I'll be watching.

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It's on Comcast/NBC SportsNet locally, but because of MLB Playoff baseball, it won't be on ESPN Radio 1000. The flagship of the Chicago Bulls Radio Network have only 3 preseason Bulls' games on their air.

Are you gonna be watching this or the MLB playoffs SHARK?

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Hard to say right now. Unfortunately, the human Macy's Thanksgiving Day float, Chris Berman, and Tommy Chong, I mean Rick Sutcliffe, have Giants/Reds Game 3 on ESPN Radio come 4:30P this afternoon.

This is the greatest day of my life...

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Good to see Bulls basketball has returned!!!!

Let's hope for good things.

You know he's not a kid, right?

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Boozer looks to be even more of a non factor on defense than last year. Needs to get those feet out of the cement blocks they appear to be stuck in. Nobody except Kirk is rotating defensively. That's not a big deal in their first preseason game but it's not something they can get away with in the regular season.

Kirk looks good, and active. As long as he doesnt try to do too much offensively he's going to be a good fit. Still dribbles the ball too long, but we've know that for almost a decade.

Rip looks healthy. He's a good player when healthy. I really hope he can play 60+ games this year.

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Bellinelli is a strange player. He can dribble pretty well, but seems to have stone hands and passes the ball very clumsily.

I wish Gibson would add a little muscle. Speights doesn't look much bigger than him but easily gets position against him whenever he wants and pushes Gibson around when the ball is in the air.

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little bit of a poor man's Peja? And I like the Hinrich pickup, better than having to play Teague more minutes.

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What's wrong with giving Teague as many minutes as possible?

I would love for him to get as much experience as possible and have racked up some NBA minutes by the time Rose is back. That's why I found the Nate Robsinson pickup kind of puzzling. I get that they needed to add another PG, but why add Hinrich, and then also sign Robinson? Now it looks like Teague will be the team's #3 PG, and will be relegated to garbage time.

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Yeah I don't get that either. I would think Thibs would hate a player like Nate. He's even more of a combo guard than Kirk is and can't play a lick of defense. Not happy with that pickup at all. See what you have in Teague. Jimmy Butler needs to play too. Take this season to know what you really got in Taj, Butler, and Teague.

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The Bulls are trying to win and develop the 2nd unit. Teague needs alot of work in practice and needs to show alot of progress before he sniffs the court.

Robinson can score now and is a proven NBA vet.

Teague is a big time project who may end up in the D league before all is said and done.

Nate Robinson is a chucker and is a worse shooter than JL3. This season means nothing, so why not see what the kid can do under pressure?

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Nate Robinson is not a good NBA player by any means. He has no reason to be in our short term or long term plans.

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Robinson is a bench player but can score. Teague needs to develop. Period. Why throw him to the wolves when clearly he isn't ready?

So Thibs, who recruited Robinson, clearly isn't as informed in his opinion as you??

yeah, the Robinson pickup was outa left field. I guess you're right on getting Teauge experience, I just didn't like the draft pick. I do like his brother's game though, hopefully he can develop into that.

Did I mention Nate Robinson is one of my least favorite NBA players? Can't stand towel wavers.

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How do you know he's not ready until you see it?

Nate won't be worth any more wins than Teague this season. He can score, a little, but even that you are overstating as he is not an efficient scorer. He's also a terrible defender, and can't run an offense. He has no place on this team or any good team.

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I think you know what you have in Taj. I think Jimmy Butler's ready for a breakout season.

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Were you as crushed as I was when you found out?

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I don't think you know what you have in Taj. He's been a bench player for a couple seasons and that's it. See if that's all he is going to be, or if he can develop into a good starter worthy of a ridiculous $10M/year contract that he's almost surely going to be offered next summer. He should play 30 mpg.

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agreed. I think he's more than ready to be a starter and play 30 plus. Unless he's Scott Williams I think he can extend his production over full time minutes.

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I agree Robinson is not a great player. He's an energy guy off the bench and a streaky scorer at best. If they didn't care about wins, Teague would be playing, but clearly he needs to prove himself in practice first. That's how Thibs operates.

Teague needs ALOT of work. Not a great shooter at all, turnover prone, etc.

They must not have been enamored with any of the other 2 guard types when their spot in the draft hit so they took a chance on Teague who was rated a few slots higher in the draft.

Frankly, Teague could be a total bust and be out of the league in a few years.

Not a highly skilled player and doesn't have a high BB IQ either. Good athlete with potential, but that's it.

Hopefully they can develop the guy...

All the negative attributes you just ascribed to Teague apply to Nate Robinson, except Nate is old and worse on defense than Teague will be.

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They need some scoring off the bench and Rob can give you that in spurts although he is very streaky. I did neglect to mention Teague can play D and that is prob why they drafted him so if he does sniff the court anytime soon, it will because of his defensive skills.

Rob only has a partially guaranteed contract so he can be cut. Remember they had limited room under the cap so they had to take would they could get with Rose down and Rob was an option they pursued.

I agree he is a journeyman but the man can score. If he was more consistent, he'd have a nice contract as opposed to taking a partially guaranteed deal.

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