Preseason open thread: Bulls at Mavericks
That's right, PRESEASON.
160 comments of Aaron Gray talk and I'm convinced that half of you are at best overthinking things and at worst insane. I'm a little crazy myself for taking Skiles at his word and overreacting in the first place, but I have a lot of lingering psychological issues over Chris Duhon that's difficult to overcome.
But it was a fun day, anyway.
So...it all comes down to this. If Aaron Gray takes the ball and deftly lays it in during the first posession, shriek with delight and call me names. Apparently that's all it takes to get impressed with a new Bull: be tall and make a layup.
I'll still say it's preseason and the games don't count, none of this means anything, and Skiles is just yanking our collective chain to tick off Thomas and Noah and Smith and, heck, even Nocioni. Well played you combovered savant, got us good!
(I still say that if Gray's performance tonight matters in the least we're all in for a long couple months while Skiles 'figures things out'. guh.)
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Tyrus or Joakim
by Option27 on Oct 23, 2007 5:40 PM CDT 0 recs
Put on your
by sue369 on Oct 23, 2007 6:15 PM CDT 0 recs
What does combovered mean?
by NittanyBull on Oct 23, 2007 6:19 PM CDT 0 recs
combovered
by boyonthedock on
Oct 23, 2007 6:24 PM CDT
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Ah, I see
by NittanyBull on
Oct 23, 2007 6:29 PM CDT
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lol
by wjb1492 on
Oct 23, 2007 7:38 PM CDT
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And I will be watching out for Khryapa
by GWKD on Oct 23, 2007 6:29 PM CDT 0 recs
Skiles is just playing mind games
by eddiew23 on Oct 23, 2007 6:36 PM CDT 0 recs
As long as he's not getting tanked like Duhon
by eddiew23 on
Oct 23, 2007 6:42 PM CDT
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Sometimes I don't get Skiles at all
by Freethefro on Oct 23, 2007 7:44 PM CDT 0 recs
Is it fate that Gray scored our first 4 points?
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 7:47 PM CDT 0 recs
AG is the reason the Bulls are even in this
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 7:49 PM CDT 0 recs
He rebounds...he passes...he SHOOTS
So what's not to love?
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 7:52 PM CDT 0 recs
He's good
I can't lie though, he's playing really well.
He may have read what we were writing in this blog before the game
by Option27 on
Oct 23, 2007 7:54 PM CDT
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Geez, no kiddin'! LOL
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 8:03 PM CDT
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No...he's been good all pre-season
But he has been solid.
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 7:55 PM CDT 0 recs
I don't get to watch these games
by Freethefro on Oct 23, 2007 8:08 PM CDT 0 recs
no, normally
by alec on
Oct 23, 2007 8:13 PM CDT
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he gets it stripped
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 8:15 PM CDT
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My feed sucks tonight
by wjb1492 on Oct 23, 2007 8:15 PM CDT 0 recs
Smith not so hot....
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 8:18 PM CDT 0 recs
Did Khryapa
Or is he the Bulls' new black hole?
by james@lifeinthecell on Oct 23, 2007 8:18 PM CDT 0 recs
Khryapa
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 8:25 PM CDT
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Funny thing is
by Option27 on Oct 23, 2007 8:23 PM CDT 0 recs
This team...
Maybe Gardner can sort this out.
by BenGo07 on Oct 23, 2007 8:24 PM CDT 0 recs
only 9 points so far in this quarter?
by james@lifeinthecell on Oct 23, 2007 8:31 PM CDT 0 recs
Dirk always gets away with murder...
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 8:31 PM CDT 0 recs
I'm sure you'll be happy to know
There's always the start of the next half...
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2007 8:35 PM CDT 0 recs
bwahahaha
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 8:39 PM CDT
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Naw...he's played good enough to be
Bwhahahaha! :-)
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 8:41 PM CDT
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i love skiles
hey do they pay fines for preseason t's?
by milesgmsu on
Oct 24, 2007 9:42 AM CDT
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Am I the only one who is concerned that our
I am assuming (hoping) it is due to injuries and atypical lineups.
(P.S. Viktor off the bench before TT? Preseason anomoly.)
by 1958ChiTown on Oct 23, 2007 8:48 PM CDT 0 recs
But BG
by sue369 on
Oct 23, 2007 8:50 PM CDT
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It's the lineup
by Freethefro on
Oct 23, 2007 8:52 PM CDT
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How many missed layups?
by Freethefro on Oct 23, 2007 9:05 PM CDT 0 recs
This is gonna sound really mean
Aaron Gray just looks ugly and like a dork. I think that's why I don't want him starting. It's just aesthetically not pleasing to watch him start.
by Option27 on Oct 23, 2007 9:07 PM CDT 0 recs
yeesh
why do we have to? the coaching staff should, in practice, heh.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2007 9:07 PM CDT 0 recs
oh man
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:09 PM CDT
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Hey Matt -
Why do you hate the guy so much?
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 9:16 PM CDT
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My point being that I will judge the rotation
In any case, Deng is out and it is preseason, so this whole We'll have to see how things go in the regular season.
by 1958ChiTown on
Oct 23, 2007 9:22 PM CDT
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whole conversation is moot
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 9:26 PM CDT
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I hate having to care about what he does
Then again it's preseason so you can't spend too much time on Gordon's ankle...
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:20 PM CDT
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Well in all honesty
Not throwing out the "awesome" kudos on the guy, but he IS showing promise.
And commentators get paid to talk about positive team players during games...
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 9:24 PM CDT
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Who's lame
Someday I'll here King on a broadcast and know.
Scott Williams, btw, has been hired by the Bucks broadcasting network. I wonder how he is.......
by KT on
Oct 23, 2007 9:14 PM CDT
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The team just looks lathargic tonight
by Bluelou on Oct 23, 2007 9:08 PM CDT 0 recs
I'm glad this is just a meaningless preseason game
And the rotation is killing me.
by 1958ChiTown on Oct 23, 2007 9:11 PM CDT 0 recs
Skiles is concerned about balancing lineups
so why do I see Duhon/Thabo/Gardner/Thomas/Noah?
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2007 9:19 PM CDT 0 recs
ugh, this isn't even fair to the players involved
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:31 PM CDT
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yay, Noah looked good there
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2007 9:21 PM CDT 0 recs
and Tyrus witn a spectacular drive/layup
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:27 PM CDT
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Maybe I am completely biased (its possible), but
by 1958ChiTown on Oct 23, 2007 9:26 PM CDT 0 recs
What more do you want
LOL :-)
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 9:29 PM CDT
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I think he's had a fine preseason too
The stuff about the summer (which is overblown to the point to now he's portrayed as doing nothing) has nothing to do with Aaron Gray, just about Tyrus being a better player himself.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:29 PM CDT
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he's had a fine preseason too
And you know Skiles - he HATES when a player doesn't give 100% effort. And Thomas didn't help his case by giving that impression, at least, by pulling what he did over the summer.
Gray's just a rookie who is playing very well and keeps his mistake level down.
That is a recipe for a love fest from Skiles.
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 9:37 PM CDT
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just because I understand WHY Skiles does this
I can't officially be mad until opening night. Fair enough.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:58 PM CDT
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Obviously,
by wjb1492 on
Oct 23, 2007 9:33 PM CDT
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according to KC
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 10:04 PM CDT
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The rotations this game have killed me
by Scotter on Oct 23, 2007 9:53 PM CDT 0 recs
don't worry, Skiles is just experimenting
nah, it carries over to mid-January ;-)
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 9:57 PM CDT
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Unfortunately, I heard Skiles'
by Scotter on
Oct 23, 2007 10:18 PM CDT
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ugh
Obviously, having Luol in the mix makes things a lot different.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 10:20 PM CDT
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I did learn
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2007 9:56 PM CDT 0 recs
In my mind that makes him good
by Scotter on
Oct 23, 2007 10:03 PM CDT
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ok, we have a winner
Thomas: 16min, 3-6fg, 4-8ft, 5rebs, 0ast, 2pf, 1to, 0blk
So, they played even, therefore Gray fails to win starting job. Noah had a better boxscore than both anyway.
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 23, 2007 10:13 PM CDT 0 recs
while I may have wasted everyone's time posting
He looked fine, and I'm pleased that he's looked good enough to make the rotation and likely stay away from the D-League all year.
Instead Skiles has to take this too far and make us yell at eachother. :-)
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 10:19 PM CDT
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Have you considered what you'll do
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 10:19 PM CDT
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what do you mean, 'do'?
I'll instead drastically reduce my hopes for the season, and question the whole direction of the organization, and question the idea of more talent actually making Skiles a liability instead of the strength I normally view him as.
lets put it this way:
Starting Duhon, Giving Adrian Griffin a 3 year deal, Giving Ben Wallace max money, giving Nocioni a 5 year deal, drafting Noah, keeping Deng off the trading table for Bryant, starting Aaron Gray, just says that this team cares way too much about brownie points instead of talent. I'm sure you can all come up with more/better examples of what I'm talking about, but I mean all those examples not to be chosen singularly but as a general trend.
So how's that for an answer, smartass? :)
by your friendly BullsBlogger on
Oct 23, 2007 10:26 PM CDT
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but
note: I did not watch the game so I can't say for sure which player did better. But in the last two games it was Gray, no question.
by JSlakov on
Oct 23, 2007 10:29 PM CDT
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It was the same tonight.
by Bluelou on
Oct 23, 2007 10:35 PM CDT
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