Red Mosquito

verb_to_trust wrote:When I think of Hall of Fame basketball players TMac never comes to mind. It's not ridiculous or anything he is in but he has basically no career defining moments/achievements.

I agree with you. Which is so weird because at the same time when I think of TMac the first impression that comes to mind is "absolutely amazing basketball player."

(Then I think of the time he said it felt good to get past the first round before losing that series)

Gun to my head, TMac in the HOF: No.

verb_to_trust wrote:The Bulls with a hilarious loss to the Nets last night leaves the door open for Miami. Bulls have Nets/Magic and Heat have Cavs/Wiz. The Cavs will be coming in off of a back to back, if the Heat can win that game they will take the Wiz down in the regular season finale. The Bulls have the tiebreaker but I'm convinced they will lose one of their last two somehow. The first game with Wade back was not encouraging at all.

I'd like to hear your 5-step plan for what the Bulls can do to right the ship and more importantly get you back on board.

Bammer wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:The Bulls with a hilarious loss to the Nets last night leaves the door open for Miami. Bulls have Nets/Magic and Heat have Cavs/Wiz. The Cavs will be coming in off of a back to back, if the Heat can win that game they will take the Wiz down in the regular season finale. The Bulls have the tiebreaker but I'm convinced they will lose one of their last two somehow. The first game with Wade back was not encouraging at all.

I'd like to hear your 5-step plan for what the Bulls can do to right the ship and more importantly get you back on board.

1. Fans start staying home
2. Jerry sells team
3. Fire Garpax
4. Trade Jimmy
5. Bring back the old Benny the Bull the new guy isn't as good.

None of that will happen with the exception of trading Jimmy though. Someone should write a book on the systemic failure that is the Chicago Bulls organization.

spike wrote:when do the playoffs start? thursday?

I thought I heard Saturday

verb_to_trust wrote:

spike wrote:when do the playoffs start? thursday?

I thought I heard Saturday

You're right.

Bulls are in. Activate playoff Wade!!

Man, the Heat are scrappy.

It will be a Raptors-Wizards ECF.

Good lord, the Heat.

Brooklyn gonna have to beat the bulls again. The heat got that wiz game.

verb_to_trust wrote:

Bammer wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:The Bulls with a hilarious loss to the Nets last night leaves the door open for Miami. Bulls have Nets/Magic and Heat have Cavs/Wiz. The Cavs will be coming in off of a back to back, if the Heat can win that game they will take the Wiz down in the regular season finale. The Bulls have the tiebreaker but I'm convinced they will lose one of their last two somehow. The first game with Wade back was not encouraging at all.

I'd like to hear your 5-step plan for what the Bulls can do to right the ship and more importantly get you back on board.

1. Fans start staying home
2. Jerry sells team
3. Fire Garpax
4. Trade Jimmy
5. Bring back the old Benny the Bull the new guy isn't as good.

None of that will happen with the exception of trading Jimmy though. Someone should write a book on the systemic failure that is the Chicago Bulls organization.

So I take this as either "I have no idea" or "it's hopeless."

Bammer wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

Bammer wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:The Bulls with a hilarious loss to the Nets last night leaves the door open for Miami. Bulls have Nets/Magic and Heat have Cavs/Wiz. The Cavs will be coming in off of a back to back, if the Heat can win that game they will take the Wiz down in the regular season finale. The Bulls have the tiebreaker but I'm convinced they will lose one of their last two somehow. The first game with Wade back was not encouraging at all.

I'd like to hear your 5-step plan for what the Bulls can do to right the ship and more importantly get you back on board.

1. Fans start staying home
2. Jerry sells team
3. Fire Garpax
4. Trade Jimmy
5. Bring back the old Benny the Bull the new guy isn't as good.

None of that will happen with the exception of trading Jimmy though. Someone should write a book on the systemic failure that is the Chicago Bulls organization.

So I take this as either "I have no idea" or "it's hopeless."

That is exactly what would need to happen, including Benny.

I've noticed a lot of decent but not all that great college players projected as second round picks are declaring for the draft.

Oh good, Windhorst wrote a new book about Lebron that ESPN is now pimping all over the place. This guy's obsession with Lebron is way past creepy at this point.

Windhorst is such a fat piece of shit.

Some new book says Steph is emo about not being accepted by LeBron and others:

He was a big fan of Steph, went to games at Davidson, and even when [Curry] got to the NBA, they had moments where LeBron was looking at him like, ‘wow’ and then Steph kind of challenged LeBron’s status. The part that’s odd for Steph – why does that mean there has to be beef between us? He loves LeBron and respects LeBron, and he’s like, ‘because the outside world is pitting us together, why do you and I have to now have this disdain between us, I thought we were cool? … that’s the question that’s in Curry’s mind and Curry’s camp. Why do you not like me when all I did was basically respect everything you did, and follow the model you carried out? … it’s not just with LeBron … Steph wants to be accepted by all these guys. this is what he worked for. For [them] to say, ‘you’re one of us.’ It seems like they don’t want to give that to him.”

verb_to_trust wrote:Windhorst is such a fat piece of shit.

He mostly is, but he will have some good intel from time to time. It is just the way he delivers it that is so annoying.

So the Hawks! bench went out and destroyed Cleveland's starters Friday night in Cleveland, (I think Lebron played almost the entire game so obviously they were trying) then came back from 29 pts down I think to win Sunday night against that same group at home. Where has that been all year?

It's possible that the Cavs aren't worried about Home Court.... but that's two really really horrible losses I haven't heard much about. I just think the east is so bad its not going to matter one way or the other until the Finals.

It's sure looking like the Cavs bench is useless.

Until the Cavs bench nearly won that game in Miami last night. It's too bad Williams, Korver and Frye are such minuses defensively.

My biggest first round questions/thing to look for:

Thunder/Rockets "Duel of the MVPs" - Who wins? Will Russ score 80 points in a game? Will Harden have 8 turnovers again?

Will the Cavs be able to flip the switch?

Will Lowry be close to 100 percent?

Will Grit & Grind make it a series against the Spurs?

Will Giannis have a monster game?

Will the Clippers blow up?

Can the Celtics score in the playoffs?