Open Game Thread #60: Bulls vs. Memphis Grizzlies

by Big D on Mar 4, 2008 4:49 PM CST Comment 119 comments

[Editor's note: Thanks to Big D for today's game preview. The Griz should be the cure for what ails ya. You'd hope. -Matt]

The Bulls will face the Los Angeles Lakers' farm team tonight, when they take on the Memphis Grizzlies (7:30 CST, Comcast SportsNet). OK, maybe that's a little harsh, but Chris Wallace does deserve a championship ring if the Lakers win it all.

If the Bulls can't beat this team, I don't know who the hell they're going to be able to beat. The Grizzlies have lost 8 straight games, 7 of which have been by double figures. They did manage to lose one game by less than 10 points - they only lost by 7 to the Sonics. Of course, they did blow out the Bulls on MLK Day (before the Pau Gasol trade), so I have a hard time assuming that this Bulls team will beat anyone.

As bad as the Bulls have played lately, one of the few bright spots has been Tyrus Thomas. Since the Ben Wallace trade, his per-40 minute averages have 18.3 points, 12.1 rebounds, and 2.25 blocks. Granted, it's only been 6 games, so it's a small sample size, but maybe it means we should see some more of him in a larger sample size. As long as the Bulls have a steamy turd of a coach, though (those are Matt's words, not mine), I'm not counting on it.

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After tonight, the Bulls' next four games are home against Cleveland, at Boston, at Detroit, and home against Utah. So in other words, they might want to win tonight, or they may be completely out of playoff contention (even in the East!) a week from now. If they do lose, though, at least we know Larry Hughes won't mind.

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Ow man

"The Bulls will face the Los Angeles Lakers' farm team tonight"

Thats classic!

by Bulls4Ever on Mar 4, 2008 4:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Well

if we loose tonight I hope they play Ave maria after the game so we'll get the full feeling of a funeral. Which is kind of how this season has felt.

here's a nice sample!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI&feature=related

by Bulls4Ever on Mar 4, 2008 4:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ave Maria is not a funeral song

It's traditionally sung during the Christmas season - it's a hymn to Mary:

Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish'd, outcast and reviled -
Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, hear a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! undefiled!
The flinty couch we now must share
Shall seem this down of eider piled,
If thy protection hover there.
The murky cavern's heavy air
Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled;
Then, Maiden! hear a maiden's prayer;
Mother, list a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!

Ave Maria! stainless styled!
Foul demons of the earth and air,
From this their wonted haunt exiled,
Shall flee before thy presence fair.
We bow us to our lot of care,
Beneath thy guidance reconciled;
Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer,
And for a father hear a child!
Ave Maria!

No one, of course, sings it in English, but only in the beautiful dead latin language.

by KT on Mar 4, 2008 6:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly

I'm at the point where I hope Boylan plays Gooden and Hughes as much as possible and play Noah and Thomas as least as possible and wanna see this team lose every game now.

I'm jumping for the Chad Ford mock draft fun.

Even if they can't get a top 3 pick, I want them to at least have a high enough pick to be valuable in trades.

Go get em' Boylan!

by Option27 on Mar 4, 2008 5:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm going out on a limb

and predicting a Bulls loss tonight, simply because it would fit in with the rest of the year.
...Just about every team they shoulda beat, they lost to...and vise versa.
And the Griz are now without Gasol - so the Bulls SHOULD beat them.

Cool thing is, Gasol and his new-love Lakers are on after the Bulls, for those with NBALP.
I'm settled in for a great night of basketball.

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 6:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather play the Lottery game on ESPN

Then watch the Bulls come up short once again that make me want to throw things at TVs.

Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Mar 4, 2008 5:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Nice preview

Also, kudos to Matt for including that blog entry from The Association. I saw that this afternoon and though, "That HAS to be included in tonight's preview."

Those per 40 numbers for Ty are pretty fantastic. God I hope he gets a chance to play without Boylan's Insta-Leash engaged.

Please let the Bulls have some pride and avenge their last meeting with the Grizz when Stro Swift alley-ooped on them approximately 40 times.

by paxson43 on Mar 4, 2008 5:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not a big fan of that blog

but that entry was certainly fitting.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Prediction

We get out to a huge lead and by late 3rd to mid 4th quarter the Memphis makes a run but we squeak out a win by 5. 103-98 BULLS WIN (hopefully)

by eross226 on Mar 4, 2008 6:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Memphis - the LA farm team - I love it

After the Washington game anything is possible. I root for the lottery pick but need a win for my fragile psyche.

by chgobr on Mar 4, 2008 6:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

They rallied again after the win against Chicago

It was this game, against the Hornets. It was a close match throughout most of the game, but they just let loose during the 4th quarter

"Jerome James PER.. is 46.68... Do that trade now! Screw Horford, we don't need him. Jerome is a monster!!!!!!!!!" - BNeL21

by NittanyBull on Mar 4, 2008 7:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would just

love to see this team have a lead at half time and actually keep it through the second half. Doesn't happen much but would be nice.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 6:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

dreamer. :)

by KT on Mar 4, 2008 6:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I know and

I also get the Grizzlie announcers tonight but at least I get to see it.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 7:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

counting on bab nation tonight

by Zac23 on Mar 4, 2008 7:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

how many PGs do the grizz have

JCN, conley, foye, crittenton....am i forgetting anyone?

by milesgmsu on Mar 4, 2008 8:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Kyle Lowry

by nobullishbasketball on Mar 4, 2008 8:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

foye??

he's on the t-wolves. I think you meant Lowry.

"I took a couple of bad shots," Gordon said

by BNeL21 on Mar 4, 2008 9:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Randy Foye? o.O

by gobulls1124 on Mar 4, 2008 8:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Excuse me while

I whine. I hate it when CSN has the Bulls game on CSN+. It's alwyas blocked out in my area and NBALP is blocked out too. Dammit!!! It will be rebroadcast at 2 a.m....great. I am able to listen to it but it's not the same.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

NBALP is blocked out too

I'm getting it on 754, directv.
Isn't that what you have?

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 8:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's blocked

out in my area.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 8:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome pump fake Gordon

by gobulls1124 on Mar 4, 2008 8:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Skeleton crew on BAB tonight...

Everyone must be tuned into CNN.

by paxson43 on Mar 4, 2008 8:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Kirk with

back to back 3's.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 8:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Gail Fisher

took a page out of Michelle Tafoya's book on choking in-game interviews...that was brutal.

anyone else think crittenton would be the #2 guard on the bulls if he changed teams?

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 8:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

no way

he'd be the fifth

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

he's having a terrific game

but this is unusual. and our defense, as usual, is ass.

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OK I admit

I was exaggerating a little bit but he does look good tonight...

ps I would have lost it if Brian Cardinal made that last second shot at the end of the 1st quarter...that would have been the icing on the cake to all the crap they've let up this season

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 8:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yup, he looks great

as did Travis Diener. ;)

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Travis Deiner is great

all basketball players from Wisconsin are great. That's what the Bulls need - a player from Wisconsin like Caron Butler or Devin Harris.

Spree can stay hidden on his yacht though.

by KT on Mar 4, 2008 8:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As I hear it, that would make him

a stowaway.

by alec on Mar 4, 2008 8:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Kirk displaying effort at both ends of the floor

for a change.

by BiNgO on Mar 4, 2008 8:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

wow

nobody on here tonight. How'd they start?

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 8:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Started out ugly....now they are pulling away

before half..... OMG! The Luvabulls look good tonite.

by BiNgO on Mar 4, 2008 8:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This game feels odd

nobody on BaB...winning...but dispirited.

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Who is this Hinrich?

I'm almost sure is not the same who played against wizards and cavs... :D :D

by bull83 on Mar 4, 2008 8:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I think he's already eclipsed his minutes

from the last game.

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 8:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Where's Tyrus?

Why can't TT and Noah ever play for longer than 3 minutes at a time?

...can we set the record for most shot clock violations tonight too? that'd be funny as hell.

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 8:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

that last one was ugly

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 8:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

brilliant interaction between Noc and BG

geesh

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

What the heck was Gordon doing?

He had time to shoot that, then he mimes a shot at Nocioni? Good riddance. That's what he was waving.

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't want to play with this bunch either

Gordon could've hucked up a shot but you could tell he was completely off guard. I think it was because any teammate of Nocioni isn't used to him passing :-p

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 8:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yup

Noc has finally rid himself of that nasty tendency to "over-think" on the floor, and by over-think, he meant "not shoot."

Gordon's out of here, and I don't blame him for wanting greener pastures. We've jerked him around quite a bit - as we're doing now with T2 - I just hope we don't depress his value to the point where we can't get anything in return.

Oy. This team is a mess.

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The lack of execution on that last play before

half looked more familiar.

by BiNgO on Mar 4, 2008 8:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Got to love

the 18 point lead at the half. Hopefully we keep it this time.

by jpchi on Mar 4, 2008 8:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Gordon is waay out of sorts

Hughes is up in his dome

by Orlando Woolridge on Mar 4, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

FIrst half doesn't count for anything

it's all about how they play in the second half and whether or not they collapse. Plus, this is the only game they are likely to win this week.

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I agree

a great first half only sets the stage for a more spectacular collapse.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 8:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's what

I'm afraid of.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 8:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ok, Tyrus looked bad tonight

but why pull him after his 2nd foul? Like Boylan will play him long enough in the 2nd half to get four more?

Hinrich really saved them in the 2nd quarter, you could feel the scoring drought coming on.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 8:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

if they maintain the lead

hopefully TT gets significant clock and they can "rest" Gooden for the rest of the week...

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 8:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

All of our

players have +'s and all of their players have -'s.

by sue369 on Mar 4, 2008 8:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

who are these putzes on the memphis feed?

these guys should be doing the Middle Tennessee State game...

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 8:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

judging from the quality of the basketball

they might be. ;)

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 8:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hmm...

I'm still jealous :)

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 8:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, Boylan, no matter how badly you

beat Memphis, you're still not an NBA coach. Drew Gooden isn't going to save you.

Start playing the young guys and stop worrying about your sad little career. It's over. It should have been aborted before it had a chance to stain the franchise and the league.

7 minutes for Tyrus. Jesus.

LSU 38 OHIO STATE 24 - LSU IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION AND I AM THE KING OF BOURBON STREET!!

by 1958ChiTown on Mar 4, 2008 8:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed Boylan is not NBA coach, but Skiles refused

to play Noah and TT received limited time. At least there is no more Napolean complexed coach.

by BiNgO on Mar 4, 2008 9:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

Kirk clapping it up and playing hard...i love it.

Haha Tyrus would have dunked that harder than Gooden just did for sure.

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It's funny

but I am pissed off they are playing this well. Why does this only happen once every three or four games?

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 9:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I know what you're saying,

although I'm feeling more disgusted than pissed off.

by alec on Mar 4, 2008 9:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, its memphis!

Thats why we look good.

LSU 38 OHIO STATE 24 - LSU IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION AND I AM THE KING OF BOURBON STREET!!

by 1958ChiTown on Mar 4, 2008 9:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yup

they're awful defensively

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

denver isn't that bad

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 9:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And...

... against a team that doesn't play sheet. I want to see them play like this against tha cavs, not the grizzlies

by bull83 on Mar 4, 2008 9:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Noah just showed gimpy-Deng

how to finish at the hoop.

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 9:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

What if Boylan

didn't "rest" his starters and let them actually play and try some things on the court at game speed? Maybe they'll start to figure each other out and maybe win more than 1 in a row...

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 9:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

'cause the starting lineup's no good?

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Why does Noah insist on shooting mid-range Js?

It looks like he's throwing his arms up in celebration

"Jerome James PER.. is 46.68... Do that trade now! Screw Horford, we don't need him. Jerome is a monster!!!!!!!!!" - BNeL21

by NittanyBull on Mar 4, 2008 9:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

WTF

saving those Tyrus fouls for later, I guess. Like Thursday.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And I've seen just about enough

of Gooden's lousy shot selections...
and misses.

Don't look now, but the 30 pt. lead is down to 13

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 9:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You mean the Gooden that just saved 2 turnovers

into points--ie the Gordon throw off the top of the backboard that Gooden put in?

by nobullishbasketball on Mar 4, 2008 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

I bet Boylan is saving those fouls for the playoffs where Tyrus would have banked at least thirty and can play a full game.

by cranscape on Mar 4, 2008 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't you know?!

They roll over now.

"2nd half Ben Gordon bonanza. It's coming :)" - Matt, Blog-A-Bull

by Goostafer on Mar 4, 2008 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LUOL DENG WITH A MONSTER GAME SO FAR!!!

If only he could do this every night. THEN I'd be on the Deng bandwagon. But once again, he plays a great all around game...against a poor team. Where was this game Sunday against LeBron James??? I just looked at Luol Deng's game log on ESPN.com and this guy simply doesn't bring it against the better teams. Of course there are a few games where he has (In December he had 26 pts against the Lakers and 21 pts against Houston), but for the most part Deng is no better than an average performer in big games!!!

by lexdiamonds0730 on Mar 4, 2008 9:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Look up the logs from last year's playoffs

when he was healthy and in shape.

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OK, he had a great...

...series against Miami. Absolutely fantastic! But let's be honest. Miami was horrible. Against Detroit, he had about 2 1/2 good games (game 3, game 4 and game 5 could be considered decent because we won). But he shot terribly and was nowhere to be found during impact moments of the game in games 1,5, and 6). Hell, quite honestly although he posted decent numbers, he didn't play very well in game 3 either.

But that was last year...before he thought he was worth more than 50 million for 5 years (that 10 million per year is about what Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups make and I'd take either of those guys over him because they are both better players and they actually matter when the game gets close).

by lexdiamonds0730 on Mar 4, 2008 9:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

By the way.....

... here is the link to the 2006-2007 log for Luol Deng.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/fc/pgl.cgi?player=denglu01&year=2007

I too was fooled by Deng. I thought he was going to be a superstar after that Miami series, but he came back to earth during the Detroit series (averaged a more modest 19.5ppg and 8.5rpg which is nothing world beating). The more I watch him the more I see he doesn't have that killer instinct that stars and real winners have. He's just a nice guy who is a nice player.

by lexdiamonds0730 on Mar 4, 2008 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Good! Lose!

I want to play the ESPN draft lottery machine with higher odds. :-O

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 9:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

haha, oh man

30 down to 13. Don't worry, Boylan's solidified the defense with the Noc/Gooden frontcourt.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don't think that was the change

that caused them to lose the lead...

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

uh, no

I'm saying that lost lead or not, it's not a good idea.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

your right

they just do it every game they have a lead.

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 9:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL Red

Please keep calling him "Dwight" Gooden...It's funny every time.

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 9:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Thabo

Did they say he was out for the game tonight? I thought he was a gametime decision?

by Ugh It Live! on Mar 4, 2008 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thabo's groinage is lingering

possible a few more games was the Sportsnite report.

Spring training....FINALLY!!

by Bluelou on Mar 4, 2008 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was about to put on my mind-reading goggles

and say that Gordon looked like he didn't want to be out there. But he just had a couple good posessions. Coincidentally (or not), when Hughes left.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

are you implying

that BG doesn't wanted to sacrifice any aspects of his game for Hughes? (can't say I'd blame him...)

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 9:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

nah, I won't make that leap...yet

Gordon is shooting less though, which can't be to his liking. and you're right, knowing that Hughes is taking them instead can't be good. Heck, Hughes doesn't even get why LeBron shoots instead of him.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hinrich came back and looky there...

we play better. Damnit Boylan did you learn? Bulls need to be up by 30 in the 4th quarter, not the 3rd. Stop making stupid substitutions.

by nobullishbasketball on Mar 4, 2008 9:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And Gordon is getting schooled by Lowry

by nobullishbasketball on Mar 4, 2008 9:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

god I hate this Gooden/Noc frontcourt

luckily Noc and Gordon are making enough shots to at least keep the lead from shrinking.

That's Bulls basketball for ya: coach for the lowest attainable success.

Who cares if they win if Tyrus plays ten minutes? Damned playoff 'race'.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It upsets me as much

that Noah only played 20. If the trades was made to give the young player run....

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 9:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

heh, Boylan's clinging onto this victory

for dear life.

I don't think he's going to make a substitution the whole quarter.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

yeah

this is dumb

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 9:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I can see it now. Tyrus Thomas.......

...gets traded this offseason to some team for 2 Big Macs and an order of fries because we have no idea what to do with him. Tyrus Thomas ends up on another team where the coach actually lets him play through his mistakes and ends up averaging 19 pts and 11 rebounds.

I will absolutely lose my mind if this really happens!!! But he has to be getting tired of the coaches messing around with his playing time. How can he develop any consistency like that?

by lexdiamonds0730 on Mar 4, 2008 9:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

in the words of Stacey King

they will trade him for a "bag of chips"

by Orlando Woolridge on Mar 4, 2008 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Welcome to the Chicago Bulls, where.....

we give players with talent away for nothing. We don't develop them and let them sit on the bench.

Then we regret when we see them succeed elsewhere. Also, some of us fans that realize that our young players have talent have to put up with the fans that believe they are worhtless.

Then, when that said player succeeds elsewhere, we have to listen to THOSE fans state how big a mistake Paxson did of trading away that player. That we had "said" talented player but gave them away before they developed into the player "WE" actually knew they could be!!!!

by BullsAttitude on Mar 4, 2008 9:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

prop(ers) to Gordon

for salvaging a decent game out of an awful start.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And now he brings in....

Aaron Gray?

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 9:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'd rather Noah and Tyrus weren't in

during garbage time.

Paxson really fucked up with his interim coaching search.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

will the Bulls ever be out of the playoff race?

And even if they are out, they have a coach who (retartedly) thinks that he has to coach to win to get a job here or anywhere.

I cannot believe that in a waste of a season we can't even get 30 games where Tyrus and Noah play every game, good or bad, for lots of minutes.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

and why is deng still in?

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 9:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

if Boylan was smart

he would realize that making the playoffs with the Kids getting minutes would be more beneficial for his career than getting there with the Gooden / Hughes combo

by Orlando Woolridge on Mar 4, 2008 9:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

exactly

but he feels this college coach shit of 'earning' minutes really is the way to prove himself. Too bad it only translated into 'bench Thomas and Noah', with sprinkles of inane postgame quotes.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

what do you expect

he's Skiles' boy...

those two should take a hiatus from the pros and go make a contender out of the University of Illinois.

by Orlando Woolridge on Mar 4, 2008 11:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Is Paxson a liar or is Boylan is a defiant dunce?

We traded so the young guys could play.

That was the STATED purpose.

Instead, this.

The season means nothing to me. We probably aren't making the playoffs given the imminent schedule no matter who we play.

What the hell is the plan for the future? Gooden and Hughes?

I just...eh.

LSU 38 OHIO STATE 24 - LSU IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION AND I AM THE KING OF BOURBON STREET!!

by 1958ChiTown on Mar 4, 2008 9:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'll say this

it was nice to see Hinrich destroy Memphis' triumverate of uber-talented uber-young point guards.

by Freethefro on Mar 4, 2008 9:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

haha

if only he could go to Spain and torch Rudy Fernandez. :)

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Mar 4, 2008 9:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ha

the way everyone is talking on here it seems as if we did not win..lol

by bullzfan148 on Mar 4, 2008 10:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

We won. But why should this game matter

to me as a ticket holder?

We didn't advance towards any meaningful goal this season.

And we aren't developing players for future seasons.

Winning games like this is akin to getting a late TD in garbage time with your starters to make a final score look better. It's pointless unless you are a moronic coach looking to save his job and alter perceptions of his performance.

LSU 38 OHIO STATE 24 - LSU IS THE NATIONAL CHAMPION AND I AM THE KING OF BOURBON STREET!!

by 1958ChiTown on Mar 4, 2008 10:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

maybe the battle

but not the war

by Zac23 on Mar 4, 2008 10:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

yeah tyrus should have played alot more..

but i really cant complain to much about drew today he played his best as a bull yet, but i agree the young guys need alot more minutes because we will most likley not go anywhere this year with the older guys.

by bullzfan148 on Mar 4, 2008 10:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I wish we were even worse off

So that this season could be put on lockdown/developing mode. TT played like crap in his limited minutes, because he's definitely trying to do so much, it's getting to his head that his minutes aren't always going to be there for him. Gooden had a great game, but what the hell is Noce doing stealing the young guys minutes, and Deng playing 42 min in a blowout?? Our future frontcourt gets 29 combined minutes? Where the hell do they find the time to develop these players? Do they not remember giving Kirk, BG, and Deng extended run their first years so they could GROW into quality players, and not end up like Kwame Brown? I don't even care for the lottery unless we have a serious coach who actively cares about developing our talent.

Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Mar 4, 2008 10:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

why Deng plays 40+ minutes in games like this

is beyond me. Maybe coming out and cooling off is bad, but ride a bike or something.

Baby Bulls II?

by bullshooter on Mar 4, 2008 10:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

As for Luol Deng and his achilles injury......

....seeing that he looked fine in 40+ minutes tonight, let this be the end of this talk that he's hurt. Next time they play a good team and he scores 9 pts on 4-15 shooting I don't wanna hear anybody talk about how he's in pain. Miss me with that bullsh*t. Everybody in the league is in pain. Bring your "A" game and lead this team like we all thought you would after that incredible Miami series. Instead, it's been lookin' more like your "C" game and that that series was an abberation.

by lexdiamonds0730 on Mar 4, 2008 10:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

the reason that's bullshit

is that injury can recur. playing all those minutes can certainly tighten him up for the next game.

boylan's gonna kill him with these types of minutes - didn't monitor his minutes enough last time he came back from the injury and he ended up on the bench for another month.

by Jaina on Mar 4, 2008 10:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

too bad tyrus was disappointing

i don't like when he doesn't play well since it brings out his haters. i wish boylan would let him play through fouls... i think sometimes he gets excitable at the beginning when he comes in, and usually calms down.. however it wasn't the case in his 2nd stint. he was fouling at a chandler (with the bulls) like rate...

and gordon.. i don't like the "hughes is making gordon worse" idea or whatever is floating around. after watching gordon chuck an ill-advised 3, it's his shot selection that's making him shoot so poorly, not hughes. and he was only marginally better while playing with hinrich in the 4th.

too many minutes for some players in a not close enough game. glad the bulls managed to close it out though.

by Jaina on Mar 4, 2008 11:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It's sad that Bulls fans would hate Tyrus

Considering he's a pretty damn important part of any future this team has. Now hating Duhon, that is much more constructive. I know that DNP-CD brought a smile to all.

Dickey Simpkins>Ben Wallace

by Ozzie Montana on Mar 4, 2008 11:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs