this week, so let’s hope he reminds everyone of why he should get in (he started strong tonight).

noah’s putting in a solid case over the last 10 games as to why he could be the reserve center, though. i’d rather see luol get it at this point, but obv i’d be thrilled to see noah get in too.

i agree, besides noah, who else is there to rival him?

the only one who rivals him is tyson, but tyson does not have same kind of impact when noah is doing well.

i could see hibbert getting the nod

either that or bosh getting in on a non traditional vote.

well, jsut talking bout centers..

bosh is most def in, but if noah can continue his solid performance on this roadtrip, he def deserves the nod over hibbert.

wasn't meaning to imply that bosh wouldn't get in

but stein voted for bosh under center (which was weird cause then he put hibbert as a wild card, but whatever) – technically he could get votes there is all i’m saying instead of voting for an actual C. that way other deserving forwards or guards could get in…

got ya, well, its stern...

he does weird and stupid shit all the time

that espn guy should get his bro to vote for him too

as annoying as that fella is, he praises deng like crazy.

Yeah, someone else really should make it

Doubt it will happen though

Eastern All-stars

starters – Rose, Wade, Melo, Lebron, Dwight

Locks – Bosh…

Candidates – Deng, Noah, Granger, Hibbert, Igoudala, Pierce, Rondo, Garnett, Allen, Deron Williams, Irving, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith

I’ll take
Rose / Rondo / Irving
Wade / Johnson
Lebron / Deng / Iguodala
Melo / Josh Smith
Howard / Hibbert

no Stoudemire?

i don’t see it happening

my predictions for the all star game:

East:
Rose
Wade
James
Anthony
Howard
-
Stoudemire
Iggy
Hibbert
Joe Johnson
Rondo
Deng
Bosh
Snubs: D-Will, Boozer, Noah, Pierce, Bargnani

West:
Paul
Bryant
Durant
Griffin
Bynum
-
David Lee
Nowitzki
Westbrook
Aldridge
Nash
Duncan
Al Jefferson
Snubs: Pau, Parker, Ellis, Gerald Wallace

amare's looked pretty bad this season

his game against the bulls was by far his best performance of the season…

holy fuck i left off Kevin Love lol. sub im in for Lee
love it when the bulls kicks ass and also feel great to see deng back
imagine if we had a SG

come on JR Smith

rip :(
i like Rip but he cant keep himself on the floor

when hes played we looked pretty awesome.

That's why we should just rest him for WEEKS

so he can be a true 100% when he comes back, not this come back for a few games leave for a few crap.

BUT HELL TO THE YES TO SMITH!!!
we did tonight. his name is kyle korver. he played great.
Other cool stats:

Bulls had 31 assists on 48 fg’s.
Bulls outrebounded Bucks 53>39
Every single Bull that played got a rebound but Scal, and every single Bull that played got an assist but Gibson and Deng. (Yes even Lucas in his 1 minute of play had one of each).

And I know the announcers kept harping on it, but again the Bulls only had 4 FT’s, and made 3. Bucks went 15-19.

Lu is so important to our rebounding and defense

He just does so many good things that go unnoticed. Hope that wrist is good.

The encouraging thing is that he can obviously play with it. I was concerned that he would look like shit, and that would kind of force his hand to get the surgery. Now that we know he can play on it, all they have to do is manage the pain till we get to the playoffs. No point in surgery if he can still ball like that

This game convinced me we need to tell Orlando no Rose AND no Deng
What about Howard saying No Bulls?
then it's a non-issue
Well, the Nets game just got a little easier
Ledger_Nets Colin Stephenson
Anthony Morrow is leaving for home tomorrow to attend his grandmother’s funeral Monday. He’ll be back Tuesday. Will miss Bulls game.

So, no Morrow, Lopez, or Brooks. Probably kick their ass. Lu will play 45 minutes.

sounds about right
I'll be there.

Nets tickets are absurdly cheap on StubHub.

I'll be there too
ah, shit

bad news though. :/

Great game for Tony Parker

42 points and became the Spurs all time assist leader.

Always liked the frenchman

it's just a shame that...

he has no luck with the girls

he presumably intercoursed Eva Longoria many times
he might've hit Erin Barry too...

….which is a larger sized version of Eva IIRC

"Baby, you're beautiful and I'll love you forever"

“those other girls I was loving, I only loved them for a little time. You know?”

Somehow, I think he gets by just fine...

He may look like he's doing great, but maybe he's crying on the inside...okay probably not...
He was a Bulls fan too

I guess he was living in Chicago after he came here from France

Now this is the type

of beat-down I thought we should’ve issued the Knicks! I guess Lu makes ALL the difference….I almost felt sorry for the Bucks

i never feel sorry for skiles

or esp… a certain assistant coach of his.

haha

good point

bull wins

And Pacers lost its a good night

yeah, now im keeping an eye on these losers and philly
KCJHoop K.C Johnson
Deng said he plans to practice on Sunday. Also said he doesn’t want to talk about wrist much more after today. #Bulls
sounds like no surgery!
This makes no sense. If the doctor said wait 4 weeks, why not wait 4 weeks?
KCJHoop K.C Johnson
Deng said he planned to play in New York but wrist got sore after offday scrimmage with Scalabrine. Also said Dr. suggested 4 weeks rest.
yeah, i figured 4 weeks i the norm

2 at min and 4 at max.

He felt good enough to go, I guess.

I’m guessing the 4 week suggestion was made initially and the wrist healed quicker than they anticipated.

well, its not healed yet

the swelling has gone down and hell be fine as he long he continues rehab along with practice. He needs t keep that wrist fresh.

What happened in this game?

only 4 free throws?

refs missed a shit ton of calls on rose

basically TL;DR Rose got the show going in the first treating the life out of jennings hitting threes from left to right pretty much unstoppable. Then came two strong dunks by Noah, followed by a barrage of curl shots and threes by Korver. and from there on it was pretty much on cruise.

Can't Believe i miss this game

Sermos like luol came back in all his awesomeness

Great to see Deng come back in good form

Im hoping that Tibs doesnt over exert the dude. In other news, the Pacers are really getting under the skin of their opponents with Q-Rich getting tossed, T Moore was on to something when he compared the Pacers to the Lions with Suh

thats who they r

even kevin love was complaining bout them and if a ppplayer complains about a team, THAT REALLY SAYS SOMETHING.

lol, and now he's taken it to Twitter:
QRich Quentin Richardson
#FACT!! RT @Swag_inaBag_boy: @QRich would bang @dgranger33
Texas_Legend VERIFIED ACCOUNT
Granger soft..lol RT @QRich: #FACT!! RT @Swag_inaBag_boy: @QRich would bang @dgranger33
QRich Quentin Richardson
@ @_DrW1 @Swag_inaBag_boy @dgranger33 nah lil bro. Nah lil bro, no pause at all. The young boy will get dealt wit. Light work, u feel me?
QRich Quentin Richardson
TRUE!!!! RT @DopeRich: Lmao @QRich was gon wash Danny granger tonight.
um...

Is it wrong that I have no fucking idea what the hell was just said?

so Q is going to bang danny granger? yikes.

danny might want to steer clear of the laundry room when hes by himself.

I wish I could tell you that Danny fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be.
So....

The Bulls best player has been hobbled most of the season, they’re missing a starter completely and just bringing back their second best player after extended time off, have played more road games than any team and done so on a condensed schedule…go in to Milwaukee and win a game in the first 8 minutes of the first quarter despite some rocky shooting and not shooting any fucking free throws because Joey Crawford is a shaved ape, and looking at the schedule will prolly finish their 9 game road trip with the best record in the NBA.

I’m cool with that.

Didn't see the game but the highlight of Deng hitting a jumper in the 2nd quarter

And Joakim going absolutely nuts on the bench. I need a .gif of that.

This is why Deng is so important

And why we would have probably only won by 5 or something without him. The crushing defense AND the versatility on offense, makes a tough out against a scrub team into a blowout.

Honestly, I think we can get away with sitting Rip until maybe late March. This team has improved internally so much, and we really only need him to beat the Heat.

I don't think they're in any rush to bring Rip back after getting duped by him for the Pistons game.

Hopefully he can come back before the playoffs so our best 5 man lineup can get some more playing time together.

BaB hates me.

Maybe once a week does this damn site cut me any slack and allow me to post… or even view a frickin page.

That said, I love the way Marcin Gortat crapped all on TT last night. Look like he almost broke his neck.

Random notes:

Rose is not top 5 in scoring and PER, and #7 in the league in assists. The guy is having an even better season than last year and seemingly with less effort. Clearly the game has gotten even easier for him.

This is the CJ Watson I thought we were getting last year. Apparently all he needed was a year to adjust to Thibs’ system. He has a PER over 20, all 3 of his percentages are well up from last year and he’s averaging nearly 4 assists per game in less than 20 minutes a game. Even if we didn’t have Jimmy Butler (and thank goodness we did!), the depth improved just by guys playing better in their second year with Thibs.

Wouldn’t a starting line up of Asik, Gibson, Korver, Butler and Watson still win some games? Can anyone honestly tell me that a Bulls team with that line-up couldn’t challenge for the 8th spot in the East? Who’s scoring on that lineup? Korver isn’t even a defensive liability anymore. Sure, almost all of the points will come from Korver and CJ 3s, but But no one is scoring in the paint on Omer and Taj, and I trust Butler and Watson to defend most of the NBA’s opposing backcourts effectively.

Isn’t the best thing about the Rip signing is that it put Bogans out to pasture? Rip has barely played but the team is still 20-6 and pretty much on pace for the same win percentage the team had last year. The difference is that they are currently #3 in both offensive and defensive efficiency. Clearly not wasting the first 8 minutes of the first and 3rd quarters on a guy who can only play defense and shoot a streaky 3 point shot has benefited this team.

So yes, rest Rip and hope they get to the playoffs at full strength. I swear on sin’s and souleater’s lives that a healthy Bulls team does not lose a 7 game series this year.

Damnit!

Rose is ‘now’ top 5, not ‘not.’ I spent like 10 minutes writing this thing and I couldn’t be bothered to reread it. Oh well, it is 1:30am. Leave me alone!

i agree with everything you said except that 3rd paragraph

Asik, Gibson, Korver, Butler and Watson would probably give up like 88 pts a game. Of course, they would be lucky to score 70

Just overzealous, late night schtick on my part.

The point is that we’re deep… which we all already know anyway. :-P

Any of u guys read this about droses back?

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=chicagobulls&id=7052

solution is Yoga....

…..Yoga has kept me playing ball at a high level long after I should’ve been able to. I used to make fun of dudes that did Yoga…..boy was I ever wrong

im worried

Back trouble messed up tmac and bdavis’s career at points.. I think nash is the only one that I see figure it out

he doesn't seem too concerned about it....

…..the training staff I’m sure is top rate….better than you or I could afford LOL

Getting an occasional tightness in one's back

is nothing like having T-Mac’s back. And maybe if Baron Davis would leave the damn Krispy Kreme’s alone he’d be in better shape and have a healthier back.

noooo...dude, tmac had a far worse condition than jsut a "tight back." He baron davis and him had chronic pain rather than tightness. That is far worse than the occasional tight back athletes experience
my thing is..rose seems like the type of player to downgrade the pain

so that the media doesnt get carried away..hope im wrong and i hope all u guys are right

i think rose is fine and thanks to his young age (the kid is 23, lol), he has a high healing factor

i dont even have 10 percent of his athletic ability…i have sustained a back injury while doing squats, but it healed within 1 week. If i can heal at that rate, im sure he can heal within couple of days of rest. And dont worry bro, he has the BEST trainers a person can ask for.

and oh hell yes, yoga and esp pilates are amazing exercises

although i do prefer pilates…it really strengthens the core like no other.

Wheresthefuckenrecap!,

Jk lololo

ot...pk so i finally saw 2 eps of the first season of arrested development

Pretty fn awesome so far…

To be cont…

So...

recap SUNDAY, eh? I knew we wouldn’t get one. It was the Super Bowl today, after all

is BaB going crazy again?

i clicked fan posts and the top post was: “What’s wrong with VDN?”….I cringed for a second before I saw it was dated 2008

A little late, but I just saw this posted to Reddit

http://www.miscupload.com/upload/237588564571292632415539.gif

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