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January NBA Season Thread - A No Puddin Zone
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DMczaf said:Alright Bulls fans, give me 3 reasons to return to the Red and Black and I will put my "Bulls Fans Parking Only" sign back on my wall and return to the flock.
And Dickey Simpkins better not be one of them...actually, he can. With a name like Dickey, you can't lose!
Simpkins had to be one of the most painful players ever to watch. Oh God, the horror.
DMczaf said:Alright Bulls fans, give me 3 reasons to return to the Red and Black and I will put my "Bulls Fans Parking Only" sign back on my wall and return to the flock.
And Dickey Simpkins better not be one of them...actually, he can. With a name like Dickey, you can't lose!
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WOOT. LETS GO BULLS. TAKE THAT 8TH SEED
AstroLad said:
Indeed; it's players like Simpkins that singlehandedly keep the faint glimmer of hope that I'll one day be in the NBA alive.
Did he have ANY discernible skills? No post-up game, no quickness, no coordination, couldn't pass, couldn't move w/o the ball, couldn't set a decent screen. It's as if he was there purely for comic relief-- as if Chicago were so confident in their abilities that they were in effect taunting the rest of the league: "Hey, we'll even win the ring with THIS guy on our team!"
I swear, on one of the regular season games I have on tape, Simpkins gets inserted into the game during garbage time (I hesitate to use the term, because grouping Simpkins in with other "garbage time" players does them a disservice
), and grabs an entirely inconsequential rebound; as he's in the air grabbing it, he lets out this roar, as if he was in heavy traffic against the old Celtics front-line in the NBA Finals, as opposed to boxing out Yinka Dare in a meaningless regular season game with the Bulls up 30. I couldn't stop laughing-- it's like he was so INTO it. :lolLoki said:Indeed; it's players like Simpkins that singlehandedly keep the faint glimmer of hope that I'll one day be in the NBA alive.
Did he have ANY discernible skills? No post-up game, no quickness, no coordination, couldn't pass, couldn't move w/o the ball, couldn't set a decent screen. It's as if he was there purely for comic relief-- as if Chicago were so confident in their abilities that they were in effect taunting the rest of the league: "Hey, we'll even win the ring with THIS guy on our team!"
I swear, on one of the regular season games I have on tape, Simpkins gets inserted into the game during garbage time (I hesitate to use the term, because grouping Simpkins in with other "garbage time" players does them a disservice
Hahahaha, that's awesome. I just remember the dread of him coming in. How many shots will he miss? How many times will he get beat off the dribble? Even when the Bulls were up by 20 I would think, "ooh... is it really time for Simpkins already? Shouldn't we pad the lead a little more?" And he was so boring. Not even a fun crappy player, just so subpar and forgettable. Now "garbage time" players like Randy Brown (though he did play in a lot of crucial moments too), that's what I'm talking about. I remember the first few games he played, I was like, "wtf, that guy's awesome!" No offensive skills at all but damn if he didn't fly around like a gnat stealing balls. You know how Nash and the Suns are fast-break offense, zipping around the court? Well Randy Brown was fast-break defense. :lol
Randy Brown was THE MAN! I loved his defensive fire. Another one of my favorite garbage time players on the Bulls during the 2nd 3-peat was Jud Buechler. No player looked more out of place during an NBA game :lol
Pfft, I haven't been a fan of another team since my boycott of the Bulls began back in 2001-2002. I became a T-Mac fan after his dreaded "2nd round" quote. I feel like the time has come for me to return to my Bulls roots and forget about the days of Krause.
Fifty said:
Pfft, I haven't been a fan of another team since my boycott of the Bulls began back in 2001-2002. I became a T-Mac fan after his dreaded "2nd round" quote. I feel like the time has come for me to return to my Bulls roots and forget about the days of Krause.
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MO PETE HAS 34 POINTS?!?!
Holy shit
Holy shit
BigJonsson
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37 points for Morris Peterson
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
BigJonsson
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Fifty said:
Less than 37?
AstroLad said:
:lol
So true.
Yeah, Randy Brown was awesome; if he ever developed any sort of offensive game, he would have been a coveted player. One of the best defensive specialists in the game-- between him, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, and Harper, Chicago used to have teams on LOCK. It's my opinion that the greatness of Chicago's defense will not be truly realized until another decade has passed.
Not only were they a great halfcourt defensive team (imo the best ever DESPITE no shot-blocking presence unless Jordan or Pippen came to help), but they were also absolutely DOMINANT in terms of dictating the tempo with their defense and with their dominance on the glass; this is one of the reasons they wouldn't have much trouble with a team like Phoenix. A team like SA, which has a dominant inside presence, would have given them much more trouble, but still not much-- Chicago neutralized every single post-up threat they played against, often taking them out of games entirely (including Shaq and Olajuwon) by a combination of solid individual D from Rodman, foul-taking from the 2-headed center (Wennington, Longley), and incredible help from Jordan and Pippen, who were the best post-help defenders of their era, both strong-side and from the weak side once the post-up guy made his initial move. It was beautiful to watch.
Loki said::lol
So true.
Yeah, Randy Brown was awesome; if he ever developed any sort of offensive game, he would have been a coveted player. One of the best defensive specialists in the game-- between him, Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, and Harper, Chicago used to have teams on LOCK. It's my opinion that the greatness of Chicago's defense will not be truly realized until another decade has passed.
A team like SA, which has a dominant defensive presence, would have given them much more trouble, but still not much-- Chicago neutralized every single post-up threat they played against, often taking them out of games entirely (including Shaq and Olajuwon) by a combination of solid individual D from Rodman, foul-taking from the 2-headed center (Wennington, Longley), and incredible help from Jordan and Pippen, who were the best post-help defenders of their era, both strong-side and from the weak side once the post-up guy made his initial move. It was beautiful to watch.
Fucking Bulls would have annihilated this Spurs batch. Spurs are what, arguably one of the best teams right now, and they don't even have the best record, nor did they even make the Finals last year. Those Bulls teams were some of the best teams ever. I see the Bulls dispatching with them like they used to do to Mourning's Heat or LJ's Hornets, I don't even think they would put up a fight like the old Knicks did, because those Knicks team were way tougher.
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:lol Dirk cursing out the ref "WHAT THE FACK!?!"
AstroLad said:
Oh I agree the Bulls would have won, but I think it would've been more evenly played than you're giving them (SA) credit for.
I say this because of the interior presence of Duncan (I mistakenly said "defensive presence" earlier, I meant "post-up presence"), the fact that Bowen would have done a decent job on Jordan (as decent as anyone could do ), and the fact that Parker would be a handful for Harper or Jordan (at their age) to guard for the entire game. Ginobli would score, like, 3 points with Pippen on him. Now, the '91 Bulls, well, they'd win handily. It's all a matter of how your weaknesses are exploited by the other team, and the areas where the second Bulls three-peat team were weakest (interior defense, at the point etc.) are the areas where SA is strongest. Still, they routinely overcame those weaknesses and shut down dominant players at those positions to win games, so perhaps it wouldn't make a difference... Ninja Scooter
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WTF? :lol
"We can still smoke weed though, right?"
Mrbob said:Dude, we may be seeing the beginning of a Chicago sports team becoming GOOD once more. IT is a scary thought!
I know. We're going to have a Chicago team in the play-offs. Shock and awe.
Bulls move into the 8th seed after tonight's 32 point beatdown of the Sixers. Ben Gordon with 31 =D
Ninja Scooter said:
"We can still smoke weed though, right?"
:lol :lol :lol
BatiGOOOOOOL
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Damnit, it's so frustrating to watch Yao trying to rebound. I really want him to become a special player, but... I don't even know what to say. :-(
Good game by the Rockets so far though. And I agree about Dallas, their defense makes me want to vomit. So much for signing Eric *ampier. :lol
Good game by the Rockets so far though. And I agree about Dallas, their defense makes me want to vomit. So much for signing Eric *ampier. :lol
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