The only thing I am worried about is when they play good D, such as the celtics. When they bulls are forced to go late in the shot clock they tend to panic, over pass, or the opposite and over dribble, they need to find rhythm early in the shot clock and work the ball around. To avoid late shot clock situations the bulls should push the ball up the court try and catch good defenses before they get set. If the bulls get running they are hard for anyone to beat.

Hope they kick ass on “a bunch of road games” -loul deng formerly known as the circus trip

Having said that, there was a very interesting glimmer of hope in the Bulls most recent game. When the Wizards went into their zone, the improving Ronnie Brewer did some cutting beneath the basket, and the Bulls capitalized at least once or twice (he came from out of bounds once). Brewer is the perfect player to exploit that area against a zone: he is fairly quick, he can jump, and is tall and long enough to score amongst (mostly) slower big men. If Thibs can develop some plays (even without Korver) that allow Brewer to get some space along the baseline, that could help to force a collapse (of sorts) which will in turn lead to some open jumpers.

If Korver can’t play, expect to see a lot of zone against the Bulls tonight. Without Kyle, we have nobody on the bench who can shoot- except C.J.

Watson played some at the two alongside Rose last game, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get some minutes there tonight, especially if Bogans is not hitting the three.