[GlenTaylorSucksParticipant]

First off, I just wanted to remind sad Bulls/D Rose fans that this exists to cheer you up: http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/chicago-bulls-must-rebuild

Secondly, I want to bring up what I feel hasn’t been brought up as much as it should: Thibodeau’s rotation. I feel a big reason they’ve been so injury-ridden is the sheer number of minutes Thibs makes his starters play.

Rose’s MPG (while healthy) since Thibs took over: 37:21 (’10-11), 40:35 (playoffs ’10-11), 35:14 (’11-12), 37:13 (’11-12 playoffs), not in (’12-13), not in (playoffs ’12-13), 

Noah’s MPG (while in) since Thibs took over: 32:49, 33:05, 30:23, 33:02, 36:45, 34:03

Deng’s MPG (while in) since Thibs took over: 39:07, 42:55, 39:25, 37:58, 38:42, 44:46

Booz’s MPG (while in) since Thibs took over: 31:53, 31:41, 29:31, 33:23, 32:13, 35:36

Jimmy Butler played 40:49 minutes playoffs ’12-13, Nate Robinson played 33:40, Kirk Hinrich played 40:31

In other words, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Bulls have been so injury ridden. Not just Rose- it seems like they have a disproportionate amount of players either out or not playing up to snuff due to various injuries. I’ll admit, I didn’t take the time to compare the bulls rotation to the rest of the L, but this seems like a very starters-heavy rotation. Deng has consistently been near the top of the MPG list in his career, Rose has been pretty high, Booz and Noah are in the upper 25% in terms of bigs. I don’t know what their practice schedule is like, but I can’t imagine they have light practices. I think Thibs could learn a bit from the Popovich playbook and rest the starters a bit. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

[GronounoursParticipant]

 Maybe you’re right, but it would be by accident. I’d call this "jumping to conclusions". You cannot just check some data and build a whole theory. That’s lazy.

[GronounoursParticipant]

 Maybe you’re right, but it would be by accident. I’d call this "jumping to conclusions". You cannot just check some data and build a whole theory. That’s lazy.

[kngojcParticipant]

 It makes more sense why they always have a good regular season record but can’t put everything together in the playoffs? The starters can play well against the other team’s bench, but over time, they’re going to get burnt out. When playoffs come around, they just don’t have the energy to keep competing once those other teams start to rely more on their starters too. Just some rationalizing behind this "theory"

[kngojcParticipant]

 It makes more sense why they always have a good regular season record but can’t put everything together in the playoffs? The starters can play well against the other team’s bench, but over time, they’re going to get burnt out. When playoffs come around, they just don’t have the energy to keep competing once those other teams start to rely more on their starters too. Just some rationalizing behind this "theory"

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