If Thibbs runs the same lineup the whole 4th qtr again, I'm going to Chicago just to slap the sh!t out of him. I'm not sure how many of you have played basketball- but idt Thibbs understands that humans need rest!
I love Thibb's philosophy- but very few people can give 100% on the defensive end and still be effective on offense. The defensive lineup needs to get into the game earlier and play longer in the middle qtrs so the offensive lineup can be effective in the beginning and end of games. Thibbs has still been struggling to find a system of rotating his players and giving other players opportunities. Because Jimmy isn't going to learn on the bench and Rose's foot/ Watson's elbow/ Rips man-parts aren't going to heal if they keep on reaggrevating them. We need to go to a deeper rotation to keep more players fresh. And for goodness sake, take Booz out of the starting lineup- throw Taj in with the ones and allow him to play the opening and closing qtrs of the game- since Boozer isn't trusted in the 4th anyways.
I just hate to see Boozer slow on defensive rotations, absent on help defense and ineffective at the face up jumper that he attempts (without a single dribble) at least 6 times per game- that he misses continuously- then tops off his performance by sitting the entire 4th qtr because Thibbs doesn't trust his defense.
Thibbs- Give Taj, Jimmy more oppounities and go to a 10-man rotation until we reach the 45 game mark (where we can begin to solidify our rotations). But I'm tired of seeing you drive players into the ground night after night (Deng, Rose, Taj in the 4th, Asik in the 4th, and Lucas instead of giving Jimmy more minutes).
Again, my only knocks on Thibbs are his lack of management with rotations and lack of diversity in his offensive sets.
The Suns aren't a very effective team when their perimeter shots aren't falling so I don't think this will be an extremely hard game to defend in, but I would still like to see Thibbs work his rotations better so we don't see Bulls players dragging ass because Thibbs has had them playing 12 minutes straight.
Bulls over Suns: 96-78
Love Jimi.
