Another very tough loss for the Bulls in OT. This game sums up our season very nicely.
Ben Gordon is our main go-to guy.
Derrick Rose is often great and just needs time to be always great.
Tyrus and Noah can't play defense or really do much of anything. Actually, Tyrus can block shots and Noah can get some junk rebounds, but that's about it.
Luol Deng is MIA.
Salmons and Miller were good pickups, but we need a whole lot more.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Miami away
Bulls fans may have thought that the last Bulls/Heat game was as brutal as they come, with Thabo tossing away an inbound pass and then Marion getting an easy dunk to close us out in OT. Well, it was even worse this time as Wade put us away with a running toss in 2OT.
There were a lot of similarities between the two loses. The Bulls guards were good and the big guys were rubbish. The Heat got a lot of easy layups and dunks due to poor defense. Wade wanted it more than the Bulls did.
Gordon was almost the hero again, getting red hot in the fourth quarter. Salmons was also playing pretty well, as was Rose. Hinrich was mostly good while he was in but was clearly still hampered by injury.
Our big guys are so bad that it is scary. If we have any thoughts about long term plans with Tyrus and Noah, please, please, let them end now. These guys stink! Tyrus was so awful and so out of control that he was embarrassing. Vinny couldn't even play him with a short bench for much of the long game, and Vinny gives him lots of rope! Noah is the most uncoordinated player in the league. Don't the Bulls have a "walk and chew gum" test when they bring in potential draft picks? How could they possibly miss the fact that Noah has little control over his arms and legs? How did they miss the fact that Tyrus has the brain of a pea and is borderline psychotic?
Wade has flaws in his game and he blew as many big shots as he made, but he still has more guts than the Bulls combined. He deserved to be the hero and the Bulls deserved the agony of defeat. How they can let a team get so many uncontested dunks in OT is absurd. At least get close enough to foul the guy! We really look clueless in stretches on defense and if Vinny can't solve that he's going to have to go.
There were a lot of similarities between the two loses. The Bulls guards were good and the big guys were rubbish. The Heat got a lot of easy layups and dunks due to poor defense. Wade wanted it more than the Bulls did.
Gordon was almost the hero again, getting red hot in the fourth quarter. Salmons was also playing pretty well, as was Rose. Hinrich was mostly good while he was in but was clearly still hampered by injury.
Our big guys are so bad that it is scary. If we have any thoughts about long term plans with Tyrus and Noah, please, please, let them end now. These guys stink! Tyrus was so awful and so out of control that he was embarrassing. Vinny couldn't even play him with a short bench for much of the long game, and Vinny gives him lots of rope! Noah is the most uncoordinated player in the league. Don't the Bulls have a "walk and chew gum" test when they bring in potential draft picks? How could they possibly miss the fact that Noah has little control over his arms and legs? How did they miss the fact that Tyrus has the brain of a pea and is borderline psychotic?
Wade has flaws in his game and he blew as many big shots as he made, but he still has more guts than the Bulls combined. He deserved to be the hero and the Bulls deserved the agony of defeat. How they can let a team get so many uncontested dunks in OT is absurd. At least get close enough to foul the guy! We really look clueless in stretches on defense and if Vinny can't solve that he's going to have to go.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Milwaukee home
Now the Bulls can beat a mediocre team at home that has their two best players injured. Progress is being made!
Actually, it isn't a whole lot. Our three guards - Rose, Gorden, Hinrich - were our main factors. Salmons and Miller were productive after having some very bad patches. Noah and Tyrus are so clueless that it hurts to watch them. Although with all the minutes they are getting they sometimes do a few things right. Tim Thomas played very little and with no impact. He may still be hurting. Don't miss Deng a bit. We basically played 7 guys and that seems to work out well.
Bulls at least try at home, even when they are not playing well. Then if Gordon and Rose start to get on a roll, they have a shot at winning. That's basically their only path to victory.
Actually, it isn't a whole lot. Our three guards - Rose, Gorden, Hinrich - were our main factors. Salmons and Miller were productive after having some very bad patches. Noah and Tyrus are so clueless that it hurts to watch them. Although with all the minutes they are getting they sometimes do a few things right. Tim Thomas played very little and with no impact. He may still be hurting. Don't miss Deng a bit. We basically played 7 guys and that seems to work out well.
Bulls at least try at home, even when they are not playing well. Then if Gordon and Rose start to get on a roll, they have a shot at winning. That's basically their only path to victory.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Golden State home
Big deal, the Bulls can beat a team at home that plays even less defense than they do. Tyrus got embarrassed on a block and then played like a fool for the rest of the game, completely out of control. I guess that is better than the sleepwalking he often does.
A win is a win though.
A win is a win though.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Charlotte away
Bulls tend to follow up a feel-good win with a terrible outing, and this was no exception. They basically rolled over and played dead at Charlotte. 18 turnovers! Terrible shooting. Everyone was bad too, and Deng didn't even play.
Charlotte is one of five teams the Bulls are fighting with to catch that last playoff spot. Add in the five more that could be caught at the bottom of the playoff list and that is ten mediocre teams, plus the Bulls, trying to get in and get positioned out of a sure knockout. Losing games like this one and the one at Washington (the only team really out of the playoffs in the East), are very bad signs indeed.
BTW, isn't that one ugly bobcat on Charlotte's home floor?
Charlotte is one of five teams the Bulls are fighting with to catch that last playoff spot. Add in the five more that could be caught at the bottom of the playoff list and that is ten mediocre teams, plus the Bulls, trying to get in and get positioned out of a sure knockout. Losing games like this one and the one at Washington (the only team really out of the playoffs in the East), are very bad signs indeed.
BTW, isn't that one ugly bobcat on Charlotte's home floor?
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