MexSoxFan#1

Well, at least we didn't lose to LeBron as much we lost to the Cavs role players. The Bulls on paper were the deeper team but goddam they destroyed the Bulls, outplayed and outhustled them. LeBron had an off series, shot miserably and turned it over a ton, KI was for the most part a cripple, no KLove a JR Smith out two games and still they got humiliated. Way to show up for Thibs. They have to fire Thibs, Bulls have zero excuses for not beating Cleveland. He can take Hinrich with him wherever he ends up.

This is just pathetic

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 13, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) Chris Paul says hello. Advanced stats have proven that the most efficient scoring areas on the floor are at the rim and the 3 pointer (particularly corner threes). Today's game is for the most part predicated on keeping the floor spread. Can't do that if you're shooting 18 foot 2 pointers. So you're saying MJ would have more trouble scoring in today's NBA even though there is more spacing and driving lanes because Paul George would make it harder on him? LOL MJ got to the rim despite facing double or triple teams, legit bigs camping in the lane, defenders were basically allowed to stiff arm and come playoff time, driving to the hole meant getting put on your ass. MJ would be better in this era, easily. It seems to me that people tend to forget just how good MJ was, he literally had no weakness (people point to his 3pt %, back then the 3pt shot wasn't the weapon that it is today, it's still the lowest percentage shot in basketball but a lot more threes are being made because teams are chucking them at unprecedented rates and most teams have a couple of guys that basically that's all they do), despite that, MJ had huge memorable games and shots from behind the three point line (Finals vs Portland, GM 4 vs NY in 93 IIRC). Pretty sure he'd have a pretty good 3pt shot if he played today and he actually worked at it. No one is stopping him one on one... Back to the present, I'm fine with Thibs being shown the door when we lose to the Cavs, the Bulls offense has been the problem, this Cavs team with LeBron playing less than stellar (dat TO rate and FG%, yikes) and the injuries should've been beatable. Those plays in the final moments of GM 5 and coming out of a TO produced a Butler off balanced 3 and Noah with the ball twice, GMAFB.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ May 10, 2015 -> 04:11 PM) lolwut... this series is over.. they aren't winning in Cleveland. you don't gift games to Lebron. they had plenty of chances. This LeBron =/= peak LeBron

QUOTE (Jake @ May 10, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) The bright side is I think Cavs look very vulnerable and a decent game from the Bulls will beat them regardless of venue This Bulls played like absolute trash and basically gave this game away. LeBron can also play better but KI is on one foot and KLove isn't a factor. If the Bulls can't beat these Cavs, we'll need to make major changes.

I don't see how CLE would be unbeatable at home with all the injury issues. Irving isn't gonna be a factor and they don't have KLove. Bulls basically gave this game away

Niko not showing up

James isn't the same player he was a couple of years ago but he's still durable (injurywise)

QUOTE (Jake @ May 8, 2015 -> 08:56 PM) The way he attacked Rose with 7 seconds left was like a man who had no fear of a foul call Why should he, he probably needs to punch someone for it to be called a foul, especially in crunch time. I don't care what J4L says MJ wasn't babied by the refs to the extent that James is. LeBron uses his off hand to create space or just knocks players over to get to the rim and he hardly ever get's called for it.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 8, 2015 -> 08:41 PM) I still don't think we can win the series if the calls are going to go this way. I'm not going to say they're trying to f*** us, but they're f***ing us nonetheless This x 1,000,000 They will just not call James with a foul no matter what he does. That was some blatant ref s*** in the 4th, and I'm one who doesn't like b****ing about referees but that outright disgusting. Against all that garbage, the Bulls still found a way to pull it out, I'm so proud of these guys

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ May 8, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) That's now 3 calls in the last 2 games that Rose has lost to Lebron because Lebron is the official league poster child. LeBron should easily be in foul trouble, they let him get away with barrelling over people and using his off hand to push off on offense.

Just got seriously outworked, you'd think they'd try and bring the hammer down and put up the extra effort to really put their foot on the Cavs throat with the supposed immense dislike some of the Bulls players have for LeBron.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 3, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) While it's pretty presumptuous to think this way, I've been dreading the potential Bulls-Wiz matchup in the ECF more than Bulls-Hawks ..........

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 6m6 minutes ago Cavaliers say it is "highly unlikely" Kevin Love will return for the playoffs They're even talking about surgery...if that's the case, he's done for this postseason.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 5, 2015 -> 04:15 PM) Despite a crazy JR Smith game and garbage heaves falling, Bulls were still in it. Rose kills CLE and I'm confident we'd win a series vs them. This game was nothing like a playoff game with these two clubs will be. Of course if the Bulls would've won, J4L would've reminded everyone that it's just a RS game, lol. But Cleveland won so obviously the Bulls have no shot... I still love our chances...depends a lot on Rose though.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 26, 2015 -> 09:20 AM) Yes, but that is because I haven't been properly coached.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 25, 2015 -> 08:11 AM) I think I will have my dad call George McCaskey and tell him what I great guy I am, I haven't ever even been accused of beating or raping a woman. I will work for the minimum. I will even pay for my own gas to meet in Halas Hall. You suck at football though...

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 04:57 PM) the great Tim Floyd Or how PJax would refer to him as Pink

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 10:57 PM) Jordanesque to durants Pippen Yeah, that's just silly. KD is the better player, 4x scoring champion and last year's MVP. A lot of fans are prone to being prisoners of the moment. Harden is a legit MVP candidate this season (Westbrook would be too if he didn't miss as many games as he has) and Durant is the reigning MVP. OKC had these three guys, that's just insane.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Feb 26, 2015 -> 09:38 AM) That'll show him. Lol

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) Kerr played under Phil Jackson and Pop, two of the best coaches in the history of the game, he was a broadcaster for 5-6 years, he was a GM for a number of years...I mean, he's been in and around the NBA for the last 25+ years. Hoiberg can't say the same thing. The knowledge base is completely different. Also under Lenny Wilkins

Looking at the bright side, JBuckets thrived as the man earlier in the season. It's gotta be f***ing karma from the 90s Bulls dynasty that were fortunate to not have to many big injuries through their six title runs. This Bulls team can't stay healthy, it isn't only DRose (sure he's our franchise player and has gotten the most serious injuries) but it wouldn't surprise me at all if a couple of our other major players get hit with injuries before the playoffs. This f***ing sucks

Jerome Kersey passed away at 52 He used to throw down some mean dunks back in the day...RIP

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 06:09 PM) This. You could replace LeBron with '91 MJ or '00 Shaq and the Heat still get dusted by the Spurs. They were that good. I disagree, the Spurs were pushed to seven games in the first round by the Mavs, they might've of not gotten out of the West if Ibaka never gets hurt. It's more a testament of how stacked the West was and how awful the East was (Indiana, lol). If the East actually had great competition, the Heat wouldn't have made the Finals, stick them out West and they weren't sniffing that fourth Finals in a row. The Spurs beating OKC in 6 tough games was your real Finals last year. The '13-'14 San Antonio Spurs were good but they're not even the best version of their previous championship teams. BTW, LeBron is smart staying in the East, he's been to 5 Finals but two of those times, ('07 Cavs and '14 Heat) he had no business being in the Finals with those teams, proof being his teams got mauled in the championship round.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 15, 2015 -> 09:01 PM) He's shooting 41% from the field and 32.5% from 3 and getting to the line just over 3 times per game for a ts% of .488 in '15. For a point of reference, old, fat, unathletic MJ, his last year with the Wizards, had a ts% of 49.1. Come on J4L, Rose is coming back from 2 major knee injuries and losing 2 years of basketball. I said it at the begining of this season, don't expect Rose to be anywhere his MVP level this season, maybe even into next season but as long as he doesn't suffer anymore major setbacks, he will get to, or close to his MVP level again. The Bulls are good enough to compete for a title if he gets to 75%-85% this postseason with enough flashes of his 10-11 version. He needs to play smarter though, stop shooting so many threes for one. Shoot more mid-range Js, be more of a field general assists PG (he has offensive weapons at his disposal) and attack the rim for his shot and others in crunch time. Just letting the game come to him instead of forcing the issue.