Chicago Bulls NBA Blogger Preview (2010-11 Season)
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 28, 2010 9:57 AM CDT
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Bulls should be a lock for 50+ wins
Only real potential problem I see is if both Boozer and Deng go down for long periods at the same time.
They probably will end up playing around 60 games, and as long as they are good to go in the playoffs, Bulls could potentially challenge to at least the conference championship, where Godzilla will probably be waiting.
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by RogersPark Kris on Sep 28, 2010 10:01 AM CDT reply actions
poor Ronnie Brewer
cant even get into the picture
I vote for Thomas to play, play more and play regularly.-Sam Smith
someone has to hold the camera
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 28, 2010 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 8 recs
i predict we finish third behind the florida teams
That’s if we have absolutely no injuries
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
Bulls can absorb injuries
Pretty much every team in the NBA can deal with injuries and still hit their wins mark. If Boozer misses 5-10 games … a Taj and Noah front court works fine ( for regular season games). Korver and can fill in for Deng for 5-7 games.
I don’t see a situation where they survive a stretch without Derrick or Noah.
addendum
reason I am optimistic about playing through injuries….with a good coach ( which I think Thib is) your injured team just has to beat the injured team you go up against.
No greater example than last years Milwaukee Bucks. Without Bogut and Redd, Skiles had that team beating equally injured or healthier teams down the stretch because he out coached most of the idiot coaches in the NBA.
and John Salmons played out of his mind.
It’s funny that Bucks fans are expecting similar production out of him this year.
Teams without Chapu lost 1173 games during the 2009-'10 season.
Salmons played the same as he did for us the year before essetnially
The reason he didn’t do that in CHicago is that we in VDN’s system wanted him to spread the floor first, drive second because we had Deng out there at the more ideal with our structure system.
THey had guys like Illyasova and well Jennings even though post mid Dec he couldn’t shoot….still after that 50+ pt game folks were geared, etc to spread the floor a bit.
Salmons reverted back to his drive game and a few drives opens him up for a shot, which makes him more effective.
In the way we were structured he would have been much better at the 3 in Del Negro’s “system”…..on O.
2010-2011: I put the Scottie-Barkley Rockets feud curse on the Wade-James-Bosh trio.....
Bucks blog is predicting 50 wins
http://www.brewhoop.com/2010/9/27/1713737/milwaukee-bucks-preview-2010-2011
you let us down yfbb
by Basketball Smurf on Sep 28, 2010 10:24 AM CDT reply actions
brandon jennings must be writing that blog now
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
The backup center is ....
Drew Gooden.
Backup PG is Keyon Dooling.
I’m guessing 41 wins for Milwaukee. I think thats optimistic for them.
by JockstrapNoah on Sep 28, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
i always thought dooling was a good backup?
Weret a lot of people here wanting him for our backup?
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
He was actually pretty good
But I know was hurt most of last year and perhaps a piece of th eyear before.
What’s he though 32/33? He’s not bad as a backup when healthy if he can get to his former self again.
2010-2011: I put the Scottie-Barkley Rockets feud curse on the Wade-James-Bosh trio.....
Huh??
They 46 with Bogut going down towards the end of the season. LAST year. Now they’ve got Salmons for a full year and they’ll barely get to .500?
by Stacey_Is_King on Sep 28, 2010 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions
One year is not indicative of a trend.
By that logic the Hinrich lead Bulls would never have fallen off the way they did.
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Sep 28, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
but these are all predictions
And those bulls were predicted to be good the following year. Most of these are based on the previous season and based on that alone there’s no reason to believe they can’t hit at least 45ish wins
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
So the smart thing to do is go i nthe opposite direction?
That makes sense.
by Stacey_Is_King on Sep 28, 2010 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't recall saying that
But I don’t think it is any smarter to just assume that they will build on a single successful season unless you can accurately forecast how all of these players will play. Not unless you can prove that Jennings will build on what he did last year and if Bogut will return to form after the injury and that Salmons will stay the course he started with at Milwaukee last year. Based on the personnel and their history (those who have relevent history) I would not assume that they would improve at all.
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Sep 28, 2010 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
They had Gadzuric and Thomas
last year as bigs off the bench. Now they have Drew Gooden, thats got to be a step down. Salmons is tough but he has to share the ball with Maggette. Ridnour was huge for them last year, and he’s gone to Minnesota. Their starting 5 is good but I don’t see them having the depth they did last year.
by JockstrapNoah on Sep 28, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
how is that a step down?
Gadzuric and Thomas both blow. Gooden may be a space cadet but he can produce.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 28, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
you lose two inches!
thats about the only advantage they had but yes i agree gooden is an upgrade for them
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
I guess its the lack of any 'center' other than Bogut that has me
looking at Drew Gooden as a downgrade. He’s a productive player and a great rebounder, but also a ball stopper and he’s never been known as a great defender as a power forward (106 defensive rating the past couple of years with 4 teams). Looking at 82games he did have some minutes at Center last year and was generally outperformed by his opponent.
Gadzuric and Thomas are both old and have declined but at least they both have a defensive rating of 100, which fits my image of them as defenders first, then offensive players.
The four 6-10 and better players for Milwaukee are Gooden, Bogut, Larry Sanders and Illyasova. We can’t say what Larry Sanders will do, but for the other three than only one offering any interior defense is Bogut. After him the defense is thin and small for the Bucks.
Gooden is a better player than Gadzuric and Thomas, but what he brings is offense but he’s not going to get touches on offense based on who he’s playing with (Jennings, Salmons, Maggette, Illaysova, etc).
by JockstrapNoah on Sep 28, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
with a 7'6" wingspan, Larry Sanders is a legitimate center
Gadzuric and Thomas were both worthless for the Bucks, which is why they went small with guys like Moute and Ilyasova playing down low when Bogut went out.
Jennings/Dooling
Salmons/Redd/CDR
Delfino/Maggette/Brockman
Ilyasova/Gooden/Moute
Bogut/Sanders
The last problem that team has is depth.
by darksmokepuncher on Sep 28, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was definitely being hyperbolic
by saying 41 wins, 50 wins is optimistic for them, but if Sanders turns out well for them I can see that helping a lot. Jennings is a wild card too, in the same way that Rose is. The amount of improvement he makes this year will affect Milwaukee’s fortunes big time.
by JockstrapNoah on Sep 28, 2010 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I completely agree.
I honestly think barring serious injuries or Skiles driving the Bucks to insanity that both teams will be neck and neck.
On a somewhat related note, I saw Jennings around town (milwaukee) the other day. It doesn’t look like anyone told him to try lifting a weight every now and then….
by darksmokepuncher on Sep 28, 2010 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Hollinger is picking the Bucks over the Bulls.
by JockstrapNoah on Sep 28, 2010 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions
and picking the blazers and spurs over the thunder
The name of the team is ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS - "I tried to convince them that what they were doing was an aberration, an imbecility, a stupidity without name"
Gooden's not a bad pickup for them short term
He’s a great backup PF who can play an occasional C time well. He will have a monster game every so often in between the space cadet games.
2010-2011: I put the Scottie-Barkley Rockets feud curse on the Wade-James-Bosh trio.....
gooden's a pile of crap and nobody can convince me differently
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
their depth is far better than last year
the only real loss is Ridnour.
As yfbb already stated, Gooden is a definite upgrade over Gadzuric and Thomas.
Given Skiles’ penchant for defense, I don’t see him benching Delfino for Maggette. So their starting five is the same as last year and they add Corey Maggette and CDR to their bench for offense. They are better off than they were last year.
by darksmokepuncher on Sep 28, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Our backup center is Kurt Thomas
And our backup PG is CJ Watson.
Edge: Bucks
Pat Riley is the devil.
I wonder what the total wins predicted is for the SBNation blogs.
Are all the previews up today? I’m guessing the average record is like 44-38.
Pretty well written and, overall, pretty balanced.
I’m guessing that the lack of realism from other bloggers’ predictions about their own teams tempered your own prediction for the Bulls?
That, and the fact that your vibe is one of caution more than unbridled optimism. After all, where’s the opportunity for analysis in having a blog of unbridled optimism all the time?
"It’d be ridiculous to hate someone for simply what they say in a sports blog. But I greatly dislike every syllable of your angst-filled, smarmy, nondescript, half-assed, elitist-garbage responses." –Rogerspark Kris
Good preview
but what’s Boozer holding in that pic?
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It's his "celebration" on becoming a Bull.
Ben Gordon style.
by windycitywarrior on Sep 28, 2010 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll echo the "well written, balanced" sentiment.
I couldn’t agree more that the Bulls should be a better playoff team than their season record may indicate. Just a gut feeling though.
I just had a dream last night
The Bulls won the NBA Championship. It was amazing! :D
But unfortunately I woke up… (True story, and yes it’s the first time I ever dreamt about the Bulls…)
I stick by my prediction that The Bullies will win the Central and beat the Bucks by 5-10 games.
so when can we start signing up for game previews?
or is our team to bigtime now to have us measly bloggers writing about them on this most prestigious of basketball blogs? i got about three months of frustration at the hands of Heat fans to spew onto a typepad. i got dibs on the three Heat games.
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by BULLieving in Miami on Sep 28, 2010 12:39 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
ill take the denver ones
And tyger can get the memphis ones
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
and wjb could do the wizard ones
I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!
i just want a bit of a hinrich bias in there
and wjb is the most neutral (or respected i suppose) of hinrich fans…or something like that…shes generally good at game previews
I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!
That was all just a ploy to make yfBB appear unreasonably harsh ;)
I hope we get to do game previews again – they’re generally a blast to write.
I’m a bit partial to the games where the Bulls are huge underdogs, though, and I’m counting on not having very many of those this season.
good question.
maybe I’ll get the ball rolling for preseason. I certainly don’t want to write previews for those.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 28, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
My 76ers previews will be logical and accurate.
Teams without Chapu lost 1173 games during the 2009-'10 season.
by chapuforyou on Sep 28, 2010 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
please actually write them
"Sportsmanship is just loser talk for losing."
by boyonthedock on Sep 30, 2010 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
My previews will only tangentially have to do with basketball!
woooooo!
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
You and me both.
Teams without Chapu lost 1173 games during the 2009-'10 season.
by chapuforyou on Sep 28, 2010 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
What is the patch just above the right breast on the jersey?
Right to the player, left to the viewer.
I can predict the future using Norm Van Lier's crystal balls.
"Sam has a tendency to denigrate reports coming from any reporter who didn’t also cover the day Naismith first put up the peach baskets." - snley
i mentioned it in the other thread
its a patch commemorating the 20th anniversary of our first title.
sad huh? we’re still hanging onto a title from two decades ago
This may go down as the most retarded decade in NBA history.
This city tends to do that
See Chicago Bears.
Doesn’t seem very moral to me. Might as well take Satan’s autograph while you’re at it. - N.C.
The 3-0 Chicago Bears!
it is so frustrating that the best place to chat about the bulls is dominated by a whiny drama queen moderator with a man crush on an average SG......6 recs
by BigforkBullsFan on Sep 28, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
according to basketball reference's Win Shares stat the new guys are worth 8 more
wins than the guys who left. so if you believe in point differential more than raw win-loss totals, Win Shares has the bulls winning 44 games this year. id buy 44 before id buy 50 with this team, i know that much.
"If I was to answer that question honestly, I would have to lie to you."
- Isiah Thomas, when asked if any teams were interested in trading for Shandon Anderson
I think most people are expecting Rose and Noah to improve and add a few wins
Maybe even Deng if he can really add that 3 point shot.
I think the Bulls are going to be a solid team, but...
one area I feel they’ll struggle with is early offense. I don’t think they have the shooters to realize the potential of transition 3s.
That being said, they’re going to rebound well, and they have the legs and skill to push the ball in transition. They’re equipped to consistently dictate tempo.
In the halfcourt, I don’t think they have the ideal configuration of shooters, but Noah and Boozer will help space the floor. Brewer and Deng should be pretty involved in the offense, as they’ll need to cut. As Noah and Boozer are pretty good passers, the wingmen should see some decent success. The Rose/Boozer screen game should be their bread-and-butter
I think Deng will have a really good season. He may not have ideal range, but he’s a good mid-range shooter and I look for him to be kind of like a limited Ray Allen, using screens and curls to free himself up for good looks.
I look for the bench to look for early offense(transition 3s with Korver and Watson), but not force the issue over all. Generally, the tempo is going to be a bit slower. Defensively, I expect them to emphasize transition D. So, expect Gibson and Kurt Thomas to set picks up top, instead of setting up down low, and sprinting back down the floor instead of crashing the offensive glass.
"I've hacked into your brain. You're throwing a party and no one's showing up."
I can just see Garpax faces reading this:
“Oh crap!” We did all of this just to get 7 more wins and a few more injuries! lol. No seriously though, I think 50+ is a very high possibility and even though a championship will be a little too hard to get this year, a second round should be a very realistic goal, then we move on and expect to see some fireworks in the next few years. I really hope Noah and even Deng stick around for a couple more years, stay healthy, and show their mettle!
