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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 1, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) The defense in preseason and the rotations are not near what he is seeing as the season started. He also didn't get many minutes with Noah either. And he showed explosiveness and scored in the preseason but also made quite a few real sloppy passes and poor decisions (from what I saw). I didn't mind them though because the explosion and the looks of an improved shot were there (as was the aggression). He's going to learn and things will come back and this team will soar to a title! I will agree with this. Also, I haven't seen ANY evidence whatsoever of this so-called 5 inch improvement in his vert. Edit: not the title part. lol.

Blah. Not impressive at all. Especially with JR smith out.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 31, 2013 -> 07:08 PM) Come on DRose...what happened to your ability to finish at the rim? I don't care what he did in the preaseason. You don't get it all beck at once after missing a year plus. (in before balta says he's still mad at rose not coming back last year, as he could've gotten all the rust out of the way then)

Bargnani is some kinda terrible.

Rose is playin' like he's under the influence. He needs to calm down.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 31, 2013 -> 08:09 AM) That has to be one of the best debuts ever right? (Michael Carter-Williams) http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id...-historic-debut

Man, I remember watching the RS last year. They were busted and gross. What a turnaround.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 07:17 PM) 9 steals. Yikes. 22 points (4 3's), 7 rebounds, 12 assists and 9 steals. Decent.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 07:25 PM) Dwight has 17 boards at the half. He might get 30 this game. That man is angry. I could see it in his eyes when Skip Bayless was talkin' s*** to him. He will dominate everything (except free throws).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 07:02 PM) Miami's winning now. Barely. They're only up 3. Philly is hanging tough. Miami's hit 16 3's and they won't go away.

lmao@ray Allen. Dude just pulled a t-mac (close to it anyway). For those not watching. Ray hit 4 3's in rapid succession (couldn't have been anymore than a minute) including a 50-footer to end the third.

This Michael Carter Williams character is ballin'.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 05:04 PM) Cavs/Nets on NBAtv. Tasty. Just saw that Bynum was cleared to play. Be interesting to see how he looks.

Heat already benching Wade for tonight. This is really where Beasley could help and earn his spot.

I give Butler props. Really good game (especially defensively) and he didn't have to play video game minutes.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) The last couple seasons have reminded me more and more of the Laker era of not-so-long ago Dude, you're worse than Badger right now. It's hard to take you seriously when you're complaining about EVERYTHING (even when you're right).

QUOTE (TRU @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 07:00 PM) lol thought you guys said the Bulls were good.. Don't include me. The Bulls are more of a hot mess than Miley Cyrus.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 03:24 PM) I find solace in the fact the while LBJ is the best player today, he ain't MJ (don't give a f*** what J4L thinks on this matter)... What I mean by that is once MJ became a champ, nobody knocked him off, maybe LeBron CAN be knocked off, the Spurs should have won gm 6 last year and only a miracle shot by Ray Ray saved Bron from a summer of ridicule. We like to pretend this never happened. But it did.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 01:06 PM) That Pistons team had a 27 year old Joe Dumars, a 29 year old Isiah Thomas, a 29 year old Dennis Rodman, a 31 year old Mark Aguirre, and a 33 year old Bill Laimbeer (among others). The Heat have a 29 year old LeBron, a 29 year old Bosh, and a 32 year old Wade (let alone the age of guys like Allen, Anderson, and Battier). Cole, Chalmers, Beasley, and Oden (allegedly) are the only other players on their roster under the age of 30. You are going to try and convince me that that team isn't getting old? Your Nets are even older than that. It would be nice if Thibs would limit their minutes over the course of the season, but the only players OVER the age of 30 on the Bulls are Carlos Boozer, Mike Dunleavy, Kirk Hinrich, Mike James, and Nazr Mohammad. Other than Booz, you aren't counting on any of those guys for more than 15-20 minutes a night, and that's in the most extreme of circumstances. Being under 30 hasn't kept Deng/Noah from being injured every year. The age of the Heat role players is less relevant because of LeBron. They've got defined roles and aren't asked to do more than they're capable of because of LeBron. The Bulls would need at least two guys other than Rose to play the best basketball of their careers to beat the Heat.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 12:25 PM) It's like the 1990-91 season, a lot like it actually, when Michael Jordan's Bulls were trying to catch the two-time NBA Champion Bad Boy Detroit Pistons, the team that had thrice beaten the Bulls in the playoffs on the way to those titles. And those Bulls, with Jordan leading the way, had to go through the Pistons the same way these Bulls, with Rose leading the way, have to go through Miami. Slaying the dragon that torments you is usually the only way to glory in the NBA and it is no different for these Bulls. Taking down a sitting champion requires, yes, a wonderful team. But of even greater importance it demands a supremely skilled, relentlessly driven -- if not outright ruthless -- player in his physical prime who (usually) has suffered enough indignity in his basketball life to play with utter defiance from November through June, to attack the season as if it's a prize fight. And what we're looking to see, beginning Tuesday night in Miami, is whether Rose, his body up to the task once again, is that player. All we can see thus far, through 18 months of coming back from the knee injury and eight undefeated preseason games, is that Rose -- at 25 years old -- is so very different than he was at 23. You can see it and hear it in a 20-minute on-the-record conversation Sunday at the Berto Center. When I asked Rose to tell me once and for all if he made the right decision to sit out the entire 2012-13 season, if he made the right call to turn a deaf ear to the critics who mocked him last spring because he didn't change course and ride to the rescue during the playoffs, Rose answered with absolute certainty that it's "the smartest decision I ever made." Of all the things we talked about, the most impressive thing Rose said, in my opinion, was that he played his first four NBA seasons primarily off talent. He didn't stretch, didn't watch his diet, didn't obsess over his conditioning. But he does now … all of the above … fanatically. More from this fantastic piece here. Fantastic? That was fluff. Rose ain't Jordan. Who the hell is supposed to be Pippen? Don't say it. The Pistons by '91 were old and busted. We're dealing with 28-year old LeBron now. Big difference.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 12:11 PM) This should answer all of your questions... http://www.nba.com/bobcats/roster/2013 AndasLongasThisManisOwner

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 10:43 AM) Except that you are leaving out details and taking things out of context. Let's try this again "people are saying the Bulls are now equipped to beat the Heat because of Jimmy Butler DERRICK ROSE AND THE UPGRADE TO BUTLER FROM BOGANS AND BREWER WILL HELP MAKE THEM MORE DANGEROUS" Keith Bogans is terrible. I get that. ANYBODY would've been an upgrade. Jimmy Butler is just not that good that the Bulls are going to go from getting waxed in 5 games to beating the Heat now. And Carlos Boozer is still here. That alone kills everything.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 10:20 AM) It's not ridiculous hype when people are saying he's a huge upgrade over Keith f***in Bogans, that's literally all anyone has said. This is the first time since LeBron has been in Miami that the Bulls have had a real NBA backcourt, that's going to make a huge difference. No, when multiple people are saying the Bulls are now equipped to beat the Heat because of Jimmy Butler, yes, that's ridiculous hype. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 10:27 AM) More like 40, and I'm not sure why he wouldn't. He's what, 22? He's not 30. He averaged 41.8 MPG in the playoffs. You better get 13 and 5 with that many minutes.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 10:10 AM) I dunno that it's hype if you watched the playoffs. He's not an all-star, but he's a good guard, something Rose has never had. He averaged 13 pts and 5 reb during last years playoffs. Compare that to Bogans (5 pts and 1 reb) or Brewer (4pts and 2 rebs) from 2010-2011. He averaged like 45 minutes per game. That's not sustainable. He's a nice rotation piece. That's it. Until the Bulls get that legitimate second option they're just a wannabe.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 09:11 AM) Pacers took Miami to 7 without a bench. They now have a bench. Bulls have only had one shot against the Heat and they had a s***ty SG at the time. Butler is now here, an added dimension. Nets are going to be a "too many cooks in the kitchen" s*** show for a while, but with KG/Pierce I think they figure it out. Unfortunately for them they spend all their effort beating up n the Heat in a grueling 7 game series, so the Bulls take advantage and beat them in the Finals. Oh my goodness gracious. You know what, Butler better average at least 15 ppg on good efficiency and make an all-defensive team for all this ridiculous hype.