because I was thinking the same thing. Without Noah, the Blazers would have won that game and they’d likely be invading BaB for the rest of the year just to rub it in.

What’s the big deal anyway? Paxdork and the suits have re-signed Richard to take up the slack so the dropoff should be negligable especially with the easy upcoming schedule, although I’m not sure how having to waive Lindsey to accomplish this will hurt us in the backcourt. Oh wait, I forgot, Pargo is back with his 6 shooter fully loaded and ready to fire at will, although I wish he’d aim it at Vinny.

As T. Moore noted, the East sucketh, and the Bulls have a lot of home games. I can see Deng and Warrick stepping up but fear Brad will need to have 911 on speed dial if he has to play extended minutes for the next 3 weeks. Even if Richard steps up, wouldn’t this be like going from the street to the sidewalk? His upside is equivilant to my vertical jump. He only averaged 10 points in the “D” league. As nutty as it may sound, I wish we had kept the White Panther now that Noah is going to replace him as the team’s primary cheerleader. I know Rose will try to supercharge his already impressive thrust, but this may wind up wearing him down for the playoffs even if the Bulls do pull through.

Not to wish bad things for our competitors, but I’m hoping D. Wade has to go down for awhile (and then make a perfect recovery before joining Rose next year), that Bosch remains hampered and the Bucks finally realize they have no business playing so well, since they are the Bucks, after all. Damn that Skiles, he’s seeking his revenge and I think he’s aiming right at the “Bulls” eye. Let’s hope Fish reverts to the mean, as in how he played this year for us. Larry Brown believes his veterans should have no problem playing 40 minutes a night, so their wheels may come off as the diminishing amount of rubber hits the road. So far so good for me, Tyrus has been ballin’ and they continue to lose, a win-win situation.

Pessimisticly speaking, I remain cautiously optimistic. Maybe JJ will start figuring things out. He didn’t look half bad against the Hawks and success breeds confidence if he can keep his energy under control. Warrick can score down low and Murray has had spurts of good runs in the past. Before I completely panic, I have to continue to remind myself that this is the East, where mediocrity reigns towards the bottom of the playoff rung.

I always thought he was a good backup C for 10-15 minutes… would def rather have him then Brown sitting on the bench looking all dopey

or come back whenever excess stress (like nba play) is put on that foot.