Thread: 2010/2011 Chicago Bulls thread

Durrant, Howard, James, Rose, Kobe...... no matter who you are, if you play in Chicago you will always be in Jordan's shadow.

Originally Posted by The Benjamin

Pacers head coach Frank Vogel on Derrick Rose: "He's got Iverson's speed, Kidd's vision, Billups shooting, & Jordan's athleticism. How do you guard that?"

I believe this is what you were trying to say about Rose

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I know where you can find some people who can guard that. They play for the Miami Heat! lol

Too bad it takes two of the best in the NBA to do so.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

[/B][/I]Aside from Derrick Rose, Luol Deng is the second best player on the team for the Bulls. He is good on the dribble drive and has the ability to create his on scoring opportunities. I could see trading Boozer and Noah for Dwight Howard in a deal that would be equally as enticing as the one you mentioned. Boozer is awful in most every defensive situation; look no further than in the closing minutes of regulation last night when LeBron James blew right by him and he failed to get in front of James, set his feet, and draw the charge. He is good at scoring, but I think that with him gone and Howard in, we would be set. As far as Noah goes, he has acted like a big cry baby in this series, and it wasn't helped by what he said to those fans while on the bench. Noah has been getting out muscled in the paint; smaller players are able to reject nearly ever scoring opportunity he gets because he plays "too softly." Dwight Howard is a little taller or at least as tall as Noah, and can score 21-22 points per game too. Both play great defense, so I think that would be worthy of further conversation in the future.

No Deng doesn't have the ability to create his own shot; and if he does; there is a crippling unwillingness to do so. He is the 2nd best player...and that is rather unfortunate.

Noah has been the only person under the rim most of this series; it's hard to outrebound when it's one on 3. He has't been the problem on D or on the boards. He's not a great scorer, but is a great passer/facilitator. He also has next to no value outside of Chicago. Deng/Boozer both have more value to other teams. What is he supposed to say when they are getting beat up; that isn't going to come off poorly? What was said to the fan I have no problem w/b/c that fan was beyond vulgar by all the reports. That kind of shit would get you thrown out of many stadiums I've been to.

I never said Howard wasn't a better player, he hands down is. Having those two in the paint would do wonders for shutting down a team like Miami though; which was my point.

This teams holes have b/c greatly exposed in this series, and I'm not sure what they are going to do to fix them b/c of the Boozer/Korver contracts. But they need a legit scorer who can consistantly try and create their own shot w/out D Rose...and that guy is not on this team.

I have yet to see Deng, consistantly, try and create his own shot off the dribble, he perfers to just shoot the ball from the outside.
There are plenty of reasons not to Like Noah, but he is tall, long and athletic and gives this team an edge that not many others have on this team. As much of a poor O player as he is; he more then makes up for it w/his assists rebounds and D.
As for the fan, it wasn't something, it wasn't a few things, this guy started from the start, and Noah react (poorly I might add) much later into that game. It's one thing to ride a guy, saying he's he sucks, or is getting owned is fine...getting vulgar and nasty and getting personal about family members is not acceptable...and after 2-3 qtrs just about anyone is going to react; ecspecially someone as intense as Noah. There is a reason he only got a slap on the wrist 50K fine and not a 6 figure one like Kobe.