Re: 2012-13 Chicago Bulls Thread

[mul21]

I'm not sure how Nate Robinson is able to run so fast carrying his giant balls along with him.

 

I thought Bellinelli had the giant balls based on game 7!

[Guest]

Please don't lay over for the next 4 like the '11 ECF

 

Yeah, they didn't lay over for those 4, but whatever.

[Soul]

Nate: "God blessed me with a lot of heart and no height."

 

 

haha. love this kid.

[Banedon]

The only thing missing tonight was Stacey King.

 

He's on Comcast right now.

 

Not the same.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Were the Bulls ever close to releasing Robinson to keep from getting in luxury tax territory?

I remember Bernstein suggesting that to be a likely scenario, but I don't know if it was ever close to happening.

[rawaction]

I still don't expect them to win this series, but anything is possible. Hopefully by the time the guys start running on fumes, they get Deng and Hinrich back. And hopefully it's only 1 down game if it happens. The longer this series goes, the better for the Bulls.

[imb]

that was just fantastic to watch.

[Wilson A2000]

I still don't expect them to win this series, but anything is possible. Hopefully by the time the guys start running on fumes, they get Deng and Hinrich back. And hopefully it's only 1 game. The longer this series goes, the better for the Bulls.

 

I don't know if Hinrich and Deng will be able to bring the energy this team needs to win if they are coming back from injuries.

[Magnetic Curses]

every possession of that game was fun.

[Old Style]

Wow. Just wow.

[imb]

I want the bulls to win to see how fast the old LeBron narratives reappear

[Cubswin11]

I want the bulls to win to see how fast the old LeBron narratives reappear

I could see it coming back a bit tomorrow. He kind of went away down the stretch/didn't demand the ball. Bosh took that awful baseline jumper, Wade shot a 3 real early in the shot clock and then LBJ put up some shitty lefty floater when they were already down 4 and missed it.

[Banedon]

I want the bulls to win to see how fast the old LeBron narratives reappear

 

I hope he cries in postgame about the Bulls being too physical.

[UMFan83]

Were the Bulls ever close to releasing Robinson to keep from getting in luxury tax territory?

I remember Bernstein suggesting that to be a likely scenario, but I don't know if it was ever close to happening.

 

There was a report at some point close to the deadline that this was what the Bulls were going to do. Like you said though, not sure how likely it ever was though.

[SpongeWorthy]

Lebron will make adjustments on butler bodying him up in the high post and out at the 3 point line. Wonder what Thibs will do.

[Guest]

To me, Butler was the star of the game tonight.

[rawaction]

I still don't expect them to win this series, but anything is possible. Hopefully by the time the guys start running on fumes, they get Deng and Hinrich back. And hopefully it's only 1 game. The longer this series goes, the better for the Bulls.

 

I don't know if Hinrich and Deng will be able to bring the energy this team needs to win if they are coming back from injuries.

 

Honestly, they don't need energy at this point, they just need bodies. The 3 guys that play the positions Deng and Hinrich can play, combined to play all but 12 minutes of the game. And a lot of that only happened because Nate had to get stitches. Can't continue to play these guys that many minutes and expect to win this series. And I'd imagine if Spoelstra is smart, he'd go hard to LeBron early to get Butler in foul trouble. If Butler is off the floor, the Heat can pretty much do what they want.

[rawaction]

To me, Butler was the star of the game tonight.

 

Yeah, but Robinson put up 27-9 and made the biggest shots of the game. Belinelli hit some big shots. Noah was great inside and on the boards. Taj hit shots when Boozer was a non-factor. Epitome of a team effort. But yeah, Butler put up 21-14 and guarded LeBron or Wade on every single play of the game.

[Irrelevant Dude]

If Butler is off the floor, the Heat can pretty much do what they want.

If I were drawing up the Heat gameplan, I would go at Butler hard early in the game and try to get him into foul trouble. Hopefully that doesn't happen.

[Guest]

To me, Butler was the star of the game tonight.

 

Yeah, but Robinson put up 27-9 and made the biggest shots of the game. Belinelli hit some big shots. Noah was great inside and on the boards. Taj hit shots when Boozer was a non-factor. Epitome of a team effort. But yeah, Butler put up 21-14 and guarded LeBron or Wade on every single play of the game.

I'm not saying nobody else contributed. Butler was great, though.

[WrigleyField 22]

If Butler is off the floor, the Heat can pretty much do what they want.

If I were drawing up the Heat gameplan, I would go at Butler hard early in the game and try to get him into foul trouble. Hopefully that doesn't happen.

Well Spoelstra is an awful coach, so hopefully they don't figure anything out.

[Vanilla Ice]

If Butler is off the floor, the Heat can pretty much do what they want.

If I were drawing up the Heat gameplan, I would go at Butler hard early in the game and try to get him into foul trouble. Hopefully that doesn't happen.

Well Spoelstra is an awful coach, so hopefully they don't figure anything out.

Spoelstra is not an awful coach

[davell]

Agree completely on a couple of things said these last couple of pages: Best two hours of sports I remember in a long, long time and if they don't win another game this series, this was worth it. Wow, not much else to say. Nate, Jimmy, Noah- [expletive] AWESOME

[SABR Gamer]

LOL, what happened to the filter?

[Guest]

LOL, what happened to the filter?

I'm assuming that's an accidental end around