If you play the best rebounder in the league then grabbing them are not a problem. And again you don't care enough about the Bulls to watch the games. So why should your opinion about anything really matter? Just Asking A Question

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I am not a big fan of Billy D, but you really think he is not able to draw up a out of bounds play? Seems to me the stars on the floor all think they are the man and run the play wrong

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

YOU seem to care alot

The question was why should it "matter"? And if you have to keep begging me to respond then isn't it sort of obvious that I really don't "care" much? Just Asking A Question.

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That might be true but if they don't respect the guy enough to follow the play then what does that say about him? His two "stars" deviate from whatever the "game plan" happens to be game after game because they don't respect the guy. Just watch the 4 quarter of any game and you will see what I mean. You know that the ill advised shots and hero ball is coming each and every game from those 2. Vooch has been their best player for about a month and yet they never give him the ball come 4th quarter. He is the only one of the "big 3" that will consistently try and make the right basketball play. Donovan never penalizes them for freezing him out. That is on him and no one else.

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That is true. I think he is a better college coach and will be back doing that at some point

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

3min left in the 4th qtr- bulls up by 7 i think and got the ball. As lavine was walking up the court, billy screams "OK GUYS RUN A SET. DO NOT GO ISO".

Lavine immediately proceeds to dribble crossover and drive to the hoop without looking at anyone.

so clearly, either billy has no balls to sit star players, or isn't allowed to and they know it.

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this is exactly what is happening. stacey talked about it in depth last night. "look at charlotte, they are a team. they play as a team. they run plays for eachother every night. they do not care who scores. it's never about stats." he was calling out the bulls starters HARD. he even signed a fucking poster for a hornet dunk!!!

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Levine is this era's Reggie Theus

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I was a very young dude, but it seems Reggie had a lot more swag than Levine who looks like a pouty bitch when he doesn't get the ball as much as he wants.

There is always a key possession, usually when the Bulls have come back to within a few buckets, or when they have built a 5-7 point lead, where Levine will either hoist up a terrible shot or dribble out the shot clock, his "what about me" shots severely limit the success of the team.

He is a proven commodity, you get scoring and that's it, he will not modify or play a more team oriented game, at least as long as he is in Chicago, maybe if he goes elsewhere and is just a guy on a team with strong coaching and leadership the team will win, but he isn't winning anything here in Chicago.

lavine with a great game last night. actually looked healthy. you can even see the bags under his eyes dont look like death.

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Didn't watch but 70 points in the 2nd half and a must win game is to say the least, unusual for this bunch.

Trade deadline this week and I have no clue what they are going to do.

Ball movement was great for a change. I think they had 35+ Assists last night. Wonder if they will keep it up. Doubt it. Lavine and Derozan won't allow it.

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theyre all saying the right things. they showed the right things last night. just gotta keep doing it now.

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They better blow it the fuck up

I can see them letting it ride for the remainder, without what they consider a good offer. Problem is, even with a decent run, they are fool's gold and everybody knows it, offers won't get better in the off season, and Vucevic is a FA. They gonna give him $30 mil?

They should cut their losses before it gets worse and start looking for a coach.

This is the primary reason that the team has been mired in mediocrity all season. And this falls squarely on the shoulders of Billy Donovan.

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Donavan has been fucking saying it. You think he doesn't know he should be punishing these guys? Clearly he's being forced to play them. It's either in their contracts or garpax is still pulling strings.

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he really does need to go . He's lost the locker room

I don't care about him "winning the postgame presser". That is for the Bernstein's of the world to "dissect". His actual in game coaching sucks. Their record in close games suck. All of the "blown leads" this season suck. His adherence to playing collegiate sized lineups suck. All of that is on him and no one else.

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New paper, he aint going anywhere

I don't have a problem with most of the roster. Their top guys are the ones not getting it done. It's time to make a move on vuch, lavine and derozen.

That said, if they keep vuch that's fine. He's been much better this year. But that aligns with him only trying when he wants a new contract so whatever.

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Their top three guys are all offense and no defense, yet the offense is ranked 24th.

Max Lavine essentially threw Donovan under the bus with his comments yesterday (“we don’t have an identity, we changed the offense” etc).

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Starts 4 guards once again. This time including Ayo, who isn't even having a good year. As long as this dude is the coach they will not be particularly good.

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Yep!

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