Tag Archives: Derrick Rose

Feb 17 2013
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Basketball, NBA

Derrick Rose said WHAT?!

To the dismay of many Bulls fans Derrick Rose said in his USA today interview published February 13th, that he wouldn’t mind sitting out the whole season. He said he wants to be 110% before he returns and according to his estimation he’s only 80%. This comes as a little bit of shock to Bulls fans who have been suffering for nearly 10 months waiting for Rose’s return. Prior to the interview various Bulls insider and Coach Thibs said that Rose was taking part in full contact practice. The thought behind full court practice is that if he can practice he can play, so what’s the holdup?!

Once I wiped away my tears  after realizing that Derrick won’t be returning, I came to my senses and realized what all was at stake. Derrick is the face of one of the most popular franchises in the NBA, and he is also the face of Addias. Signing a $250 million contract nearly a two years ago. He is simply to expensive to risk. Derrick Rose is the second coming in Chicago the organization knows that and Derrick knows that.

If Rose was to come back a shell of himself or comeback and get injured again his personal stock and the championship dreams of the Bulls will never come true. As rational fans we have to ask ourselves if Derrick Comes back now what are we going to win, really? Even though we can challenge the Heat there’s no way we can beat them with the current roster that we have. We still lack a second go to scorer. No one can create their own shot, and until the Bulls address this issue we won’t get past the Heat. That issue is bigger than Derrick Rose.  Looking at it from this prospective I can understand why Derrick Rose wouldn’t want to come back, what would he come back for? It’s best for Derrick Rose to sit out and get as healthy as possible, it’s simply not worth money or our championship dreams to bring back Derrick Rose this season. So Bulls fan we have to be patient, Derrick will be worth the wait!

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Oct 25 2012
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NBA Preview: Chicago Bulls.

With Derrick Rose out at least until January or February the expectations for the Bulls are extremely low. Keep in mind that I’m a native Chicagoan, so I’ll try to be as unbiased as possible. During the offseason the Bulls made some radical changes, they got ride of our beloved Bench Mob. With new additions Nate Robinson, Nazr Mohammed, Kirk Hinrich, and Marquis Teague, the Bulls have put together a solid bench. With hopes that second year Jimmy Butler has improved his shooting the Bulls can be relatively competitive without their superstar, Derrick Rose. Will they win the East win Derrick comes back? Of course not, but I can see the Bulls capturing the number 8th spot in the East when Derrick Rose returns. Coach Thibs, has shown what he could do with what some might say a arguably mediocre team. So I wouldn’t completely sleep on the Bulls.

The Bulls have to do two things to make their offense more efficient. 1. Boozer and Noah have to score more in the paint. Grabbing rebounds is great but they have to learn how make high percentage shots. The Bulls relied too heavily on the jumpshot in previous seasons, that has to change! 2. Spread the floor. If Rip hamilton is healthy this season he and Hinrich will be able to spread the offense allowing more opportunities to score not only for themselves but for luol Deng as well. With Coach Thibs being on the great defensive minded coaches in the league, I’m not worried about defensive improvements, but we have to improve our offense tremendously in order to grab the 8th seed in the East. With that being said LETS GO BULLS.

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Apr 20 2012
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Bulls need to Buck UP!!!!!!

Lets just get this out-of-the-way I am a huge Bulls fan, I lived through and celebrated 6 championships of Bulls in the 90s. So now  that Bulls after years of torture post Micheal Jordan-finally have a chance to return our Championship glory.  But yesterday after seeing the Bulls get punked by the soft Miami Heat. I know Derrick Rose was not playing yesterday and Miami was out for revenge, but when Dwayne Wade body checked Rip Hamilton the Bulls did not make sure Wade paid for when he drove to the hole the next time.  Then when LeBron James gave a hard screen to John Lucas III, the Bulls didn’t respond on the court they basically gave Miami the game.  Then the James Jones flagrant 2 against Noah.  The Bulls have got to Buck up!!!!! The time is now!!!!! The Bulls are 7-6 in their last 13 games, and with a terrible lost to Washington at home, and then struggling against Detroit, the Bulls have to get together now or never.  Miami is on their usual front running hot-streak- the Bulls have got be tougher. They have to get mad and angry!!!!!  It scares me as a Bulls fans that Bulls are not playing their best basketball right before the playoffs.  I hope the Bulls get out of this terrible funk that their in and start playing much better. I’d hate to see Bulls face a disappointing playoffs again.

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Apr 03 2012
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Kentucky Wins: But Why does John Calipari seem Icki.

Anthony Davis and Kentucky held on to win John Calipari his first national title.  John Calipari finally won his  national title after years under achieving in the NCAA tournament.   Kentucky and Calipari in particular have known been as the University of one and dones.  Which some critics have said is ruining the college game. I disagree with that notion that one and dones is ruining the game, but its something about Calipari that seems icki.  His previous stops in UMass ended with wins being vacated because of Marcus Camby allegedly taking money from an agent. Then after a stop in the NBA Calipari came back to the college game and recruited Chicago star Derrick Rose. However, there were allegations of academic fraud with Roses’ school records and the wins from the 2007-2008 were completely vacated.  Next Calipari goes to Kentucky and gets the best recruits again. Is there something more going on here. I do not doubt Calipari coaching abilities, but Kentucky fans have to be a little on edge about what’s coming around the corner for this Calipari team. I hope that these wins aren’t vacated.

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Feb 29 2012
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Is it time to give up on Boozer?

Carlos Boozer threw down a monstrous dunk over Chris Kaman last night against the New Orleans Hornets and for a second Bulls fans got what they wanted from Boozer.  Boozer has been the most frustrating and disappointing player to watch these past two seasons. His lack of defense intensity seems to be absolutely mind-boggling for a player on a Tom Thibodeau team.  And his lack of defense wouldn’t be so bad if ever showed up consistently on the offensive side of the floor.  Boozer has the ability to get you 20 and 8 every night, instead his season averages are 15.7pts and 8.2 rebs which isn’t bad but is it worth $80million?  Boozer makes too much money to be so complacent, he was not brought here to be another role player and he hasn’t been that second option that the Bulls need so desperately. I think the Bulls are great team and go far, but there is too much reliance on Derrick Rose to be great all the time.  If the Bulls are really serious about being real contenders in this league they may want to think about moving on from Boozer.

 

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