Random Thoughts On The Bulls So Far.

·         I am man enough to admit when I am wrong. I am now officially part of the Derrick Rose fan club. It’s not that I didn’t like him before, it’s just that I wasn’t convinced that he would great. Five games into the season and Rose looks to be the best player to enter Chicago since you know who.

·         The offense reminds me of intramural , and pick up game offenses. Everyone takes a turn attacking the basket or launching some crazy contested jumper. I like freedom in the offense as much as the next guy, but VDN needs to crack down on these guys and tell them what their roles in the offense are.

·         When Rose gets the ball in the open court, players need to be sprinting down the court to catch up. Whenever Rose takes off, it seems like he’s the only Bull getting down the court. Maybe its because he’s faster than everybody else. Personally, I think it’s because they are either watching to see what he’s going to do, or it’s because they are lazy.

·         We have exactly to finishers on the team, Rose and Gordon. They need to be playing together as much as possible because they will make each other’s games easier. That being said, I would like to see Ben play off the ball more, but I believe that will come when Ben begins to trust Rose to get him his shots.

·         It’s disturbing to me that I have not seen Thomas unleash a particularly nasty dunk on anybody yet. He had a nice lob in the first game but nothing since then. He is playing soft, his shooting percentage was never that good, but he made up for it because he always got fouled trying to poster somebody.

·         I’m scared to death about what’s going to happen when Hughes comes back. I have the horrible nightmares about Hughes starting, and Rose standing in the corner waving his hands while Hughes tries to go one on five. Then another where VDN goes to a uber-small lineup featuring Thabo at C (because you know, he’s tall) and Hughes at PF. (On second thought I like that lineup, maybe Hughes and Thabo would get injured banging with people twice their size.)

·         VDN needs to put a shock collar or something on Gooden. That way when he takes a shot 2 feet inside the 3 point line VDN can shock him. Because it’s obvious that his 1.2% shooting percentage from that distance is not deterring him.

·         I would love to see the plus minus numbers for when Thabo is playing SG and when Gordon is playing SG. Ben just dropped 31 on the Cavs, and I’m pretty sure he scored on his man a lot more than his man scored on him.

·         I am getting tired of hearing about how the Bulls need a low post scorer. I know they need one, you know they need one, so why does every Tom, Dick and Harry need to say it all the time. I guess because it is easier then saying that what the Bulls really need is someone that cannot be consistently stopped one-on-one, and creates nightly mismatches.

I’ve got more, but nothing that could be turned into a coherent thought.