Axl Rose
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dont get me wrong its not impossible to win a 1st round series but lets pump the breaks a little bit lol
How realistic do you think the Bulls' chances are for a second-round upset?
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dont get me wrong its not impossible to win a 1st round series but lets pump the breaks a little bit lol
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Pump the brakes a little? LOL, do you even drive yet? What gives these other teams more than what the current Bulls team does? NOTHING!
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Axl Rose
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dont underestimate them
especially the Wizards Wall-Beal-Arzia-Nene-Gortat...thats a solid squad
and yes i do drive lol
BUT WE HAVE JIMMER NOW ZOMG
Jimmer the savior :elephant:
now if we could only get thibs to play him
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Well, the Pacers or Heat could suffer key injuries. That's the only way I see us getting out of the second round.
As far as Jimmer is concerned, he's not going to get a lot of playing time until he learns Thibs schemes.
As far as Jimmer is concerned, he's not going to get a lot of playing time until he learns Thibs schemes.
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Or if we get blown out by 40. He'll get about 5 good minutes of run then.
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So, he has to learn how not to score?
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Unless either the Pacers or Heat get upset in the first round or they completely fall apart or Paul George or Lebron James doesn't play, I don't see how they win 4 games. They could get 2 as things are now but that's it. The Heat gear their season to the post season ans turn it up then. The Pacers think they should be in the finals and aren't going to feel any pressure prior to the conference finals.
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About the same odds as the Heat and Pacers planes crashing into each other.
Honestly, I would put the odds of making it to the second round at below 50% right now. I think the Raptors/Wizards/Nets are all matchups that the Bulls will have a hard time with. Health has a lot to do with the playoffs. The Nets are a team full of Vets and have a lot of talent/length/experience. The Raptors and Wizards are very athletic teams with limited experience.
The wild card in this is D.J. I honestly think he is a bad defender and he has struggled mightily against good defensive teams. Right now I don't see him doing a Nate in the playoffs and that means a 1st round out.
Maybe Rose will come back and save the day.
Honestly, I would put the odds of making it to the second round at below 50% right now. I think the Raptors/Wizards/Nets are all matchups that the Bulls will have a hard time with. Health has a lot to do with the playoffs. The Nets are a team full of Vets and have a lot of talent/length/experience. The Raptors and Wizards are very athletic teams with limited experience.
The wild card in this is D.J. I honestly think he is a bad defender and he has struggled mightily against good defensive teams. Right now I don't see him doing a Nate in the playoffs and that means a 1st round out.
Maybe Rose will come back and save the day.
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He has to learn where to be on the court, the names of the plays, how to execute them, how to not be a liability on defense.
This isn't learning how to be on a lottery team anymore(which means stat-padders welcome). This is a whole different culture.
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DJ Augustine picked it up pretty fast as the PG. I'm sure Jimmer will be fine.
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DJ had the benefit of the Bulls desperation to have a point guard in the line up, when Kirk was hurt. Plus DJ played both ways and used a similar play scheme on defense in Indiana, so he knew where to be most of the time. Jimmer will be fine, but he doesn't have the same luxury of jumping into a team that is without starter and backup at his position.
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Ok. And he picked up the offense fine. And he actually had to direct it. Jimmer will be fine. He's white.
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DJ was rather horrible in Indiana though. My friend who is a huge Pacers fan did nothing but complain about DJ. He's shocked how well he looks on the Bulls.
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I didn't claim that he was good in Indiana. I had him as a backup in a deep fantasy league, and he was pure disappoint in Indiana. But he still learned much of the same scheme while he was there, that Thibs uses(which was my point).
If Jimmer gets a lot of minutes anytime soon(next 4-6 games), I would be surprised if it happened without an injury, or without huge score differences.
