Comments on: Breaking the Conseco curse: Bulls 109, Pacers 101

By: No sweep for you: Pacers 100, Bulls 90 » By The Horns

No sweep for you: Pacers 100, Bulls 90 » By The Horns — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:37:36 +0000

[...] on the road, where they are 12-19 on the season. And they were playing in Conseco Field House, where they are (somewhat inexplicably) 4-18 since that arena opened in 1999. More importantly, they were playing on the second night of back-to-backs…a situation in [...]

By: I’ll take it, but…: Bulls 120, Pacers 110 » By The Horns

I’ll take it, but…: Bulls 120, Pacers 110 » By The Horns — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:34:44 +0000

[...] This is going to be a tough stretch. Even that Pacers game could be tougher than it looks on paper. After all, the Bulls are only 4-17 in Indiana since Conceco Field House opened in 1999. That place is a Bulls [...]

By: Not a chance: Magic 107, Bulls 87 » By The Horns

Not a chance: Magic 107, Bulls 87 » By The Horns — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:34:08 +0000

[...] you, Chicago was coming off a fourth-quarter comeback against the Pacers in Indianapolis the night before. The Bulls tend not to play very well on the second night of back-to-backs, and [...]

By: Jeremy da pig fucker

Jeremy da pig fucker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:38:06 +0000

Fucking A. Couldn’t of written this article better myself. Than again, I only have a third grade education.

By: thirdsaint

thirdsaint — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:57:32 +0000

Hah, good analogy Matt. We all knew Tyrus would be a project but his attitude and IQ have hurt him enough to be on his way out. Maybe if he were coachable, constantly learning and improving, and a team first player we’d consider giving him more time. He’s none of those things and I wouldn’t doubt he feels he is and is worth more money than he deserves.

I do agree that Richards will be good for 6 fouls (hopefully smart ones). The refs really seem to hate Gibson, maybe for no other reason than he’s a rookie, as he gets so many ridiculous ticky tack fouls called on him. I bet he’ll have 2 in the first 5 minutes again and Richards may follow suit. Definitely will be rooting for Vince Chucker to come out and whiff.

By: Matt McHale

Matt McHale — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:36:02 +0000

“As for the timeouts, the Pacers defense is so bad that I’m not surprised at the high percentage.”

Hey! The Pacers are 18th in Defensive Effici…oh, right.

“As frustrating as Tyrus has been his entire career, last night was one of those games where he seemed to understand his role. I doubt this whole incident will wake him up but it was comforting to see him pass up the open jump shot and attack the rim.”

Yeah, I was thoroughly satisfied with Ty’s contribution last night. I figure we have three or four solid games from him before he goes back into “ME, ME, ME!” mode.

“Oddly enough, Richard is the type of player that might be able to frustrate Howard a bit.”

Yup. Big body. Hungry. Six fouls.

“I think no matter who we put on Howard he’s going to destroy them so we need to focus on shutting down Carter, Lewis, and the other shooters. Can’t let Barnes get open too because he was lighting us up last time.”

I’m hoping that Carter’s big game against the Hornets created the perception that he’s back, leading to a, let’s say, 5-for-19 performance from him and some all-around ball-hoggery. The Bulls best defense may be Carter’s offense.

Unless he really IS back…

“So sign Tyrus next year.”

I just can’t see that happening. Not now. And not just because of his recent tirade against VDN. I think the team is tired of his inconsistency. Let’s say you had a car that drove like one of the best cars in the world…but only every fourth or fifth time you used it. The rest of the time, it constantly stalls, or backfires, or rattles, or gets a flat tire. Would you keep it?

By: chad

chad — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:08:07 +0000

Drafting Tyrus instead of Aldridge enabled the Bulls to be bad enough 2 years ago to be given the #1 pick and draft Derrick Rose, the best point guard the Bulls have ever had. Give the Bulls time to grow together, they have the talent they need. Tyrus won’t get a lot of money next year since he didn’t do much this year. So sign Tyrus next year. The team will be fine if they keep the same guys they have this year. Salmons and Hinrich are solid players. It wasn’t just Brad Miller that made the Bulls win all those games last year right after they made the trade at the trading deadline. Be a team who who grows through their own drafts. Don’t be the Yankees who buy championships by stealing players away from teams who drafted them. Let James stay in Cleveland and let Cleveland’s fans have some happiness after all those bad years. Bulls can beat Cleveland without James. If the Bulls must make a trade, get a 2 guard who can score, and can defend better than Gordon. Sign Wade if you can get rid of Hinrich and Salmons contract. Wade would love to play on a team with Rose, Noah, and a focused Tyrus to throw lobs to. When Tyrus isn’t focused he can go back to the bench. But he’s a good weapon to have available when the rest of the team is struggling or tired and needs a boost.

By: thirdsaint

thirdsaint — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:41:17 +0000

Maybe a little but I get the sense from watching him that he doesn’t have his legs under him yet. He’s alright on the defensive end but he couldn’t hit the rim yesterday if his life depended on it. The only time he did was on his attempted dunk and he even missed that. Granted, we didn’t bring him in for offense, but he looks a little shaky like he’s trying to catch up to the full speed of the NBA.

I think no matter who we put on Howard he’s going to destroy them so we need to focus on shutting down Carter, Lewis, and the other shooters. Can’t let Barnes get open too because he was lighting us up last time.

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:07:48 +0000

thirdsaint –

Oddly enough, Richard is the type of player that might be able to frustrate Howard a bit.

By: thirdsaint

thirdsaint — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:56:50 +0000

As frustrating as Tyrus has been his entire career, last night was one of those games where he seemed to understand his role. I doubt this whole incident will wake him up but it was comforting to see him pass up the open jump shot and attack the rim.

I think last night was a case of Deng’s number not being called. With the matador Dunleavy defending him (or not) they constantly went to Deng, and then Salmons. After that 1st quarter when O’Brien finaly realized ol’ Mike was killing his team on both ends they stopped going to Deng. I agree he could very well score 50 one day.

Tonight will be tough. Normally Howard abuses Noah anyhow but without him Howard is going to MURDER Gibson, Miller, and Richards. This is one of those cases where you can’t stop Howard so you may as well focus on everyone else.