MexSoxFan#1

The Bulls look tired, too.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 01:36 PM) The Bulls are a lottery team without Derrick Rose. Hence the MVP award...

Poor kid, his parents bought him tickets to see this mess.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 01:16 PM) I have faith that he'll be alright in the long run. If I'm Thibs, I may start Gibson or Omer at C the next game to get Noah's head straight. Maybe having him coming off the bench will re-energize him. Jo has to work the chronic outta his system Taj should start.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 01:13 PM) They're without Rose. And Memphis shot 69.2% from the field in the first half. It happens. Yeah, and with Rip out too, you get this mess on the road.

12-3 isn't bad all things considered but Lord the Bulls look awful.

Noah is garbage right now.

Bulls D gonna have to show up, not looking good so far.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 16, 2012 -> 11:29 AM) I know you love your boy. But no, he went above and beyond anything he had done previously this year. He won them that game. I so not expected that from Smith, I thought the Saints would be able to put at least 28 pts on SF, never expected Smith to beast the way he did, made some high quality throws. So far I'm 6 for 8 in predictions, only loses were to Tebow and 49ers unlikly outgunning the Saints they've cost me some nice cash

I wrote a few weeks ago that I though last year's Packers 10-6 team was better than this year's 15-1 team soley on the fact that GB's D was awesome last year, while this year they were awful, all it took was a team that was solid on D and have a more than capable O.I'm shocked though how eay the Giants beat the Pack, if it wasn't for two awful ref calls, it would've been more of a beatdown. If the 49ers and Ravens make it to the SB, that would go against the "passing offense wins in today's NFL" thinking, wouldn't it?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 05:56 AM) Reading posts about the Bulls there is no way you would be able to conclude they would be anywhere near 11-2 with their back to back to back out of the way and 9 road games, and without Hamilton most of the time, and without Rose for a game. Some around here, if the truly are Bulls fans, need to quit nitpicking and enjoy. This. x 1000 No Rip, no CJ, Noah MIA, bunch of back to backs and mostly on the road and they are 12-2? GTFO here with the complaining.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) LOL, enjoy the week. They out-Sainted the Saints at the end, but the key was all the hard hits in the 1st half that led to those fumbles and the 17-0 lead. If NY upsets GB, SF will have a hell of a shot to get to the SB, they ain't gonna outPacker the Pack in GB.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 07:52 PM) I repeat, Who's got it better than us? NOBODY!!!!!! Congrats.

Well, I knew New Orleans was gonna light up SF's "great" defense, but never figured Alex Smith was gonna go nuts. Glad for Jim Harbaugh, I liked him when he was our QB back in the day.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 14, 2012 -> 04:53 PM) That TD throw should be illegal. There is like no way to stop that throw. Saints are -3 in the turnover battle and only down 3 points, can't complain about that. If I were a SF, I'd be very nervous about that. No doubt Sean Peyton is gonna make adjustments...9ers defense gonna have to earn the paycheck in the 2nd half.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Pierce hasn't been that good as of yet, but Deng is an obvious top10 SF Yeah, I know but I won't say who said this but he said said Pierce was one of 15 SFs better than Deng.

Deng took Pierce out of the game and I don't ever want to hear that Deng is not a top 10 SF.

I'm not a big Melo fan, he can score but he's a bit of a ball hog, once he has the ball, he's gonna shoot. There's no way I'm gonna buy Melo as an average defender, he sucks at defending in Denver and now in NY. He also comes off as a selfish player IMO.There are a lot of SFs I rather have than him, scoring isn't the end all be all of basketball.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 04:20 PM) Oh my goodness. Get out of here. Melo >>>>> Deng I don't think you understood me, of course Melo is way better than Deng, Melo is a scoring machine.What I was wondering was if Melo score 25 pts in a game, what is the opposing SF pts that night...that's why I said it might break even, what Melo score to what the player he's defending scores since Melo is basically a turnstile on D.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 04:12 PM) Ooof. I'd personally say Gerald Wallace and Rudy Gay should be rated well above Deng. Caron Butler is having a nice start to the season, but I'm not willing to forgive the past few years based on a couple 20 point outbursts. He's below Deng. You also forgot Carmelo Anthony in the "clearly better" category. Melo clearly better O wise, but D wise, Melo doesn't even register...I wonder what Melo is giving up on defense, it probably breaks even, lol, he's so bad on defense.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) All around game considered the only clear cut SF's better than Deng are: Lebron James Kevin Durant Danny Granger I think you have to group Deng with the Caron Butler/Rudy Gay/Gerald Wallace bunch. Seems about right, that's why I consider Luol an easily top 10 SF considering both ends of the floor.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 03:55 PM) Deng is one of the best wing defenders in the league. He's quite, quite good. His offense isn't great, but it's tough to ignore his defensive prowess. His mid-range jumper has been solid for a while and he's good in the open court.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 03:42 PM) SF's better than Deng: LeBron Durant Melo Pierce Gay AI2 Wallace Granger Marion AK SFs arguably better: Wright Gallinari Butler Hedo Hill Deng is somewhere in that third-tier. lol@ that list... Are you saying just offensive wise and not including defense, because if we are talking both ends of the court, your list sucks.

Deng is a top 10 SF (considering both off. and def.). I have no idea how Noah can remind anybody of Longley, totally different types of players...

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) You just proved my point. It's OK that Rose at times takes bad shots because there's nobody for him to defer to. Who's to say Rose wouldn't have similar difficulties meshing with such an uber-talent like Durant? Rose is not Nash or Paul or Williams. He looks to score first. He was that way at Memphis. I would love for us Bulls fans to have that "problem" OKC has.