Ok... and again...how'd it work out in the playoffs last season?
Again regular season=/=playoffs.
Get this through your skull.
We had our best player last year. This team is improved from last year. The Heat? It's a push, maybe.
And Wade could have hit the game winner but didn't.
Point?
My point is that the Heat, the team you think is better, the team with the two "superior superstars" both had chances to beat our "inferior" team and didn't. But CJ Watson, our backup point guard, did. Huge moment for him, another shitty moment for the Heat, who're playing .500 ball leading up to the postseason. That's my "point." They're backing their way into the playoffs. They were on a tear last season and made it to the Finals. As you've already addressed, this is a crazy season, I don't think it'll be quite as easy.
Which I would argue is a LARGE part of the Bulls problem long term.
Disagree 100%. That depth is always going to help us in the regular season. You know what that is, right? That part of the season where you have to consistently win in order to get to the post-season? Or did you forget about that training for your half-marathon last night?