Re: 2012-13 Chicago Bulls Thread

[KaiserCesar]

Between the Cypriot banking sector and NBA officials, the Russian mob's investments aren't reaping huge dividends lately.

[Sammy Sofa]

Maybe Reggie Rose will allow his brother to play now that he's seen the team fight like hell and win a game they had absolutely no business winning.

Cause then they'll totally beat the heat next round, oh wait.... Why not let rose decide what's best for his career?

 

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[cbbryan]

Sure was nice of the Bulls to bridge all the way to the Cubs game.

[illiniguy]

Bulls fans cussing out Derrick Rose because he's hurt totally makes sense.

[Sammy Sofa]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

[bukie]

Nate Robinson being all Nate Robinson:

[Sammy Sofa]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

 

What word? He hasn't said he's still hurt; just the vague and nebulous "I'll be back when I'm ready." Couple that with how he looks in practice and what the Roses have said about the Bulls I'm surprised anyone actually thinks he's still hurt.

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

 

What word? He hasn't said he's still hurt; just the vague and nebulous "I'll be back when I'm ready." Couple that with how he looks in practice and what the Roses have said about the Bulls I'm surprised anyone actually thinks he's still hurt.

He's said when he is 100 percent he's coming back. If he isn't back I have to think he still is hurt. I don't get what it benefits Bulls fans to question his heart.

[Andy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

[USSoccer]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

 

There's an immense difference between someone's shoulder and knee. Rose had a simple ACL tear.

[Andy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

I could be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure no matter what happened, Prior pitched when the Cubs and doctors agreed he was ready to.

 

I know it's apples and oranges injury-wise, but there's no way in holy hell he's less healthy than Joakim Noah right now, and Noah's not only playing, he's playing pretty damn well.

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

 

There's an immense difference between someone's shoulder and knee. Rose had a simple ACL tear.

A simple ACL tear for a basketball player. One who relies very heavily on explosiveness and jumping ability. That's rich.

[Sammy Sofa]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

 

What word? He hasn't said he's still hurt; just the vague and nebulous "I'll be back when I'm ready." Couple that with how he looks in practice and what the Roses have said about the Bulls I'm surprised anyone actually thinks he's still hurt.

He's said when he is 100 percent he's coming back.

 

Yes, it's a stupid, meatball thing to say from a guy who has a history of saying such things. It's a pointless catch-22 since he'll never actually be "100%" until he actually gets back into game shape/rhythm (especially critical given the nature of his injury and style of play since there's a question of how much the latter will have changed)...which he can only do by playing.

 

If he isn't back I have to think he still is hurt.

 

That's hardly the only option, and it seems very, very, very unlikely.

 

I don't get what it benefits Bulls fans to question his heart.

 

This is a meaningless hypothetical; it's frustration over one of the best players in the game willfully and unnecessarily sitting out the last two months. He's prolonging his own rehab/adjustment period and potentially impacting how the Bulls approach the offseason. The Bulls basically have to make moves assuming/hoping he'll be the same Rose when he comes back.

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

I could be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure no matter what happened, Prior pitched when the Cubs and doctors agreed he was ready to.

 

I know it's apples and oranges injury-wise, but there's no way in holy hell he's less healthy than Joakim Noah right now, and Noah's not only playing, he's playing pretty damn well.

Noah is banged up, Rose was badly injured. Big time difference, IMO.

[Sammy Sofa]

A simple ACL tear for a basketball player. One who relies very heavily on explosiveness and jumping ability. That's rich.

 

Wait, you think his ACL is potentially still "hurt?"

[Sammy Sofa]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

 

Yeah, man, those damn doctors not predicting he'd take a line drive off of his [expletive] elbow.

[illiniguy]

Nuts, I get what you are saying, but what does he have to gain by sitting? He's taking a beating in public opinion, his general perception is taking a huge hit. Why sit, unless you are hurt?

[Sammy Sofa]

Nuts, I get what you are saying, but what does he have to gain by sitting? He's taking a beating in public opinion, his general perception is taking a huge hit. Why sit, unless you are hurt?

 

Because he's not very bright and he's being influenced too much by "his people."

[Guest]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

 

Yeah, WTF comparison

[illiniguy]

A simple ACL tear for a basketball player. One who relies very heavily on explosiveness and jumping ability. That's rich.

 

Wait, you think his ACL is potentially still "hurt?"

I think that the ACL is ok, but I think he might still not be healthy enough to play. I don't know, I've never had that injury. I think there is a chance he could be a different player when he gets back.

[Andy]

If Derrick Rose and/or the Bulls believed he was still hurt, they would say so. If he was hurt, why hold that information to yourself and allow Rose to take the P.R. hit he has? Instead it's this nebulous garbage about being 'ready', even though every report we've seen indicates that he's as ready as anyone ever can be at this point in the season.

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

 

Yeah, WTF comparison

The general perception was Prior wasn't trying to comeback and wasn't really hurt. But Wood, he was always fighting to get back.

[illiniguy]

Who is your super-secret inside source letting you know that he's still hurt?

I have no reason not to take him at his word. This just seems to me to be getting awfully close to the Mark Prior towel jokes. Nothings wrong Mark, the team doctors checked your shoulder.

Don't remember Prior ever not playing when he was cleared to.

They said many times the doctors saw nothing structurally wrong with his arm, that's all doctors have said about rose and his knee, no?

 

Yeah, man, those damn doctors not predicting he'd take a line drive off of his [expletive] elbow.

Even though the shoulder is what he has had issues with.