Open Game Thread OVERFLOW #12: Bulls at Portland Trail Blazers

is that official?

can we have other games not count, too?

by KT on Nov 19, 2008 10:59 PM CST 0 recs

What does Del Negro say to the team at the half?

Um, I totally let you guys down tonight in the first half with my bad coaching. Please play better and give the ball to Rose so he can take over?

Argh – That was ugly.

"The whole leverage thing, it's a difficult thing to gauge" -Paxson

by Dionysus2.0 on Nov 19, 2008 11:02 PM CST 0 recs

He was wired on ESPN during TO

he was like:Come on guys!Share the ball!Come on!!!

General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.

by Azabullsfan on Nov 19, 2008 11:07 PM CST up 0 recs

seriously...i know we're down...but you can't come back playing 1 on 5

Gordon and Rose need to take over, but just don’t go shooting isolated jumpshots

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:09 PM CST up 0 recs

Come on Rose, play smart...you don't have to shoulder everything

PS…the refs suck

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:05 PM CST 0 recs

Gotta get to 10

NEW GOAL

by Option27 on Nov 19, 2008 11:08 PM CST 0 recs

we just need it down to 17

so we can come back like every other game

Thabo Sefolosha: His last name sounds like a disease, and his ballgame IS one.

by chibullsfan03 on Nov 19, 2008 11:08 PM CST up 0 recs

Maybe Hughes will demand a trade

We can dream, can’t we?

Why resort to name calling?
-Dionysus2.0

because I wish to insult you personally
-your friendly BullsBlogger

by Big D on Nov 19, 2008 11:08 PM CST 0 recs

Just cause he demands it

Doesn’t make it any easier

by Option27 on Nov 19, 2008 11:08 PM CST up 0 recs

VDN

didn’t even give a speech during half he just looked in the mirror and brushed his bitch hair

by i_like_turtles on Nov 19, 2008 11:09 PM CST 1 recs

Ok ... Realistic New Goal

For Rose to keep his double digits point streak going

by Option27 on Nov 19, 2008 11:13 PM CST 0 recs

I think its fair to say we are def diehards watching this debacle

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:14 PM CST 0 recs

Or masochists.

Why resort to name calling?
-Dionysus2.0

because I wish to insult you personally
-your friendly BullsBlogger

by Big D on Nov 19, 2008 11:14 PM CST up 0 recs

True I don't know anymore

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:15 PM CST up 0 recs

Or have nothing better to do...I'm reading and hoping

by Playboy_Bull on Nov 19, 2008 11:15 PM CST up 0 recs

5 on 4, and the Bulls couldn't score

That pretty much sums up the evening.

Why resort to name calling?
-Dionysus2.0

because I wish to insult you personally
-your friendly BullsBlogger

by Big D on Nov 19, 2008 11:14 PM CST 0 recs

D Rose looked pissed off at BG

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:15 PM CST 0 recs

How does Brandon Roy have more post instincts than ANYONE on our team?

by arjoseph on Nov 19, 2008 11:15 PM CST 0 recs

wow

i cant watch anymore. is it me or does this usually happen when they get on national tv. this is so ugly.

by Sambossanova on Nov 19, 2008 11:16 PM CST 0 recs

Embarrasing

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:16 PM CST up 0 recs

I'm afraid to watch sportscenter now

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:19 PM CST up 0 recs

The worse part of playing Portland is think of who we could have had (or had)

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:16 PM CST 0 recs

But, if we had Lamarcus we most certainly would have won a few more games last year, probably made the playoffs, and wouldn’t have been in the lottery to draft Rose… I’d take Rose over Aldridge any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Don't call me doughboy!

by Khalid El-Amin on Nov 19, 2008 11:31 PM CST up 0 recs

Great, except Roy was the #1 pick in that draft

and I lobbied hard for him, but nobody ever listens to me.

But we couldn’t take him because our backcourt was so loaded with midgets, Hinrich, Gordon and Duhon.

by BigWay on Nov 20, 2008 1:52 AM CST up 0 recs

"nobody ever listens to me"

LOL

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 20, 2008 10:06 AM CST up 0 recs

A repost of a question I asked in the earlier thread

Change one aspect of the Bulls’ organization. New GM, new coach, trade somebody for a specific kind of player — what’s the one step that would do the most to begin to change the Bulls from "borderline playoff team" to "ECF contender"?

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:16 PM CST 0 recs

IMO gm

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:17 PM CST up 0 recs

I can't quite get a handle on Paxson

I feel like he’s got a solid eye for talent, and he hasn’t made any egregious errors (save the corpse trade)…but the Bulls have notably backslid in his tenure in the last couple of years. He doesn’t seem like a BAD GM to me though.

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:19 PM CST up 0 recs

It has to be Paxson

the inability to pull the trigger on a trade for somebody to be a leader for the team
the signing of ben wallace
the draft picks other than rose
he just hasn’t been very good other than rose

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:19 PM CST up 0 recs

Who would you prefer?

I feel like the Bulls’ biggest problem right now is that they don’t have an identity. They may have tuned Skiles out, but at least you knew that he had put his stamp on the team. What are the Bulls right now? Drive and kick with a whole crop of decent-but-not-All-Star guards (save Rose, who is awesome already) isn’t an identity.

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:23 PM CST up 0 recs

How about Portland's GM

They were the dregs of the NBA 2-3 years ago, the Jail Blazers. Now they as much talent as the Lakers, and may dominate for the next decade.

by BigWay on Nov 20, 2008 1:53 AM CST up 0 recs

are inside game is soooo bad tonight...worse than usual that is

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:17 PM CST 0 recs

GM

GM most definently. Can’t fire Vinny after all and the culture change must be from the top.

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:17 PM CST 0 recs

I feel bad for Derrick.

General manager needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow,next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Sir Paxdorf.

by Azabullsfan on Nov 19, 2008 11:17 PM CST 0 recs

Why does Rose dribble into a trap every time he brings the ball up?

That’s basic f’ing PG play. You stay away from the sideline. You bring the ball up the middle. You bring the ball up on the side, you get trapped. Simple f’ing basketball. Why does nobody on our team know how to play??

by arjoseph on Nov 19, 2008 11:18 PM CST 0 recs

Portland figured us out

Throw everyone at Rose cause no one else can do shit

by Option27 on Nov 19, 2008 11:18 PM CST 0 recs

Yup

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:19 PM CST up 0 recs

It's partly Rose's fault, though.

He could avoid a lot of the pressure by staying in the middle of the court. If he draws doubles in the middle, others will be open in position. If he draws traps on the sideline, he has to bail out, and the defense has time to rotate.

by arjoseph on Nov 19, 2008 11:20 PM CST up 0 recs

Not really

Portland’s defense is just working. Forcing him to go where they want him to go.

Pretty much focusing everyone else out on the Bulls

by Option27 on Nov 19, 2008 11:22 PM CST up 0 recs

Forget that

Rose is all we have. Anyone else is on the block in my opinion. I make that known to the league. Pawn who you want. This is going to be blown up

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:19 PM CST 0 recs

Well when this quarter of play is done so am I!

by Playboy_Bull on Nov 19, 2008 11:19 PM CST 0 recs

tyrus and noah

maybe skiles was right all along about tyrus and didnt play him cause he kind of sucks when he gets enough minutes on a consistent basis. Paxson can hide no more…this is all mostly his doing. Actually ultimately i blame Reinsdorf, the greedy owner who wont go into the luxury tax and is over controlling. If it werent for Rose, I might would probably switch most my loyalty to the knicks and start following them.

by Sambossanova on Nov 19, 2008 11:20 PM CST 0 recs

i would rather have someone like dikembe mutumbo than tyrus or noah right now

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:21 PM CST up 0 recs

The only thing worth watching are the commercials with that drinkability girl

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:20 PM CST 1 recs

Bulls mailed this one in a while ago

Gooden just jogging back, leaving LMA wide open for the dunk.

by RogersPark Kris on Nov 19, 2008 11:20 PM CST 0 recs

game recap is scheduled for 12:30

fast forwarded through most of the first half, didn’t watch the second. The Bulls tanked it from the outset tonight by starting two of their worst players (and leaving them there for 7.5 minutes), so why bother ‘analyzing’ beyond that.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 19, 2008 11:21 PM CST 0 recs

*scheduled to post at 12:30

(meaning I already finished writing it)

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 19, 2008 11:21 PM CST up 0 recs

argh

12:15, actually.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Nov 19, 2008 11:25 PM CST up 0 recs

Anyone in Chicago turn to Comcast, Charissa Thompson is on

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:21 PM CST 0 recs

ooh i like charissa...she looks better as a blonde...

imo…she’s better than erin andrews

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:23 PM CST up 0 recs

damn...i missed her

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:23 PM CST up 0 recs

No f'ing way she's better than ea

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:27 PM CST up 0 recs

I don't even have anything to say anymore.

I can’t even bitch anymore about how bad this game is. Now one thing has been executed propery. We don’t even belong on the court. D Rose needs to be on the bench resting. God forbid he gets injured in the “game”.

by i_like_turtles on Nov 19, 2008 11:21 PM CST 0 recs

This should be complete garbage time

Also, are we beating anyone on this trip? No. Why can’t we play the Clips now.

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:22 PM CST 0 recs

How many dunks do they have on the night?

Just wanna know

What to do, with Larry Hughe?

by Rudey on Nov 19, 2008 11:24 PM CST 0 recs

is it wrong to be watching just to see oden?

im pretending the other team is not the bulls

by Orange Juice on Nov 19, 2008 11:25 PM CST 0 recs

Heck

it’s what half of Blazers fans are doing right now. The best part about how well he’s played in his last three or four games is that he’s just scratching the surface of what he could become. Like you guys feel with Rose, I imagine.

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:26 PM CST up 0 recs

Ehh oden will progress alot quicker

if Rose gets weighed down this badly by his team much longer.

What to do, with Larry Hughe?

by Rudey on Nov 19, 2008 11:27 PM CST up 0 recs

Maybe they needed to be shitted upon thusly so!

Maybe it’ll make Rose be more vocal.

by Playboy_Bull on Nov 19, 2008 11:26 PM CST 0 recs

LOL

I’m watching now strictly because I have LMA on my fantasy team.

by i_like_turtles on Nov 19, 2008 11:26 PM CST 0 recs

That sucks, man

He’s been turrible for the last 5 games or so.

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:27 PM CST up 0 recs

What's up with Batum, is he a player ya think?

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:28 PM CST up 0 recs

definitely

he’s still a little up and down, which isn’t surprising since he’s only 19, but he’s got great instinct and really plays team ball. he’s gonna be a great complementary piece.

by shralpster on Nov 19, 2008 11:30 PM CST up 0 recs

I think he will be

He has outstanding instincts for the basketball — his ability to play passing lanes, get his hands on loose rebounds, and bat balls to his teammates is uncanny for a 19-year-old. He’s uberathletic and (mostly) knows his limitations on the offensive end. I’d like to see him shoot fewer threes, but if and when he develops NBA range on his J, he’ll be at the least a rotation player and has the potential to supplant Martell as the long-term starter.

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:31 PM CST up 0 recs

Yea, just from random games i've seen, he looks nice. Always makin plays above the rim

by Juiceboxjerry on Nov 19, 2008 11:32 PM CST up 0 recs

Agreed.

From what I’ve been of Batum [I haven’t watched most of this game], he’s been really good.

by Prevenge on Nov 19, 2008 11:44 PM CST up 0 recs

But now he has the Bulls!

Fantasy totals: up!

by Prevenge on Nov 19, 2008 11:28 PM CST up 0 recs

but...

something good could come out of this like a Hughes injury

by i_like_turtles on Nov 19, 2008 11:27 PM CST 0 recs

Won't matter

hughes has crazy Wolverine -like fast healing abilities.

by RogersPark Kris on Nov 19, 2008 11:28 PM CST up 0 recs

finally a pass on the fast break!

by aznsensation on Nov 19, 2008 11:28 PM CST 0 recs

Batum is going to be good. Many thought top 10 pick and then he fell late 1st.

Derrick Rose will lead us back to the promise land.

In Vinny We Trust!

by DRose#1 on Nov 19, 2008 11:29 PM CST 0 recs

Pritchard is GOD

by Option27 on Nov 19, 2008 11:30 PM CST up 0 recs

He's a genuine guy too

you hear stories all the time on BE about how some random poster approached him and chatted to him about the team, and he’s never been anything except for accessible and a nice guy. Has a few minutes for any enthusiastic fan.

by BlazersOrBust on Nov 19, 2008 11:35 PM CST up 0 recs