f*** you Damien Wilkins.

He looks ok. But dear god Thibs, give him and Deng some rest in blowouts.

HOLY CRAP. That DRose fall was hard enough to hurt MY soul. Dear God.

 

I'm listening on the radio and I heard the thud when he fell.

 

He made both free throws, so he should be okay. Our season was nearly over there.

 

Why are any starters still in this game??? It's clear the Pistons' only interest is in injuring our players at this point.

What the hell are the starters still doing out there?

Seriously. We have the personnel for a condensed season and to not wear our starters out.

2 minutes too late Thibbs.

2 minutes too late Thibbs.

 

 

agreed. Night after night I find myself just sitting here PRAYING that nobody gets hurt in these last few minutes. ughh.

Greg Monroe is pretty damn good. Glad I took him in one of my drafts.

Greg Monroe is pretty damn good. Glad I took him in one of my drafts.

 

Yup. That was an easy sleeper. Derrick Favors is another stud waiting to explode. But f*** did I drop the ball on Ryan Anderson. I had him on my radar. He kept going earlier than I expected.

 

Oh, and LeBron is f***ing sick. If my math is correct, he's shooting 60% from the field so far this season.

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Yup. That was an easy sleeper. Derrick Favors is another stud waiting to explode. But f*** did I drop the ball on Ryan Anderson. I had him on my radar. He kept going earlier than I expected.

 

Oh, and LeBron is f***ing sick. If my math is correct, he's shooting 60% from the field so far this season.

 

Autopick got Anderson for me in the Soxtalk Yahoo league.

 

I had no idea he was going to get this many minutes. He was a waiver pickup in my 10 team league. He's been my second best player.

Rose's left arm in a sling.

 

Serious WTF. He made a shot and two free throws after that, how the hell could he possibly have a broken arm?

Can we just rest rose til may? God damn this is scary.

KCJHoop

DRose in obvious pain afterward but he and Thibodeau said X-rays negative. #Bulls

 

Very good news.

Xrays negative on derrick *exhale*

Xrays negative on derrick *exhale*

 

 

@dan_bernstein:

 

Thibs will now have DRose sprint thru traffic to the airport, play Russian roulette on the flight, and eat raw chicken upon arrival.

 

 

If it didn't hit so close to home, i'd laugh.

Noah, Boozer Still Searching For Chemistry

 

 

Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah combined to play just 4 seconds in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s 76-74 win over the Hawks with all four coming from Noah, who threw the game-winning pass to Luol Deng with 3.7 seconds left.

 

"We're worried about winning," Boozer said. "I think we've been playing great this season on the floor together. And we're going to continue to play great."

 

Their spacing on the floor looks off, and they increasingly look frustrated at times together, especially on the defensive end. For his part, Noah admits that he has to pick up the slack.

 

"I think I need to rebound better," Noah said. "And do better defensively. Play better defense."

 

Via Nick Friedell/ESPNChicago.com

When I see Noah on defense this year, he's having to recover whoever Boozer blew his assignment on and it forces him to be late, I'd be overly aggressive and foul. When Taj was starting Noah didn't have to worry about that. It's a problem going back into last season.

Random, but I continue to think golden state shoulda traded stephen curry for paul when they had the chance. He has the most fragile ankle ever.

Today was the best Boozer and Noah ever played with each others. They both hit their jumpers, found each other in the post, rebounded, and Boozer is actually playing D this year. His DRtg is 92. He's 7th in the league.

 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/leader...rtg_top_10.html

 

Now, that SHOULD change, but he was 7th in the league last year as well.

 

I want.

It seems Derrick's three point shot is as streaky as ever. If it comes, he can hit three or four in a row, but most of the time he's short or flat on those jumpers until he gets on a hot streak.

 

Some poster proposed earlier that Rose should eliminate the three point shot like Lebron did this season. While I don't buy that he has to eliminate completely, because he is a better shooter than Lebron, I do think that he has no business of taking 4, 5, or 6 shots behind the arc every night. He is not a pure shooter, he will never shoot 40% or even 38% from long range. I think what could actually take him to the next level is working the post game. He is bigger, stronger, and more athletic than most point guards in this league, there is no reason he couldn't take smaller guards in the post and convert a high percentage if he so choose to. I think he just need to work on that part of his game. If he wants to be more efficient, which is his primary goal this season, then adding a post game would be tremendous.

 

P.S. Lebron is indeed shooting 60% from the field, mostly due to eliminating the three point shot, and working more in the post after working out with Hakeem in the offseason. My Derrick wish list for next off season is to work with Hakeem as well, or even a guy like Andre Miller on post game, I truly think it will take his game to the next level.

Also, man the Knicks are hilarious.

Also, man the Knicks are hilarious.

 

Tyson Chandler is ELITE!!!!

It seems Derrick's three point shot is as streaky as ever. If it comes, he can hit three or four in a row, but most of the time he's short or flat on those jumpers until he gets on a hot streak.

 

Some poster proposed earlier that Rose should eliminate the three point shot like Lebron did this season. While I don't buy that he has to eliminate completely, because he is a better shooter than Lebron, I do think that he has no business of taking 4, 5, or 6 shots behind the arc every night. He is not a pure shooter, he will never shoot 40% or even 38% from long range. I think what could actually take him to the next level is working the post game. He is bigger, stronger, and more athletic than most point guards in this league, there is no reason he couldn't take smaller guards in the post and convert a high percentage if he so choose to. I think he just need to work on that part of his game. If he wants to be more efficient, which is his primary goal this season, then adding a post game would be tremendous.

 

P.S. Lebron is indeed shooting 60% from the field, mostly due to eliminating the three point shot, and working more in the post after working out with Hakeem in the offseason. My Derrick wish list for next off season is to work with Hakeem as well, or even a guy like Andre Miller on post game, I truly think it will take his game to the next level.

But the problem for Rose in the low post is that if he gets the ball down there and tries to score from that point, stationary, he's inviting all of the 6'10 guys in the game to come in and get on him. He can maneuver around those guys when he's moving, but from a stationary position in the low post he's setting himself up to be trapped. Playing in the low post limits his speed, and his speed is his best asset.

 

23 wasn't a great low post player in my memory until he developed that incredible fadeaway jumper, where even if a 7 footer came to double, he'd just arc it over his head, but 23 still had several inches on Rose.

 

Lebron could take himself to the next level by developing in the low post because he's already bigger than everyone in the league not named Dwight Howard. Carlos Boozer is small compared to Lebron.

 

I think he's at the point where just "Trying to improve jump shot/trying to improve decision making" is literally the best thing he can do.