Gotta say, I'll be pissed to have stayed up all this time and Rose doesn't play.

Ha!

Rose is a gametime decision. He did shoot around for 10 minutes.

Rose is a gametime decision. He did shoot around for 10 minutes.

 

If he played today and took tomorrow off vs. Phoenix, it would probably be ok. Nash got hurt towards the end of last nights game and may miss as well.

 

And even with Nash, Suns only average about 93 points a game.

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If he played today and took tomorrow off vs. Phoenix, it would probably be ok. Nash got hurt towards the end of last nights game and may miss as well.

 

And even with Nash, Suns only average about 93 points a game.

Honestly, if he needs some rest he should just take today and tomorrow off, which gives him until Friday to heal.

Its hard to tell.

 

If its just pain tolerance, he might as well suit up and see how it feels. If it could get worse or reinjured, probably safest to sit him today.

I'm still pissed at Richard Hamilton for putting himself above the team and insisting he play in Detroit, only to make his injury so much worse.

Its hard to tell.

 

If its just pain tolerance, he might as well suit up and see how it feels. If it could get worse or reinjured, probably safest to sit him today.

There's literally 0 reason for him to play. None whatsoever.

Rose out.

Yup. Just went from midnight to six.

Yikes. I'm not watching this game. I have no interest in watching Luol Deng attempt to create his own shot and JL shoot 25 times.

Watson may try and play some minutes.

 

And the hope is games without Rose help the Bulls work with Rose off the floor, because there is always a chance 1 game he has foul trouble etc, and cant play a ton of minutes.

Speights just made Noah look baaaad

Sounds like Boozer wants to matter today.

LOL. Boozer steal and fast break layup.

Noah is just terrible now. I have no idea what's happened to him.

Noah is just terrible now. I have no idea what's happened to him.

His numbers really aren't all that much different than last year's averages. His field goal percentage is down a bit, so he's averaging 4.6 points less but he's also playing 6 or 7 less minutes. His rebounding and block rates are pretty much the same. His defense is still above average, but not as good as it was last year. He's just not playing with any confidence or energy right now. I think people have overblown how "bad" he's been this year so far.

Sounds like the Grizzlies are dunking all over the Bulls.

His numbers really aren't all that much different than last year's averages. His field goal percentage is down a bit, so he's averaging 4.6 points less but he's also playing 6 or 7 less minutes. His rebounding and block rates are pretty much the same. His defense is still above average, but not as good as it was last year. He's just not playing with any confidence or energy right now. I think people have overblown how "bad" he's been this year so far.

 

He looks slower on the court, as you see guys driving past him a lot more than in recent years.

Sounds like the Grizzlies are dunking all over the Bulls.

Ya the Grizzlies apparently found a way to turn Mareese Speights into prime Karl Malone.

He looks slower on the court, as you see guys driving past him a lot more than in recent years.

I don't find that to be true at all. Speights drives past him unexpectedly once and it gets overblown. Meh.

Someone inform Lucas that he is 5 foot nothing and he needs to pass over the memphis players.

Ya the Grizzlies apparently found a way to turn Mareese Speights into prime Karl Malone.

Ha, this made me LOL.

This seems like a game where Korver's going to have to go off for Bulls to win.

This seems like a game where Korver's going to have to go off for Bulls to win.

I literally just tweeted that same thing. Bulls defense didn't play great in the first, but Memphis is also shooting well right now.

I literally just tweeted that same thing. Bulls defense didn't play great in the first, but Memphis is also shooting well right now.

 

So far, Korver playing terrible offensively and defensively