Crystal Ball The consensus prediction of the TrueHoop Network bloggers…and the best hopes of By The Horns. Crowd Says: 43-39 By The Horns Says: 46-36 Yes We Can! The sun is out. The seas have parted. The basketball gods are shining upon us! During the offseason, the Bulls lost free agent Ben Gordon, whom many […]
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Where were the Bulls shooting?
Yesterday’s post about Derrick Rose’s assists got me thinking about where the Bulls were shooting the ball from last season. Fortunately, 82games.com provides a Sortable NBA Team Shooting Stats page. I’ve used their data to create my own tables so that I can highlight the Bulls’ league rank and compare the team’s raw numbers to the league leaders. 82games.com stats […]
Where did Derrick Rose’s passes go?
In my scouting report on Derrick Rose, I noted that the Bulls’ rookie point guard ranked 12th in the NBA in total assists (512) last season. Just for fun, here’s a list (in descending order) of the players who dropped more dimes than D-Rose: Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Rajon Rondo, Jose Calderon, […]
Team need: Contain opposing big men
The Bulls faced a recurring problem over the course of the 2008-09 season: They could not contain opposing big men. Even the bad ones. Stiffs (or at least non-premier bigs) like Anderson Varejao, Ben Wallace, Darko Milicic, Joel Przybilla, Nick Collison, Troy Murphy and Zaza Pachulia all enjoyed big games and/or season highs against the Chicago interior defense. That’s not […]