A Bulls homer’s take on Andrew Sharp

 Chicago and Cleveland should be the odds on favorite to come out of the East if Rose can return to form and stay healthy. I just would not bet on Rose at this time. He is so voilent with his stops and starts thats rough on the knees.

 Chicago and Cleveland should be the odds on favorite to come out of the East if Rose can return to form and stay healthy. I just would not bet on Rose at this time. He is so voilent with his stops and starts thats rough on the knees.

 I think the Bulls are the frontrunners for the one seed in the East right now. I think Thibs with a D Rose at 70% say 15 and 6 in 28 minutes a game will lead the Bulls to a 2 seed minimum. I thought Gasol was a great signing also and there is no better passing frontcourt than Noah and Gasol who both are in the top six of big man as far as passing ability. Just imagine if McBuckets and Snell can consistently not done catch and shoot 3’s. 

Antony Morrow wouldn’t get you an A if the Thunders D League team picked him up.

Sharp is hit or miss, he is certainly one of the poorer Gantland writers. 

 I think the Bulls are the frontrunners for the one seed in the East right now. I think Thibs with a D Rose at 70% say 15 and 6 in 28 minutes a game will lead the Bulls to a 2 seed minimum. I thought Gasol was a great signing also and there is no better passing frontcourt than Noah and Gasol who both are in the top six of big man as far as passing ability. Just imagine if McBuckets and Snell can consistently not done catch and shoot 3’s. 

Antony Morrow wouldn’t get you an A if the Thunders D League team picked him up.

Sharp is hit or miss, he is certainly one of the poorer Gantland writers. 

I think we should be the favorites in the East. I also think we are an underdog to whoever comes out from the West. Overall, the highlighted part of the article are terrible. I won’t defend those. But I do have concerns:

1. Rose’s health.

2. We have a "creator" whose health is my main concern. God forbid he goes down, are lack of a slashing guard will hinder us even more.

3. We need to rely on ball movement to score (to overcome the lack of shot creators). This takes a dicipline offense and we know Tibs is a defensive guy.

4. We win ugly. We play defense and rebound harder than anyone, but we don’t blow people out because we just can’t score enough. Anytime a superstar goes off for 30+ against us, they have a real shot at winning (whether they are the better team or not).

Detroit has done it with this type of team. I think the Bulls have a chance to join that "defense first champions" group.

I think we should be the favorites in the East. I also think we are an underdog to whoever comes out from the West. Overall, the highlighted part of the article are terrible. I won’t defend those. But I do have concerns:

1. Rose’s health.

2. We have a "creator" whose health is my main concern. God forbid he goes down, are lack of a slashing guard will hinder us even more.

3. We need to rely on ball movement to score (to overcome the lack of shot creators). This takes a dicipline offense and we know Tibs is a defensive guy.

4. We win ugly. We play defense and rebound harder than anyone, but we don’t blow people out because we just can’t score enough. Anytime a superstar goes off for 30+ against us, they have a real shot at winning (whether they are the better team or not).

Detroit has done it with this type of team. I think the Bulls have a chance to join that "defense first champions" group.

 I can see where you are coming from, I am not a Bulls fan so I am objective but what he was saying is non sense.  First of all, what kind of hack is he… The Suns took Warren with the 14th pick and didn’t the Bulls have the 16th and 19th picks?  How were they supposed to target Harris and Warren?  Minus a credibility point for him right there.

As a Lakers fan I watched plenty of Pau, and he is by far waaaay better than Boozer.  Superior on offense, and better on defense.  He might not be the best defender in the world… but he can protect the rim a little bit as he has averaged 2 blocks throughout his career… not to mention he is better on the offensive glass than Boozer… it’s not even close…. in fact it’s so not close that I am still sour about the Lakers "winning" the Boozer amnesty claim.  

I am a big Dougie McDermott fan, I got blasted for saying he could average 15 ppg this year and be a top 4 ROY candidate, but now that people have seen him play I am sure more and more people will act like they were on the bandwagon all along…. that’s usually how it goes.

The one part I agree with him is the Mirotic hype… if you have watched him at all aside from his online highlights… he is not going to be what Bulls fans have been anticipating for years.  Most Bulls fans were viewing him as the next Dirk and it just simply isn’t going to happen, if those are fans expectations they will be greatly let down.  With that being said he will be serviceable, provide some offense off the bench but I think it’s type for Bulls fans to reign in their Mirotic expectations.

Other than that this guy is a complete moron, and obvious homer, but it makes sense considering he is employed by the biggest homer on the internet… Bill Simmons.

 I can see where you are coming from, I am not a Bulls fan so I am objective but what he was saying is non sense.  First of all, what kind of hack is he… The Suns took Warren with the 14th pick and didn’t the Bulls have the 16th and 19th picks?  How were they supposed to target Harris and Warren?  Minus a credibility point for him right there.

As a Lakers fan I watched plenty of Pau, and he is by far waaaay better than Boozer.  Superior on offense, and better on defense.  He might not be the best defender in the world… but he can protect the rim a little bit as he has averaged 2 blocks throughout his career… not to mention he is better on the offensive glass than Boozer… it’s not even close…. in fact it’s so not close that I am still sour about the Lakers "winning" the Boozer amnesty claim.  

I am a big Dougie McDermott fan, I got blasted for saying he could average 15 ppg this year and be a top 4 ROY candidate, but now that people have seen him play I am sure more and more people will act like they were on the bandwagon all along…. that’s usually how it goes.

The one part I agree with him is the Mirotic hype… if you have watched him at all aside from his online highlights… he is not going to be what Bulls fans have been anticipating for years.  Most Bulls fans were viewing him as the next Dirk and it just simply isn’t going to happen, if those are fans expectations they will be greatly let down.  With that being said he will be serviceable, provide some offense off the bench but I think it’s type for Bulls fans to reign in their Mirotic expectations.

Other than that this guy is a complete moron, and obvious homer, but it makes sense considering he is employed by the biggest homer on the internet… Bill Simmons.

 Yea this guy seems to have it out for the Bulls a bit. I see what he was trying to do but he tried way too hard. Here is my take. 

Carlos Boozer makes Pau look like Bill Russell. Lol. Pau will be ok on defense especially because he’ll be guarding C’s(I would assume). Offensively, you can throw the ball to him and he can score in the post, hit a mid range shot and finish. I think what the writer was trying to say is that without a healthy D Rose he doesn’t make much of a difference. 

Doug McDermott should be nice off the bench. Can flat out score. The trade was pulled off before they actually picked. I think they could’ve gotten Hood and Harris instead and that may have been better but McDermott should be more ready than both those guys. Think the writer meant without D Rose he doesn’t make much of a difference. 

I don’t see where Mirotic gets time though. Maybe 10-12 min a game as a spark in slow games for them. It all depends on Derrick Rose. Their offseason wasn’t spectacular unless D Rose is there to make th spectacular. 

 Yea this guy seems to have it out for the Bulls a bit. I see what he was trying to do but he tried way too hard. Here is my take. 

Carlos Boozer makes Pau look like Bill Russell. Lol. Pau will be ok on defense especially because he’ll be guarding C’s(I would assume). Offensively, you can throw the ball to him and he can score in the post, hit a mid range shot and finish. I think what the writer was trying to say is that without a healthy D Rose he doesn’t make much of a difference. 

Doug McDermott should be nice off the bench. Can flat out score. The trade was pulled off before they actually picked. I think they could’ve gotten Hood and Harris instead and that may have been better but McDermott should be more ready than both those guys. Think the writer meant without D Rose he doesn’t make much of a difference. 

I don’t see where Mirotic gets time though. Maybe 10-12 min a game as a spark in slow games for them. It all depends on Derrick Rose. Their offseason wasn’t spectacular unless D Rose is there to make th spectacular. 

 Mcdermott is going to score alot. Im not too excited about the Gasol upgrade although they are better off with Gasol over Boozer. I think promoting Gibson to a starter and signing Ed Davis to replace Gibsons old role would have been smarter but they had to make a splash.

It should be interesting to see how many minutes Mirotic gets but I thik he can make a nice impact as well. Defensively he may take a while to adapt but the offense will be there.

Even Snell looks great. He has a much better dribbling abillity and added some muscle. His perimeter shot has never looked that promising and he looks ready for a breakout season.

This team is deep and rich with developing talent. If they can get Rose back on track they will be the Eastern Conference San Antonio Spurs as far as organizational development and structure leading to success goes.

 Mcdermott is going to score alot. Im not too excited about the Gasol upgrade although they are better off with Gasol over Boozer. I think promoting Gibson to a starter and signing Ed Davis to replace Gibsons old role would have been smarter but they had to make a splash.

It should be interesting to see how many minutes Mirotic gets but I thik he can make a nice impact as well. Defensively he may take a while to adapt but the offense will be there.

Even Snell looks great. He has a much better dribbling abillity and added some muscle. His perimeter shot has never looked that promising and he looks ready for a breakout season.

This team is deep and rich with developing talent. If they can get Rose back on track they will be the Eastern Conference San Antonio Spurs as far as organizational development and structure leading to success goes.

 Mirotic wasn’t even the one of the best 3 players on his own team let alone all of Europe. Lets stop with this Ricky Rubio-esque over hype. 

 Mirotic wasn’t even the one of the best 3 players on his own team let alone all of Europe. Lets stop with this Ricky Rubio-esque over hype.