I think I'm going to stop talking about tanking. A Dunleavy 3 away from back to back losses to the Bucks and tonight blown out at home(with Deng back) by the Raptors. They might be just that bad anyway.

I think I'm going to stop talking about tanking. A Dunleavy 3 away from back to back losses to the Bucks and tonight blown out at home(with Deng back) by the Raptors. They might be just that bad anyway.

I've been out for a week...has anyone come up with a reasonable idea of a Deng for useless expiring guy + a draft pick that makes sense?

I've been out for a week...has anyone come up with a reasonable idea of a Deng for useless expiring guy + a draft pick that makes sense?

 

Haven't seen much at any hoops sites (that's not paid subscriber only) outside of the Deng to Cleveland for Waiters+ rumor a couple weeks back. Don't see why Cleveland would do it. It's not like they're a Luol Deng away from winning anything and Waiters is still a talented young asset. Then again, they drafted Anthony Bennett #1.

Portland dropped 21 triples and 139 points on philly. That team is good.

Haven't seen much at any hoops sites (that's not paid subscriber only) outside of the Deng to Cleveland for Waiters+ rumor a couple weeks back. Don't see why Cleveland would do it. It's not like they're a Luol Deng away from winning anything and Waiters is still a talented young asset. Then again, they drafted Anthony Bennett #1.

 

Supposedly he and Kyrie got into a fight.

 

This team is bad. Pray for one of Jabari/Wiggins/Exum to join Rose, Noah, Mirotic and Jimmy in the starting line next year.

Supposedly he and Kyrie got into a fight.

 

This team is bad. Pray for one of Jabari/Wiggins/Exum to join Rose, Noah, Mirotic and Jimmy in the starting line next year.

 

I guess there's always the "let's kiss Kyrie's ass at all costs so he doesn't LeBron us" factor. Still, they would have to believe that they could resign Deng AND that they could be competitive with him to part with Waiters. At least that's what you'd think.

I guess there's always the "let's kiss Kyrie's ass at all costs so he doesn't LeBron us" factor. Still, they would have to believe that they could resign Deng AND that they could be competitive with him to part with Waiters. At least that's what you'd think.

 

Or, as like you said, they're the Cavs.

 

You trade Kirk and Deng and this team gets into the top 3.

Derrick Rose doesn't want to go through a rebuild...

 

http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-bulls-co...ugh-rebuilding/

Derrick Rose doesn't want to go through a rebuild...

 

http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-bulls-co...ugh-rebuilding/

Then retire.

It's basketball, if they can keep getting worse, get a high draft pick and hey rebuild over.

You guys are so dumb. Guess what, no athlete wants to go through a rebuild. And no athlete should say that, it's throwing your teammates under the bus.

Why would some random-ass NY Daily News have a direct link to Rose's inner circle?

 

Also, no quote?

 

My guess is this is fake.

Why would some random-ass NY Daily News have a direct link to Rose's inner circle?

 

Also, no quote?

 

My guess is this is fake.

 

Yeah, I read it and then immediately dismissed it.

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Jeff Hornacek is my early season pick for COY. I don't know how that team, that was supposed to be top 5 bad, is doing what they're doing in that conference. I didn't think that two pg lineup stuff was going to work out at all.

 

Random thought: Is it me, or are the Thunder a better team than they were in '12? Ibaka is clearly better and they made the right call in extending him instead of Harden. And while there's no Harden on their bench, there's more depth in Jackson, Adams and Lamb. I don't know if they can win it all. But as far as regular season goes, they need Harden about as much as 2k5 needs a post-count boost.

How about our boy from Butler putting Boston in the 4th seed in the East with Rondo on the bench and s***ty Brooklyn giving first round picks every year for eternity?

Teddy Greenstein ‏@TeddyGreenstein 33s

 

Kirk Hinrich a gametime decision w/that stuff back. PG duties could fall to Teague & Augustin. #bulls

Moment of silence for the release of Mike James.

 

Thank you.

Moment of silence for the release of Mike James.

 

Thank you.

And what, 2 weeks ago he was about to take Teague's spot on the roster?

I'm going to game tonight. I got these tix a month ago. Was so pumped to see Rose back in person and hear him announced.

 

Fast forward a month and I'm going to watch a game with Jeff Teague starting and being backed up by DJ Augustin. Cruel, cruel world.

I'm going to game tonight. I got these tix a month ago. Was so pumped to see Rose back in person and hear him announced.

 

Fast forward a month and I'm going to watch a game with Jeff Teague starting and being backed up by DJ Augustin. Cruel, cruel world.

Sorry bud, it just got worse...you got the wrong Teague!

Haha, crap, I'm gonna leave that there.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/

 

Joakim Noah, the emotional leader of the Chicago Bulls, delivered a personal challenge of sorts to his teammates after an embarrassing 99-77 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.

 

"Losing sucks," Noah said as he sat dejectedly in front of his locker. "There's no question about it. But it also shows people's true colors. Who's willing to keep fighting through the adversity or who's just going to say, 'You know what? I don't want no part of this, and I'm just going to take bad shots and just not care at all about making winning plays or playing defense and things like that.'? So everybody has to stick together. Everybody has to jell and keep fighting together."

 

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AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh"Losing sucks," said a frustrated Joakim Noah, left; he remains confident the "high character in this locker room" will fuse the Bulls together.

For the first time in a while, it looked like the Bulls had stopped fighting together, especially toward the end of the game. Tom Thibodeau said he didn't want to use the fact that his team was playing its fourth game in five nights as an excuse, but maybe he should have. Battered by injuries and inconsistencies, the Bulls looked lifeless down the stretch and appear to be on the verge of another breaking point in a lost season.

 

So often over the past few seasons, the Bulls, despite any injuries, have managed to pull together to win games. Now, they seem to fall apart more quickly than ever. Their offense, which wasn't running efficiently even when Derrick Rose was in the lineup, looks worse than ever. Their effort, which has been so consistent in four seasons under Thibodeau, is running hot and cold all the time now. Some nights, players want to play all the way through, and some nights, players look like they are going through the motions.

 

Although Noah didn't call anyone out by name, many fans will look at his comments and guess that he was referring to Carlos Boozer. The veteran power forward was just 4-for-18 from the field Saturday and has been playing poor defense over the past few weeks since Rose tore the medial meniscus in his right knee. Boozer has never been a good defender, but his effort has been noticeably lackluster in recent games, as was the case in 27 minutes of play on Saturday night.

 

Whether Noah was referring to Boozer directly or not, though, shouldn't obscure the fact that the Bulls, as a group, have been bad since Rose went down. Boozer isn't the only problem on this flawed team that was built to win around Rose -- not play another season without him.

 

The Bulls just aren't very good right now.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/

Out of everyone on that roster, I can't imagine anyone feeling worse than Noah.

 

I'd almost want to trade him just for that reason.

Moment of silence for the release of Mike James.

 

Thank you.

 

The tank is strong.

Out of everyone on that roster, I can't imagine anyone feeling worse than Noah.

 

I'd almost want to trade him just for that reason.

 

I'd say I want a roster of Jo Noahs, the problem would be about 8 of them would be out with injuries at any one time.