Bulls 96, Thunder 86: This is getting crazy
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:25 PM CST
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Print| Pace | Eff | eFG | FT/FG | OREB% | TOr | |
| Chicago | 94.0 | 102.1 | 48.9% | 8.9 | 32.6 | 17.0 |
| Oklahoma City | 91.5 | 41.1% | 20.2 | 22.0 | 14.9 |
As we know, the Bulls have a roster reliant on shooting long 2-pointers, and an offense (whatever you want to call what they do on that side of the court) seemingly predicated on creating those shots. It's been an issue all season, as it's a bad recipe for efficient scoring.
But not in this 4 game (road!) winning streak, since Derrick Rose has apparently decided to become the greatest mid-range shooter of all time. (or, something close to it)
From Hoopdata's charting of shots 16-23ft, Rose hit 6 of 10 tonight. In this streak he's been over 55% from that range, which would be nearly the very best in the whole league. It's an astounding rate of effectiveness, yet it doesn't seem too crazy when you watch. His incredible speed makes nearly all these shots wide open, as his defender is either off-balance or going under a screen trying to compensate for an impending drive. And Rose's form and arc on his shot looks better as well.
(Yup, something has looked 'better', and I've said before that the most important indictment of VDN's coaching ability was the opportunity cost of Rose not having a real coach in his formative years. Now that he's showing this tangible improvement, that's a notch in VDN's favor. Not nearly enough to stay here, mind you. But, if anything, to get me off his back a bit)
The only downside to this incredible run by Rose is that the rest of his offensive game makes it so that this amazing proficiency at mid-range shooting is not only a positive, but a necessity. For the second game in a row he didn't get to the free-throw line once, and in the winning streak (and 151 minutes) has only done so for 11 attempts. Some of it is him still not getting calls, and maybe being amazing in other ways will give him the 'superstar' status needed for some of the more debatable calls to go his way. But it's also his skill actually hurting him in that area: one particular play had him completely cross over Thabo Sefolosha, and with a shotblocker at the rim (I believe Ibaka) he went to his left hand, away from the basket, and flipped in a spectacular finish. One made to look so routine that there was no way he would get a call.
Now, it's better that the shot goes in (and Rose did punctuate his night with a spectacular dunk that saw no Thunder defender want to be the next Goran Dragic) than worrying about contact. But we know the great ones learn how to do this, and it's an area Rose still can grow in. The exciting part is if he can do that, and this shooting streak is not completely flukish? He can make an awful offensive team competent by himself.
Yes, it's all about Rose (I find myself writing like Sam Smith a bit), but as this was a game where the Bulls were nearly always in control, which meant many other contributions as well. Deng and Thomas did a solid job on Kevin Durant defensively, and the slight Thunder frontcourt was abused on the inside by Noah. Brad Miller continues his torrid rise from the crypt, and Deng hit 3-4 from three, Taj had 13 defensive rebounds.
I think everyone is appropriately on guard when it comes to when the Bulls turn in their next bizarrely-terrible loss, there's just been too many this season to have much confidence otherwise. But as it stands now, the Bulls are at .500, and their major road trip is nearly over.
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Deng's corner 3 = $$$
Do we think Vinny is actually telling him to shoot it? Because it’s helping our offense big-time with that floor spacing. Keep it up, Lu, and our offense might be competent!
Thrusting towards the playoffs, one game at a time.
Please keep shooting those, seriously. It helps the offense SO much.
Thrusting towards the playoffs, one game at a time.
i wish i'd seen his rookie year when he took 2 a game
although i wouldn’t have appreciated the low percentage… ehh who cares. a rookie on a growing team….
i sometimes think this team has a lot to recover from in skiles.
"Let's do some living... after we die"
I'd love for them to run a play that the Cavs run for Z.
He sits in the corner while someone screens his guy and LBJs throws it to a wide open Z. Nails an unexpected 3 on a sleepy team . That would be great for Deng.
I drink your MILKSHAKE! I DRINK IT UP!
according to his hotspots
he’s 5-10 out of the right corner, 7-19 from the left. it’s kinda funny, he has only one blue spot – the area just inside the 3pt line on the left side – where he’s 18-56. he’s considered hot or at least not cold everywhere else.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
Bruce Bowen's entire offensive repertoire was the corner 3
A shooter like Deng should be able to knock that shot down regularly.
by drew gooden's facial growth on Jan 27, 2010 11:34 PM CST up reply actions
thats a fine couplet youve got ther'.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
I'm a poet
And I didn’t even know it.
by drew gooden's facial growth on Jan 29, 2010 7:35 AM CST up reply actions
Same with Shane Battier...
That corner three is the most efficient shot in basketball…it is the closest shot with the greatest reward of points…
Thomas, Miller, Salmons, James, Pargo, Gray, MLE, and (there is no LLE thanks to the Pargo signing) will not be here with a Max Free Agent...don't get too attached.
Its also
the same shot everybody took in double dribble, because you could float to basket from the corner line.
by QUINTEN DALEY on Jan 28, 2010 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
LOL
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
It looks like it's by design so you'd have to think he is
It’s about time too
Joakim on whether he ever tried tennis: "I played a little bit. If anybody on the Bulls wanted to play me, I would kick their ass."
You usually get fouled when the defense is recovering
Against Rose they are always set.
Since no one can create a situation for Derrick to catch a pass and attack, his ft attempts are extremely low for someone of his ability. He can’t even get his defender to foul him on the dribble.
That and he doesn’t like contact, a little bit anyway. Yes I said it.
Yfbb, you have no faith yet that DRose is a transcendent once a decade star?
"What are you doing Dragic?!"
huh?
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
is there some stat that shows foul rates
between what you call a recovering defense and set defense? Also how did you determine that he doesn’t “like” contact? Do you mean he doesn’t like being fouled? Or that his instinct to avoid contact prevents him getting to the line?
I very much doubt that data is out there
maybe internally on some forward-thinking team.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 28, 2010 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Its only common sense that when the D is scrambling from penetration or fast breaks, that
the defense fouls more. Its based on watching 1000’s of games.
"What are you doing Dragic?!"
There's lots of common sense that's wrong.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Are the Chicago Bulls finals contenders now?
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:42 PM CST reply actions
One step at a time
Lets win a 1st round series first
"What are you doing Dragic?!"
I mean I am not scared of Atl or Orlando
WTF is Bibby gonna do against Rose? Get torched, that’s what.
"What are you doing Dragic?!"
Nobody is scared of Bibby,
doesn’t mean Atlanta isn’t a damn good team
Metal sharpens metal.
And this guy right here understands and knows what leadership is all about: The coach, the hall of famer......... Dick Butka! George Ryan
The Bulls shrink like a dick in cold water.
i am scared of BOS and ATL, but not CLE or ORL.
and by scared i mean scared of being blown out in 4-5 games.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
In the East we can match up with any team
Then when we get to the finals we will have trouble with the Lakes that’s my prediction
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions
oh, you were serious :(
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, that was a great series!
OH WAIT THEY FUCKING LOST
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:51 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Well, the celtics are contenders for the title this year
and we were inexperienced. It was a 7 game series. Greatest series during my lifetime at least
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:52 PM CST up reply actions
I applaud your rapid development
considering there was a better series just two seasons before. They won it.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:54 PM CST up reply actions
True,
But the Celtics series still was more entertaining, which does mean something.
by Poloplaya14 on Jan 27, 2010 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
Man, oh man
I laughed for days, it seemed like
by Stacey_Is_King on Jan 27, 2010 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
when rose was just a rookie
and now he has taken the leap to becoming a near all star
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:51 PM CST up reply actions
all star means crap
its more sad that your argument is that Rose has leaped to a “near” all star…yay.
Is Sundiata Gaines an MVP candidate now?
by SethS on Jan 27, 2010 10:49 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I read the Bulls were really considering him?
if that doesn’t prove they’re working hard, I don’t know what will to you animals.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:50 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
As the great Winston Wolf once said...
Well, let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks quite yet.
If we could trade for a guy like Stoudemire
then get rid of Kirk or Salmons to clear room for a max guy, nobody thinks Lebron would wanna be on that squad? I mean, that would just be the coolest and sickest team EVER. D Rose, LeBron and Stat, I wouldn’t even leave my house, I would spend the rest of my days watching tivo’d games and smiling like a 16 year old kid that just lost his virginity.
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Jan 27, 2010 10:46 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Rose, Salmons, Lebron, Stat, Noah
Bench: Deng, Taj, James Johnson, Lindsey Hunter, and Brad Miller
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:47 PM CST up reply actions
I'm right there with ya
But something tellls me that lbj is not the kind of dude who would wanna share the spotlight with 2 other stars. Especially with this being Derricks town. But that’s just me.
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
by Yibs on Jan 28, 2010 12:17 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
i think one lebron game in a bulls jersey would swiftly clear things up.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
Doesn't he play with the biggest spotlight hog of them all right now?
You can hate on Lebron all you want, but he’s only been a great teammate.
how could we sign both STAT and Lebron?
Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."
bulls are guaranteed a winning record on a western conference road trip
small miracles are often the best ones
Rose/Paul matchup is going to be sick on friday
Paul is no doubt better and will probably be better than Rose during there careers.
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:49 PM CST reply actions
I'm looking for the Devin brown v. Aaron gray matchup
Though it’s not really a matchup
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
by Yibs on Jan 28, 2010 12:19 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
got to get one shot at VDN
didn’t you guys think it was weird he never took the starters out, even after that final timeout? Who didn’t want to see Devin Brown?
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:50 PM CST reply actions
I was just about to ask why we didn't get to see Devin Brown
I’m in Thailand, and thus didn’t get to watch the game, but I’d like to have seen if he could have contributed a bit.
Did they give any reasons on TV as to his DNP?
He's not had a chance to
practice with the team. In fact the team has not practiced since he got here.
OK I don't know shit about basketball.
by SoulEater7 on Nov. 5, 2009 9:51 PM CST
On the radio
I heard before the game he wasn’t allowed to play because gray still hasn’t gotten to NO. I guess they have both have to report for the either player to play.
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
by Yibs on Jan 28, 2010 12:21 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Vinny said
Devin will get no floortime except in emergencies until he’s learned the offensive and defensive sets. At that point he’ll still be given time slowly until he proves himself.
As far as learning the sets, I guess that’ll take until Friday. Saturday if he’s really slow.
Vinny: "[Thrust] means pace, it means getting the ball out, it means getting your back to the sidelines, it means extending your outlets, it means getting the ball up the court into our early offense with plenty of time."
by runningman on Jan 28, 2010 1:56 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Ha
I think that’s a little harsh, but whatever, still hilarious. Rec to you.
Sadly....through thick and thin....
Upon first viewing, I would agree and was thinking the same at the time
but I rewatched the last five or so minutes and the game really didn’t feel sewn up until the final minute or so. I think we were also seeing the remnants of the mental effect of a blown thirty five point lead on an NBA coach. He still might be a little hesitant to think the game is really wrapped
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Jan 27, 2010 10:53 PM CST up reply actions
yeah but there was a timeout in that final minute
and then no subs. It was weird.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
He has to learn our offense
even though we really have no offense, whatever
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 10:54 PM CST up reply actions
VDN did actually say that :)
(not the part about having no offense)
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
He doesn't know what 'thrust' mean yet.
He can’t play until he gets the lingo down.
by JockstrapNoah on Jan 27, 2010 11:00 PM CST up reply actions
Lol.
During Vinny’s PC last night, he actually took time ton explain what thrust is, though I’m not sure he made much sense. He just spat out five or six cliches.
Metal sharpens metal.
And this guy right here understands and knows what leadership is all about: The coach, the hall of famer......... Dick Butka! George Ryan
The Bulls shrink like a dick in cold water.
VDN is trying to create new cliches
He has a machine in his slick Italian hair.
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
you mean...
he needs to learn how to get the f* out of derrick’s way whilst hovering behind the 3-point arc… one practice should about do it.
See that's where you're wrong
When you play for the Bulls, your job is to hover IN FRONT of the 2-point arc and take shots from the most inefficient spot on the floor.
by Poloplaya14 on Jan 27, 2010 11:41 PM CST up reply actions
totally agree
I assumed he would have gone to the bench there at the end, but if he had we’d have missed out on that sweet D-Rose dunk. :)
"You ain’t as hot as I is / all of these false prophets is not messiahs /
You don’t know how high the sky is / the square mileage of earth or what pi is." - Nas
by Jivas on Jan 27, 2010 11:00 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
the last timeout
was immediately after the dunk.
i thought derrick was slamming that down cause he knew he was gonna be taken out, heh. and then he wasn’t.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
damn...my bad
Was there not an opportunity to sub in the last minute prior to the dunk? If not, I’m either sleep-deprived, or I’m getting old.
"You ain’t as hot as I is / all of these false prophets is not messiahs /
You don’t know how high the sky is / the square mileage of earth or what pi is." - Nas
by Jivas on Jan 27, 2010 11:06 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
lol i already can't remember either
but i remember derrick going off for that dunk and the whistle immediately after and i thought he was gonna be taken out then. there may have been another timeout before that though.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
sam smith said final paperwork on the trade wasn't going to be complete by gametime tonight
and that he would definitely be available for friday’s game but probably won’t play
i'm hot for teacher
I still want to see Rose attack more and get to the line (or make it). The jump shots are going in now, but I don’t envision them going in at this rate the rest of the year. He has been dominating lately, but he could dominate even more.
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 11:02 PM CST reply actions
i think he should keep taking the jumpers while hes making them. i think a lot of great players will keep throwing down jumpers while theyre hot and take it to the basket when the shots arent falling. It’ll save wear and tear on his body to shoot jumpers while he’s hot. Also, I think he has gotten a few more and 1s lately… Im pretty sure he had 2 in Houston and he prob should have gotten one or two tonight aside from those two blatant missed calls on layups he missed early in the game
i will concede that opposing defenses are simply holding their team book clubs in the paint,
but i think the ideal is to make yourself unpredictable; not to shoot till you miss but to shoot to set up rim play, and visa versa. vinny was right after the game when he said rose has begun to really understand when he needs to take over. understanding when to use each of his considerable offensive tools will be another great step in his development.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
I loved the exasperated look
I think it was Westbrook maybe a play or two before teh big dunk at the end in the 4th quarter, where Rose hit another mid level jump shot, and one of the OKC guys looked at his coach and put his arms up in the air so as to say, what can I do? It was so true, the D was solid on him, but Rose is too good right now to be defended.
I hope Rose continues this against CP3, I don’t see why he can’t as he’s stronger and quicker than Paul (though less pure PG)…
Sadly....through thick and thin....
yep, george hill responded the same way; he just threw his arms up like, "WTF!?"
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
they are shooting and scoring well, and rose is obviously the major reason
but there is also this:
OKC 36.9 FG%
SAS 41.9 FG%
HOU 40.0 FG%
PHX 38.5 FG%
that’ll help your transition game and help you win nba games!
"Let's do some living... after we die"
their pace is increasing, its now 14th in the league, but their fastbreak scoring is 21st so
while their defense is good, its not leading to points at even an average rate.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
their fastbreak is pretty poor
they still need to do it though. (thrust?)
even if it only garners an open 20 ft jumper, which i guess beats a contested one with the clock nearing zero.
"Let's do some living... after we die"
It seems to me that Rose doesn't force it on the break
He’s quite content to pull up and get numbers on his side, rather than trying to force contact and get a whistle
on this team thats not always a good thing.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
Mark Clayton of the Baltimore Ravens and Tommie Harris of the Chicago Bears, former college teammates at Oklahoma, sat courtside and each threw an autographed football into the crowd of 17,562.
Tommie Harris was at the game. Did they show him?
Neil takes the fun out of funk
they did on the OKC feed
of course, then they made fun of the bears.
"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"
Aww come on, that's too easy
Neil takes the fun out of funk
by Juiceboxjerry on Jan 27, 2010 11:20 PM CST up reply actions
Now if Tommie would just start showing up for Bears games he might be onto something
by juicewolta on Jan 27, 2010 11:41 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I don't think they realized he was injurred for the superbowl.
They kept asking him questions like what it was like and after it was over they waxed poetic about how great it must have been for him to play in that game.
The oklahoma city telecast had an interview with them in the 2nd quarter
They both were praising Peyton Manning and Tommie Harris said he was at a crossroads on who to root for during the game
by LoveForTheGame on Jan 27, 2010 11:04 PM CST reply actions
did they mention Oklahoma legend Stacy King
I gotta admit, Neil was pretty funny ragging on King’s fallen status in OK
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 27, 2010 11:34 PM CST up reply actions
I was pissed off at them showing
King “higlights” while the bulls were playing. I get it if there was a timeout or something but while the game was going on??
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
by Yibs on Jan 28, 2010 12:24 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Bulls are seventh right now
They are game and half behind Toronto and 0.5 behind Miami.
How important is to have a better record then both teams and be little more attractive for Bosh or Wade?
If Rose and the rest of the team play like this…man…anything can happen.
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.
I don't think it matters as much to Wade
he’s won there, and they have max cap room.
But for Bosh, his team has no opportunity to get as good of a player as Rose.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 28, 2010 12:40 AM CST up reply actions
I don't know how to handle this....... whats it called..?
winning.
I drink your MILKSHAKE! I DRINK IT UP!
It's just so crazy
When we were like 12-18 or whatever that we’d be at .500 within the next 14 games….and it’s not like we were a good 12-18, we seemed to overperform to those 12 wins by the way we were going.
I just hope we can keep it up.
Tyrus looked solid yesterday….which I always like. I hate that I’ve had to write him off….
Sadly....through thick and thin....
There were a few no calls for Derrick
And a couple that bavetta made them inbound instead of shooting fouls.
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
by Yibs on Jan 28, 2010 12:25 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Rose has figured out that if teams are going to trap or clog the lanes he has to shoot over them.
His shooting right now is insane. However I’ve read some things about how Derrick Rose’s play now could effect who the Bulls should go after this summer. I’m not going to try to sound greedy but they need to go after the best player available to them. This notion that Chris Bosh would be the best fit around Rose is crazy to me. Maybe it’s the most realistic but I don’t think you should just settle for Bosh. I don’t think anything had changed. Lebron or Wade and then there is everyone else. I’m not saying Bosh wouldn’t be a good fit but just that nothing should change as to who they target this summer.
The smart teams are going to start realizing you have to double Rose and get the ball out of his hands.(Like the Celtics did to Rose/BG) When this happens everyone else is going to have to start stepping up. For the most part they really have been. Kirk, Deng, Miller and Salmons have really picked up there play along with Derrick. They seem to really be gelling well… I don’t know what it was that happened on this trip but they have a lot of confidence and even when teams make runs on the Bulls they don’t get rattled and shut down like the first few months of the season.
I believe this started to happen last season around the same time. I don’t know if it’s the All-Star break or the trade deadline but this is very similar to last season when Tyrus and Noah looked like Monsters.
I just hope this is something this team can sustain when these back to backs start to pile up.
It’s also going to be interesting to see how the Bulls approach the Feb 18th. I don’t think they’ll get drunk by a nice run. I mean they had to have mixed feelings when BG has dropping threes from Andromeda Galaxy and grabbing his nuts..
(by the way I watched Lebron james nail a big shot in a game the other day and he actually did this.. The Monocle. Of course the feelings were excluded when it came to the owner.
I don't think he can surpass Lebron
Who’s been disgustingly good….
Sadly....through thick and thin....
probably won't beat out Lebron
but it’s awesome that he’s in the conversation.
remember the days of these great games only coming sporadically? and even then it was mostly on drives and wide open jumpers that the defense was giving him. it’s just different now, and he’s doing it on a regular basis. the passive guy from the beginning of the year seems all but gone. the dunk put a smile on my face, not just because it was a sweet dunk, but the mentality behind it. it seemed like he was thinking “fuck this, the lane’s open, these guys are quitting, and i’m throwing one down.” it just made me feel like he knows he’s a superstar player now.
Lebron's
Also been better.
I hate Lebron (though could learn to like him if he came here :) )….but there’s no question Lebron has been better than Rose….
Sadly....through thick and thin....
I know hes better than Rose.
But Rose doesn’t travel as much as lebron does.
Every body travels and get superstar calls, but Lebitch’s bullshit calls and traveling are the most obvious shit that I’ve ever seen. I know MJ gets his calls but goddamn.
that nickname gets more fresh each time!
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 28, 2010 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
For the win?
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
I just have a bad feeling
That Rose ain’t gonna make the all star team, despite clearly being hte best PG in the East over the past 6-7 weeks….
He’s proving he deserves a spot and really should be the starter. I mean every game it’s my mind dropping here, and there….his defense has gotten better, his mid range game is amazing, he’s cutting through double teams (I mean he and HInrich were breaking double teams left and right against the Spurs) and of course he’s blossoming right now.
i was shocked that Durant posted a 28-11 night, that was the quietest 28 I’ve ever seen. I mean I remember every time he touched it thinking it would go in, and he was missing, etc, I remember a big 3 in there, but didn’t see the impact I’m used to seeing from him.
But oh well, this is a fun stretch….
Sadly....through thick and thin....
Durant got to the line 15 times, that's how.
Even on an off night, getting to the line can rack up the points.
I've already come to terms with it
think of it this way: the fact that Iverson is voted a starter means that ‘All-Star’ is a meaningless designation. So I try not to worry about it.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 28, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah I know
I just wouldn’t mind watching it again….it’s been a while, since Wade was first in it….it’s all a joke, but I think if he gets there, he’s closer to getting the superstar calls…
Sadly....through thick and thin....
by majoyenrac on Jan 28, 2010 11:18 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
it'd be nice if only because the Bulls were shut out the entire '00s
deserving or undeserving All-Stars
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 28, 2010 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
I watched this game via League Pass.
It was with the Thunder crew, and they did not show a replay of Tyrus’s block on the fast break against Maynor, or Rose’s dunk near the end of the game. What a bunch of partisan hacks.
yeah its weird, for all of neil and stacys depraved homerism they wont hesitate to give the opponent
the “fastbreak of the night” or the “drive to the hoop” or the “play(er) of the game” if they deserve it.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
that narrator is horrible. I like "classic tyrus thomas...... layup attempt." on the shot he had blocked by ibaka.
"Oooohhh, cat in the wall, eh? Now you're talkin' my language."
not only that
but i dont know if you guys take a look at the nba’s top 10 plays of the night. i usually do to see what else happened in the league… but they had tyrus getting blocked by that one guy with the weird name, and also durant giving a smiple alley oop dunk to that guy with the weird name. the only pla we had was rose’s left handed layup. no tyrus block, or put back dunk, and NO D-ROSE SLAM… fuckin ridiculous.
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
serge?
I’m only familiar with SURGE!!!
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
OMG, i love the scene in part 3.
“that’s Dodi, my personal trainer. she can benchpress 500lbs. she working on exercises to reduce my body fat but i always escape to have a goatcheese. i don’t care. i wear suits.”
we went out for pizza after the game. -dave wannstedt
by BULLieving in Miami on Jan 28, 2010 11:54 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
oh... and...
“let’s say there is a carJACKer. i mean, are you gonna die for you Mercedes, i don’t think so. so you ask him, just like ’i’m going to separate the key from my house keys. i’m just gonna push this button’, and he say ‘OK’. and you push this button, and out comes the brightest, blinding light. he’s like this. (imitates blind person) everyone comes to save you. and once again, you have survived, in style.”
we went out for pizza after the game. -dave wannstedt
by BULLieving in Miami on Jan 28, 2010 11:59 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
the world is against us!
I’m sure the NBA would love to push OKC over Chicago, it makes perfect sense!
Yeah
And the nets got the number 1 play. Terrance Williams over Derrick. There’s some bright people over there.
I'm cuckoo for Kukoc!!!
I think I hate Reinsdorf more than I hate Krause
by Yibs on Jan 28, 2010 8:57 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Don't take personal. Top 10 is always like this
I was always annoyed with the order they put things. Until I decided to think they put the 10 in no particular rank
by JustAnotherFan on Jan 28, 2010 9:09 AM CST up reply actions
You can take a lot of long 2 pointers
when you have the best rebounding team in the NBA. And man, Jo/Taj/TT/Deng have been monstrous on the boards. It looks like those games I played as a kid when there was a guy who was much taller than the others and everyone on his team was just throwing the ball at the basket ‘cause he would take it.
But when you add to it the Rose’s killing hands you know you are on.
Go Bulls!
by JustAnotherFan on Jan 28, 2010 8:07 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
Rose doesn't get foul calls because, theoretically, he's too fast to get fouled.
And when refs sees something that may look like Rose getting fouled, they figure "Hmmm…well Rose could have gotten out of the way if he wanted to, but I guess he didn’t want to. PLAY ON! "
by KentuckyBullsFan on Jan 28, 2010 8:10 AM CST reply actions
Also
He doesn’t bitch to the refs too much. If Kobe or LeBron get touched they stare down the ref to make sure he remembers who they are for next time.
by El Toro de Goro on Jan 28, 2010 2:14 PM CST up reply actions
The crossover on Thabo with the curl to the left hand finish
was a superstar move. I don’t know if I’ve seen Rose make that kind of adjustment to split two defenders trying to block the shot.
12/31/08: Fire Vinny Del Negro.(upd: 1/7/10)
This cracked me up
Vinny’s lone remark in the ESPN recap:
“It’s the growth of the team, and we’re on a good roll right now,” Del Negro said. “We’ve had some lows, we’ve had some highs. [Let’s] try to stay consistent and grow and when you make mistakes, understand why you are making them and get better at them.”
It just occurred to me that I’ve never seen VDN show or infer an emotion. Even Lovie cracks a few jokes during press conferences and smiles once in a while. Your team just won four in a row! You can be honestly happy!
Vinny
Always bites back with Sam Smith….quite often, often sarcastically.
I think he’s generally firey in interviews….with his I am a fighter mantra.
Sadly....through thick and thin....
well his default look is deer-in-headlights
he seemed a bit at ease yesterday, made a crack about Brad Miller’s slowness, and how ‘obvious’ it was that Rose is an all-star.
He’s just a perpetual cliche machine wrapped in a suit. This is a good team for that though.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 28, 2010 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
He may be feeling sort of Tyrus-like with the media
He handles it a bit better (as one would expect from a coach over a young player), but I imagine it’s not a ton of fun to be forced to interact with guys who publicly called you an idiot and speculated on your job status just recently. I’ve seen more than one article critical of him for “taking credit” when the team does well. I really don’t blame any of the guys for being guarded with the media – I think it’s just coming across as unemotional or cliched.
Vinny made a joke last night...
saying that if Miller drives from the top of the key, there better be a lot of time on the shot clock.
But your point stands, because that was the first joke I’ve heard from him since he’s been here.
Vinny was cracking some jokes about Brad Miller needing to start
his drives with plenty of time left on the shot clock.
Metal sharpens metal.
And this guy right here understands and knows what leadership is all about: The coach, the hall of famer......... Dick Butka! George Ryan
The Bulls shrink like a dick in cold water.
If he gets too emotional
it might mess his hair-do
by JustAnotherFan on Jan 29, 2010 8:16 AM CST up reply actions
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