Derrick rose is starting.

if derrick rose finishes, bulls win

76ers suck

109 to 87 rose hits game winning shot

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As Goff would say deez Bulls are bum slayers

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

hopefully they will come by your place soon

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

First time I'm watching Stacey King.
He's even more of a parody of himself now. It's like that SNL sportscenter skit.

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ugh 6 oclock start? on saturday?

i got the phi broadcasters. they dont seem very excited.

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kirk looks better then ever

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Norris puts his facemask on top of his head/hair when he shoots free throws. You would think that would feel gross/greasy/sweaty when he put it back on his face.

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maybe he bathes in cocoa butter you ever think about that?

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Good point.

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Philly is not bad offensively.

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um... sure...

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Eat me, Ike. I'm trying to have a reason to give a shit about this game.

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your act is getting old: maybe you should ask how to coach basketball again

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Cater-Williams is impressive.
I'm disappointed I didn't draft him in fantasy.

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MCW is dominating Rose.

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yeah for a guy who's supposed to be a raw project, i reckon he's showed a lil !!! now that he's got the chance to shine (and seriously, if you're into that sort of thing here's a kid who doesn't have to worry about winning and can basically go out and have a go at being "the guy" to build up his skills) and in the first game or 2 you've gotten this:

Michael Carter-Williams 18.0 PT .480 of 12.5 FG .600 of 5.0 FT .500 of 6.0 3P 5.0/0.0 RB 8.50 AS 0.00 BL 5.00 ST 1.50 TO 2.50 PF 34.2 MN 2/2 GS

and tonight you've got this thus far

Michael Carter-Williams 19 PT 8-15 FG 1-2 FT 2-5 3P 1/1 RB 7 AS 0 BL 2 ST 4 TO 1 PF 27 MN (02:29 3rd*, Bulls)


so yeah i sincerely doubt the kid's gonna shoot .500, or even .480 for the season....you figure he's gonna end up in that 45-46% range (you know, LOLDENG career-high-season territory) and that's being generous in assuming that the kid isn't gonna hit a wall once some more tape gets out on him, otherwise you're looking at that 43-45% range which is just your average run of the mill volume chucker. but hey if the kid's gonna average 12.5 shots per game (and FFS he's already got 13 shots up b4 the 4th quarter tonight. but don't worry, hinrich is in to put a kibosh on that) on a team that's basically looking for anyone to step up and show a pulse for next year / the-future..... welp c'est la vie, the world is your oyster mister c-w (i wonder what his favorite tv network is?)

but mannnnnn..... the bulls aint gonna blow this game tonight, are they? whatever positives you got out of that sloppy game w/ the knicks (including that gamewinning shot that featured derrick running up at 2-3 bigs and landing a floater that i wouldn't recommend taking) would be gone and thensome and if you lost another say 2/4 games going forward, we might be approaching crisis!

there's also a small teensy eentsy little part of me that wants the bulls to fail to make the playoffs somehow and get another lottery pick rigged up for them so derrick can get a proper running mate.... like jabari parker!

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This quarter has been about as bad as a thrown up mcnugget.

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the bulls are suck

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Deserve this loss. They played one half and thought they were done.

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we might not win 40 games

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Can't break up that core.

Fuck you, Paxson.

GODDAMMIT... man i had just dumped all kinds of stats to support my thesis that the bulls lost because they're the team with derrick rose tonight, cuz tonight's insipid 4/14 13pts **8** turnover game = killing you when your team's whole fucking offense is predicated upon "give the ball to derrick and pray"

look at these up-to-date seaosn stats for derrick:

Derrick Rose 14.3 PT .288 of 17.3 FG .900 of 3.3 FT .267 of 5.0 3P 3.7/1.7 RB 4.33 AS 0.00 BL 0.00 ST 5.67 TO 2.00 PF 33.5 MN 3/3 GS

he's shooting 28.8% from the field, and that's AVERAGING 17 shots per game? yikes. so when you come across a kid with a hot hand like michael carter-will tonight

Michael Carter-Williams 26 PT 10-22 FG 4-5 FT 2-5 3P 4/3 RB 10 AS 0 BL 3 ST 4 TO 1 PF 37 MN (Final, Bulls)

see, if derrick's gonna volume-chuck it you gotta at least have SPURTS where you're doing the 46.8% that MCW has through three games, otherwise if your team is counting on you to be the go-to-guy down the stretch (cuz i heard the philly announcers say that boozer was on the bench with 22/10 at the ~8min mark of the 4th quarter. total bumslayer) and the whole team's offense is the occasional novelty play to get someone a shot, otherwise it's "go get us a basket derrick" and he's shooting 28.8%?!?!

yeah. dude.... bernstein's 20/20 hindsight will remind us that he was correct in that derrick needed to get that rust off last year cuz man, you're gonna bury yourself to a lower seed that faces the heat in the eastern semis if you keep fucking around like this. the knicks and pacers will definitely be the 2/3 seeds and damn you to a fate of a quick 2nd round out if you don't start handling business.

* pounds table *

SHOMER SHABBOS!

/me sighs

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It's one game, but they do look like shit. Rose is a hindrance right now.

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Bulls got this...

They had the Sixers down 20 like they should be. Not sure how they came back and won. I still don't care this early. They're still getting used to one another against real competition, plus incorporating Dunleavy, etc.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

they gotta get used to derrick being average. he doesnt touch the ball as much as he used to in this new super awesome offense

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