Open Game Thread #56 Bulls at Dallas Mavericks

And what happened to Noah?  There one minute, gone the next.  

Boylan needs to go.

WTF?

Seriously, I'd rather just go with the Core + the Youth.

The Interlopers can provide limited bench minutes.

Gooden isn't showing me much.

Hughes takes a lot of quick shots.

The Bulls are pissing away a chance to win this game.

I know they are new, but come on.

His defense is also...eh.

And BG has dibs on critical turnovers.

Guess which two players aren't on the floor?

Yeah.

I know the Mavs are good, but it is infuriating to watch the same pattern repeat itself night after night.

As much as I love the team, it's just poorly built and coached.

On the one hand, Paxson and Boylan state that the goal of the franchise is to make the playoffs.

On the other hand, Boylan is acting as if we are in game three of the season and he has time to experiment with trash lineups.

There are 26 games left in the season and the Bulls are 12 games under five hundred. What am I missing? Now is not the time to "throw stuff against the wall."

Meanwhile, Gooden can have a league wide competition with Zach Randolph to determine which player passes least out of the post.

Thabo - 38%
Kirk - 28%
Ben - 23%
Hughes - 8%

only 226 votes so far, but pretty interesting what the "fans" think

Gooden is a GOOD PASSER. He makes very good passes out of the post FREQUENTLY, but if the double-team doesnt come than the right play is to SCORE. WHICH HE DID, and right when Dallas was cheating towards a double-team on the 4th stright post-up Gooden made a nice move for the take but it rimmed out, and we didnt go to him again.

So we havent seen it yet, I have Leaguepass (YOU OBVIOULSY DONT), Gooden is a very good passer. His first year in Cleveland he was utilized correctly and he averaged 15 and 10 a night for a playoff team at 23 years old. He hasnt been utilized correctly this year, if he is used right here than he and we will THRIVE with him giving us the lowpost dimension as our 3rd option.

Wanna talk about a blakc hole? NOW KEVIN MCHALE: THAT WAS ONE SERIOUS BLACK HOLE! What a bum he was, huh?

AND SKY: I agree with you, the Kids got good minutes, the minutes they should get, and it wasnt the purpose of the trade. It was a factor, a secondary purpose, if you will.

I basically agree with EVERYTHING YOU SAID, Sky.

And he is a FAR FAR FAR different player than Zach Randolph. More athletic, more size, not quite as good moves in the lowpost on offense, much better passer from inside or high-post, much more willing passer, much better running the floor, better on the pick and roll (MUCH BETTER HANDS, and alot more athletic to finish, sets better picks too), not as good range on his jumper as Zach, Zach has a better work ethic (Scottie Pippen said that Zach Randolph worked harder than any player he's ever played with except Jordan...), Drew is MUCH BETTER on defense man-to-man, and Drew is an average help defender where-as Zach is a bad help defender.

And many more differences, etcetera.

Here is the link by the way: http://slamonline.com/online/2006/09/44-zach-randolph/

its right at the beginning of the story

That is PLENTY time to develop, while giving us the best chance to win by far.

Gooden has been a 15ppg/10rpg power forward on 50% shooting for a playoff team in the past, and that was in less minutes per game. And that was with him as the 3rd option, and 2nd option in the post behind Ilguaskas. I think we should give him a chance, but that is just me. If we get him inside at all times and playing a Boozer-like game than it could pay huge dividends and he may thrive with Kirk in the screen/roll.

Give him a chance.

Give me a break.

And yes, i do think it was because he didnt fit in Clevelands system after the first year. Big Z got more healthy and they went to him instead, making a jumpshooting PF that can pull a big out of the paint to give Big Z more room to operate and pull a big out of the paint for Lebron's drives (like Joe Smith for instance could do)a much better fit for them than a lowpost pf like Gooden.

Thats why his numbers went from 14.5ppg/9.3rpg/2apg on 50% field goals with a 19.7 per down to what they were this year. IMHO.