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The Bulls' starting lineup — Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer, Joakim Noah — has logged exactly zero NBA minutes together. Ditto for that same lineup, only with Taj Gibson in Boozer's place, a switcheroo Tom Thibodeau likes to pull in crunch time of close games.

 

Rose and Butler logged just 74 minutes together in 12 games in 2011-12 before Rose blew out his knee, and Rose returns now to find Butler entrenched as the two-way starting shooting guard Chicago has dreamed of while cycling through Keith Bogans, Richard Hamilton, Kyle Korver, Ronnie Brewer, and others. Rose's health is a bit of an unknown, but he has looked fine in the preseason, and all the noise coming out of Chicago is positive.

 

This team lurks as the biggest threat to Miami. It's had the league's best record in both healthy Rose-Thibodeau seasons, and home-court advantage in Game 7 might prove essential against the champs. We know it'll bring it on defense, when both of the above lineups could prove terrifying; the Gibson group will be in the running for stingiest heavy-usage lineup in the league. Chicago is about flooding the strong side with extra help defenders, and with Butler alongside Deng and Noah, no team will have more tenacious help-and-recover quickness on the floor. And remember: Chicago in 2011-12 solidified itself as a top-10 offense before Rose's injury.

 

There are questions about depth, since both Kirk Hinrich and Mike Dunleavy are aging and the guys behind them are totally unproven. Ownership could mandate a tax-slashing salary dump at some point. But this team is going to be brutal to play against.

 

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/979003...-2013-14-season

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QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 11:48 AM)
I wanna play

 

 

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 11:57 AM)
I as well would like to play fantasy NBA

hmmm

 

we have a keeper league with 10 full slots.

 

Wonder how expansion could work...

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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 12:12 PM)
hmmm

 

we have a keeper league with 10 full slots.

 

Wonder how expansion could work...

 

 

QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 12:34 PM)
Zoom has a league that needs guys, I'm sure yous guys can jump on that.

 

I'd be interested in either. I'm sure Zoom's league may be the more realistic option though.

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QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 11:57 AM)
I as well would like to play fantasy NBA

 

I have a league that needs players. H2H scoring based off the game score stat (kind of like PER).

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 02:02 PM)
I usually think the NBA regular season is pretty useless but this year that 1 seed in the east is going to be huge. The Nets are improved but I'd much rather see them in the 2nd round and let the Heat deal with the Pacers there.

 

No way. The Nets are a terrible match-up for the Bulls. You beat a Thibs-style defense with spacing, passing and shooting. The Nets have all that and then some. Pacers are a much better match-up for the Bulls.

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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 06:23 PM)
No way. The Nets are a terrible match-up for the Bulls. You beat a Thibs-style defense with spacing, passing and shooting. The Nets have all that and then some. Pacers are a much better match-up for the Bulls.

 

The Nets bloooooooooooooow

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For those looking for fantasy basketball, send me a PM with the E-Mail address associated with your Yahoo account. I can't seem to figure out how to set a password (I clicked "re-new league", that might have something to do with it). I will send you an invite when I see it (usually after 7 PM Central).

 

Keep in mind, this is an AUCTION draft. This is non-negotiable because auctions are awesome. The draft is set for Sunday October 27th at 7:45 PM. Keep in mind that auctions take longer (probably 2 and a half hours). Also, if you can't make it, PLEASE set prices for your players (it will screw things up for everyone if you don't).

 

 

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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 06:23 PM)
No way. The Nets are a terrible match-up for the Bulls. You beat a Thibs-style defense with spacing, passing and shooting. The Nets have all that and then some. Pacers are a much better match-up for the Bulls.

Ha ok.

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