Playoff Positioning

[godfather]

Waiters displayed why he blows so much. The guy is terrible and shouldn't be playing more than 20 minutes a game.

 

[Walter White]

Not shocked the Bulls haven't really dropped off. So many people keep disrespecting them. Even without Rose, who really isn't even that good anymore, they're still a threat.

They will get Butler back. Rose or no Rose, doesn't really matter much.

They are honestly just about as good without Rose as they are with him. Sometimes better.

 

[tain316]

Huge choke job by OKC. Westbrook may be putting up sic numbers, but he also totally phased out his teammates late. And it cost them. Cannot believe the Bulls won this game. LOL. Why won't this team die??

What a game. Cannot believe the Bulls continue to pull these kinds of games out...

 

[NorthCoastBias]

Dion decided to fuck us over with that awful inbounds pass.

 

[tain316]

They are honestly just about as good without Rose as they are with him. Sometimes better.

Their ceiling is much more limited without Rose. In crunch time, they need Rose to bail them out or else it's not going to be pretty.

 

[Binkster]

Fuck the Bulls.

Cool moment during the game:

 

[godfather]

Dion decided to fuck us over with that awful inbounds pass.

He's such a low IQ basketball player. He'd make a great fit with the Knicks.

 

[Binkster]

The fact that Kirk Hinrich is getting major rotational minutes makes me smile.

 

[David.]

But we'll win all of our non tough games. Non tough games are 50/50 propositions for Chicago and Toronto at this point.

we will not fall to shitty teams.

but, toronto is 23-6 against teams under 500.. chicago is 20/11, which means they play well against better teams, and they are going against better teams

 

[Binkster]

Tomorrow could really bone us in the standings.

Cavs vs. ATL
TOR vs. CHA
CHI vs. IND

Let's hope for some of that Indiana back-to-back magic.

 

[supermario21]

Thibodeau didn't play anyone with ridiculously huge minutes tonight. Maybe he tries too hard with Rose, Butler, and Gibson but he sure does a good job with his role players. In fact, he might be the best coach of guys 4-15 in the league.

 

[Ohio]

Huge choke job by OKC. Westbrook may be putting up sic numbers, but he also totally phased out his teammates late. And it cost them. Cannot believe the Bulls won this game. LOL. Why won't this team die??

They aren't a concern, let them have these small victories.

 

[blivv]

The Bulls are always deep and can play through injuries during the regular season. They play hard. Simple as that.

Come play-off time they are run into the ground, and other teams match their energy and they collapse.

 

[priceFTW]

Thanks for fucking nothing, OKC.

With all of his ridiculous monster stats, Westbrook against Philly and a Roseless/Butlerless Bulls team is is -20 over 80 minutes.

92 points, 24 rebounds, 17 assists, 5 steals, 9 turnovers in two games yet a -20 on court.

As for the Bulls, their offense is a lot more efficient going through Mirotic, Dunleavy, and Gasol than through Rose this year, but the Bulls' ceiling is much lower, and I doubt they can keep this up.

Lastly, how much luck do these Bulls have? Orlando choking, OKC choking, etc. Fucking disgusting.

 

[godfather]

The Bulls depth scares me the most. They can throw a lot of different players at you. Their front line is obviously their strength. I think they definitely need Butler back, healthy, for them to be a serious threat.

But if our bench really craps out on us, which is possible, meeting them in a seven game series could be long and brutal.

Bench play becomes critical in the post season. We basically only have Shump and Tristan off the bench we can rely on, that's it!

The Bulls are always deep and can play through injuries during the regular season. They play hard. Simple as that.

Come play-off time they are run into the ground, and other teams match their energy and they collapse.

Apples and oranges. They were running their offense through Joakim Noah last year, with all due respect, is just terrible if you expect a team to go deep in the playoffs, but he was their best option. He's probably their 4th option, even without Rose.

They're running their offense through Pau Gasol. Night and day difference. And when the game slows down in the playoffs, which it always does, the Bulls won't be impacted badly at all.