He owned LeBron mentally last night.
Now we have to bring back DRose and Noah and give this team some games to get used to play with DRose in the lineup. DRose must stop this stupidity and make himself available to play. He can no way get to his previous shape without playing real NBA games.
With DRose and Noah, the Bulls are the only NBA team in the Eastern Conference that can give us a great ECF. They will be better prepared than the last time, they have Jimmy Butler (who owned Wade last night), Noah is a much better player now... I am not saying that they will win the series, but I can't see another team who has greater chances than the Bulls. So PLEASE force DRose to return. It is so stupid what he is doing. He can get injured in the practice. Why don't he retire if he is so much afraid of hurting again?
March 31... would be a great day to return!
Home game ✓
Against a bad team (Pistons) ✓
Followed by a game against a bad team (Wizzards) that makes it 2 "ideal" games in a row ✓
11 games before the playoff are enough for this team to get used to play with Rose, and for DRose to have some games under his belt ✓
Not a very tough schedule.. but it has some tough games against playoff teams ✓
Pistons
Wizards
Nets
Magic
Pistons
Raptors
Knicks
Raptors
Heat
Magic
Wizzards
Come on DRose... You can't find a better schedule than this. Also we may need to lose some games on purpose to get the 6th seed. So some struggles to help DRose find his shape, won't hurt anyone.