Jake

At this point I'd rather see Nazr than Niko

I used to blame Rose for how unorganized the offense would look, but then I got to watch the team for three years without him and they still looked that way. Let's hope someone figures this out

I've always liked Thibs and think he's a really good coach, but the dude straight up can't coach an offense. He's Lovie Smith

We have these runs where our offense will look unlike it has throughout the Thibs tenure, but then we slip right back into looking every bit as lost as we used to

With the way things have shaken out, I think it is very fair to put Thibs's job on the line for this series, personal squabbles or not. If we win, he gets a good shot to keep the job and if we lose it's hard to justify how he couldn't get this team past a hobbled Cavs

The bright side is I think Cavs look very vulnerable and a decent game from the Bulls will beat them regardless of venue

Didn't deserve to win this one. I hope Thibs gets the guys running the offense for the next game. Also, that free timeout clearly hurt us

Wow, coaching really questionable down the stretch here

I'll take a win if we manage one but we don't deserve it

What a f***ing terrible shot. At least shoot it higher than the rim

I'll sleep better at night if I tell myself that LBJ will look at that replay and know that he charged there

Niko f***s up so we fix it with Hinrich. Lord.

Well if you're going to take s***ty shots, you might as well make them

Gave us a call w/ Mozgov and then we blow it on the other end

Terrible late-game offense has become a pattern

He was bound to do it eventually

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ May 10, 2015 -> 05:00 PM) Whenever I watch basketball, I can't get over the amot of traveling. Not just the Jordanesque extra half step on every drive. The shuffling of feet and changing the pivot foot is what gets me. That, and LeBron takin 2 steps between dribbles. Taj has had some mind-bending footwork in this game

These passes in the paint are no good

I'm not loving the personnel management in this game. We've had a little too much Niko for as little as he's being used on offense

That was a yucky bailout call for Kyrie there

Went from one of the best stretches of ball we played all year to completely flat. Time to mix up personnel

Cavs are gonna want to get LBJ back in there

What a fun first quarter. I remember we talked early in the series about why LeBron doesn't just take it to the rack every possession. Wind was the main explanation we came up with. But you saw it in the first quarter. Even mighty LeBron can be stopped if he gets too reckless

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 10, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) AAA? Jeez let's at least consider AA, and even that is a bit much probably. His lack of baseball pedigree calls for slower progression through the minors, not faster. There's an extent to which you want his real age to match his level, but he's behind in his baseball development. The Sox have nothing invested in him so it isn't like they need to have the pick paying off dividends before some arbitrary deadline, so no use risking him or anyone else in pushing too fast

I'm surprised how mortal Bryant's numbers look after how impressive his first week or so was. The main stat I'm looking for with him is K%. It's at 32% right now. I'm doubtful that he'll ever get below 25%, which puts a lot of pressure on him to hit a bunch of homers to be elite