Comments on: Game 22 Recap: Bulls 113, Timberwolves 82

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:50:54 +0000

I almost quit watching the game mid-3Q. It was such a blowout that I started to feel sorry for the Timberchickens. Love was the only guy on that team that seemed to give a crap.

By: Gorditadog

Gorditadog — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:16:43 +0000

Matt, I love your blog, but you need to stop campaigning for Korver to play shooting guard. Did you see Corey Brewer’s eyes light up when Korver got him last night? Took him to the paint three straight times- there aren’t many defenders who can turn Corey Brewer into a first option.

Bulls defense has still got a long way to go. Rose needs to keep improving and Boozer’s abilities are still unknown. We really need to appreciate the work that Deng and Brewer/Bogans do in shutting down opponents wings.

I think it would be a huge negative to downgrade on the defensive end right now. We could probably get away with it for the next several games against a weak schedule, but what’s the point?

During our next 13 games we only have one opponent with a record over .500 (the Knicks at Madison Square Garden). If we continue to play the way we have been playing, winning the boards and holding teams shooting percentage under 45%, we should be 10-3 or 11-2 over those games, heading up to our next big test at home against Boston on January 8.

Let’s let the Bogans/Brewer thing play out over this stretch and see if we can build some confidence in our team defense. We will need it for the Celtics.

By: Enigmatik

Enigmatik — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:26:34 +0000

This is the type of effort we should expect to see. Thrash the lesser teams and get some wins against the top teams in the league.

Maybe Bogans is blackmailing Thibs…there’s no logical explanation for why he starts in the NBA.

Between now and January 8th, the Bulls only play 2 teams with records of .500 or better (Pacers, Knicks). Time to load up on wins!

By: TBF

TBF — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:44:07 +0000

How good is Love at this point? That dude is a monster. He’s like Jo Noah with a 3 point shot. It must be so frustrating for him right now, stuck with Beasley who just wants to jack up shot after shot and play zero defense all night.

Speaking of Beasley, Luol just abused him all night. Deng is so valuable as exactly what he supposed to be now; a top-notch role-player. His defense is excellent too.

If Derrick can keep burying those threes, he’s going to be completely unguardable in this league.

By: chitown4life

chitown4life — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:35:55 +0000

Wait a min omar may not be the best center in the league by far but yet at the same time he does play some solid mins for the most part and contributes to the team positively wait scoring is our goal stopping others from scoring is the goal of our coach, the view i want to point out is check our (sg) stats you may come to understand what our team is truly lacking consistant scoring from that position which means if they don’t get any better at the two guard the bulls will face alot of double teams on boozer and rose and deng who ever has the ball cause right now i don’t thkni other teams respect our two guards period but outside of that great game last night it was suppose to be a blow out no chnce which it was of the bulls losing share some of yr opions or options about our two guard delema. Peace

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:58:24 +0000

Matt, I hate to be that guy, but Adrian Griffin is also still on the Bulls from the 2006-2007 season, just not as a player anymore. I’m sure you were just talking about active players in the first place, though.

By: Inception

Inception — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:25:29 +0000

correction…korver and rose are both shooting 41.3%

By: Inception

Inception — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:24:51 +0000

derrick rose is shooting a better 3 pt % than korver…go figure! …then again, we’ve only played 22 games so far.

By: bullsfandom

bullsfandom — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:50:16 +0000

Boone is in China, which explains why the Heat didn’t go after him.

I’m not sure that we don’t match up well with the Celtics front court. Yeah, they’ve looked good early…but Shaq is in F.U. mode which I’m not sure he can maintain. I also expect KG, and both of the O’neils to be injured late in the season. Also, find me a team that matches up well with Orlando. D-Ho is head and shoulders above every other Center in the league. To beat them, you have to attack him and get him in foul trouble…something we are terrible at doing, and I’m not sure getting somebody else’s castaway Center is going to change.

By: BoppinBob

BoppinBob — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 17:23:59 +0000

As of December 15th I consider these guys as expendable and they should be targeted for upgrades; Bogans, JJ, Lucas, Thomas and Scalabrine.

My biggest concern is at C. The Bulls do not match-up well with the Celtics or Orlando at the center position. I believe that Josh Boone is still available and could help the Bulls at the C position.