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i think deng will be the X factor for the bulls have a chance to beat miami in the playoffs. he showed today that he is very dynamic when he is on his game. Gay is no lebron james, but deng completely shut him down today. if he can play defense with the same intensity, and knock threes when he is open, the bulls will be a tough out for miami.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) I've just seen a lot of people say this the last few hours. Rodgers's domination of Atlanta is skewing a lot of people's perception of Green Bay. The Bears aren't the Falcons' s***ty overrated D. but you also have to know that the bears are a great overall defense because of their rush defense (2nd ranked in the league) and their ability to force turnovers. the pass defense has been below average (20th in the league), and even Hasselback had a good game today. Lovie's defense is geared towards making solid tackles, not allowing big plays, blitzing, and forcing turnovers, they do not play to shut down the opposing receivers, and do not have the personnel to do so. IIRC opposing QBs are completing pass in a pretty high rate against the Bears pass defense. with the way Rodgers is playing right now, you gotta hope that Bears can somehow slow him down, and Cutler shows up to play next week.

wonder what kind of game Rodgers will have against our pass defense next week

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jan 16, 2011 -> 06:29 PM) From one Mr. Rosen; read the article a few days back, i don't disagree with Rosen's analysis on Rose's defense. He has shown flashes of he can become a very good defender this season, but many times he is still getting torched by the opponent's pick and roll offense. last night alone, he has given up 3 to 4 good looks to arroyo, house and chalmers off a pick. when he came out of college, many scouts thought he could be a shut down defender and a all defense talent, but he is in his third year now, and playing under one of the best defensive coaches in the league, you have got to wonder if Rose is ever going to live up to his potential on defense.

unless Omer wacks Bosh viciously with a golf club after he got off his late night shift and mcdonalds, bosh has no business saying Omer prevents him from providing for his family. these players make so much money a year, that their family can live a very nice life after only a couple paychecks. providing for his family is the last thing Bosh is playing for.

For a while, the Heat looked like they could reel off 50 straight wins to tie or shatter the Bulls 72-10 record, now we can officially rule them out.... this season. By the way. Arron Afflalo looked really nice tonight and did a great job defending Wade. Both him and JR Smith had great games tonight, but I think Afflalo will be a better fit for the Bulls because he can do more with less. Just check his stats and he is something like 50-40-85 in terms of shooting %. and he NEVER turns the ball over. He would be a terrific fit with Rose and Boozer. If I were GarPax, Afflalo and Mayo are on top of my trade list for shooting guards.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 13, 2011 -> 07:05 AM) LeBron is now day-to-day after rolling (rather painfully looking) his ankle. Karma heard him and was like "Oh, yeah. Forgot! I'M COMIN' BRON!" And it was against the Clippers, a team he led on during free agency, after he attacked the Cavs. The next two games are against the Nuggets (who he hurt inadvertently by making Melo jealous of the Superfriends) and the Bulls (see Clippers). Will karma strike? Hopefully in the form of a James Johnson roundhouse kick? I'd much rather see lbj getting dunked on by scal and Stacey king goes crazy like "oh no oh no u didnt scal!!! don't do the king like that!! WTF is the poster machine?!"

Lebron on his karma tweet. seems that this guy has no balls to own up to what comes out of his mouth.

lakers destroyed any dignity cleveland has left. and the word destroy might even be understating the score.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 25, 2010 -> 01:19 PM) One of the more poorly officiated games of the year right after the knicks loss. i do not recall any really bad calls in that game. knicks beat them fair and square. we have different perspectives. that's all.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 09:11 PM) Let's trade Rose for Griffin. And god damn. Rondo had 22 assists tonight. no big deal, but u'd be frustrated by rose the last three games if he was on your fantasy team.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) LoL unlike you, i do not blame the refs. i blame the players, bad calls happen in every game to every team, players make plays that lead to refs making calls. blame the bulls' loss to the knicks on the refs? blame the refs when your team obviously got outplayed in the game? LMAO

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Jan 5, 2011 -> 10:23 PM) Early contender for Soxtalk's overreaction for 2011. Deng can blow hard at times, but rather seeing Scals out there? C'mon son. that was exaggeration, obviously. but seriously, deng really needs to step up his game in close games. if u pay attention closely, when the game is on the line Deng fails. According to 82games, his clutch stats are 14 ppg per 48 minutes and shoots 38%, Rose and Boozer? 39 and 48 ppg/48 minutes. pretty big drop off between your first second and third option huh. but more importantly, it you are really letting your team down if you clank both free throws in that situation. for the record, i believe deng now has the worst free throw shooting of all qualifed small forwards. he needs to do better than that and Rose did draw some contact on that last shot, but it was marginal. It's the NBA, refs will not let their whistles decide the outcome of the game unless it was an obvious foul, it's always been like that. I actually thought it was a good no call. Blame his teammates for not setting a good screen for him.

rose in his last 3 games, 3 rebounds, 0 steals, 0 blocks. horrible. deng is a flat out choker, next time when the game is on the line, i much rather see scalabrine on the floor as to deng.

if u want to talk about nonsense, how about all the cheering and ovation scalabrine receives.

QUOTE (That funky motion @ Dec 31, 2010 -> 12:09 AM) He almost fell off too!! This. poor little nate robinson. he didn't even hit the game winner.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Dec 30, 2010 -> 06:20 PM) EPIC. Both shots were pretty crazy from Mayo and Evans. jumping on the announcer table after a game winner is overrated.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 29, 2010 -> 07:52 PM) White Sox currently have 6 healthy starters, with a 7th in Jake Peavy returning hopefully by May. The problem is not shortage of starters, but rather a shortage of relievers. really? do you really count Sale and Pena as starters? if we trade away say Danks, our rotation w/o peavy would be Floyd, EJax, Buerhle, Sale, Pena... yuck

for those of u whos wondering if mayo is a 1 or a 2, read hollinger's scouting on him.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 27, 2010 -> 03:57 PM) Yes. But at the same time, everyone knows Memphis must trade him. They're benching him and killing his value. Even when he's the only option available, they let him get hot, then bench him immediately almost to make sure nobody sees how good he is or can be. It's weird. It's happened about 3 times this year alone. And to be fair, I'd still take Mayo over Rose back then only because I believe Mayo's game will translate better as they get older. Rose on the other hand is already having health problems. It's not good when you have tendinitis in your knees and have lost 3 inches off your vertical within 3 years. i couldn't help but laugh at this comment. mayo brings scoring and solid defense to the table, nothing else. and he is not the type of physical 2 guard like eric gordon who gets to the line at will. Mayo at his best would only be a 22 PPG scorer. and yes, i do notice rose lost some hops this season, most likely due to turf toe. even so, he is still faster than almost anyone in the league, and the so call health problems has not caused him to miss any games. I just don't see how mayo will have a better career than rose given the level they are at right now.

it's disturbing that besides amare, blake griffin is already the best offensive big men in the game, and he is just a rookie who doesnt have a jump shot or any post moves.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 26, 2010 -> 04:47 PM) I know, but at this point last season, Jennings was destroying teams and had just come off a 50 point game, IIRC, and people were saying "Give him the ROY right now". jennings got hot shooting the ball for the first 10 games or so and was playing really well, then he struggled with his shots the rest of the way, his shot making ability was one of the knocks against him before the draft. but griffin is totally different, he is playing like an mvp candidate for over 30 games now, and his physical ability is unmatched by any other player in the league, as long as he keeps using his athleticism to get easy dunks and rebounds, he is a lock for the rookie of the year, and possible an all star reserve as a rookie.

deng is really not a good fit playing along side rose and boozer. he seems to play well in blowouts, but disappears completely during close games. the bobcats have no hopes right now, if they are willing to part ways with stephen jackson, i think he would be a terrific fit for the bulls. a package of deng and asik or JJ for Jackson will do the bulls wonders. though that's only wishful thinking

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 25, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) I maybe a homer but if we play NY in the playoffs with a full squad, Bulls in 6. homer or not, most people would probably even say bulls in 5. We played poorly today but were in the game most of the way and had a chance to win till the end. just not a good loss to swallow because Amare acted like a lil b****, and the knicks fans are pretty obnoxious.

i actually think thibs should go with watson at pg and rose sg more in this game. the knicks kept running pick and rolls with amare and felton, which rose had great trouble defending against. too often did he get stuck on the pick with felton going straight to the hoop, and the number of wide open threes felton took after freeing himself with picks in the second half is unacceptable. I think the extra effort rose put in on defense really messed up his rhythm on offense. 11-20 on ft for this bulls today, and they rank 3rd to last in the league in that department, pretty amazing feat considering they don't have shaq, howard or blake griffin. that is 2 losses in the season against the celtics, and now 2 more losses against a pretender in the knicks.