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Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
Nikola Mirotic was the best player on the best team in the Spanish ACB league and thus won the ACB MVP despite a rather pedestrian sounding set of stats (12/5.5?) becoming the youngest MVP in ACB league history (replacing Marc Gasol). Chicago will likely need the full MLE to sign Mirotic in the summer of 2014 when the rules surrounding his contract change, and he is no longer tied to the...
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (kevinstates) —
Athletically, Green won't knock your socks-off at the point-guard position, but he is not some stiff. Green has great front-line speed, but lacks elite lateral quickness and vertical. However, Green has a nice wing-span at 6’7, and can glide over the court. Size While possessing nice height for a point guard, Green is rail-thin and will likely initially be abused by physical point guards. ...
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
How much reliability do you put into a "friend of a friend" source? A high salt diet is recommended for the following, but the chain of a "friend of a friend said" game ends with someone in Dr. Cole's office saying Rose stretched his ACL graft during recovery which is why he didn't come back this season.According to the rumor, Rose needs to rebuild the scar tissue around his ACL graft in...
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Welcome back to Draft Central for 2013. It’s been an interesting and frustrating season with who knows what happened with Rose, fighting and giving Miami all they could handle missing Hinrich, Rose, and Deng, and much more. Many folks are saying this is one of the weakest drafts in year. While I agree it is weak in terms of superstar talent, I think it is a fairly deep draft in terms of...
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
Too small, too hurt, too slow, and too stupid to quit, the Bulls faught hard against Miami, but their depleted roster came up short. Bulls Beat #278 - Offseason begins
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
The prevailing thought is that the Bulls won't keep four point guards on the roster next season, and they already have three of them under contract. Nate Robinson is the fourth, and on the surface, it doesn't look like there's much room for him on the roster next season.You have to figure among the 144 minutes between PG, SG, and SF that Rose, Deng, and Butler will average 36+ a piece taking...
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
It would have been the most improbable of wins. To beat Miami on their home floor down 3-1 when most teams fold. Especially after the Heat rolled to an early 14 point lead. Enough to make a lesser team fold. And when the Heat built up a seven point lead with a shade over two minutes remaining, Chicago still fought back.They had three shots to tie on the final possession, but Robinson,...
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
The Chicago Bulls have fought hard in these playoffs. It's easy to forget that when seeing them crushed by a vastly, vastly superior team. However, it was less than two weeks ago that they send the Nets pack on pure will power and took game one against Miami for the same reason.Is there any of that left for tonight? Forget about winning the series. That's obviously not going to happen. ...
Chicago Now: Bulls Confidential (DougThonus) —
Everything went right for Chicago twice, the result? A narrow victory and a somewhat less narrow loss. Everything went about as expected twice and the result? Two Heat blow outs.That's why it was ridiculous to think Chicago ever had a shot in this series. They'll suit up one more time to see if they have anything left. One more time for pride. One more chance to go down swinging. ...
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In the end, the Bulls slowed Dwyane Wade and LeBron James on Friday. They didn't give up a layup line or a ton of points inside the paint. They forced Norris Cole to beat them from the perimeter and Chris Bosh to knock down mid-range jumpers. Honestly, that's probably about as much as you can ask for.It was enough for the gritty Bulls to hang around until the end of the game. It was enough...
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Deng is finally out of the hospital, but he's lost 15lbs and is still far too weak to play. Hinrich had a second MRI on his bruised calf that showed the muscle damage he sustained hasn't improved any. In short, don't expect either player to suit up in this series though they're both listed as day to day and doubtful for tonight.Of the two, it'd be less surprising if Deng eventually comes...
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I suppose that's the positive you can put on this game. In the end, the Bulls went into Miami and did what every road team sets out do do in the playoffs. They brought the series back to their turf with home court advantage. That was the spin Joakim Noah had after a physical game two where the Bulls were completely outclassed.The problem, of course, is that what we saw in game two is what...
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The Bulls became a great story by taking game one with a depleted roster and Nate Robinson outplaying LeBron James. Many things went right for Chicago in game one, including the Heat missing many wide open corner threes taken by quality three point shooters. Chicago will have to hope to improve on the formula that brought them a game one victory, because the Heat are likely to bring it...
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Watching Nate Robinson in the playoffs lots of thoughts enter my mind. Would the Bulls really be better off if Derrick Rose came back right now? Can the Bulls afford to keep Nate next year? Will they try? How much money has Nate made for himself with this playoff series?It was a risk for Nate Robinson to come to Chicago. The prevailing thought at the time was he'd be the third string...
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The Bulls reward for winning game seven? One day off, and a game one match against the well rested Miami Heat in Miami. No one ever said it'd be easy. So here's the thing, there's no rational reason to pick the Bulls to win even a game in this series. Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich are likely out for at least game one, and it wouldn't surprise me if both miss the whole series. Miami is an...