Wish List Updated

by cubbybear on Mar 5, 2007 5:17 PM CST

I made a post of things that I wished would happen, and it's weird, but a few of those have come true in the past few weeks:

Specific ones:
* Luol Deng has 35 pt game
He did almost that. He hadhis best game ever maybe on 2/23/07, with the following line:
39min 13-22FG 6-6FT 11reb 2PF 32pts
I would say the 11 reb makes up for the 3 missing points.

* Ben Gordon plays all 48 minutes
He played 47 last night. 47/53 minutes is pretty good, and his career high makes the missing minute, well, minute.

* Wallace getting some energy and 20+ rebounds
He didn't get 20reb, but against Cleveland on 2/22, he had 19 and really helped us win the game with the following line that doesn't capture all he did:
44min 6-8FG 2-2FT 9OREB 19TREB 5AST 2STL 7BLK 14PTS
9 OREB? That's ridiculous! 7 BLOCKS? Also ridiculous. I think he's getting more comfortable here. If only he can understand that his knees do in fact work like hinge joints.

* Knicks losing every damn game
Not working right now, they are around ~10th worst team in the league.

* Tyrus to start for a while
With PJB out, this may happen. He is actually earning his playing time. My guess is that BW gave him a talking-to after his Dunk contest comments.

* Thabo to not throw the ball away
Since my post, he's done the following:
.7TO in 88min, for rate of 2.2To/40min

* Duhon ridin the pine, he's not the future of this team
He has been getting less since Kirk, Deng and Gordon have heated up, but he's playing alright, and will play less as they play more.

* Bulls get 1-3 seed
They have to be the best team not to win a division to do this, and better than one of the division winners as well. They are currently battling with Cleveland for this dubious distinction. Jury's still out, and thank G-d so is Dwayne Wade.

UPDATE: TO SATISFY THE HINRICH FANS OUT THERE:
* Kirk Hinrich gets a triple double or scores 40
We all want Kirk to look for his shot more, and look to handle the ball more generally, and he needs a breakout scoring game to remember what it was like to be a scorer first.

Poll

Will the Bulls get a 1-3 seed?

Yes

30 votes

No

7 votes

I'd rather get the 4 seed and see Duhon ride the pine.

5 votes

42 votes | Poll has closed

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No Hinrich

No wishlist for hinrich to achieve...something? ANYTHING??? Ah..i suppose its because hinrich needs no improvement...well said

hinrich fan over and out

im trying hard to become the next kirk hinrich, therefore im doing nothing more than being the next chris duhon.

by piccolomair on Mar 5, 2007 5:51 PM CST reply actions

editors note

I did some formatting to remove the duplicate text. Tread lightly in that 'extended copy' box!

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 5, 2007 5:54 PM CST reply actions

Yeah

Sometimes I wonder why that exists

Deng, he's good!!!!!!!!!

by cubbybear on Mar 5, 2007 8:36 PM CST up reply actions

I so hate

the playoff seeding format.

Don't Underestimate Matt's Brilliance

by Colossus @ Blog a Bull on Mar 5, 2007 6:05 PM CST reply actions

Me, too

Why not just let all division winners make the playoffs, then seed them accordingly, by record? Why does Toronto deserve home-court over Chicago (as it's currently set)? Because they play in a weaker division and still have a worse record? BAH!

by bleargh on Mar 5, 2007 6:27 PM CST up reply actions

Actually....

Chicago would have home court advantage. The seeding doesn't matter for that, just record.

Don't Underestimate Matt's Brilliance

by Colossus @ Blog a Bull on Mar 5, 2007 7:14 PM CST up reply actions

Oh. I retract my statement!

by bleargh on Mar 5, 2007 8:01 PM CST up reply actions

Reply

"let all division winners make the playoffs"

16 teams in the East. 8 make the playoffs. It would be pretty sad if four of the teams in the same division were in the bottom half of the conference. This year, until the Raps woke up, that was close to happening.

Deng, he's good!!!!!!!!!

by cubbybear on Mar 5, 2007 8:38 PM CST up reply actions

15 teams in the east

by milesgmsu on Mar 6, 2007 1:27 PM CST up reply actions

im gonna have to disagree about deng's best game,

i think that belongs to the cleveland game he had at home(i remember it was during christmas break).

he was his stat sheet :

32 pts from 15-19 fgm-a, 6 boards, one assist, and slapped the shit out of the ball from lebrons hands for a break-away layup

it was the best performance ive seen of him(but then again, i don't get many bulls broadcasts in pennsylvania)

WE ARE... PENN STATE

by NittanyBull on Mar 5, 2007 10:21 PM CST reply actions

One more to your wishlist

I wish that Ben Gordon didn't trip and fall on every other possession. I'd think a guy with such a low center of gravity would be able to stay upright more often.

This perfectly captures what I'm talking about.

A few additional things this picture brings up to me:

It's heart-warming to see Skiles lending Ben a hand
Gordon is jacked... is he equivalent to Big Ben in terms of pound-for-pound jacked-ness?
I wonder how fast Ben runs the 40?

by paxson43 on Mar 6, 2007 3:00 PM CST reply actions