Any NBA fans around?

ilan wrote:

Yeah, they looked impressive throughout the first 3 quarters of the New Orleans game, but got complacent and nearly gave up a 21 point lead in the 4th quarter. They play Detroit with Iverson tonight, so that should be a pretty good test as well.

I haven't been following the Bulls this season. What injuries do they have? Also, I couldn't stand Ben Gordon when he was at UConn, but I really like his game and he is great for the Bulls.

Hinrich is out 8-12 weeks with a thumb injury,Hughes played his first minutes yesterday against Dallas and Gooden was out for 3 games.
I know none of them are all-star players but with havin' to play a 7-man rotation against Cleveland and Atlanta they ran out of juice in the last couple of minutes of both games,especially at the defensive end.

Yeah Gordon is a real scoring machine,a great sixth man,hope they can keep him after this season.Only problem i have with him sometimes is his shot selection but yesterday he looked really strong taking it to the rim, ending up with 35 points and essentialy keeping the Bulls in the game during the first quarter when they were down 5-24

ilan wrote:

Gordon looked great last night, that makes him excellent trade bait. At some point we have to establish an interior game. They have no one who can get in the paint and make his presence known. With the signing of Lindsay Hunter they'll have to make a choice, someone has to go. With Gordan and Tavo they might be able to make a trade to land someone. Ben Wallice should have been that guy, but was a huge bust....He was David Wells in a Bulls uniform. Look at what LeBron did to us, that was pathetic! He scored at will, drove the lane and not one Bull had the balls to put him on his ass hard. You noticed last year every time Lebron drove the lane against the Celtics he was put on his ass by Posey and KG.

Rose, Deng, Noch, Kirk, Gooden, Hughes, Thomas add Hunter to that list. You throw a good big man in there and they might make a run. The only way they'll win now is if the team shoots 60% every night. And to think, there was talk of an Andrew Bynum, Ben Gordon trade last year.

many nice games today. celtic vs nuggets , portland vs new orlean, lakers vs detriot!!

sad.. lakers played very bad today!! , but nuggets beat celtics gd.

tekky29 wrote:

You think they are gonna trade before the all-star break?

I think we look a lot stronger then last year,i should check the stats but i think they definetly are scoring more points in the paint than the previous 2 seasons.
I don't know,if they do the Gordon/xxx trade they should get a big man who can score 15-20 points on a nightly basis because with Gordon you loose your topscorer off the last 3 seasons.Although you would indeed get stronger at the defensive end but there aren't too many Kevin Garnett types in the league.

I kinda like the way they are playing this season.If Rose/Thomas could get some more plays like Paul/Chandler.Luol looked a little better the last couple of games,Hughes in the backcourt should be good for the defense and Gooden for some post-up game at center.
And then Gordon,Noc and Noah come off the bench they should be able to get into the play-offs.If they wanna go deep in the play-offs they need another all-star tho.

I'm still hoping for a Rose/Wade backcourt in 2009.

And Boo-freaking-hoo to you lakers fans for losing your first game.

lol.. more games to come!

should've added 'must be hard being a Lakers fan these days' to my previous post,just reread my post and it sounded kinda harsh.

Watched yesterday's Pacers @ Bulls game this afternoon and it was pretty horrible,like watching last year bulls' play,thank god for D.Rose.

I don't care.. i just be laker fan dont care about other thing

Many more nice games to watch and yes today bull vs laker!

I hope they can keep it close and that it is not going to be total blow out, which i'm little bit afraid off.

If the Bulls play like saturday i'm probably not gonna visit this thread for a couple days

Nice game.. but not very good defense by laker today. nice games ahead. thursday vs suns!

Yeah, something to look forward to:)

Yes. come join in on this thread !

OMG, I'm watching the Bulls/Blazers game and they are getting destroyed! Down 30, getting their asses kicked in the paint. I've never witnessed anything like this, it's as if they are scared of the Blazzers. Honestly, I think the Bulls fall in line with the Cubs and the Bears.....They aren't who we thought they were. At least the Blackhawks look kind of good.

yes.. wow i watching too. now losing by more than 40 pts!