-The comments about Lu playing the two are interesting.  Who does Skiles plan to play in the larger lineup with Lu and BG7 in the backcourt?  I don't think that playing Lu at the 2 discourages any post-up game he might develop--in fact, it may allow him the mismatches to exploit a probable size advantage.  
-It's about time that the Tribune started a Bulls blog on their website.  It seems that they lagged a little bit behind last year on this aspect.  I hope KC will provide some quality information throughout the season.
-About Brandon Roy.  One of Simmons' big complaints last year about the Bulls was not drafting Brandon Roy.  As Matt mentions, it is conceivable he could have solved the problem the Bulls had with size in the backcourt, but the backcourt was still a position of strength for the Bulls.  They thought they had a long-term solution in Thabo available later (amazing what can happen when you have flexibility with draft picks) and had a bigger problem in the frontcourt they needed to solve and available players with better potential (uh oh, that damn word creeping in).  As good as Brandon Roy may become, I think that TT has the opportunity to have a greater impact on the game on both ends of the floor.
-I think the Bulls have another level they can reach as a defensive team.  With Noah and the improvement of TT, if the Bulls could field longer, faster lineups with Big Ben, along with better continuity from having a season together, the Bulls could harasss opponents fullcourt.  I would like to see the Bulls hold opponents to the lowest field goal % in the league this year.  I think with some modest improvements to the offense (which should come from the improvement of the core and the young'uns, the Bulls can fulfill some of these lofty preseason prognostications.

But I really don't want to see Gordon playing the point any more than he did last year.  I know he likes to think of himself as a point guard, but he commits enough turnovers as it is.

I'm scared of the prospect of BG at point. He loses the ball way too much. I also worry for Kirk's minutes. He seems to be getting more comfortable in his role as leader of this team. One more Chris Paul is lightyears ahead of Kirk talk and I will slit my wrists.

Me no like either of these.

I was hoping this is the year Kirk breaks out to fully show the promise that earned him that contract: he'll be stronger and more refreshed, and he'll be smarter and more skilled (and with another year, get more respect from the refs) to avoid foul trouble. If that happens, there's very few minutes I want to see BG at the point.

Does this also suggest less committment to Thabo? There's no reason we should see Lu at guard if you're trying to give Thabo more minutes this year.

I suppose moving Lu down a position allows our glut of forwards more time. Maybe Skiles is really considering how to give us more Ty and Noah.

I don't want to see Billups & Hamilton push our backcourt around--I'd love our guards to demolish them this year. But I'm counting on an improving Thabo for help with that, not Lu.

Who says Deng can't go down in the post at the two?  Mark Jackson made a career out of being a point guard that scored points in the post.  Jason Kidd's done a good job of it as well.
I could see an effective line-up of Smith/Noah=C, Ben=4, TT/Thabo=3, Lu=2 and Ben/Kirk=1.  Clearly, it's a specialty line up but, at the very least Matt, it will conceivably reduce the prevalance of our 'Small' lineup.  
I think there are times where such a lineup could be a positive.  It seems as though Skiles understands that Lu is a Forward that can play out of place on rare occasions.  That seems sensible to me so long as noone gets carried away and pretends that Lu can be our M2GWCD&S.  
One things for sure: if anything, such a move would make it more likely that Lu could take his game down to the post.  Especially, if Tyrus and Ben are on the court.

he won a national championship at UCONN playing the point.  He is our best scorer.  He is too small to match up against other 2s.  Playing him at the one, especially if Deng is at the 2 causing a mismatch puts the ball in the hands of our playmaker (ala Arenas).  His turnovers pale in comparison to the upside of him having the ball.  He is the only person who puts pressure on the D when he has the ball, with him at point that pressure will be constant, no more passing around aimlessly cause BG can penetrate or rain 3s.  

I personally think that BG makes a better point guard than Kirk for the above reasons (Kirk as trade bait?)... although I hope they sign BG to an extension, not doing so may push the Bulls to use him more creatively while motivating him to shoot the lights out (and win the finals)  

I like BG at the point over Duhon.  I know Duhon's got solid D (and handles the ball better than Gordon), but when Duh's out there the offense tends to disintegrate.

The few times last year where Ben played PG and stayed focused, the offense did actually look pretty fluid.

The problem was also that Ben would decide after making one or two solid plays to get all fancy and then he'd quickly wrack up 2 or 3 turnovers that would cause him to be ineffective....that to me is a learning curve, and something I hope by watching tape and working at his game he can correct......the concern here of course is if Ben doesn't get his extension before the season he might try to be more flashy than he needs to be.  For every 1 or 2 awesome flashy pg-ish play he makes, he'll make .5 god awful turnovers.

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