Ozzie was definitely first.

 

You sure? I remember it being on this board before Hawk used it.

 

That name is trending on Twitter.

 

I don't know if I want D-Rose to be called Windy City Assassin. The last "Assassin" nickname given out was to Javy Vazquez (Silent Assassin by Hawk). Bad, bad memories.

 

Yeah, but Rose isn't silent and he's got ice in his veins.

That name is trending on Twitter.

 

I don't know if I want D-Rose to be called Windy City Assassin. The last "Assassin" nickname given out was to Javy Vazquez (Silent Assassin by Hawk). Bad, bad memories.

 

ya not a fan of the windy city assassin, and hasn't bench mob been used a bunch before?

 

grinded out another wiiiiin, only 10 games left in the regular season

30 points, 17 assists, 12/12 FT

 

F*cking case closed. Thanks to D-Rose for backing up my argument on this board tonight!!

Looks like we could have Bulls vs Magic and Celtics vs Heat in the Semi Finals barring any upsets.

Hmm...Rose seems out of character today. He swore in an interview to KC Johnson and said "the worst thing you can do is give me confidence...if you do that I'm hard to stop" (or something to that effect).

 

This is definitely new to me. I don't remember Rose being this, what's the word,...cocky? He did say he hasn't accomplished anything yet and that the Bulls have seen nothing but first round exits thus far...but still, out of character.

Hmm...Rose seems out of character today. He swore in an interview to KC Johnson and said "the worst thing you can do is give me confidence...if you do that I'm hard to stop" (or something to that effect).

 

This is definitely new to me. I don't remember Rose being this, what's the word,...cocky? He did say he hasn't accomplished anything yet and that the Bulls have seen nothing but first round exits thus far...but still, out of character.

 

I've seen flashes of that too. Maybe a month ago, I was watching a post game (on the court) interview with him. The interviewer asked him how he felt about the MVP chants. He started by saying, "Keep it coming!", but then quickly backed off and finished the interview in his usual soft spoken way. It was like he caught himself getting a little cocky and then realized he should reign it in or something. Weird.

Hmm...Rose seems out of character today. He swore in an interview to KC Johnson and said "the worst thing you can do is give me confidence...if you do that I'm hard to stop" (or something to that effect).

 

This is definitely new to me. I don't remember Rose being this, what's the word,...cocky? He did say he hasn't accomplished anything yet and that the Bulls have seen nothing but first round exits thus far...but still, out of character.

I don't think that's being cocky, that's just saying hey if I'm confident I'm going to be unstoppable whether the opposing team causes it or not...it'd be cocky if he just came out and said I'm hard to stop.

Edited March 27, 201114 yr by kev211

30 points, 17 assists, 12/12 FT

 

F*cking case closed. Thanks to D-Rose for backing up my argument on this board tonight!!

I like your avatar better then Bill Simmon's version.

Knicks lost their 6th straight game. Now 3 games under .500. Only 2.5 games from 8th place and a potential first round showdown with the Bulls.

I like your avatar better then Bill Simmon's version.

Finally someone noticed... and thanks.

Just watched that Rose MVP vid. Who would've thought Stacey King's largest contribution to the Bulls franchise would be as an announcer.

 

which video is this?

Knicks lost their 6th straight game. Now 3 games under .500. Only 2.5 games from 8th place and a potential first round showdown with the Bulls.

Only 3.5 games ahead of 9th place, only 2 games behind 6th place though.

If no one else is going to do it, I should...as good as Rose was on the offensive end for the last 5 minutes, he was matched by Luol Deng on the defensive side.

Finally someone noticed... and thanks.

 

Whats the original look like?

If no one else is going to do it, I should...as good as Rose was on the offensive end for the last 5 minutes, he was matched by Luol Deng on the defensive side.

Deng really deserves to be All-NBA First-Team defense. His on-ball defense of the NBA's top wings has been terrific this year.

If no one else is going to do it, I should...as good as Rose was on the offensive end for the last 5 minutes, he was matched by Luol Deng on the defensive side.

 

Dengs defense has never really been a question. He's always been pretty solid one on one.

This ought to win a person coach of the year.

On the year the Bulls have been dominant in the fourth, outscoring their opponents by 201 points. No other team has outscored its opponents by even 100 points in the final frame this season.

 

Also

Rose is just the second Bulls player in the last 25 seasons to score at least 30 points and record at least 15 assists in a single game. The other was Michael Jordan, who last did it in 1989 when he had 33 points and 17 assists against the Trail Blazers.

Dengs defense has never really been a question. He's always been pretty solid one on one.

For the last 4 minutes, he went from pretty solid to "I don't care who you are, you're not scoring."

This ought to win a person coach of the year.

 

 

Also

 

I would have to say that Thibs deserves coach of the year more than Rose deserves MVP.

I don't think that's being cocky, that's just saying hey if I'm confident I'm going to be unstoppable whether the opposing team causes it or not...it'd be cocky if he just came out and said I'm hard to stop.

 

Thank you Kev.

This made me laugh:

 

http://espn.go.com/chicago/video/clip?id=6263657

This made me laugh:

 

http://espn.go.com/chicago/video/clip?id=6263657

 

*Facepalm.

 

Kobe is not anywhere near the conversation for MVP if you want to mention supporting casts and statistics in the same argument. Kobe doesn't even have the highest Win Shares on his team, Gasol does. Plus, win shares likes Rose more than Kobe, by about a win or two I think.

For the sake of everyone, can these amateur writers on Bleacher Report and so many other blogs stop comparing Derrick Rose to the likes of Russell Westbrook and Kyle Lowry? PLEASE, STOP!

 

1) It makes you look absolutely basketball-stupid in the eyes of those who don't care for advanced stats - and that's a lot of people.

2) It doesn't make sense to compare Kyle Lowry to Derrick Rose, it just doesn't. Win Shares doesn't back your argument, PER doesn't back your argument, stop trying to find crevices in the world of flawed metrics to make a stupid point. We get it, D-Rose isn't as good as some people think he is. Big deal, that doesn't mean you can go out and make a horrible comparison.

3) If you want to use advanced stats, quit sprinkling in that Westbrook and Rose have similar ordinary numbers (like shooting percentage, assists, etc). If you want to do a real advanced analysis, do it with actual advanced metrics. Talking about how Westbrook and Rose average around the same number of points and assists like it means everything is like saying Delmon Young and Adam Dunn are similar hitters since they were 10 RBIs apart last year. Like Stacey King would say...STOP IT!

 

It just infuriates me that some of these writers are doing terrible things with statistical analytical writing. If you want to have a case against Rose, that's fine. But don't clown on him with child's play and pretend you know something.

 

*Rant over.

For the sake of everyone, can these amateur writers on Bleacher Report and so many other blogs stop comparing Derrick Rose to the likes of Russell Westbrook and Kyle Lowry? PLEASE, STOP!

 

1) It makes you look absolutely basketball-stupid in the eyes of those who don't care for advanced stats - and that's a lot of people.

2) It doesn't make sense to compare Kyle Lowry to Derrick Rose, it just doesn't. Win Shares doesn't back your argument, PER doesn't back your argument, stop trying to find crevices in the world of flawed metrics to make a stupid point. We get it, D-Rose isn't as good as some people think he is. Big deal, that doesn't mean you can go out and make a horrible comparison.

3) If you want to use advanced stats, quit sprinkling in that Westbrook and Rose have similar ordinary numbers (like shooting percentage, assists, etc). If you want to do a real advanced analysis, do it with actual advanced metrics. Talking about how Westbrook and Rose average around the same number of points and assists like it means everything is like saying Delmon Young and Adam Dunn are similar hitters since they were 10 RBIs apart last year. Like Stacey King would say...STOP IT!

 

It just infuriates me that some of these writers are doing terrible things with statistical analytical writing. If you want to have a case against Rose, that's fine. But don't clown on him with child's play and pretend you know something.

 

*Rant over.

There's an easy solution to this: stop reading Bleacher Report. It's easily one of the most worthless sites on the internet.

There's an easy solution to this: stop reading Bleacher Report. It's easily one of the most worthless sites on the internet.

It's not just that site. The Lowry stuff was from another blog. I'm also not the one checking it. People post links to the site and quote it, which interests me enough to read it since it's usually wrong.

Edited March 28, 201114 yr by chw42