2011-2012 NBA Season Thread

[thxfrthmmrs]

Let's see. I didn't watch the game (shame on me for missing the juggernaut Hornets) and I'm still supposed to know that last night was free Big Mac night? I'll concede that I was slow and should've put two and two together, as Big Macs was referenced by Steve prior to Duke's post, but I didn't. OH THE f*** WELL. And get out of here with me being less of a Bulls fan. No, I don't want to orgasm every time Derrick Rose's humility is brought up. No, I don't pretend that Carlos Boozer at $15 million a year having to come out of close games for defensive purposes is ok. No, I'm not going to make Luol Deng more than he is (a very good roleplayer and more of a third option on a championship contending team, or the fact that I'd personally escort his ass to midway if it meant Dwight Howard coming back) because he's a Bull. No, I'm not going to pretend that the Bulls are on par with the Heat and Thunder talent wise just because, um, just because. The Bulls are a very good team with more than a legitimate chance at winning it all. Do I think they can beat the Heat and Thunder 8 combined times in May/June? Nope. Doesn't mean I won't hope for it.

 

Exactly my point. Free big mac night is every night in which the Bulls scores over 100 points. I thought an average Bulls fans who goes to the game or watches the game would know about it.

 

But you are the ultimate case of the grass is always greener on the other side. Maybe I do not read every single post on here, but I almost never hear any optimism from you about the Bulls. Oh yea, the Knicks will be as good as the Bulls right? And we all know the Heat is a better team than the Bulls on paper, but we believe the team can hang with Heat given a certain condition. Your attitude of there is no way in hell the Bulls could beat the Heat is not a typical attitude of a loyal fan.

[MexSoxFan#1]

This, and your constant jabs at the team makes me question how much you follow the team, and how loyal of a a fan you are.

I sometimes think he was a bigger fan of Jordan than an actual Bulls fan.

[Jordan4life_2007]

Exactly my point. Free big mac night is every night in which the Bulls scores over 100 points. I thought an average Bulls fans who goes to the game or watches the game would know about it.

 

But you are the ultimate case of the grass is always greener on the other side. Maybe I do not read every single post on here, but I almost never hear any optimism from you about the Bulls. Oh yea, the Knicks will be as good as the Bulls right? And we all know the Heat is a better team than the Bulls on paper, but we believe the team can hang with Heat given a certain condition. Your attitude of there is no way in hell the Bulls could beat the Heat is not a typical attitude of a loyal fan.

 

Every night? Well damn. I guess I'm less of a fan. When did this start? I went to a Raptors/Bulls game last April and they scored well over 100 points and I didn't get s***. Unless I was too drunk and just walked out without getting my coupon. I don't pay any attention at all to Bulls' promotions. And I know for certain that they have to win AND score 100 when they do this. Yawn@ the grass is greener crap. I'm just objective. And enough with the Knicks. Jesus f***ing Christ. How many times do I have to say that I was WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG to think the Knicks were on par (never said they were better) than the Bulls. I said this like 6 weeks ago.

[thxfrthmmrs]

Every night? Well damn. I guess I'm less of a fan. When did this start? I went to a Raptors/Bulls game last April and they scored well over 100 points and I didn't get s***. Unless I was too drunk and just walked out without getting my coupon. I don't pay any attention at all to Bulls' promotions. And I know for certain that they have to win AND score 100 when they do this. Yawn@ the grass is greener crap. I'm just objective. And enough with the Knicks. Jesus f***ing Christ. How many times do I have to say that I was WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG to think the Knicks were on par (never said they were better) than the Bulls. I said this like 6 weeks ago.

 

 

This you are right.

[Jordan4life_2007]

I sometimes think he was a bigger fan of Jordan than an actual Bulls fan.

 

No. Like EVERY other Bulls fans in the world, when the dynasty broke up and they went to winning 20 games a season, I simply forgot about them. I didn't jump on the Shaq/Kobe bandwagon or anything. But I'm not going to pretend (and you or anybody else here shouldn't either) that I was sitting in front of the TV watching those Elton Brand-led, Floyd/Cartwright coached teams every night. They had a couple good seasons with Hinrich/Gordon/Deng/etc then quickly reverted back to irrelevance. They inexplicably won the lottery in '08, hired thibs two years ago and here they are. I'm still getting used to them being a factor again. I don't think the organization has done anything amazing. If they hadn't won the lottery, they'd be exactly where they were in '08.

[Brian]

Like EVERY other Bulls fan? When they were the pits, they were still selling out the UC or had one of the highest attendances in the NBA. I watched and complained about them every year. Ron Mercer, ugh.

[Jordan4life_2007]

Like EVERY other Bulls fan? When they were the pits, they were still selling out the UC or had one of the highest attendances in the NBA. I watched and complained about them every year. Ron Mercer, ugh.

 

I didn't say anything about the UC selling out. Basketball will always be a monster in Chicago. You still had the championship aura, MJ statue, the championship banners, etc. I'm talking about watching the games on the tube every night. I'm sorry. I don't buy it. I'm not saying you or anybody else never watched a game or tuned in every now and then. Ron Artest was one of my favorite players at the time and I loved watching him play. But sorry. Nobody was watching those historically bad teams every night.

[Steve9347]

Every night? Well damn. I guess I'm less of a fan. When did this start?

Dude, they've been doing some sort of cheap ass food giveaway as long as I can remember if the Bulls win and score over 100 points. It used to be for free tacos.

 

Last year Scalabrine missed a 3 that would have put the Bulls at 100 and publicly apologized (jokingly) and then bought Big Macs for fans the next day at a local McDonald's.

 

I find it unacceptable that you would not know these things.

[Steve9347]

No, I don't pretend that Carlos Boozer at $15 million a year having to come out of close games for defensive purposes is ok.

Absolutely no one does this.

[Steve9347]

No. Like EVERY other Bulls fans in the world, when the dynasty broke up and they went to winning 20 games a season, I simply forgot about them.

I absolutely did not forget about them. I followed the Bulls through every painful season following the dynasty. From Kukoc as team star, to Brent Barry, to f***ing E-Rob, to Elton Brand/Ron Artest draft, to f***ing giving Elton Brand away for a raw Tyson (still upset, not that it would have mattered), to the rise of the John Paxson era where Skiles was leading Kirk, BG, Deng version 1.0, Tyson, Curry, etc and they finally made the playoffs again...

 

Now to this. I can appreciate this (and not be completely pessimistic) about the Bulls because I lived the bad years. What's happening now with Derrick Rose is so much f***ing fun. I guess someone who only shows up when the team is good would have reason to yawn at what the Bulls are doing now and consistently rip on the fact that the built overnight Heat are the best team in the NBA.

Edited February 29, 2012 by Steve9347

[LittleHurt05]

Dude, they've been doing some sort of cheap ass food giveaway as long as I can remember if the Bulls win and score over 100 points. It used to be for free tacos.

 

Last year Scalabrine missed a 3 that would have put the Bulls at 100 and publicly apologized (jokingly) and then bought Big Macs for fans the next day at a local McDonald's.

 

I find it unacceptable that you would not know these things.

 

Didn't it use to be 125 points for free Taco Bell? Back when every team would average 100+ points a game.

[Steve9347]

I didn't say anything about the UC selling out. Basketball will always be a monster in Chicago. You still had the championship aura, MJ statue, the championship banners, etc. I'm talking about watching the games on the tube every night. I'm sorry. I don't buy it. I'm not saying you or anybody else never watched a game or tuned in every now and then. Ron Artest was one of my favorite players at the time and I loved watching him play. But sorry. Nobody was watching those historically bad teams every night.

Dude, you are all over the place trying to save face. One post after saying you "simply forgot [the Bulls] existed" you backtrack. You're a bandwagoner.

[Steve9347]

Didn't it use to be 125 points for free Taco Bell? Back when every team would average 100+ points a game.

Could be; either way it certainly isn't news that they giveaway goodies.

[MexSoxFan#1]

J4L is right about something, the Bulls were hugely popular worldwide while they were killing and then nobody but the most hardcore fans followed them after MJ, Pip, Rodman and Jackson left.

 

I was pissed at the way the Bulls organization broke up that team and Krause was eager to rebuild starting with Floyd (ugh)...I honestly ignored them until the Kirk, Ben Gordon, Nocioni era out of anger and because they sucked.

[Jordan4life_2007]

Dude, they've been doing some sort of cheap ass food giveaway as long as I can remember if the Bulls win and score over 100 points. It used to be for free tacos.

 

Last year Scalabrine missed a 3 that would have put the Bulls at 100 and publicly apologized (jokingly) and then bought Big Macs for fans the next day at a local McDonald's.

 

I find it unacceptable that you would not know these things.

 

I knew for certain it was multiple times during the season. No, I didn't realize it was for every home game. When did free Big Mac night for every home game in which the Bulls score 100 and win start?

 

 

Absolutely no one does this.

 

It just gets ignored because the Bulls end up winning most times. But that's a problem come May.

 

I absolutely did not forget about them. I followed the Bulls through every painful season following the dynasty. From Kukoc as team star, to Brent Barry, to f***ing E-Rob, to Elton Brand/Ron Artest draft, to f***ing giving Elton Brand away for a raw Tyson (still upset, not that it would have mattered), to the rise of the Jim Paxson era where Skiles was leading Kirk, BG, Deng version 1.0, Tyson, Curry, etc and they finally made the playoffs again...

 

Now to this. I can appreciate this (and not be completely pessimistic) about the Bulls because I lived the bad years. What's happening now with Derrick Rose is so much f***ing fun. I guess someone who only shows up when the team is good would have reason to yawn at what the Bulls are doing now and consistently rip on the fact that the built overnight Heat are the best team in the NBA.

 

Nope. Sorry. I'm dismissing this and anybody who says this. Soxtalk has evolved considerably since 2003. But this thread would be on par with the WNBA thread activity wise if the Bulls were that bad.

[Jordan4life_2007]

Dude, you are all over the place trying to save face. One post after saying you "simply forgot [the Bulls] existed" you backtrack. You're a bandwagoner.

 

lol. No, just honest. But it's easy to pretend you watched all 82 games in 2002. Afterall, it can't be proven that you didn't.

[Jordan4life_2007]

J4L is right about something, the Bulls were hugely popular worldwide while they were killing and then nobody but the most hardcore fans followed them after MJ, Pip, Rodman and Jackson left.

 

I was pissed at the way the Bulls organization broke up that team and Krause was eager to rebuild starting with Floyd (ugh)...I honestly ignored them until the Kirk, Ben Gordon, Nocioni era out of anger and because they sucked.

 

Thank you for your honesty.

[Steve9347]

lol. No, just honest. But it's easy to pretend you watched all 82 games in 2002. Afterall, it can't be proven that you didn't.

It's hard to watch all 82 games in any given year, dude. I watched a s***load of Bulls in those down years because I love basketball. I had autographs from f***ing Marcus Fizer.

[MexSoxFan#1]

Thank you for your honesty.

No prob, I just want to add that I was a Bulls fan as a little kid back when Reggie Theus was the man in the early 80's...yeah, I'm getting up there in age

[SoxFan1]

No. Like EVERY other Bulls fans in the world, when the dynasty broke up and they went to winning 20 games a season, I simply forgot about them. I didn't jump on the Shaq/Kobe bandwagon or anything. But I'm not going to pretend (and you or anybody else here shouldn't either) that I was sitting in front of the TV watching those Elton Brand-led, Floyd/Cartwright coached teams every night. They had a couple good seasons with Hinrich/Gordon/Deng/etc then quickly reverted back to irrelevance. They inexplicably won the lottery in '08, hired thibs two years ago and here they are. I'm still getting used to them being a factor again. I don't think the organization has done anything amazing. If they hadn't won the lottery, they'd be exactly where they were in '08.

 

 

I didn't say anything about the UC selling out. Basketball will always be a monster in Chicago. You still had the championship aura, MJ statue, the championship banners, etc. I'm talking about watching the games on the tube every night. I'm sorry. I don't buy it. I'm not saying you or anybody else never watched a game or tuned in every now and then. Ron Artest was one of my favorite players at the time and I loved watching him play. But sorry. Nobody was watching those historically bad teams every night.

Extremely false, no matter how many times you repeat it. I was just a young teenager when they were winning 13 games a season and still watched as many games as I could. I watched every single draft. s***, I watched all their summer league games.

[Steve9347]

Extremely false, no matter how many times you repeat it. I was just a young teenager when they were winning 13 games a season and still watched as many games as I could.

Yeah, J4L thinks if he says it a thousand times it'll make him look less incorrect.

[Jordan4life_2007]

Nope, Nope, Nope. And I'm sure Kyle is going to come in here and get on me for talking in absolutes. But NOBODY was watching those teams consistently. I won't say every night. It would be damn near impossible to watch EVERY game of any season. But I don't want to hear it. The Bulls from 99 to I think it was '05 ( or what year was it that they made the playoffs under Skiles the first time?). They were Charlotte Bobcats bad. Oh my goodness. I still remember when Corey Bengamin and Khalid El-Amin got starts. You all are liars. The truth will set you free.

[SoxFan1]

Nope, Nope, Nope. And I'm sure Kyle is going to come in here and get on me for talking in absolutes. But NOBODY was watching those teams consistently. I won't say every night. It would be damn near impossible to watch EVERY game of any season. But I don't want to hear it. The Bulls from 99 to I think it was '05 ( or what year was it that they made the playoffs under Skiles the first time?). They were Charlotte Bobcats bad. Oh my goodness. I still remember when Corey Bengamin and Khalid El-Amin got starts. You all are liars. The truth will set you free.

K.

[Steve9347]

Nope, Nope, Nope. And I'm sure Kyle is going to come in here and get on me for talking in absolutes. But NOBODY was watching those teams consistently. I won't say every night. It would be damn near impossible to watch EVERY game of any season. But I don't want to hear it. The Bulls from 99 to I think it was '05 ( or what year was it that they made the playoffs under Skiles the first time?). They were Charlotte Bobcats bad. Oh my goodness. I still remember when Corey Bengamin and Khalid El-Amin got starts. You all are liars. The truth will set you free.

There was no stopping me from watching the Bulls, and there never will be. F*ck yourself for calling me a liar, and f*ck yourself for all the blocks your team put up against me last night.

[southsider2k5]

Nope, Nope, Nope. And I'm sure Kyle is going to come in here and get on me for talking in absolutes. But NOBODY was watching those teams consistently. I won't say every night. It would be damn near impossible to watch EVERY game of any season. But I don't want to hear it. The Bulls from 99 to I think it was '05 ( or what year was it that they made the playoffs under Skiles the first time?). They were Charlotte Bobcats bad. Oh my goodness. I still remember when Corey Bengamin and Khalid El-Amin got starts. You all are liars. The truth will set you free.

 

How about the fact that the Bulls led the entire NBA in attendance for the entire decade of the 00's, by over 700 per night over the closest team, and over 4000 a night over the average

 

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