NBA 10-11

[MrSaigon]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/ ... id=5952952

What should I do? Should I do two minutes of research to make sure the facts I present are actually facts and actually support the argument that I'm making? Should I not urinate all over the fans and players in Minnesota and New Jersey? Everyone has to urinate. Should I abstain from saying 'I'm not stupid' after a really stupid statement? Should I keep reaching to justify my unpopular and cruelly executed decision and ever-declining image? What should I do?

[thrill]

Good god he's annoying.

[stlouie_lipp]

Good god he's annoying.

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[Maclowery]

Bulls pissed me off in so many ways today. Blech.

Bogans is quickly becoming my least favorite person of all time, threatening to take the crown from Zach Braff.

Alright, alright, hyperbole. I just don't want him to ever be on the court again. And Scrubs isn't funny.

Also: Boozer's 26 and 19 looks great, but I think he could have had even more - Rose and others missed chances to feed him the ball with excellent position multiple times, not to mention the craptastic officiating. Poor RealGM Bulls board is a hive of bitterness right now.

[jim]

Bogans is terrible. I saw him on x-mas day literally pass up a layup. The only person more sick of Bogans than the fans is Bogans. He doesn't even like himself.

An upgrade there would be great. I love 11 (god I'm terrible with names ... BREWER. Came to me as I was typing). I wonder about him starting but then I've noticed that Thibs likes leaving 1 starter in when the do the first rotation. With 11 (forget his name again) is in there it's like 2 starters, so I like that. Plus Korver is good, so you have 3 good players on the court.

I like the Bulls alot. Brewer and Korver are two players I knew next to nothing about and have quickly warmed up to.

btw ... Santa brought the four of us 4 tickets to the Jan 8 Bulls/Celtics game. My oldest also scored Bulls/Cavs tix from his pretty awesome g/f.

[Maclowery]

It's such a bummer to lose Noah for 2 more months. He makes games so much more entertaining to watch. Rose's unbelievably athletic finishes are fun to watch, but he's forcing shots he doesn't need to force. Partly because our offense just looks awful lately. Rose can get his 25 only by hoisting up 25 shots, since he dives away from contact instead of into it. Boozer is just getting screwed by refs. I swear I've seen 5 plays a game in the last couple weeks that he was fouled with heavy contact, to no whistle. The guy is just so strong, maybe refs aren't seeing it.

I wish Korver would go on a super hot streak, but that'd require Rose to see him coming off screens more. I think Korver actually dribbles the ball less than anyone I've seen that averages ~10 ppg. Not that I mind, his catch-and-shoot is just so pretty.

Deng needs to take some horse testosterone or something. Dude just fades away for like 10 minutes at a time. He's such a good defender, though, it's easier to notice him hiding on offense than seeing him pick up switches and make his rotations on D so well.

Finally, I love me some Omer Asik. He shouldnt really play more than 10 mpg, but I always root for big goofy European players like him.

[thrill]

I went to the Bucks game on the 28th. Dire at times, but the UC is great and I love live NBA.

It's pretty obvious that Derrick's playing through a significant knee injury right now. He isn't as confident penetrating from the half court and that's affecting his shot selection. Unfortunately, Korver is slumping and we have no other jump shooters on the team. The opposing defenses just collapse the lane on Derrick, no one gets open and it leads to a bad shot. The offense is just not flowing right now without shooters who can spread the floor.

They need a secondary wing scoring option that can handle the ball and guard the 2. Brewer can guard the 2 but can't shoot, can't pass and can't handle. Bogans sucks. Korver can't handle, can't guard a cripple and is too slow to create a shot. Without a perimeter threat to prevent help defense from sagging to clog Derrick's path, they are going to have prolonged cold stretches. I'm sure they're working on solving the shooting guard problem. I'd like to see them play some real teams because thus far, the effect of Noah's absence has been hard to quantify. Their interior defense has looked adequate to strong since he went out.

Seriously though, the United Center is fantastic. Human sized seats and leg room? At an NBA/NHL arena? Unheard of.

[Dillagii]

Spurs quietly putting together a very nice season so far. Thrill, what you see in them thats different from last year? I always fear Gregg Popovich coached team.

You know I'm not convinced they're much better. The Lakers have nothing to fear from anyone but Boston.



In other news, IT'S DERRICK ROSE NIGHT PHOENIX. I LOOK FORWARD TO WITNESSING YET ANOTHER FIRST-HAND POSTERIZATION OF A WHITE POINT GUARD TONIGHT.

To quote my dude Stacey King.

STOP THE BUSSES! GET OUT THE WAY DRAGIC!

Btw, if you haven't been paying attention, Chris Paul may be a better pure point guard, but if you want one guy to win you an NBA game at the 1 position, it's Derrick Rose. If you disagree, you're wrong.

Thrill, you still don't think Spurs are for real?

[thrill]

Thrill, you still don't think Spurs are for real?

They're this good, they're just too old to make me think they'll be playing like this at the end of the year.

[Maclowery]

Tonights Bulls game is giving me heart palpitations. 3rd quarter was the worst-played quarter I've seen from them this year. Now they're fighting back in the 4th, against the awful Nets (Bulls are 1-15 in NJ since 2002 or something), only to have the refs absolutely refuse to call a foul on the Nets. Holy crap, the Bulls are getting just swatted and hacked, with no whistle. The RealGM GDT is about to implode from Bull fan fury.