Bulls '21-'22 Season Thread

[WrigleyField 22]

And it happened in two different years!

[WrigleyField 22]

[Derwood]

Just give him the MVP now

[Wilson A2000]

[UMFan83]

 

Finished with 72 I believe. Need that extra big

[UMFan83]

Watch Jordan Bell on both of those shots. He immediately comes running out and grabs the ball before celebrating lol

[cl smooth]

[Old Style]

Worst free agent signing. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[raw]

DeMar pulled a Mike Brown!

[bukie]

 

Finished with 72 I believe. Need that extra big

I have a feeling they'll add a Tony Bradley-type any day now.

[Wilson A2000]

Worst free agent signing. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

Charles Barkley was one of the only national people I can remember liking the Bulls a lot in the preseason

[17 Seconds]

coby and vucevic keep putting together nice games. absolutely everything is clicking.

[bukie]

Side note: Robbie Hummel is probably the best basketball color analyst I've heard. Good insight on the game, goes in depth on every big play, knows what he's talking about, just really good.

[bukie]

[Old Style]

coby and vucevic keep putting together nice games. absolutely everything is clicking.

Defense was pretty suspect tonight but we are missing our two best defenders right now. Ayo has been clutch but Zo and Caruso are All Defense type guys.

[Old Style]

LOL

[bukie]

Updated East ELO playoff projections:

 

1. Bucks 52-30

2. Bulls 52-30

3. Nets 51-31

4. 76ers 49-33

5. Heat 49-33

6. Cavs 47-35

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7. Hornets 44-38

8. Celtics 42-40

9. Wizards 41-41

10. Hawks 40-42

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11. Raptors 38-44

12. Knicks 38-44

13. Pacers 35-47

14. Magic 20-62

15. Pistons 18-64

 

Really, at this point, it's only been the Magic and Pistons that are tanking. Pacers have really struggled of late, so even with overall fairly respectable numbers they've already banked a bunch of close losses. Top 5 have definitely separated from the teams 7-12, and it looks like, at least at this point, the Bulls are well clear of being concerned about the play-in round. If they can hold onto the top 2, the quality of team they'll get in the first round is significantly worse than finishing 3-6 (depending how sold you are on the Cavs). Top 5 are still extremely close in projections (76ers have generally played much better than their record, they're due for a correction soon).

[UMFan83]

coby and vucevic keep putting together nice games. absolutely everything is clicking.

Defense was pretty suspect tonight but we are missing our two best defenders right now. Ayo has been clutch but Zo and Caruso are All Defense type guys.

 

Green is big for the defense too and he was out. Just finding ways to win, sign of a great team

[Old Style]

[SpongeWorthy]

 

not great!

[muntjack]

I was reasonably optimistic about this team coming into the season, but I just keep navigating back to the Eastern Conference standings and staring in disbelief.

[UMFan83]

Love that we can come out and play a game that’s nowhere close to our best game and win

[bukie]

To give an idea how difficult it is to win every game, even when it seems easy, Milwaukee just lost a home game to Detroit.

[David]

On pace for 59 wins but the schedule is about to toughen up a bit soon.

[bukie]

On pace for 59 wins but the schedule is about to toughen up a bit soon.

 

Yep, thanks to the schedule rework the Bulls have a stretch of 4 games in 5 days next week, 2 of which are against the Nets and Warriors. Pluss they haven't played the Bucks at all yet.

 

5-5 in the next 10 wouldn't be surprising.