Jake

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 4, 2012 -> 10:44 PM) Noah walked out of the XRay room on crutches, wearing a black cast, putting absolutely no weight on injured leg. I see everyone reporting this, but what do we expect? "Noah does sprints after Bulls loss"

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:57 PM) Refs f***ed us in the last 4 min. Phantom call after phantom call. I noticed this as well.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:51 PM) Horrible execution, bad coaching. Nobody really stepped up late in the game. Plus, why didn't Watson play at all in the 4th? JL3 did nothing but dribble out the shot clock and take horrible shots. Watson did throughout his minutes exactly what JL3 did at the end, except Watson was mixing in a ton of bad shots. JL3 actually did a pretty good job of running the offense until the end when ball pressure got to him. He really needs to pass the ball to the screener on the screen and roll and things will loosen up.

Any of you with drinking problems, this is your cue

Well, we continue playing like s*** we continue losing. Make some free throws, play some defense, make some open shots and we win the game. Don't have to do all three, but you do have to do one of the three.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:47 PM) If I believed in a God, I would curse it right now. I think there's one cursing us right now

QUOTE (Jake @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:47 PM) Just take the first open three, I don't give a s*** at this point how much time on the clock we just need the points I said OPEN

Just take the first open three, I don't give a s*** at this point how much time on the clock we just need the points

Refs sure like blowing the whistle on that end.

Big dick JL3!

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:42 PM) Ha, it does remind me of their late game collapses. Scrape by on minimum ball movement throughout the game, then go into full-on no passing just give it to the point guard and let him dribble it around the perimeter mode.

Is Bruce Weber coaching this team?

Wow, terrible call.

Rip really wants this game. Now he just needs to do something about it...he and Boozer are the only ones that seem interested in ball movement on offense.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:27 PM) Screw it, there's almost a part of me that hopes Sale absolutely tanks as closer so that they might reconsider their decision. You've held up for so long, don't be that fan now. Win win win White Sox!

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:33 PM) Let's f*** up Noah's other ankle and get him out there. How much longer til Thibs realizes the last time we went on a run, Taj was out there and not Boozer? I don't think it's heinous to have a Boozer-Gibson frontcourt.

We need to pass the f***ing ball on offense. JL3 had done a nice job of not hogging the ball too much but he's doing it again -- don't be Chester Frazier bro. See, give Boozer the ball and things start moving.

Every pro basketball player I've heard comment on it says there's no problem that he was on the floor there. In the playoffs you stick the dagger in and keep sticking it in. Not to mention his circumstances and needing to find a groove. I spoke with the trainer of the Grizzlies and he said that movement should not have tore his ACL if he was on a proper S&C program.

BOOZ

Stay down, b****. No prisoners

QUOTE (flavum @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:18 PM) Remember this thread? May 4th around 5pm... this team became dead to me. Hey at least there's a good part of today's bad news. We shouldn't be worried about blown saves any longer.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:24 PM) I know this sounds shocking, but over the last 7 days, I've found myself more confused by Bulls/Sox coaching/personnel moves than ever before. Players not delivering/dying inexplicably performing basketball moves make coaches look bad.

If we had a decent reserve two, I wouldn't mind seeing Rip play point for us.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 4, 2012 -> 09:19 PM) Unacceptable to put Noah back in this game. That was embarrassing and terrifying. For some reason the sinking feeling when he first went down was almost as bad as when Derrick did. Part of it was that Noah was much more clearly badly hurt, but he also means so much to the team in ways stats don't always show. I hope he can heal up before we play Boston/Atlanta.

I love Noah, but he's gotta get healthy. He cost us a couple baskets there. Awesome to see him try so hard though, in a Peavy kind of way