http://pippenainteasy.com/2012/07/21/signing-belinelli-mean-asik-wont-be-returning/

Marco Belinelli ladies and gentlemen!!!!!! The scary part is I kind of like this move. Your 2012-13 Bulls....Rose (injured), Hinrich, Teague, Belinelli, Hamilton, Deng, Gibson, Boozer, Vlad, Noah, Mohammed.......There is still plenty of room to get the White Mamba back on this roster. This team might be lucky to win 30 games with Rose out.

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I like the Bellinelli move.

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Someone who can at least shoot a 3 and isn't eligible for social security yet

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How could I ever forget Jimmy Butler....a thousand apologies....there goes Mamba's roster spot

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Actually a pretty decent move - can shoot the 3 (upper 30's), has some ability off the dribble as well. I believe he can handle some PG although he's primarily another SG.

While the Bulls are making their moves to avoid the luxury tax (or to pay as little as possible), I think they've done ok this off-season. Jimmy Butler will get an opportunity to play solid bench minutes for Ronnie Brewer, and Kirk Hinrich, if healthy, is about as good as C.J. Watson. I do think losing Kyle Korver hurts some, but they have replaced him with 2 shooters (Radmanovic and Bellinelli) off the bench. Losing Asik hurt their defense, but it also means that Gibson will get even more minutes so the Bulls will play a 3 man rotation in most games and probably mix in Mohammed. Obviously, without Rose, this is a team that will probably be battling for a playoff spot, somewhere between 6 and 9 in the East, but, in a year where they just aren't going to pay without Rose, I think they have made some decent moves, despite them being financially driven.

The Bulls will achieve the dream in 2013.

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"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

He's better than Korver.

That lineup seems really small to me. Well, Radmanovic is big but plays small. And Mohammed is big but plays old.

this is awesome. they saw the window close and they acted accordingly, while sending the message "nothing but excellence will be tolerated"

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I was just thinking to myself the other day.....self....you know what the Bulls need? Some additional unathletic Euro's. And now bam. A 7 footer plus Marko Jaric.



And this cross eyed bastard gets to go home to that every night.

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cool. More during game gratuitous shots of his lady friend please.



EDIT: Damn you McKracken. Never saw you hit this (in a manner of speaking) already. Pics stays though. You can never have enough shots of this one.

Bulls' head coach Tom Thibodeau has signed a 4 year extension. Terms not disclosed.

Your Chicago Bulls 2012/2013 starters are...

Kirk Hinrich, Richard Hamilton, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah

I know it's fun for everyone to Bulls bash these days, but thatt ain't bad. Good enough to win more games than you lose 'til Rose is ok...

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The starting five is still SOLID, probably better than the Rose-less lineup that was run out there most of last year. What worries me is the awful bench that was assembled this summer. The "Bench Mob" played some lock-down defense, and I don't see any great defenders around anymore besides Taj. There could be some ugly stretches when the bench gets on the floor this season.

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Nazr Mohammed knows all the tricks.

Nice thumbs Nazr.

Looks like he's trying to recreate the Janet Jackson album cover sans the guy standing behind him. Should have had Marko Jaric cover the nips instead...

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Well when Marcus Teague is starting by the 3rd week of the season you can count on Captain Kirk's D coming off the bench

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Don't worry. We got Nate.

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Bulls will be no worse than the 6th seed this season.