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Something is just different about him this year. Usually LeBron shows up and DeMar just gets shutdown. It looked like that might happen again through 3 quarters but he put that narrative to rest in the 4th.

lol that page reads like the Onion but for basketball.

How long until he gets COVID too?

I figured Cleveland would give us trouble with their size. We're also playing with half the team. Vooch needs to figure out his shooting. I thought he was starting to turn it around after those 2 straight great games but he's fallen back into a slump again.

LaVine will re-sign in the off-season, especially with this team on the brink of title contention. And yeah, getting rid of Gafford kind of hurts now. He's a much better version of Tony Bradley and the Bulls have so many wing players that Brown barely plays. It's funny cause the Bulls had the exact opposite problem last year. I wouldn't trade Williams for anything unless that piece puts the team in title contention. Myles Turner, Sabonis, and Harrison Barnes are guys I would consider for somebody like Williams. White should be able to get you a decent starting big man, but as some others have alluded to here, I don't think they need to trade for a big man, they can just get somebody who gets bought-out early next year.

Barnes would be an all-out move that would probably require moving Patrick Williams to get. I'm not sure a package around Coby White gets you Barnes. They can always try to go a bit cheaper and get someone like Robert Covington, who does a lot of what Barnes gives you, he just doesn't do it as well.

Turner would be an amazing get for this team, but they'd probably have to give quite a bit to get him.

I blame the Hornets.

Definitely did not expect them to win tonight, let alone almost blow them out.

Even Stacey King has COVID. I'm really hoping it doesn't go beyond DeMar, we can't afford to lose more guys.

Why can't we have nice things?

I just barfed a little.

Great win again. DeMar was MJ-esque again in the 4th. Lonzo hit a huge 3 after missing all night. Ayo was absolutely amazing. His energy brought the Bulls back after they were down by double digits in the 3rd. 2-0 against the Nets, although we caught them both times on the last game of a back to back.

Bulls getting out-hustled tonight when Brooklyn is playing in the 2nd game of a back to back. They really miss Caruso on defense.

Everyone I've seen has heralded Caruso as the guy whose contribution doesn't really show in the statlines...but he actually leads the Bulls in RAPTOR WAR, which is kind of insane. It's so insane that he's actually 7th in the NBA in RAPTOR WAR and he's done that playing less than 30 minutes a game.

Covington should be somebody the Bulls go after. They don't need another guy who can score 20 a game, they need a guy who can defend 4/5s and not be a liability on offense. Covington fits that bill perfectly. He's a plus defender and can help you space the floor on offense since he's a great 3 point shooter.

I like Schwarber a lot, but if the plan is to play him in RF, it's just not gonna work. Eloy in LF is already a problem, flanking Robert with another statue in RF is gonna kill our OF defense. He would be great to have as a bat, but we already have enough DHs on the roster.

Randle did whatever he wanted last night near the paint. Both DJJ and Green aren't strong enough to defend guys like him down low. Against teams with a lot of bigs, the Bulls will really struggle defensively. Taj getting ejected early in the game last night probably helped the Bulls quite a bit. It'll be interesting to see how we stack up against Cleveland when they run 3 7 footers out there, even though Lauri doesn't play like one.

The Bulls really need a 2nd big to play with Vucevic. I'm so tired of seeing Javonte Green getting bullied by guys twice his size. He does what he can but it's hard to go up against guys who are almost 7 feet when you're 6'5 on a good day.

Didn't Thad and Vucevic not play well together when they were on the court at the same time?

I bet MLB didn't see that move as a big win for the players.

It's also weird how the Red Sox looked like they could score 20 runs every game against the Astros then all of a sudden they couldn't score a run to save their lives in the last 3 games of the ALCS.

His steal on Randle really changed the course of this game late. The guy is just such a smart defender. When he didn't play to start the 2nd half the Bulls got outscored by 16 in 7 minutes. It's crazy how big of an impact he has on this team.

SGA didn't play, but they probably lose by 60 with him instead of 70+.

Man it's one thing to change the ball, it's another to have 2 different balls and selectively give teams a better ball for offense. This needs to be a much bigger scandal.