Bulls sweep the weekend, stand 1/2 game behind Toronto

Don’t forget to wear a sweater.

18 million dollars should never be put on someone! So much pressure.

The Bulls just need to keep winning the games they are supposed to.

A better question would be if we miss on Bosh, would it be better to get Amare/Boozer or Lee + someone else. I say we the former. We can always add more players in the future with our exceptions.

Speaking of future moves though, tonight’s game gave me a trade idea involving Hinrich for a certain Pistons SG. No not BG, but Rip Hamilton. Yeah he’s over-the-hill, but he’s a good defender and doesn’t need the ball in his hands to be effective making him a perfect complement to Rose. If we still have a bit of cap room when we make the trade, we could trade Hinrich for him straight up. The Pistons would save over $20 million over the next 3 years, so I think we could swipe a draft pick or 2 from them in that deal. If we could coax them into giving us 2 top-5 protected 1st rounders or something like that, I’d pull the trigger on that.

Tonight he shot 40% (8-20) putting up 19/6. I’m sure this doesn’t tell the whole story, but it doesn’t compare well to his opponent D.Wade putting the team on his back for the victory. Just because Bosh says he wants to be recognized as a franchise player doesn’t make him one.

I think the max-contract thing is distorting people’s perceptions of the quality of players somewhat. LeBron and Wade are on a different tier than Bosh. If you forget about the dollar signs and consider what they do for a team, Bosh, Boozer, Amare or even Lee are not drastically far apart…even if Bosh leads the pack.

*Don’t reach for the pitchfork yet. By this I mean that I think talent-wise Bosh compares closer to these guys than he does to Lebron or Wade. Think of it in terms of planet sizes…if LBJ is Jupiter and Wade is Saturn, then Bosh is Uranus.

Of those three, which are viewed through a “franchise player” scope like Bosh? Amare lost that tag a while ago, and it’s pretty obvious he’s a dominant offensive force who can’t defend or rebound and has had injury concerns of his own. Boozer is a great PnR partner who’s flaked out on his teammates due to contract distractions and has injury concerns. And Lee has put up great numbers on teams that were out of the playoff running by January every season.

This backlash is odd for a number of reasons. First of all, Bulls fans are acting like it’s a foregone conclusion we will get whoever we want. Second, no one has ever claimed Bosh to be perfect. He has pretty obvious flaws to his game, but if you’re going to be shelling out big money I’ll take the most consistent player out of the pack. LeBron/Wade is out of reach and frankly any time the Bulls spend pursuing either is a waste.

Boozer won’t sign for much less than the max. Since we don’t get MLE, we will have no way of signing manu (not that he’d sign for that little anyways).

Also, who cares what Bosh has won?! Six seasons without winning anything, who does this sound like? Kevin Garnett didn’t win a playoff series until his eighth season (in which he won the MVP). He then went to Boston and won a championship. What you’ve won is relatively meaningless. Plenty of great players never won a championship because they had to go up against the Lakers’, Celtics’, or Bulls’ dynasties. it doesn’t mean that Bosh wouldn’t put the Bulls much, much closer to winning a championship.

Bosh is a top 5 rebounder and top 10 scorer in the NBA. That’s freakin good.

this from the “bad character” guy, while (good guy?) bosh has been bitching out his team and “shrinking”.

granted, his team isn’t as good….

Any of these guys improves the team, but then again, signing the wrong guy could doom the team to mediocrity for quite some time.

“What’s Dumars going to do when 2 years from now he has a roster of Ben Gordon, Austin Daye, and Charlie Villanueva?”

Warrick only got 4 minutes the remainder of the game

with some actual facts concerning “Amare>>>>>Bosh”?

Amare has proven himself befor, but not only is Amare older, but he has worse knees than my Grandmother at this point and he isn’t a back to the basket player. Boozer is good but also old, ouchy and hasn’t actually had “HISTORICALLY GREAT PRODUCTION” in the playoffs. You put Bosh with Noah and you have one of the best 4-5 combos in the league. Also, Bosh has never played with someone remotely close to Nash/Williams or on the caliber of teams they have.

Because it will be the Knicks.

who’s the free-agent equivalent of Vinny Del Negro?

I don’t get it either. I’d start the parade for Gar Paxdorf if they landed Bosh. Heck, I’d even send a nice card if they signed Joe Johnson, even if it cripples us long-term. I just want to see a better team, fortheloveofgod.

I am shocked by what happened the last few days. I saw the end of the Toronto – Denver game and that finish was a Bulls’ miracle. Toronto should have won that game. Bosh missed a critical free throw and Carmelo Anthony missed the game winner with about 5 seconds left in the game. The rebound bounced into multiple hands and was saved by Denver. I do not know how so much happened in this 5 seconds. I do not know who got the rebound but he passed to Billups with about 2 seconds left. Billups saw Carmelo waving across the court. Billups had the intelligence and guts to pass the ball even though time was running out. Carmelo got it and shot immediately. Game over! If we make the playoffs that game will be remembered as a turning point.

besides, that screams ‘fake’ given the adequate syntax.

His response would have been something like “That was, uh, a huge win, uh, for us. But we gotta maintain like that, uh, against Phoenix.”

I want the Cavs…i need the cavs…if we give em 2 games of pure hell, that would be awesome

They’ll be like those cute 8th seeds that always tried to give the Bulls trouble. There’s always that one game where the young team is up in the 4th quarter, then LeBron scores 20 straight and takes a dump on Jordan’s statue.

Meaning, Rose, Noah and Deng playing 40+ a game. The Cavs aren’t as good as they were last year but they still would win.

I’d have to think they’ve decided he’s gone, regardless of how they perform in the goal of a pretty meaningless playoff appearance. If they are in fact waiting on that as a way to decide…my god we stink.

…i welcome it with open arms. Our backcourt play would be ridiculous, but WHO would our big guys be on the receiving end of those passes? That’s why if i was up to me to choose where the Bulls improved FIRST, it would be our frontcourt, and the player i’d go after with reckless abondon is Amare Stoudimire. Damn Bosh, i like Chris an’ all, but i don’t think his play compliments Joakim’s energy and movement in the lowpost. Hell, i like Carlos Boozer more than Chris Bosh. He just doesn’t have that TOUGHNESS, IMO- that Amare and Boozer posess. But strengthening our frontcourt, to me, is a bit more important than our minor backcourt issues at the moment.