Thomas to start, Rose to sit against Wiz

Sucks for those of us watching the game tonight, but probably the right move

"That's a spicy meatball-a!" - Vinny Del Negro

by Juiceboxjerry on Oct 23, 2009 12:59 PM CDT reply actions

I have a pair of free $110 tix for this game in the 5th row and I still dont want to go...sigh..I hope the hot dogs are good

Tyrus Thomas is really Stromile Swift with a retarded mask on..Think about it Same height, same school, same athletic ability, same sucky ass work ethic, same no real position having retarded statement making fucker. News flash retard. Sloan doesnt like lazy ass jump shooters who have 1 for 17 games. Fuck u stromile.

by drakedog on Oct 23, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions

they are good

but not good enough to heal the massive hole they leave in your wallet…

On Behalf of Sue, Wjb, majoyenrac, Bullshooter and all the other Hinrich fans...Ill keep the Hinrich Hope coming...There will be light!

by piccolomair on Oct 23, 2009 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions

"James Johnson will probably even play some point forward."

Ooh! I think what makes JJ unique is his passing ability, and he hasn’t gotten a chance to showcase it. I’m excited for this.

by YaoPau on Oct 23, 2009 1:01 PM CDT reply actions

And if it means less Hunter time I am all for it!

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by cranscape on Oct 23, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Perhaps today will be the day

I witness my dream of an all 6’8"+ lineup that will dominate the NBA in the year 2070.

by YaoPau on Oct 23, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions

wan't that an 'All Sport' commercial from the mid-90s?

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Didn't the Atlanta Hawks try that for a few years?

"Rest satisified with doing well and leave others to talk of you as they please"

by Bigred15 on Oct 23, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions

The Clippers might've with the Livingston/Ross backcourt

That team was really really bad.

by YaoPau on Oct 23, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions

I didn't know you and Don Nelson were kindred spirits.

by Scotter on Oct 23, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Nelson wants to run a team

that’s all 6’.

I support the Tornado Release [See: Joakim Noah]

by Prevenge on Oct 23, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Nalson played a 6'3" PG at PF last night.

by Noe_Valley on Oct 23, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Getting closer!!!!!

I support the Tornado Release [See: Joakim Noah]

by Prevenge on Oct 24, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Wasn't D'Antoni the guy who said that?

His dream lineup was all 6’8" guys who could shoot from the outside and handle the ball.

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Oct 24, 2009 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions

And play defense...?

That’s Iowa’s Todd Lickliter’s ideal (formerly, and good, at Butler). SF who can handle shoot and defend. Throw in a very good ball-handling PG and a rebounding big man and you’re set.

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by tyger1147 on Oct 25, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

reading Vinny's comments

It seems more like a test for evaulating Thomas than anything else. Maybe they will switch off starting until one of them wins Vinny’s heart.

by diedaily23 on Oct 23, 2009 1:15 PM CDT reply actions

Taj and Tyrus

Maybe they can co-exist splitting the time and starting to match-ups, both have their pluses.

Player: coach Wooden how do ya bounce the ball

Wooden: ups and downs

Player: thanks you are a wizzs

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 23, 2009 1:19 PM CDT reply actions

In what scenario would Taj match up better than Tyrus?

by diedaily23 on Oct 23, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe against PF weighing more I believe Taj has 20 lbs on TT

Player: coach Wooden how do ya bounce the ball

Wooden: ups and downs

Player: thanks you are a wizzs

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 23, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions

have you SEEN Taj? He's a stick figure.

1. Cut a hole in a box
2. Put your Kirk in that box
3. Make some team open that box

by fundamentallysound on Oct 23, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Watch him for 3 years he is skinning but has great fundamentals and is listed at 230

Hey I have always liked TT (except when he didn’t show against ucla) I am surprised that Taj is getting this much time also. But the staff is going to pick who they want and they actually see these guys practice, so I figure they know what they are doing.

Player: coach Wooden how do ya bounce the ball

Wooden: ups and downs

Player: thanks you are a wizzs

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 23, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions

you were so close until you you wrote, "they know what they are doing"

by diedaily23 on Oct 23, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I see you guys don't like your staff, well I know what that is like having Dell Harris for a coach.

Listen as you can see I am not a bulls fan first, but I have pulled for you guys for a couple of years. I was just checking to see how Taj was coming along, I have watch a couple of games and he looks pretty much the same. I don’t feel he should be a starter and he will be good off your bench, for he can spell 3,4, and 5 if you need him.

Unlike most NBA players he is not a jerk and works hard, will give you all he has kind of like Maleak Rose.

Player: coach Wooden how do ya bounce the ball

Wooden: ups and downs

Player: thanks you are a wizzs

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 23, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions

that post alone makes you more qualified than our current coaching staff

by diedaily23 on Oct 23, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks Die have a great day, I got to go.

Player: coach Wooden how do ya bounce the ball

Wooden: ups and downs

Player: thanks you are a wizzs

by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 23, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Good grief. Taj weighted 214 lbs. at the predraftcamp and Tyrus weighed

217 lbs. And Tyrus is definitely heavier than when he was three years ago.

by Scotter on Oct 23, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions

get out of here with your facts.

what do you believe they weigh?

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, I was standing next to Taj the other day.... ;)

In honor of the dearly departed, I declare July PB&J month - everyone raise a sandwich to the memory of Ben!

by wjb1492 on Oct 23, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Lol.

And if you look at this picture from the summer, it looks as if…

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by MPG on Oct 23, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions

His head has 20 lbs on Tyrus maybe.

Because it isn’t in his body.

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by cranscape on Oct 23, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I hope they have an ambulance in the tunnel

because I think hunter is the only guard we have available.

Hunter
Byars
Deng
Thomas
Noah.

i would just use this game and feed noah the ball every time down. Same for tyrus.

I've got this thing and it's fucking golden!

by SoulEater7 on Oct 23, 2009 1:41 PM CDT reply actions

Don't worry! The plan seems to be having JJ playing point forward.

by diedaily23 on Oct 23, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

Unless they sign DeMarcus Nelson for 1 preseason game, and then cut him.

by benhertz on Oct 23, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Yay

“Tyrus has had a couple good days of practice,” Del Negro said after the team’s morning shootaround. “He started for us last year. Let’s see how the first unit does. We’re just taking it a day at a time. Once we get back to practice with our bodies healthy, we’ll try to get into a consistent rotation that makes sense.”

Good to know that 4 years in, we’re still on the carrot/stick approach to Tyrus.

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Oct 23, 2009 2:04 PM CDT reply actions

Right. Reading that sucked.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Tyrus is on thin ice all year with this guy, and if Tyrus thinks it's all good between them, he's wrong!

by Mr Rhythm on Oct 23, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions

So, there's no more reason to fear.

Vinnie thinks TT belongs to the “first unit”, right?

Pargo = Larry Hughes 2.0

by bull83 on Oct 23, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

It's sort of unclear to me. You could parse that comment a few ways

And anyway, you parse the language when you’re trying to get at what a speaker really thinks. I don’t think Vinnie really thinks when he speaks, so I don’t think there’s too much of a point.

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Oct 23, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

As Sports2 says, "I don't think Vinnie really thinks when he speaks, so I don’t think there’s too much of a point."

Exactly If we keep this maxim in mind, thre rest of us will no longer have a need to beat our heads against a wall trying to understand Vinny’s so called logic.

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost. You can still call him vile names.
Elbert Hubbard

by Tyrusmancrush on Oct 23, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Okay...

because my role on this site is to play Polyanna, I’m gonna suggest (somewhat halfheartedly) that a “couple good days of practice” refers to Tyrus staying healthy, competing, and finishing the practices without any signs of injury. He was the starter, got hurt, and they brought him back slowly because it’s the preseason. A low first round pick played well, but by no means spectacularly, in his absence.

The alternative, that Tyrus lost and won his job back in a week or so…I mean, that’s crazy, right? Are the Bulls really just a bunch of amateur behaviorists?

Jesus. I got depressed by the end of this post.

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by MPG on Oct 23, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions

This is ridiculous. It’s Tyrus’s spot, stop messing about. Let him play and kill the ‘internal debate’. He’s the 4. He should be the 4 all season. Commit to him for 32 minutes a game and watch what he gives you. Come on, Vinny.

by Lu Galasso on Oct 23, 2009 2:05 PM CDT reply actions

You did this same routine last year with Panther Power

Replace “Gray” with “Thomas” and you can leap back in time without ever leaving your chair!

by NittanyCub on Oct 23, 2009 2:11 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs

Who the heck is gonna play guard for these guys by the way?

Hunter cannot play 30 minutes in one game, he’s 48 years old!

by Mr Rhythm on Oct 23, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

I think Salmons is gonna run point like he did in college now that I think about it

by Mr Rhythm on Oct 23, 2009 3:42 PM CDT reply actions

The Bulls need to take off their athletic caps and...

put on their grinder hard-hats.

by chapuforyou on Oct 23, 2009 4:42 PM CDT reply actions

At least we won't see Pargo shooting and missing every ball

Pargo = Larry Hughes 2.0

by bull83 on Oct 23, 2009 5:42 PM CDT reply actions

I have a feeling Tyrus will start at the three and Taj will still start and Stacy will overly praise Taj

by Mr Rhythm on Oct 23, 2009 5:49 PM CDT reply actions

This is what makes alot of sense

I think Vinny and the boys are gonna try to use this game to play Tyrus and Taj alot together with Taj at the starting power position. Tyrus will be at the new position that he has a good chance of not playing overly well at which will add more fuel to the Taj over Tyrus argument. I seriously doubt every point guard is out with an injury. If Tyrus has a monster game, Vinny will have alott of decisions to make as to how to start Taj, however if Taj performs well while Tyrus plays o.k at the 3, Stacy and every other announcer will make the call for Taj to start. It’s all very obvious guys, and again, this started with the playoffs last year!

by Mr Rhythm on Oct 23, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions