Open Game Thread #11: Bulls at New York Knicks

Blog-a-Bull is bursting with angst, anger and suggestions as a result of the Bulls putrid play.  I am at a loss to explain the lack of energy, the inability to complete and the overall miserable play of the Bulls.  Despite this I will be glued to the TV, watching the Blog-a-Bull Diary, hoping this game makes us smile.

However I find it disturbing that Thomas is in Skiles' doghouse.  If Thomas deserves it, then that is not good.  If Thomas does not deserve it, that is also not good.  The future of this team rests on Wallace retaining his ability, Deng developing his ability, and finding a third great player.  So far the Bulls have had setbacks in all three areas, but it's a long season.

Really curious to see this

I had never seen nor heard him speak, so this was interesting for me.

The Bulls are gonna win this game

I'm trying to imagine ways it could get worse, just to emotionally prepare myself.

(still hoping for a win, though)

Can't believe there are only 10 turnovers, because they are blatant, retarded ones when that've occured. Even Red said "They're just handing the ball to them!"

If they play this bad against TOR, it could be a record setting loss.

Ben Gordon time

You know they're not playing well when Noc is top guy with 2 and the entire team only has 8 assists through 3 quarters.  (To go with those 13 TOs)

I give up

I tried to light a spark with a guarantee but nothing works.

2-9?! Who would have thunk it

The blowouts are painful, but kind of numbing.  The blow-it-lates are just plain sadistic.

Posters who note Joe Smith can't play defense note the same thing I note.  He's never, except when being lauded as another great Bulls FA signing, been noted as a great defender to my knowledge.

Another thing, he's another skinny guy who shoots jumpers.  Part of our rebounding issues are due to the fact that we're clanking so many long ones, but part of them is that we're such a bunch of weaklings inside.

• Noah is skinny and weak and gets pushed around routinely.  Well, not routinely because he's not out there long enough to call it routine, but you get the point.
• Tyrus is skinny and short and weak and gets pushed around routinely.  He looks more and more like a 3 to me who can't shoot.
• Smith is skinny and weak and gets pushed around.  He brings more to the table offensively than PJ Brown did, but PJ had probably 25lbs of muscle and a lot of defensive attitude and know how.  He let Wallace do more of what Wallace does best.
• So that leave Wallace as the only guy who offers any kind of muscle at all up front. And Wallace made his bones as a guy who was a help defender playing next to a bigger, taller and stronger guy who would control the opponent's biggest and strongest guy.  

Of course, it all depends on what the Cavs would take back and what kind of salary we'd have to give up to do it.