Preseason Games
by Moses Taylor on Oct 12, 2005 11:56 AM CDT
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PrintThe Bulls had their first preseason game last night in Grand Rapids against Detroit. Similar to last season, the offense struggled to score (76 points on 33.8% shooting) and turned the ball over (16 times). However, they significantly outrebounded the Pistons (49 to 35), including the offensive boards (19 to 11). The Pistons shot 44.7%, which while good, was above the percentage the Bulls allowed last season.
Individual standouts included the new main post scorer, Sweets, who had 17 points (on only 6 of 13 shooting, but 5 for 5 at the FT line). He only had 5 boards, but that might have been Chandler's fault; Tyson had 14 boards in only 24 minutes (7 offensive). Skiles is already talking about Sweetney's weight regularly, so I hope he gets into acceptable shape by the time the season starts.
It also sounds like Gordon struggled and Thomas sprained an ankle. Deng played 20 minutes, but I haven't seen many comments about him.
Last night's game wasn't televised, but tonight's against Memphis will be. CSN is airing the game, which starts at 7pm. If those damned White Sox weren't in the playoffs still, I might actually have been able to watch it. The next televised game is Monday the 17th against the T'Wolves.
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The SHORT of it
I am concerned though about the 12 blocked shots and the sudden perception that the Bulls are now unusually "small." Am I wrong, or did we just lose three inches in one player?
getting small
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 12, 2005 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
deng
and yes, we're small now. minus AD (for however long) and curry, the tallest guy in our lineup after tyson is probably sweetney or othella but i think they're both under 6'9".
hey shorty
Sweets 6'8"
Malik Allen 6'10"
TT Tim Thomas 6'10"
Songaila 6'8"
and don't forget Deng 6'9"
Assuming we get AD back, we're still back to the same 3" from our C/PF spot. The rest of the forwards are not really that small.
The real issue is that we have short guards, but that's not really news. We could have two 8' guys in the middle and that won't make Gordon 6'4" (or 6'3" for that matter -- lol).
it's about positioning and reach
by CRG on Oct 12, 2005 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Wing Span
by simplesinger on Oct 13, 2005 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Sweetney
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