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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 05:02 PM) No, I see everything fine. You're the clueless one. This Jeremy Lin crap has been blown up to the point that he can't go back to being a nobody. And it's not just ESPN. This s*** is everywhere. Nba.com, si.com, sportstalk radio, u.s.a. today. He's already been on the cover of si TWICE! In three f***ing weeks. It doesn't matter that he wasn't an all-american in college. Once he comes back down to earth, it will be no different than a highly touted rookie that failed to live up to expectations. And lol@anybody thinking Rex was that good. Nobody thought that. If Lin becomes a 12/7 PG, a lot of people will be disappointed and it's not even his fault.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 03:59 AM) Wait a minute. You watched last night's game and feel MORE confident against the Heat? lol. Whatever. I gotta agree with J4L, that game depressed me, the Heat may not only be better offensively but defensively as well, yeah it was the Knicks but they looked like they were just toying with them. Goddamn the Heat have too many weapons.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) LeBron should be able to shut down Rose. What the Bulls have to do is make an adjustment and have whoever Chalmers is guarding beat them. That is where Hamilton comes in. Chalmers is not a bad defender but they can go Wade, LBJ and Battier on the floor to protect the perrimeter...this is where having a low post player would've helped.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:14 PM) I mean, come on, he's a dude who is as fast as Rose but 6 inches taller and probably has at least 50 pounds on Rose. That makes s*** rough. The others guys need to step up when DRose draws LBJ.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 10:00 AM) Here's my biggest problem right now. 5 games in a row, between the Bulls and heat, it's come down to the final minute or two, and 5 games in a row the Heat have taken care of business...and it's mostly been the same way, cranking up the defense and saying "You're done scoring" while they put together a couple buckets, sometimes on miracle shots, themselves. 5 games in a row is starting to convince me that this formula will simply work on the Bulls too often. Keep the game close, beat up Rose some, and when it gets to the last 5 minutes, put Lebron on Rose and say that's it. Well if Rose wouldn't have missed both his FT in the waning moments of that last game, we wouldn't be talking about a 5 game losing streak...it was there for the taking. At Miami without Deng and Watson too.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 09:08 AM) Your posts in absolute are why we continue to bring up the Knicks. lol You guys are never gonna let J4L live that down. I also think the Bulls if healthy can hang with Miami but if I were a betting man, my money is on Miami to come out of the East, the Big 3 are just too much to handle. Chicago would need Rose to play much better than last year's ECF, that could happen IF he's healthy, Boozer needs to match what Bosh produces to nullify him, we would need to have Wade have another subpar performance (Bulls D has given him fits recently), Rip and Noah have to produce and KK needs to hit his threes to loosen up their D.Those are too many ifs. We know LBJ is gonna beast, Deng isn't stopping him...the Bulls have a legit shot but they need to up their game if they want to beat Miami. Right now I would say Miami in 6 or 7 but wouldn't be surprised if the Bulls do pull it off.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) I love Noah. love him This is the Noah that was missing in last year's ECF, if Noah plays like this, no one on Miami frontcourt can f*** with him. Please stay healthy

Lin with a nice game, I don't know why the Knicks just don't rest him in the 4th, they're up big and they'll need him to log heavy minutes tomorrow night at Miami.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 12:15 PM) Joe Johnson out of All-Star Game and 3pt Shootout Rondo in ASG. No idea for 3pt. I vote Korver or Watson for the shootout. Korver would be awesome, there are no defenders in a 3 pt contest so he should ve fine.

Adam Sandler movies. Then again, I hate Adam Sandler movies.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 02:40 PM) The biggest problem with this article is that is written awful. If you want to talk about Rose not being a role model, talk about him cheating to get into college. Talk about him letting down his teammates, university and fans when they took the final four appearance away from Memphis. That's fair game and you make a good point. To be honest, I'm with Chuck Barkley on this one, parents should be role models, not young athletes that make millions to play a sport, but that's just me...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 01:55 PM) No mention of Martell Webster's last second slam dunk when down three points? lol Even KLove was like WTF?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 01:31 PM) Jeremy Lin is a better role model than Derrick Rose and it isnt even close SMH This linsanity NEVER ENDS What a stupid article... So DRose never faced racism, please. We know DRose is a model citizen, never been in trouble with the law and Jeremy Lin is a better role model because he's Asian and doesn't talk back when racial slurs are hurled at him? ok, great logic.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 10:51 AM) I think there were a fair number of people worried about Oden's long term health coming out of college. Of course, with Durant being a twig, there were probably just as many worried about him...but that's why you do physicals and such. Oden needs to be released and let the Suns work their magic on him!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 21, 2012 -> 09:44 AM) Bowie over Jordan Oden over Durant Portland FTW You can't really blame them though, in 84 they had Drexler and Bowie looked legit and Oden would be the best big man today if his health wasn't so s***ty, I remember watching Oden vs Howard a few years ago and he was manhandling Dwight. Most teams will pick a legit looking center because thosr guys are far and few between.

As nice a run that Lin has had, he shouldn't be taking more shots than Amar'e or Melo.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 19, 2012 -> 08:13 PM) Healthy Bulls beat the Heat. Rose and Rip looked damn good together when they were, Boozer and Noah are gelling, and Deng is the glue. Get the bench back into form when Rose returns and things will be good. We kind of forget that Rose had a bum ankle from the Pacers series and it slowed him down, Noah was nowhere the player he was before he was injured so hopefully they'll be healthy this time, it will make a big difference. The biggest concern for me is if we have enough outside shooting to get over the hump vs Miami, the Mavs were able to beat Miami because their shots were falling (Terry, Barea, Kidd). Deng, Hamilton and (ugh) Korver will have to make Miami pay when they pack the paint and draw all their focus on Rose, the shots will be there, just gotta make them (Korver missed a bunch of open looks last year and frankly I'm not too confident he'll step it up this time either, hope I'm wrong).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 19, 2012 -> 05:05 PM) Oh my goodness. Will somebody please come up with a realistic scenario in which the Bulls can beat Miami 4 times in May? It's scary how much better Miami is this year compared to last. We can go Tanya Harding on LBJ's knee. Seriously though, I agree with those who think a healthy Bulls team can compete, Miami should be favorites because they beat Chicago last year but nothing is guaranteed...

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 19, 2012 -> 04:14 PM) That post didn't really have to do anything with the Bulls. That's just a stunning stat for a 2-guard over a 12-game stretch. Merge that with LeBron and his X-box-like efficiency and the opposing team has big problems. Not to take away from LBJ's great season but both he and Wade feast on a lot of layups and dunks... They won't get those in the playoffs, especially in the 4th qtr.

8 pts for Howard vs Miami in the 3rd, and this guy is the premier center in the league.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 19, 2012 -> 03:38 PM) Just saw a pretty disgusting statistic over at realgm. Since Wade's 4/16 s***-fest against the Bulls last month, he's shooting 58.2% (102/175) from the field. And this does not include the 8/11 so far today. meh, a bunch of his hoops are layups and dunks...as long as he plays like garbage like he has recently against the Bulls, I couldn't care less what he does against everyone else.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 19, 2012 -> 02:31 PM) So, I'm trying not to be the hater here, but I'm watching this Knicks/Mavs game, and this Knicks team just isn't scaring me. They've made some runs here, but just from picturing that Miami/Chicago playoff series last year, I feel like you put this Knicks offense up against a legit defense and they're going to be dismantled. Both the big runs that I saw the Knicks make were keyed by Dallas obviously backing off on the defensive pressure. They started giving space to both Lin and their shooters, and suddenly both Novak and JR SMith were making big, open shots that just should never have been that open. I know that generating space for open shots is what D'Antoni's offense is supposed to do, but it wasn't off of either penetration or off of a lot of movement in a lot of cases, it seemed like it kept being just blatant miscues by the Mavs on rotation. Novak and JR Smith shouldn't be shooting 7/14 from 3 unless they're getting really open shots. And then on top of that, there's Lin hitting 3's that really aren't smart shots, he's making the kind of shots we get annoyed when Rose takes them. When the Mavs pressure him and force the ball out front, he takes a shot I wouldn't want Rose taking, and hits it. Over a bigger guy than him, 2-3 feet behidn the 3 line with the time running down is not a good shot. This is driving me nuts. Dallas is one of the top defensive FG %age teams out there, but they're not putting together anything that I'd say is a quality defensive game here. They've put together quality defensive bursts, but way too many breakdowns and stretches where the effort drops off. And when they're putting together those defensive bursts, Lin winds up making a ridiculous shot that can't be a high-percentage look by any stretch of the imagination. You put this team against the defense the Heat put against the Bulls last year and I feel like they'd struggle to score 70 just like the Bulls did. Yet they just pulled out a win over the Mavs, the Mavs beat that same Heat team, and I just don't know how to react to this. Is D'Antoni's system just this good at creating open shots that they're able to break down the Mavs and make the Mavs look like amateurs? You take what the defense gives you? Next week we'll see how the Knicks fare against Miami, but it seems we are trying to downplay what the Lin led Knicks offense has done by saying "they haven't faced a real D yet", but the Knicks just beat the champs and Lin had a nice game except for the 7 TOs...28 pts, +50% fg, 14 asts, 4 rebs... I'm not saying it will happen but if Lin plays well against Miami, you might have people saying, "I bet he wouldn't do that vs the 1989 Detroit Pistons team"... I think we are seeing a backlash on all the Lin hype but the kid keeps proving the naysayers wrong...I think he's legit, will he regress?I think he will because he's putting up All Star stats and that can't continue, can it?

I know you can't win every game but at the least you gotta be ready to play, these guys get paid too much money to half-ass it, I know it's nit picking since they've been tremendous so far considering all the injuries they've had but it's not fair to the folks who pay to watch a game.

Wow, Korver and Brewer miss some gimmes that would have cut the lead to 6 with a minute and a half.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 18, 2012 -> 04:55 PM) what has happened to ronnie brewers offensive game? I didn't know he had one