Anyways, athleticism isn't the be all end all of basketball, Miami Heat>>>Mavericks on athleticism, how on earth did the beat Miami?

 

1986 Boston Celtics, maybe the best team ever, athletically challenged.

Stop what? The Bulls were getting spanked when I made that post. The Lakers missed a bunch of FTs, turned the ball over, got f***ed with a no-travel call on Deng (Nobody will complain about that of course) and came back and won. Good for them.

Rose4life

 

This is just baiting now, god made the ignore list for a reason.

 

 

While training to become a turnaround teacher, I learned the ins and outs of a classroom management technique called DO NOT ENGAGE. I usually use it when kids twice my size try to intimidate me or otherwise act out in class.

Now I see that it can be used here on SoxTalk as well.

Thanks for helping me get my money's worth, J4L.

 

This is all wonderful. Just put me on ignore and I'm a distant memory (well, unless somebody else quotes me, which pretty much negates the ignore feature). The Bulls won. This is good. I can't help it if you guys took me saying the Bulls have no athletes other than Rose meaning they have 10 Bill Wenningtons. In today's NBA, elite athleticism is a must at more than just one position.

Edited December 26, 201114 yr by Jordan4life

Anyways, athleticism isn't the be all end all of basketball, Miami Heat>>>Mavericks on athleticism, how on earth did the beat Miami?

 

1986 Boston Celtics, maybe the best team ever, athletically challenged.

 

What? 1986? What's next? Bill Russell could dominate in today's game? Miami lost because they choked away a 15 point lead with 6 minutes left in game 2 and LeBron got scared in the 4th quarter for whatever reason. That still doesn't change the fact that in this era with zone defenses and such that athleticism and versatility is more important than ever.

rose got hacked by gasol on that last shot, no call of course

rose got hacked by gasol on that last shot, no call of course

 

There were a lot of no calls in the game. Both sides had them and of course, it looked like Deng traveled on the game-winning possession.

 

Moot point I guess.

What? 1986? What's next? Bill Russell could dominate in today's game? Miami lost because they choked away a 15 point lead with 6 minutes left in game 2 and LeBron got scared in the 4th quarter for whatever reason. That still doesn't change the fact that in this era with zone defenses and such that athleticism and versatility is more important than ever.

Excuses excuses. You sound like a Bulls fan......

DeAndre Jordan is going to be a great fantasy player in category leagues. The dude might average 3 blocks a game this year.

The last 5 NBA champs (Spurs, Lakers 2, BOS, DAL) had all this elite athleticism where? Kobe and.....Lamar? Or Big Fundamentals and....Tony Parker? Garnett and....Pierce? Tyson Chandler and....Jason Terry? I am sorry, I don't see much elite athleticism outside of 1 guy.

Outside of DeAndre Jordan's blocks, this Clippers and GS game has been BORING!

 

Horrible FT shooting, anemic offense from both sides...yuck.

The last 5 NBA champs (Spurs, Lakers 2, BOS, DAL) had all this elite athleticism where? Kobe and.....Lamar? Or Big Fundamentals and....Tony Parker? Garnett and....Pierce? Tyson Chandler and....Jason Terry? I am sorry, I don't see much elite athleticism outside of 1 guy.

 

uhh....Jason.Kidd.

 

The last 5 NBA champs (Spurs, Lakers 2, BOS, DAL) had all this elite athleticism where? Kobe and.....Lamar? Or Big Fundamentals and....Tony Parker? Garnett and....Pierce? Tyson Chandler and....Jason Terry? I am sorry, I don't see much elite athleticism outside of 1 guy.

 

Thank you. While I agree with J4L that the athleticism on this team besides Rose and Noah/Brewer to an extent is sub par, there is more to the game (and what it takes to win) than just freak athletes. Oh and Pierce isn't that athletic, and KG lost alot of hops. I would say Rondo is by far on that team.

Edited December 26, 201114 yr by SoxAce

DeAndre Jordan is 4-12 from the FT line. How can you be an NBA player and be that awful from the line?

 

You're all very welcome.

Jordan's blocks were nasty.

DeAndre Jordan is 4-12 from the FT line. How can you be an NBA player and be that awful from the line?

 

the hell you say. he is an elite athlete

The Bulls need more athleticism. f*** the wins. Bring back Tyrus Thomas. He's an athletic freak.

The Bulls need more athleticism. f*** the wins. Bring back Tyrus Thomas. He's an athletic freak.

While athleticism is nice, and if we are gonna go extremes, gimme fundamentally sound high BBall IQ players, (Bird, Magic, Stockton, Nowitzki, Duncan) over athletic freaks of nature...

 

And if you have a time machine, I bet the 86 Celtics would be pretty successful in this era too.

Edited December 26, 201114 yr by MexSoxFan#1

Seriously, he was 9/13 from the field on the day, and the team was this bad from the field in the 2nd half?

How's that for you efficieny lovers

This free league pass preview owns.

 

Also, the Bulls are playing incredibly sloppy basketball so far. I imagine most teams will have stretches like this thanks to the condensed schedule.

Edited December 27, 201114 yr by Felix

This is what happens when Derrick tries to be efficient. He gets conservative and the Bulls go on dry stretches.

8 first quarter turnovers for the Bulls, and a lucky bounce from Watson on their last play away from being 9. Not pretty, thus far.

 

Wonder how many 30 point quarters they allowed last season... couldn't have been too many.

 

EDIT: From a quick look at a few games last season, I guess it was more common than I expected. Whatever, I guess.

Edited December 27, 201114 yr by Felix

Bulls look awful tonight. Not sure what Asik did during the offseason, but he looks heavier and slower.

Looks like the Bulls should have gotten a real backup PG. C.J. Watson's good for a three here or there, but he's just not an adequate PG.

They're just getting murdered right now. I'm not sure if Golden State is playing good D or if the Bulls are just playing sloppy (in reality, it's probably a combination of both), but 9 turnovers is inexcusable.

 

Golden State also has 13 assists on 15 baskets. Great ball movement, so far.