IST: 2nd Round - (3) Chicago Bulls vs (2) Cleveland Cavs (Cavs lead 3-2)

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Is this actually real? Photoshop can do some amazing things these days.

I thought he just relaxed in his Kia to recover. :derbulls:
Supposedly it is....
 

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Supposedly it is....

it looks fake. if it is real, then im just going to assume that its used to remove any traces of HGH from the body :smug:
 

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In more important news, Lebron is not wearing a headband anymore.

He hasn't won a champioship without wearing one so another factor that weighs in our favor.
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I want to win the game and Butler has become the Bulls best scorer. They need him to score. Its not like the Cavs don't have other players than Lebron. Let Butler guard and shut down one of them while the other guys pound Lebron. THe Bulls have great depth finally going into this series. Use that depth to wear Lebron into the ground.

just saw a stat....lebrons per 36 averages against jimmy butler is 18 a game vs. when jimmy isn't guarding him he scores 26 per 36 min. the numbers don't lie brah :shrug:
 

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just saw a stat....lebrons per 36 averages against jimmy butler is 18 a game vs. when jimmy isn't guarding him he scores 26 per 36 min. the numbers don't lie brah :shrug:

I dont doubt Butler defends Lebron the best. Will it take away from his offensive game? That will be the key.
 

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I dont doubt Butler defends Lebron the best. Will it take away from his offensive game? That will be the key.

it was in response to someone saying they did NOT want butler guarding LeBron. that is clearly not the route to go, however. im sure if LeBron guards jimmy, jimmy will see a drop in his offensive game no matter whether or not he himself guards LeBron or not
 

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-230 degrees? how do you not disintegrate at that temp lol
 

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-230 degrees? how do you not disintegrate at that temp lol
Well I think you'd just freeze, not disintegrate, but either way, yeah idk how this stuff works. I do know it's supposed to help recovery by making the blood rush to that area or something to that effect.
 

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Well I think you'd just freeze, not disintegrate, but either way, yeah idk how this stuff works. I do know it's supposed to help recovery by making the blood rush to that area or something to that effect.

yeah i know i was just being funny
 

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Adjustments I'd like to see that probably won't happen.

-Tony Snell needs to see some action. 5-7 minutes.. He could even get more IMO at Dunleavy's spot... Snell has played well against Cleveland this season and can hit the three in regardes to Rose and Gasol's pick and pop's.

-Kirk Hinrich should never see the floor on offense in the last 3 minutes of the game. Cleveland is going to put length out there (Shump on Rose, Bron on Butler, Thompson on Taj/Noah and Mozgov on Gasol) you play right into their hands by allowing Irving to guard Kirk Hinrich, who can't do shit. Dunleavy at least makes Irving run around everywhere.

-Adapt the pick n pop and basically play what the defense gives you.. Rose has the mid-range jumper all game long as long as they think he's going to drive or only shoot three's... When they adapt, then Rose goes to the hoop. Its there all game long.

-I think if Cleveland is playing James Jones at PF ever, Niko should see some action and hopefully nail some three pointers. But that's also wishful thinking. I can completely see how Niko is taken out of the equation in this series with Love out.
 

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Adjustments I'd like to see that probably won't happen.

-Tony Snell needs to see some action. 5-7 minutes.. He could even get more IMO at Dunleavy's spot... Snell has played well against Cleveland this season and can hit the three in regardes to Rose and Gasol's pick and pop's.

-Kirk Hinrich should never see the floor on offense in the last 3 minutes of the game. Cleveland is going to put length out there (Shump on Rose, Bron on Butler, Thompson on Taj/Noah and Mozgov on Gasol) you play right into their hands by allowing Irving to guard Kirk Hinrich, who can't do shit. Dunleavy at least makes Irving run around everywhere.

-Adapt the pick n pop and basically play what the defense gives you.. Rose has the mid-range jumper all game long as long as they think he's going to drive or only shoot three's... When they adapt, then Rose goes to the hoop. Its there all game long.

-I think if Cleveland is playing James Jones at PF ever, Niko should see some action and hopefully nail some three pointers. But that's also wishful thinking. I can completely see how Niko is taken out of the equation in this series with Love out.

I agree with most of what you said but this. I do not want MDJ's minutes cut into just to get snell some action, especially with how MDJ has been playing of late.
 

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I agree with most of what you said but this. I do not want MDJ's minutes cut into just to get snell some action, especially with how MDJ has been playing of late.
Theoretically it wouldn't really cut down on Dunleavy's minutes a ton. He'd really be eating into Hinrich's minutes ideally. Even so, Dunleavy played 39 minutes last night. It wouldn't kill the team to have that number come down a little.
 

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Theoretically it wouldn't really cut down on Dunleavy's minutes a ton. He'd really be eating into Hinrich's minutes ideally. Even so, Dunleavy played 39 minutes last night. It wouldn't kill the team to have that number come down a little.

maybe so, but he was playing well and this is the playoffs after all. again, we are nitpicking over what...3 - 5 min? im pretty sure these world class athletes can handle a few more minutes considering its the playoffs :shrug:
 

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maybe so, but he was playing well and this is the playoffs after all. again, we are nitpicking over what...3 - 5 min? im pretty sure these world class athletes can handle a few more minutes considering its the playoffs :shrug:
Not saying Dunleavy can't handle playing 40 minutes. Just saying that having Snell on the floor for more minutes may also be beneficial even if it means Dunleavy plays a few less minutes. Give Snell all of Hinrich's minutes and a few of Dunleavy's minutes and you get a lot more defensive versatility while keeping a shooter on the floor. Dunleavy still gets 30+ minutes. Thibs still gets a defensive player on the floor. It's a win win imo.

I'll add this as well. If Cleveland runs a small ball lineup again, you can still roll with Butler, Dunleavy, and Snell to match up and not lose a thing.
 

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Not saying Dunleavy can't handle playing 40 minutes. Just saying that having Snell on the floor for more minutes may also be beneficial even if it means Dunleavy plays a few less minutes. Give Snell all of Hinrich's minutes and a few of Dunleavy's minutes and you get a lot more defensive versatility while keeping a shooter on the floor. Dunleavy still gets 30+ minutes. Thibs still gets a defensive player on the floor. It's a win win imo.

I'll add this as well. If Cleveland runs a small ball lineup again, you can still roll with Butler, Dunleavy, and Snell to match up and not lose a thing.

who is snell guarding though? if its kyrie, I don't really want any part of that matchup. snell has length and all, but lets not kid ourselves into thinking snell is some defensive savant...kyrie would abuse snell IMO...and that's not really a knock on snell as much as it is just not fair to expect a guy his size to guard a small PG with amazing quickness and ball handling skills
 

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who is snell guarding though? if its kyrie, I don't really want any part of that matchup. snell has length and all, but lets not kid ourselves into thinking snell is some defensive savant...kyrie would abuse snell IMO...and that's not really a knock on snell as much as it is just not fair to expect a guy his size to guard a small PG with amazing quickness and ball handling skills
Snell just needs to keep Kyrie away from the basket if he's guarding him. Use his length to contest the jumpers. If he's all up in his face, Kyrie is getting to the hole every time. To me, it's just to allow Rose to save his energy for the offensive end...if Snell is indeed guarding Kyrie.

But really, I'm thinking about when JR Smith comes back and if they run something like Kyrie, Shumpert, Smith, Lebron, and Thompson to close. Snell can switch onto pretty much anyone if he absolutely had to while Hinrich doesn't quite have as much ability. I also trust Snell as a shooter more than Hinrich. It just gives you more to work with on both ends imo.
 
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