38-16. Be honest, who thought it'd be so good?

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We've all heard the story by now. Derrick Rose is an MVP candidate, Joakim Noah has missed 30 games and Carlos Boozer has missed 18. So what is it that makes the Bulls such a hard-nosed competitor? For years and...

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By: Doug Thonus

 

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I will honestly say that in my opinion one of the reasons this team is excelling is because they play like teams should play.....like they're still in college. Selfless passes, taking charges, making the right play, team defense...it's really, really refreshing to watch in today's NBA.


oh yeah, Derrick Rose is better than everyone else....it helps, too.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

derrick rose...that's all that needs to be said

 

[sach1]

My 3 main reasons why the Bulls are 38-16:
1. Drose
2. Team Defense
3. Team Chemistry

 

[houheffna]

I am always a fan of this guy's writings...he usually writes well thought out stuff...

 

[WearShades]

The reasons, as I see them, for the excellent play this season:

1. The arrival of coach Thibs
2. The arrival of both Boozer and increased three point shooting
3. Rose's individual improvement.

 

[pinkizdead]

The reasons, as I see them, for the excellent play this season:

1. The arrival of coach Thibs

are you saying you don't want to see the coach running iso plays for deng against Lebron james.

 

[Holonia]

The arrival of couch is what put this team on the right track. Once the defence performs like this, and all the guys are synched, losing a player or two doesn't make that big of a difference it makes in other teams. Oh, and having Rose in an MVP season helps a little bit too

 

[DewsSox79]

before i heard boozer was going to start the season on the shelf, and before noah got hurt....i thought for sure they could be this good. I however am surprised by this record with boozer starting out hurt, coming back and noah going out.

 

[JCM]

:rose:

^^^^ beast. thats why we are so good as of right now.

 

[TopekaRoy]

Based on my preseason prediction that the Bulls would win 57 games this year, I had them at about 37.5-16.5 at this point, so yes, I did think they would be this good!

But, as others have pointed out, that was before Boozer broke his hand and Noah missed all of these games. If those two had been healthy all year, they would be way ahead of my expectations right now.

So, much like my Bears prediction, I was right on were they would be, but totally wrong on how they would get here!

 

[BigSoxHurt35]

If we stayed healthy..I knew we'd be this good. I didn't know the coach would have this much of an instant impact on defense. Gota get Noah back so we can really see this team on a nightly basis

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I figured they'd be at or above 30 games, but I never thought they would be playing the way they are. Especially when you consider Boozer being out for a portion of the beginning, and Noah missing so many games.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

The only real disappointments of the season, in my mind, was that game a couple weeks ago at Golden State and the way they played on Christmas Day.

 

[zack54attack]

Just imagine if we would have won the games we should have won...

like Clippers, Nets, 2 vs Bobcats.

 

[Glide2keva]

Just imagine if we would have won the games we should have won...

like Clippers, Nets, 2 vs Bobcats.

And 2 vs New York