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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 15, 2011 -> 09:52 PM) Yeah, well, it is a Chicago board, and Derrick Rose is the MVP of the Decade Last I checked, the name of the thread is still 2010-2011 NBA Thread. I am not even a fan of Kevin Love, but let the man post what he wishes.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 13, 2011 -> 11:51 AM) I can't believe the Bulls have a realistic shot at winning 60 games this year. Simply incredible with the injuries. Have to go 13-4 in the last 17 games, not easy, but looking at the schedule not unrealistic. Washington @New Jersey @Indiana Sacramento @Atlanta Memphis @Milwaukee Philadelphia @Minnesota @Detroit Toronto Phoenix Boston @Cleveland @Orlando @NY Knicks New Jersey Only four really tough games: the road games against Atlanta, Orlando, the Knicks and at home against Bosotn. If they can play at the level they are playing right now, they can easily go 16-1. Trouble is, the Bulls always play down to their opponent. They may end up beating all of Boston, Orlando and Atlanta at ATL, but they will sure lose a game here and there playing the weaklings.

This one isn't too bad either

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 10, 2011 -> 03:29 PM) To be honest, I dont know. Kirk isnt as great as a shooter as I thought he was going to be, and I like CJ Watson as Rose's backup. Bogans is bigger and plays good enough defense, i dont know that Kirk would be a great upgrade I couldn't disagree with you more on this one. Kirk is exactly the type of player we need right now. He is not a elite shooter ala Korver or Ray Allen, but he is shooting 45-41-89% this season, pretty good don't u think? A career 38% from 3s is no slouch either. While Bogans is a good defender, Kirk is a great defender (all defensive team recognition), a couple years back I even heard people call him the best defensive guard in the league besides Kobe. The most important difference between Bogans and Kirk is Kirk can actually handle. We do not have anyone who can handle the ball and create their own shots outside of Rose and Watson, that is why you see constant trapping on Rose. Bogans is one trick pony who can only shoot spot up threes, but you get more dimensions with Kirk. Lastly, Kirk can easily get you 10-12 points a game with limited touches, but Bogans 4 points per game is not going to fly.

jeez, looking at the horror the Bulls have brought this season. First they got Jim O'Brien and Jerry Sloans fired, and now they have the Miami wimps crying like little leaguers, I wonder what's next.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 5, 2011 -> 09:57 AM) I wonder if Rose's legs are getting tired. Being a scorer is all about your legs being fresh and strong. This kid has taken on so much of the load this year... I wonder if it is catching up to him? I would assume that that's the case. All the practice and FIBA games over the summer has to have some effects on him. He doesn't look as fast has he was at the beginning of the year. Thibs noticed that as well. Normally he would sub Rose out at the beginning of second and put him back in at the 7 or 6 minute mark. But last night Rose didn't come back until the 3 minute mark. It's been the same pattern for quite a few games now. I just hope Rose doesn't get gas out when the playoff starts.

rose should stop taking so many 3s, he has struggled with his 3 pt shot with the exception of December. He shooting 22% from 3 between february and march, yet he's taking 5-6 threes per game.

I kind of wished the Bulls didn't sign Rasual for the sake that we don't have to hear the so call nickname. I mean Business as Rasual? Comeon, it's pronounced rah-sool, and I can't recall anyone nicknamed after an idiom. On a serious note, Rasual Butler probably handles the ball worse than Bogans, his three point % was at 37% coming into this year, and Bogans is hitting at about the same clip. Defensively, I would argue he is a worse fit than Bogans. Bogans is a natural SG and has the quickness to check most 2s, but Butler is a natural 3, and as many has point out, should be better at checking 3s than 2s.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 1, 2011 -> 11:23 PM) Outside of game coverage, I don't even watch them anymore. That channel and their "journalism" is a complete joke. In bed with the leagues and big markets, no need to watch that crap. The best part of the story on that link you're referring to is it includes the Knicks, but not the Spurs, who only have the best record in the league. Well actually the point of those articles is to have their regional sites promote their local teams and plead their case for No.1. They have an ESPN New York but no ESPN San Antonio. Nobody can actually say the Knicks are the best in the league with a straight face.

wow the next 4 games are going to be very tough for the Bulls. roads games against ATL, Magic and Heat, then back home against the Hornets. If the Bulls can somehow win 3 of the 4, they have a pretty realistic chance of getting that 1st seed.

What a lazy show by Bosh tonight. But hey, I don't blame him, he was probably trying to avoid injury and save some energy so he could provide for his wife tonight.

the bulls now has $2.9 million in cap space, and anthony parker makes $2.85 million while parker might be an upgrade over the great keith bogans, i doubt he will make much of a difference on this team.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 20, 2011 -> 06:03 PM) Well that and he wouldn't have that much creativity in the air. Ibaka's free throw line dunk was one of the best dunks I've seen in a long time. McGee was also impressive. I would of love to see Blake jump over the entire car from the top instead of the hood of it. He probably could of done it. true. his inability to palm the ball limits him to mostly tomahawk dunks in most of the games, and he admits he's not a creative dunker but if he decides to give it a go, i think he could have made it to the finals and possibly win it base on reputation and because he's a little man dunker. I really think McGee should have won it yesterday with all those creative dunks. but blake griffin is second to only justin bieber in terms of popularity in LA.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 17, 2011 -> 10:22 PM) Rose just worked Tony Parker. Parker got half his points on CJ Watson. lol that's wishing thinking considering Watson only played 10 minutes and Parker scored 26 Parker only scored 4 points on Watson, the rest of the buckets he got were through screen and rolls on Rose. Rose got stuck on screen way too often tonight, but I don't blame him, Parker is one of the best in the league in scoring through screens. Nonetheless, a great show by Mr. Rose on the offensive end tonight.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ss...ies_his_co.html Batum defendes Rose's defense. Surprisingly, Rose plays Dwill and CP3 back to back. Rose really owned DWill down the stretch tonight. If he can do the same to CP3, I expect the best PG in the league debate to heat up again soon.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 7, 2011 -> 11:42 PM) I dont know necessarily what the game plan was, but it couldnt be for Rose/Boozer to both cover Miller and leave Aldridge open. If the Bulls cant figure out how to play the pick & roll they are going to have some tough games. it must be the psychological effect. boozer wants no part of aldridge. He absolutes dominated the bulls in the fourth quarter.

GSW and Portland really have two of the best fan bases in the league. Unlike people down in South Beach, these fans actually understands the game and cheer for every single basket they make.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 04:20 PM) I'm not really sure I think of half of those guys as creating their own shot. I get the handle the ball part and how that's a weakness of the Bulls, I'm also not sure that many of them are good ballhandlers either. guys like odom, turkoglu, and pierce are really point forwards who can bring the ball up court and set up the offense. if you leave guys like ray allen and jason richardson open, you are really asking for trouble. in atlanta, bibby is the pg, but joe johnson, jamal crawford can handle the ball and setup offense. in OKC, durant westbrook and harden can all get their own shots off. we are the only contending team i can think of who does not have another player who can handle and create their own shot. i think the point is, and has been for a while, that we need someone who can setup offense, handle the ball and knock down open threes if teams decide to double on rose. It really kills us in the playoffs that if opposing teams send constant double teams at rose and our offense will become extremely stagnant and out of flow.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 6, 2011 -> 12:59 PM) You don't make a trade based on 1 loss on a bad night for one of the best players in the NBA. You make a trade because it's the right thing to do based on a consistent problem. i think all along the major glaring weakness of the bulls is they don't have another player who can handle the ball and create own shot. if you look at it, all the championship caliber teams has a few players who can handle the ball and create their own shot, i.e. lebron/wade, rondo/allen/pierce, nelson/richardson/hedo and kobe/odom. if we don't get a guy like mayo, jr smith, or even anthony parker at the deadline, in the playoffs teams will send constant double teams at rose to pressure the ball, forcing him to give it up or force a turnover, we saw a glimpse of that last year against the cavs.

9 turnovers for drose, I hope after this game, the management finally had enough and decide to go out and get someone who can handle the ball at SG.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 5, 2011 -> 03:07 PM) I can honestly say that besides LeBron, Durant and Kobe there's not a player in the NBA I'd take over Rose for just this season, he's that good already. what about howard? he has improved his post game so much this season, averages 22 points a games, demands double team every time in the low post, can single handedly get your entire front line in foul trouble, and also single handedly turn a bad defensive team into a good one, the winner of the last two DPOY, well on his way to a third. I would also take wade over rose this season. funny that not so long ago people were debating that whether or not Wade is the best player in the league after lebron, and I don't think wade's game has declined a bit this season, it's just the effect of playing next to lebron

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 11:57 PM) Huh? Im saying that because his greatest gift is athleticism Im concerned about the wear and tear his body has taken. give it up man. even with all the wear and tear, Wade is still a top 5 player in the league, right now. period. Yeah his stats are down a little bit, but he is playing with the best player in the game, and also another all star. His assist are down, but he can still get 8 per game if he was the team's primary distributor. wade wouldn't be a great player without his athleticism, yeah, so is lebron, d rose, blake griffin, howard, etc. and guys like durant, allen, nash wouldn't be great players also without their shooting ability. and finally, what's with the argument that lebron is the best SG in the league? You argued that he always played SF because that was his best fit position on the team, so that makes it his natural position right? If he was a natural SG, why didn't the Cavs play him at the shooting guard? I guess we can also call lebron the best SF, best PF, and also the best PG in the league?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 3, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) Nice to see BS realize that Rose exists. Save a couple comments on BS Report about him, you'd have no idea there was basketball outside of Boston, OKC, and Los Angeles. It's getting a little tiring. At least the next BS Report should spend 5 minutes on Rose before 25 on Griffin and then talking about the Celtics as the best team in basketball! As much a homer as Bill Simmons is, he actually thinks Rose is now the best PG in the league, better than CP3, Dwill, and yes, Rondo. He showed great admiration of Rose's play this season in his piece about the ASG last week.

is taj going to be out? watching boozer defend blake griffin will be hilarious. it worth the ticket itself right there.

those slick SOBs, however, euros streams for american sports are still up and running.