Open Game Thread #66: Bulls at New Orleans Hornets

Also, I'm not sure if this works for non-HD telecasts, but I was so fed up with Dore and Kerr on  Friday that I unplugged the front speakers and just had the sounds of bouncing basketballs, squeaking sneakers, and Tommy Edwards. I sort of lost track of the fouls, but that's a small price to pay.

Oh, and Noah too - he's ALWAYS been stamped as a quitter.

Whatever.  I'd be a f$%(ing quitter if I had an idiot boss like Boylan too.  Except that I can find another high-paying technical project manager job no problem.  These guys have no place to go.  

Especially Ben and Luol - they're stuck with a f-ing moron head coach who is trying to ruin their career and f#$# them on their next contract.

Wannstedt was also the top assistant on several Super Bowl champion teams.

Boylan is a career assistant on mediocre-to-shitty ballclubs, his head coaching stints have been abysmal, and he hasn't been a key part of a successful team in over 3 decades.

Jim Boylan makes Dave Wannstedt look like Mike Holmgren.

It's Derrick Rose or bust, wins be damned.  I'll be pissed if they DO win a game, because it'll just be a mistake.  If they win a game it's because Boylan didn't seize the opportunity to totally F it up.

Tyrus was benched after putting up good numbers as a starter, for Gooden - who hadn't yet earned the right to start for the Bulls.  Doesn't he have to earn it, or is that only for younger players??

And now Boylan is yanking his chain, not giving him consistent minutes night in and night out, not playing him for long stretches after good games, etc.

You think Noah is in Ty's face?  What makes you think he's not in Boylan's face?

Boylan is a fucking moron, and Tyrus is paying the price.  Tyrus doesn't have a chance with a fucking moron for a head coach.

Pax needs to do whatever he can to trade up for Rose, but let's be serious...that's not happening.

Boylan didn't do anything as completely incompetent as benching Noah and Thomas for the whole 4th...but keeping Hughes out there while he was getting carved up is close.

Nocioni's devolved into a joke. 4 more years!

I previously scoffed at the 'Deng dissapears in 4th quarters' crowd last time around...but he did so again. However I'm pretty sure having Larry Hughes dominate the ball didn't help.

Aaron Gray wasn't bad tonight. He was actually somewhat mobile on offense.

Tyler Hansborough has a nice shot of being the next Ryan Bowen.

I will probably catch a game here or there but I'm not going to surf around for them....

I'll still be on these blogs though.

God I am so Pissed off at these guys....I'm also pissed that the damned illinoislottery won't show the St. Paddy's Day winners yet.  I was hoping for that damned million dollar ticket that didn't happen, but I want to know the other winners....

Sorry that was off topic.

It's actually kind of messed up if you think about it, because West teams of this year with 50-some wins are going to make the lottery, while East teams who make the playoffs with 30-some wins aren't going to get into the lottery. And people wonder why the East sucks so bad.

I hope this isn't the first time you've heard of this.

He was clearly fatigued last night after playing the whole 3rd quarter.  Rest him, though I would take a benching.

Of course, I've been calling for a hard foul or two all season long to fire up this team.  Put Chris Paul on the line every time he enters the paint.  Put him on his ass, and make himself get to the line.  See how many times he tries to enter the paint after that.

Word to the Pistons.

Or how 'bout this....  Any of you guys or girls good one-on-one players?  How often do you let your opponent hang around, thinking maybe this times he or she's got a chance, then slam the door in their face, and score the last three or four without letting 'em even get a shot up.

The Bulls are that wimpy opponent that other teams will let have just enough of a run to keep things interesting.  It's embarrassing.  Or should be.

Not only that, but the Hornets game made it seem like they didn't even scout or prepare the players to defend what the Hornets do best. Who knew Chris Paul was good at driving to the hoop? How were we supposed to know that he throws alley-oops? Who is this Chris Paul character, should we have known about him before the 4th quarter of the game?

If these aren't a good reason to fire the coach then I'm not sure what are.

Chris Paul is ridiculously good.  I need to watch more games with him because there has to be weaknesses in his game.  He just looked f'n awesome in the 4th against us last night.  It was picture perfect basketball.

Red Kerr is talking about how Paul reminds him of Earl the Pearl Monroe as I am flipping stations over to ESPN to watch "Black Magic" where they're talking about how dynamic and ground breaking Earl Monroe's game was for the NBA.