Preseason Open Game Thread #3: Bulls vs Minnesota Timberwolves
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 14, 2008 7:15 PM CDT
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PrintTough to keep up with all the injuries (those real and those deemed fake by tough dudes), but from what I can gather: Gordon and Ruffin are out. Gooden's back in the lineup, and Noah's back and wearing goggles.
I'm going to be attending the game tonight (7:30, CSN), so that'll be...something.
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anyone have a link to watch the game?
Thank U!
i live in chicago, but my cable doesnt include csn =(
by binhythebull on Oct 14, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
i had no idea you could watch games on the internet like that
i dont need it but its awesome that its possible
by CWhiteman on Oct 14, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
It's broadcasting the knicks game
Does anyone have another link?
Please Pax, don't trade Hughes! Just make sure that he stays injured until... 2010!!!
he didn't practice
so i’m assuming he won’t get to start tonight. Temporary, i’m sure.
He had a death in the family
Smells of the coaching staff trying to placate to the troublemaker Hughes
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh
How on Earth is a death in Rose’s family an attempt by the coaching staff to placate Hughes?
Do you suppose VDN sent one of his assistants to kill one of Rose’s family just to shut Hughes up?
That seems a bit extreme, but if he did, I bet he sent Del Harris.
You miss practice, you get benched.
Or is it something to assure Hughes that his minutes aren’t going to be severely cut.
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Hughes is starting because..because....
I can’t think of one good fucking reason
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 7:39 PM CDT reply actions
Well, T-Wolves are starting Madsen instead of Love
Kinda the same thing I suppose
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions
god that...just...pisses me off.
how is he better than thabo?
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gooden
decent up and under.
Asked what kind of player he expects to be in the next five years, he said: "Not a star, but like, a superstar. Something around, like, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, something like that."
i wish gray got the start at center
i’d rather him get min’s at center and i would also rather have gooden come off the bench
by CWhiteman on Oct 14, 2008 7:44 PM CDT reply actions
and its preseason
i’d rather use to this time to have chunk play against a decent center
by CWhiteman on Oct 14, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That link above is showing Philly - Knicks
Am I doing something wrong? Anyone have a link for the bulls game? Thanks!
they switched it to the Knicks
you’re not doing anything wrong.
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Is Rose even on the bench?
I just got in.
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This tempo is fucking awesome.
Two straight fast break dunks. Awesome.
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Remember when we were all thinking we'd have to draft Love?
Lolz
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HERE HE COMES
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Uh oh, Tyrus.
Great effort though
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Drew Gooden having a nice game
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Is that Larry Hughes passing a lot? What?
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Love the tempo
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Worst screen ever by Tyrus
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He didn't need a screen...as already pointed out.
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if you noticed
Vinny waved for Tyrus to come through and set the screen…Tyrus only followed the instruction…so blame the coach
Oh. My bad then.
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WHAT A FUCKING SHOT
D-ROSE!!!!!
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I wanna see isolation a lot
With Derrick.
Then you’ll see that burst
BTW . . . Sick ass buzzer beater
WTF
stupid ass knicks game is on the bulls stream, i cant see sh!
that feed switched to knicks-
but everyone can listen via the link on the ESPN scoreboard.
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Stooge
has the game on 07 I think
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for the link...
but if I’m going to have to watch the game on the computer I’d rather listen to those guys from the Orlando summer league.
"It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring." ~Spanish Proverb"
by VivaLosToros on Oct 14, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh my goodness...
The T-Wolves are AWFUL. How many games are they going to win this year? Fourteen? Even that seems hard to imagine.
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Oh man...Rose drive, pass to Deng for a three. Nice.
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word
more of that, please. if deng can develop a consistent 3 point shot that will be sick!
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Stacey King is an idiot
Nocioni wasn’t guarding anyone on that pick and roll. The big man has to show to slow the guard down.
I'm already getting annoyed watching Hinrich sub in for Rose
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Goddammit T-Time
Falling for the head-fake and getting into foul trouble!
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stacey is still piping in useless aaron gray statistics
i think this is a start to a new drinking game
too much one on one
thabo hasn’t played well. He is going to find himself as the 5th guard
send up the lob to tyrus, drew
jeez, it’s not like tyrus jumps like aaron gray
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply actions
Tyrus - LEARN HOW TO SCREEN
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Oh, good. My volume is off. Thank God.
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the 1/5 being...
derrick?
Asked what kind of player he expects to be in the next five years, he said: "Not a star, but like, a superstar. Something around, like, Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, something like that."
serious question for the blog:
why do coaches play Larry Hughes? Is it the money, or is it that he can occasionally create off the dribble, his size, what?
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he is the bulls player best able to take his man off the dribble
who isn’t named Rose. that is my best guess.
that's gotta be it.
hopefully that means, then, Rose will make him obsolete.
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Kirk is better off the dribble than Hughes
Kirk just has almost no finishing ability and his smaller size and lower elevation leads to more blocks. Ergo, he doesn’t go to it as often as he should.
Tell me you saw his crossover penetration where he did a finger roll airball. That’s Kirk defined right there.
by NBA Observer on Oct 15, 2008 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions
You pretty much answered your own question
With those suggestions.
Plus, when he’s on . . . he’s on. (Rarely)
And Thabo has been sucking
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Its only pre season but....
doesnt this game remind u alot of last yr…Bulls build a big lead then end up losin it and the game…hope we can finish games this yr…and i dont know y Larry Hughes has played the ENTIRE first half…GO BULLS!!
CHICAGO MANE!!!!
VDN is going to get blasted on this site
if Rose doesn’t play heavier minutes tonight
Are they
punishing for missing a practice because a death in the family?
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i don't know
he didn’t start. played reasonably well when he came in. But its been the Hughes and Hinrich show mostly. I can only hope they have decided to trade one of the two.
It's certainly not his fault
This is preseason, everyone should get some tic… obviously frustrating to watch
Seriously
VDN is trying some lineups out. Don’t hate on him.
This is his only chance to try it all out before they actually count.
agreed.
he has to see what he has with the other guards. Rose is clearly his best guard, he is trying to figure out who is # 3 (gordon being 2).
Agreed as well
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Noooooo!
I came home early from a date for this?!
Poorly played. :(
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Nope.
No VCR either. For tv shows I can just get them on Hulu or iTunes but for sports I’m screwed.
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That just makes it worse.
Why isn’t Rose playing? Why is Hughes playing? Is this Upsidedown World or something?
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Hinrich/Hughes backcourt
is pretty much the worst thing ever. Where the hell is Rose? Are you kidding me Vinny?
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by Illini15 on Oct 14, 2008 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
the only thing I can think is that its preseason
now the coaches know for sure that this backcourt sucks and one of them has to go.
by DangerMouse on Oct 14, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
They both need to go.
And soon.
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in conclusion
Drose >>>>> anyone else on our team
Start whatever guard you want beside rose, but if hughes or hinrich or thabo touch court as a pairing, our team is doomed.
Ben Gordon….please play now.
Definitely need Gordon
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I know its preseason,
but can we boo yet? ;)
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Drew Gooden's pretty much the only thing I like about this game so far.
Larry Hughes’ 3 on 1 attempt to be Chris Paul was pathetic. Tyrus Thomas is still out of control and tries to do his Nene Hilario “I can be a PG too” crap by dribbling the ball up the floor full speed instead of giving it up to a guard. Nocioni is throwing up contested shots. The offense looks out of sync with Rose in(which is understandable at this early stage). Confusion on screens left and right, and moving screens on offense. Aaron Gray looks AWFUL out there. I could go on and on. Dumb fouls, particularly from Hinrich on the hand check with 10 seconds left. The first quarter was fun at least!
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in all fairness...
Tyrus must be frustrated when he’s in a position to receive a lob and instead the passer (Gooden, then Hughes) turns the ball over. Tyrus’s teammates have to figure out a way to capitalize on his athleticism.
It takes a village to raise Tyrus Thomas.
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
somebody
needs to send gooden that memo. stat.
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh I agree
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can we stop the hyperbole talk
preseason preseason preseason
by lampnasty on Oct 14, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
true dat
im confident the bulls will get their act together in the regular season. although i must point out that the wolves shot 81% in the 2nd
that's exactly what i'm talking about
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions
Gooden's drilling those 15-18 footers
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On fire
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Also a poor defender
Jefferson is bad, but he’s better than Madsen.
by NBA Observer on Oct 15, 2008 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Nice take by Kirk
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Which is why
he should stop being afraid of taking it in all the way. A lot of criticism is of his lack of finishing or even trying to. He needs to do more of this.
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"Hughes a miss."
Well, that was dumb.
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he's got to up his trade value!!!
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
missing shots and causing turnovers won't help
i don’t know if anything will help his trade value, we’d probably have to pay someone to take him.
by aznsensation on Oct 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
with like 1 second on the shot clock
he was just trying to find someone to bail him out
by aznsensation on Oct 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
many times from BG,
but this was about Hinrich, it just seems like his decision making has deteriorated
by aznsensation on Oct 14, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
but i dont see
how u can say many times from BG and say that kirk has become selfish
It aint easy bein' Piatkowski
i never said Gordon wasn't selfish, because he is
but Kirk is becoming that type of player as well, and his shot isn’t good enough for him to do that.
by aznsensation on Oct 14, 2008 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions
He is supposed to take it in like that.
It is something he needs to add to his game. It isn’t being selfish. Hughes is an illustration of selfishness. His last jump shot was idiotic.
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I thought you meant his
layup. Just ignore me. I cut a date short to watch the game and I am feeling reeeeally stupid now.
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I look forward to watching Rose play.
And the last game wasn’t televised so I was desperate. Like I said, bad choice on my part. And I don’t have a DVR or VCR.
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i'm not sure
that, what, like 6 minutes so far is “coming off the bench”
He missed practice
and I guess the Bulls are big on benching because of that.
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He missed practice because of a death in the family
I’m doubting that’s the case.
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by Ozzie Montana on Oct 14, 2008 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I know why he missed practice.
I don’t agree with the Bulls benching because of that. The reason he missed wasn’t because he was injured. He didn’t do anything bad. He missed for a very legit and unavoidable reason. Why use the same rules as they have for the above to apply to his situation? The other players need to get used to playing with him on the floor, not someone like Hughes. Getting used to playing with Hughes is a waste of time.
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No one said he was
not starting because of his missing pracitce. Vinny is just trying different options while he can.
I've seen enough of Hughes
to make me wanna Puke. Put Rose back in damn it!
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 9:11 PM CDT reply actions
wow
i just noticed that gooden changed his beard. hes got the jafar look now
It aint easy bein' Piatkowski
i was thinking Mephistopheles
where’s gooden’s faust???
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Right now the experienced voices of Bickerstaff and Harris
are beginning to whisper, “well Vinny, there’s the kid on your bench…he’s young but he’s got a lot of potential…”
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how about
arranging a meeting between tonya harding’s bf and hughes?
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions
at this point
I would take hughes for ben wallace.
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I still wouldn't.
I don’t think anyone actually respects Larry Hughes, so he can’t cause mutinies like Wallace can, deserved or no.
I would do it because
at this point (a) Larry Hughes still views himself as a player whereas Wallace is content to ride the pine into retirement (b) Hughes is bad at a position where we are stacked, whereas Wallace is bad at a position where we’re thin.
Wallace can’t cause mutinies anymore; and the only reason he could in the first place was because he stepped into a sitution where the players were sick of their coach. Nobody’s sick of VDN – yet.
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deng not looking good with the 3 pointer tonight
His stats are as good as Fields -- that's the sad thing
way too much hughes hate on this site
he does chuck up too many shots, but he’s the only person on this team who can penetrate a defense
His stats are as good as Fields -- that's the sad thing
but
the kids wanted to be like mike, while all i dreamed of was being like pike
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I don't remember seeing Deng take 3 3's in a game...
Since his rookie year. Yes, it’s preseason, just an obvservation.
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The good news
is that we know he can choose not to take them if they’re not falling.
"Worker bees can leave.
Even drones can fly away.
The Queen is their slave."
it would be nice if he could add that to his game
and if the defense ever starts to respect his three, he may be able to beat people of the dribble. thats a big if though.
this is exactly
what should be tried in the preseason. it doesn’t matter, so players should be testing the limits of their games (hence why i want to see as many stupid lob situations involving tyrus as possible). if deng could get in 5 3s a game, i would be extremely happy, just so the team would have an idea of his 3 pt performance under (a semblance of) pressure.
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Good - he should be trying them now.
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how do you do a step back move
without putting the ball on the floor? McCants took 3 steps, never dribbled, and than shot a 3. wow
Man, I realize it's preseason but this is tough to watch.
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the preseason should be FD to it's logical conclusion
prod the limits of potential
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for the FD reference
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Drew Gooden's looking damn good, beautiful dropstep
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dude has basically played the whole game
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hes known for his ability to eat up minutes
kind of like a durable starting pitcher in baseball eats up innings…
His stats are as good as Fields -- that's the sad thing
Gooden might be our best offensive player this year
That’s a scary proposition
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Let's hope he plays
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What I don't get about Noah
How does an eye injury affect your conditioning?
Can’t you still ride the bike or run?
maybe vdn is
having a hard time telling if it’s the poke or reefer…
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
heh
i think this is the “could be” answer
And at least in Amare’s case he wasn’t allowed to run. They said strenuous activity increases blood flow, including to the eye which slows the eye’s healing. I would like to assume the same held true for Noah.
something tells me
Gordon isn’t worrying too hard about his roster spot watching hughes out there
what is it
that Hughes does well? I’m struggling to find any skill there
I asked that earlier:
supposedly he got (a) height (b) one-on-one skills
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Have no idea
And he’s played practically the whole game.
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
larry had to get one last bit of garbage in
before the quarter ended.
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Yeah
What the hell is going on here.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
As I sit here in bewilderment
that Hughes is still in the game, I just realized he has no headband on. I guess the ban on headbans wasn’t a Skiles mandate.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:26 PM CDT reply actions
Just an observation
but scrubs are playing really well in the preseason
i wonder
if Matt was leading the boos at Larry at the end there
by kig on Oct 14, 2008 9:28 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Maybe VDN wants to see
how these young guys can finish out a game.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:30 PM CDT reply actions
Man, we fucking suck.
Even Rashad McCants is killing us
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Deng's missed a bunch of jumpers
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He has sucked tonight
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I know it's only preseason
but Deng looks like he did last year.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
twice in a row Rose gets taken to the rack
by a below average player.
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No shit
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Just like that!
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maybe
VDN will just give larry all the minutes in the pre-season and hopefully we wont see him in the regular season
It aint easy bein' Piatkowski
also that guy who keeps screaming "yeah noc"
needs to sent into the same nebulous void where mike north and marriotti are residing at
gotta be skiles
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by Yibs on Oct 14, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That was my theory as well
also why I think BG is sitting out: to give the other guards more opportunities to get hurt.
Kidding, kidding.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
After watching this game
it has become obvious that, other than potentially Rose, Ben Gordon is the best player on our team. And he’s the one guy out of all the other scrubs (Nocioni, Hinrich) that Pax won’t lock up.
Hey at least Kirk Hinrich is locked up! And Noc too! Woohoo!
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This is our punishment for chanting "NOCIONI!"
during the playoff series against the Wiz. Pax interpreted that as fan base resonation.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
i must say
the forsdt playoff game is what 7 years or something. i chanted nocioni the entire game. i am not shamed to admit it
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3 guard rotation -
Rose, Gordon, Kirk.
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wat are the odds
that VDN will get tossed in a game this season? that was 1 thing i liked about skiles.
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Cant make that pass Derrick
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they really
need to work on lobs in practice. this should be an emphasis given the athletic superiority we hold over most teams with the rose/tyrus combo
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Somehow
Noce is hitting some of his chucks
Rose passed him the ball
It’s like putting a silk hat on a pig.
by messwiththebull on Oct 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
just because some of your chucks
hit the can doesn’t mean you should be congratulated.
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Noc needs to move that shot up
His three point range isn’t there yet.
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
NOT TO TOOT MY OWN HORN
(but I said before that with Rose, Noce might be a very good option off the bench at power forward. he’s a very good set shooter, and can run the break. sorry. just had to say it.)
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DERRICK ROSE HOLY TESTICLE TUESDAY!
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Rose finally looks confident out there, AWESOME
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i gotta give props to Stacey
for saying that Rose knows what he’s doing, everyone else needs to adjust to him – so true
i firmly believe
that drose can free the potential of tyrus. both are deterritorialized flows that can channel each other’s potential. if vdn lets them work, it will be amazing. tyrus as a better marion. pick and rolls at the top of the key with tyrus feeding the ball to drose for an alley-oop. word.
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions
Thabo can't take that shot
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gotta fix that
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For anyone complaining about Rose getting his minutes
He’s playing the whole 4th
VDN had a plan the whole time
Deng with another brick
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damn it. we are going to lose this game
Gooden looked good. Rose looked good. Hirnich and Hughes were garbage. Deng was blah. Tyrus is making steady improvement. Noce is finally finding a rhythm. Gray has returned to form. Noah didn’t play enough to judge.
Worst game for Tyrus of the preseason
by RogersPark Kris on Oct 14, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
probably
but he still played okay. rebounded, had 2 blocks, if Gooden and Hughes hit him with a couple of easy passes he has 2 more fgs as well.
by DangerMouse on Oct 14, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
and what i mean by progress
is that he never looks lost. if anything, he seems to be reading the plays better than some of his teammates (Hughes).
by DangerMouse on Oct 14, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
hes got a long way to go
though once we have set lineups and build a little chemistry between players, he can be incorporated into the game on offense more than just say random jumpers from the top of the key.
let's package thabo and noah in a trade
for some sweet low post scoring.
by CWhiteman on Oct 14, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions
I think Gordon will make our offense look quite a bit better at least.
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I wish Isaiah was hired on a good team
we could pull anything
Rose's line
9 points 7 assists 2 rebounds 4 turnovers
really
we’ve seen the offense led by d-rose the first three games, we jus havent seen the defense this preseason
we'll be bad for the next two years
d rose is the answer/truth/etc… a marbury-type who fulfills his potential (though we’ll be left without the choice interview gems). deng and TT will improve vastly because of drose. we need him to hit 22/23 yoa and thenl it’ll be on until 30 at the earliest. the only caveat is that the world doesn’t end in 2012 (as per the mayan calendar).
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 10:02 PM CDT reply actions
It
is starting to look like the Mayans knew! LOL.
I think Rose has much better team sense (remember the spin move he made top of key, not to beat his man for his shot, but to make the bounce pass for Thabo’s wide open/made 3) than Marbury ever showed. But I mostly know him from the PHX days, not MIN.
He’ll be his own type. Incomparable.
im still optimistic for the season though
if we get at least 40 wins and the playoffs, ill be content
do hughes and gooden have a bet
about facial hair???
by tropic of capricorn on Oct 14, 2008 10:05 PM CDT reply actions
Think VDN really wants to win a game?
you can bet he does! Wolves are an improved team, and it aint easy winning games in the NBA.
well he didn't play gooden in the 4th
after he had 20 pt and 9 reb through 3, so i’m not quite sure how concerned he is with winning those games. he has said that by game 4 or 5 he wanted to have a rotation. i expect the bulls to be much more win oriented in the next 2 games against utah.
by DangerMouse on Oct 14, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Before everybody gets excited about Gooden
having a game, realize it’s vs Madsen, Love, and Jefferson, who’s also not known as a defender. (Known as not a defender?)
The weird thing in comparison to Tyrus is, TT will have a game vs DET, but not dominate vs MIN.
Anything on Tyrus??
Many here view him as our big “potential” player.
What are thoughts on his preseason and training camp performance?
I was not exactly impressed by his numbers today…
What the hell is wrong with this defense?
Pete Myers better earn his damn paycheck by getting the roster to get all gritty and whatnot.
"I’m gonna rise up, gonna kick a little ass. Gonna kick some ass in the USA. Gonna climb a mountain, gonna sew a flag, gonna fly on an eagle. I’m gonna kick some butt, gonna drive a big truck. I’m gonna rule this world. I’m gonna kick some ass. I’m gonna rise up, gonna kick a little ass. Rock, flag, and eagle!"
No kidding.
I am hoping it bounces back fast because they’ve put their money into defense and talk about it nonstop. If that doesn’t even appear they are going to wish they at least had offense.
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It starts with the guards on the perimeter.
But even McCants scored by beating three Bulls inside once, after Thabo had forced him baseline.
Point being, they’re not close to working as a unit yet. People here are pining for BG, but I think the D is a greater problem, and I don’t see how the addition of BG helps (though more makes would mean less transition for them. That’s when BG gets me PO’ed: for his shot selection). Addition of the Rook doesn’t help the D either, even though he’s clearly our future star.
Can’t just assume they’ll do it cause they did before. Deng and Thabo are the only ones I see doing the (mostly) right things, and it’s easier for them ’cause of their size. Maybe Noah will help.
Went through and read a bunch of posts but
How did hinrich do compared to say the last two preseason games (not compared to rose or gordon….)? Anyone have a stat line for him? Was he playing the two or the one? Was the starting lineup of hughes and hinrich bad because of hinrich, or more hughes??? I seriously want those answers tsince i missed the game
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, Bullshooter, and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light....
not bad?
only 5 shots?! be aggressive kirk!
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, Bullshooter, and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light....
I saw the game at 2am
okay…just the first half (then i fell asleep, of boredom??) I read the comments here on blogabull before watching the game, and found some of the comments here misleading…
Kirk i thought did a real good job of keeping that offensive tempo moving, the best play in the entire game might have been kirk’s steal and shot put toss to tyrus who dunked it with a great ammount of poise and authority. I especially loved the new defensive strategy which fits in with the high tempo. The pg (whether it be rose or kirk) would meet the other teams pg as soon as the other team checked the ball in. Usually teams dont pick up the pg until after or around the half court line.
THe first foul kirk picked was SO an offensive charge, hinrich definetly beat his guy to the spot. What i liked was what happened afterwards, there was no mopey iowan, he didnt walk around slumping and bitching, instead as soon as he got the ball he ran down and drove at the rim, he got a slight bump, missed his layup but the officials gave him the foul, and he basically shot two free throws and got what he lost on the defensive end right back. THats a veteran move!
Hinrichs defense was definetly on, but you could see it taking a toll on him. I think when rose first got game time, it was after a full timeout, and the camera showed vdn say something to kirk, kirk nodded, and then vdn said something to rose….i saw it as this
Vdn asks a tired kirk, “need a break”
Kirk nods “uh duh”
vdn looks to a bored rose “rose your in”
i dont know if thats true or not but it made sense, with the offensive tempo being as fast as it was, and the defense at least on the perimeter being so tight, it made since for that move to be true.
If i were to just watch the 1st quarter (which is true enough) and evaluate the bulls, i would say i like what i saw, of course how many games did the bulls look good at the half and then die a horrible death in the 4th. Still this thread was sort off in its demeanor, but maybe its easy to say such a thing when the games are still exhibition games.
On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, Bullshooter, and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light....
It's the witching hour's month and we're be haunted
Tyrus Thomas is the reincarnated Eddie Robinson….. I’m now convinced!
I know it's preseason
but the box score shows we used our best players less Gordon.
Ugh!
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