Quick Preview: Bulls @ Mavericks

by Sports2 on Mar 17, 2010 3:23 PM CDT

Coming off last night's loss to the Grizz, we head further South to Dallas to play the Mavericks. KC Johnson reports Kirk will be back from his suspension but Rose, Noah and Deng are still going to sit out. Worringly, he says Taj's foot acted up, so he's only "probable". Gotta give Taj some credit for playing on an injury that most guys don't play on. I somewhat wish the Bulls would shut him down and not risk more problems, but I guess they're too busy admiring his spunk to think in those terms.

So anyway, this makes the likely lineups:

Kidd	- G -	Hinrich
Butler	- G -	Pargo
Marion	- F -	Johnson
Nowitzki	- F -	Gibson
Haywood	- C -	Miller

Gulp. This game creates an interesting opportunity for Vinny to play his favored flotilla of 6'1" guys against what might be the most oversized and physical team in the league. It's actually not that terrible an idea in this case... they're so physical and relatively slow it might be possible to run by them. Myself, I'd like to see more Acie Law IV, JJ, and opportunities for Joe Alexander to go out there and club people.

Optimistically, the Mavs' last outing was a 30 point drubbing at the hands of the Knicks. Pessimistically, they might be kind of angry about this. They're rested and at home. I don't think this one will be pretty, but it'll probably be prettier than Jason Terry, who's out with a broken face.

But fear not, KC reports that despite the injuries, Coach Del Negro is optimistic:

"We can still play hard," coach Vinny Del Negro said.

(I'm going to charitably believe that quote sounded better in context than it does, all alone, in KC's post).

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play play play play then lose

by jamaica876 on Mar 17, 2010 3:24 PM CDT reply actions

Is VDN our best option at guard tonight?

"Oh, y ahora ¿quién podrá defenderme?" "¡Yo!"

by chapuforyou on Mar 17, 2010 3:38 PM CDT reply actions

Law should

be starting, what in the hell has Pargo deserve to keep starting, I guess he played with the same fiestiness and thrust of Hinrich last night, VDN is just hoping the New Orleans Pargo shows up.

by QUINTEN DALEY on Mar 17, 2010 3:53 PM CDT reply actions

Ben Gordon was supposed to fight for minutes with this guy?

Reinsodrf should have his mouth washed out with soap and water for saying that.

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.

by dakoose on Mar 17, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Vinny Del Negro for ya.

by SoulEater7 on Mar 17, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions

The good news we have another excuse to get boldy trashed

as we watch the Bulls go where they haven’t gone before.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day BABers! Now turn this Island called Chicago into a rational basketball town.

12/31/08: Fire Vinny Del Negro.(upd: 1/7/10)

by NBA Observer on Mar 17, 2010 4:35 PM CDT reply actions

When are the real players getting back?

by SoulEater7 on Mar 17, 2010 4:40 PM CDT reply actions

Nevermind.

Against the Cavs?

“I’m real close,” Noah said. “I think I can go Saturday.”

by SoulEater7 on Mar 17, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

sorry.

I think the plan is to bring everyone back against the 76’ers.

by SoulEater7 on Mar 17, 2010 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Looking forward

to how Kirk leads this team tonight, most likely his game will still be on the milkbox carton while he watches the kid from Guadalupe blow past him.

by QUINTEN DALEY on Mar 17, 2010 4:52 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

and because you said that he'll have a nice game.

It’s been very quite since Hinirch lost his mind. His fan club has vanished.

Luol Deng is a lemon btw. From Doug.

Also, while listening to ESPN 1000, Nick Friedell of ESPN Chicago mentioned that Luol Deng can barely walk on his calf and hasn’t done anything since being injured. While we never know what a player is feeling, he made it sound like Deng could definitely be out for quite a bit longer.

by SoulEater7 on Mar 17, 2010 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions

go figure

this is why i hate deng..and its really not the fact that he’s wack (although i use that word frequently) but the fact that he is , like you said “a lemon”. A 70 million dollar lemon that is suppose to be the #2 guy..ohh wait..i mean #3 guy…ohh wait – after free agency, with Noah and Rose..he’s the #4 guy! What a waste of cap space

by Belize on Mar 17, 2010 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions

You hate a person because of something that is beyond his control (namely injury)?

That’s just low. If you hate a player because he’s not good, that’s fine, and if you think that about Deng, I can at least respect that opinion even if I disagree with it. But I can’t stand people who criticize people for being injury-prone, like that’s something that’s their fault.

Brad Miller is god.

by Poloplaya14 on Mar 17, 2010 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I get your point

and I should be a bad guy for that, but its a complicated hate rooted in the failure of our scouting staff and medical doctors to realize that before they invested in a glass object for so much money and for so long of a period.
If I was a Rockets fan, id hate TMac. Now someone like Greg Oden – different, hes young and he’s not hurting their ability to sign someone. Now if Oden comes back. plays hard, gets a max and hurts himself every year..I would hate that (if I was a Portland fan). But you can always have Bill Walton hope that one of those years your still a good team and can win a chip.

by Belize on Mar 17, 2010 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions