How can the Bulls beat the Heat?

[Rush]

Many have anointed the Miami Heat as the team to beat in the NBA next season, including myself. Yes, they'll need to prove it on the court, but I can't put anyone ahead of them, even Boston or L.A. ...

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By: Doug Thonus

 

[pinkizdead]

Frankly if the bulls beat the heat to become eastern conference champions, it would be tantamount to winning a championship.

he's right though, we could win a game, but it's going to be awfully difficult to beat the asshat juggernaut.

 

[Rush]

Agreed with Pink however you guys are giving them way too much credit. They still have to MAKE the Eastern Conference Championship. All signs are pointing to that it will happen however in today's age of sports, nothing is guarenteed. (Unless it's OSU choking in a BCS Bowl )

 

[JCM]

the bulls are definitely able to beat the heat, sure they got the best 3 FA in the off season but there team isnt built all around. they have to depth at PG and especially center. noah will kill them at C.

 

[dougthonus]

the bulls are definitely able to beat the heat, sure they got the best 3 FA in the off season but there team isnt built all around. they have to depth at PG and especially center. noah will kill them at C.

LeBron and Wade can play PG on offense, what do they need depth at the position for?

The Heat are beat almost exactly like the first threepete Bulls. Elite players at SG/SF, there is no real PG, but a guys who are spot up shooters or role playing defenders. They have a scoring PF, and a defensive oriented center.

 

[JCM]

LeBron and Wade can play PG on offense, what do they need depth at the position for?

The Heat are beat almost exactly like the first threepete Bulls. Elite players at SG/SF, there is no real PG, but a guys who are spot up shooters or role playing defenders. They have a scoring PF, and a defensive oriented center.

sure lebron and wade can play PG because they have the handles for that position required, but when one of them does move to that position like wade who will play SG or lebron. wouldn't they log up alot of minutes do to that?

I agree that they are built similar to the first three peat bulls because they have elite players at SG and SF. but, Wade isnt exactly MJ as a shooter. his game is different in alot of ways. In the other hand, ledouche is better than pip though.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

The Heat are strong.

Just not as strong as many make them out to be.

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

Heat hasn't proved a thing yet. Hell, it's still roughly 23-26 days even from NBA training camps even start. The formula to beating a team that hasn't played a game yet is to just forget about it until the season starts. Screw the hype, Go Bulls!

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

The Heat won't be that good at first, but neither will the Bulls. I don't think Miami will get past L.A. in the Finals. Miami would need to bust their asses just to get past Boston (healthy or not).

I think that clearly Miami looks to have the better team than the Bulls next season. I don't like saying it, but Chicago needs more firepower on offense, and dependability on defense to beat the Heat.

I actually think that Miami is deeper than Chicago in terms of quality players. Though, the Bulls are solid at all 4/5 positions, while Miami is only solid at 3/5 positions.

And even if they did have a chance to beat Miami... we should keep expectations lows, guys... the less pressure on the Bulls' shoulders- the better off they'll be.

 

[TheStig]

I think the heat have the edge against us but I also think it would be a hard fought and close series. Our rebounding advantage will keep us in the series, in the end, Rose hasn't become a good enough go to scorer to win it for us. If he gets to that level this year, it will be a toss up. We can just kill them inside and on the boards.

In the end, I think the Celtics, if healthy can beat the heat. They have the depth and talent to do it with Orlando being a dark horse. The heat got nothing to stop Howard. He will terrorize them.

 

[FedEx227]

My curiosity with Miami is how they do in a half court set or in a slower tempo style. Neither Wade nor LeBron are particularly good three point shooters and without Miller on the floor I could see a lot of teams running a zone against them and daring those 2 to shoot from the perimeter.

 

[Diddy1122]

There's lots of people crowning the Heat champions. I won't go that far just yet, I'd like to see how they play together first. But honestly, the 3 douches could play with all D-Leaguers n still dominate. Alot of the arguments going around are just a severe case of haterism. There has never, in the history of the NBA, been 3 top 10 players in their primes on the same team. This team will beat the piss out of alot of teams & is going to win championships, pretty simple. It's tough to say it's a guarantee but if Lebron could take the '07 Cavs to the Finals on his back, I think the Heat stand a pretty good chance with Wade & Bosh shouldering some of the load. Only thing that can derail them is injury. So we all just need to pray that Karma will do it's worst, cuz that's the ONLY way we will beat them in a series.

 

[houheffna]

There's lots of people crowning the Heat champions. I won't go that far just yet, I'd like to see how they play together first. But honestly, the 3 douches could play with all D-Leaguers n still dominate. Alot of the arguments going around are just a severe case of haterism. There has never, in the history of the NBA, been 3 top 10 players in their primes on the same team. This team will beat the piss out of alot of teams & is going to win championships, pretty simple. It's tough to say it's a guarantee but if Lebron could take the '07 Cavs to the Finals on his back, I think the Heat stand a pretty good chance with Wade & Bosh shouldering some of the load. Only thing that can derail them is injury. So we all just need to pray that Karma will do it's worst, cuz that's the ONLY way we will beat them in a series.

I think there have been 3 top 10 players on one squad before...the 1980's come to mind with a couple of teams, but I will say this...this team will most likely win. I think what is interesting is who will be their Achilles heel. No doubt the Lakers will be a problem if Bynum is healthy. But, the Celtics had the Sixers, the Lakers had the...Rockets? I don't know if the Bulls can offer that resistance. If they do, it will be because Rose destroys Miami's guards and garners too much attention. I think the x factor is still Deng. He has to spread the floor. Point blank. If he can do that, this team has a slight chance, but not much....

 

[TheStig]

My curiosity with Miami is how they do in a half court set or in a slower tempo style. Neither Wade nor LeBron are particularly good three point shooters and without Miller on the floor I could see a lot of teams running a zone against them and daring those 2 to shoot from the perimeter.

Both Haslem and Bosh can hit 16 ft jumpers and Chalmers and Miller can hit 3's. Bron also shot 33 and 34 percent last year with a lot of contested 3's. Getting kick outs from wade should get him to 35 percent.