Give the Bulls coaching staff credit. Starting Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Thomas and Noah...

Give the Bulls coaching staff credit. Starting Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng, Thomas and Noah means that the Bulls are starting their five best players, at appropriate positions. For those who have been complaining about this for years, it is a wonderful thing to behold.

But you know the coaching staff doesn't want you to behold a damn thing, wonderful or otherwise. It can't wait for Drew Gooden to come back. Andres Nocioni is going to play the fourth quarter at any one of three frontcourt positions he's ill-suited to play. And Kirk Hinrich is probably days away from starting...
This coaching staff is just dying to put the pasty plucky ones (Nocioni, Hinrich, Aaron Gray) in your spots, and you can't let that happen.

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Sorry, here's the link: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Behind-the-Box-Score-where-the-Bulls-are-mixed-?urn=nba,135764#remaining-content

Tried putting both the link and quote in the fanshot, screwed it up. Glad I held KD in such high regard prior to reading the article, or I might have assumed he was just another casual fan ranting about VDN. He sounds an awful lot like us.

by California Al on Jan 23, 2009 10:48 AM CST reply actions

KD knows his stuff about the league, and the Bulls in particular. Love reading him.

by fundamentallysound on Jan 23, 2009 10:51 AM CST up reply actions

A working link

Obviously working

12/31: Fire Vinny Del Negro.

by NBA Observer on Jan 23, 2009 1:25 PM CST up reply actions

this was so correct, I cried

http://awsomepeoplesearch.com/

by NormVanBeer on Jan 23, 2009 11:20 AM CST reply actions

Sorry, Norm

Didn’t mean to turn it into a black Friday for you.

by California Al on Jan 23, 2009 11:25 AM CST up reply actions

nah

it actually made my day. I feel better that at least SOMEONE out there knows the team. It’s a shame when our own beat writers are so far offbase that it’s comical.

http://awsomepeoplesearch.com/

by NormVanBeer on Jan 23, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions

Scary true:

Actually, it might be too late. The Bulls turned things around in the first quarter against the Hawks when that triptych entered for Rose, Thomas, and Noah, and don’t be surprised to see at least two of the plucky ones starting the next time around. After all, the Bulls need that “intensity” and “energy” and “less talent” and “less effective players” more than anything. Because it makes the coaches “feel like [they’re] doing something.”

This seriously sounds like it was written by someone from this site. Not one Chicago writer could come close to nailing the team like that.

"One thing I do know is teams like a lot of our pieces. That's not to say they want to give us a lot of players in return, but I know they like a lot of our pieces." - John Paxson (1/21/09)

by Juiceboxjerry on Jan 23, 2009 12:22 PM CST reply actions

great read

"Kiss my Converse!" - Sho'nuff

by Belize on Jan 23, 2009 1:26 PM CST reply actions

I'm glad someone has talked about the offense

We’re really not that good on either side to say “we need to work on”..cause we need to work on just about everything.

Even when we score its not really efficiently.

by Camry on Jan 23, 2009 5:32 PM CST reply actions

This actually hasn't been the case, amazingly.

Except of course for the Nocioni part.

The Rose, Gordon, Deng, Thomas and Noah starting lineup is now the 2nd-most used five-some on the team. It’s not been pretty. Still, I’d rather them run this lineup out there for 20 minutes a game just to see if it ever starts to work together.

Viva la nuance! Reading comprehension rules!!!

by tyger1147 on Jan 24, 2009 1:35 PM CST reply actions