Can Love be effective versus Chicago's monstrous front-line?

olive_triangurl · Post #1 » by **olive_triangurl** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:25 am

Bulls front-line is bigger, more coordinated and more athletic.

It is not mission difficult it is mission impossible.

islanders11040 · Post #2 » by **islanders11040** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:28 am

Pulling out pau gasol or taj Gibson to 3 pt line seems doable.

504ByrdGang · Post #3 » by **504ByrdGang** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:30 am

I think the Bulls team plays into the Cavs weaknesses. Rose would torch Kyrie. Taj, pau, Noah would all give love trouble, and they have Butler for Lebron.

Post #4 » by **kulaz3000** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:30 am

Love will be just fine, he is an extremely talented player. The thing about basketball is, it's not a one on one sport, so Love wont' have to deal with defending the Bulls front court on his own, and on the flip side, the Bulls defense wont' be able to focus entirely on Love either and thus leaving him with ample opportunities throughout the game to do is thing.

olive_triangurl · Post #5 » by **olive_triangurl** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:31 am

islanders11040 wrote:Pulling out pau gasol or taj Gibson to 3 pt line seems doable.

Gasol might not like that, but Gibson and Noah are athletic.
Noah is a point-forward/center.

Post #6 » by **kulaz3000** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:33 am

islanders11040 wrote:Pulling out pau gasol or taj Gibson to 3 pt line seems doable.

It will most likely be Taj or Noah defending the bigs who like to drift out to the 3 point line, regardless of the team, and Pau remaining down low as the rim protector. Also, don't forget the Bulls have also add Mirotic who himself is known to be a 3 point shooter who is quite nimble and agile, and I'd say he'd be thrown out there on the big men who don't play all that much in the post as well.

Post #7 » by **Trader_Joe** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:33 am

kulaz3000 wrote:Love will be just fine, he is an extremely talented player. The thing about basketball is, it's not a one on one sport, so Love wont' have to deal with defending the Bulls front court on his own, and on the flip side, the Bulls defense wont' be able to focus entirely on Love either and thus leaving him with ample opportunities throughout the game to do is thing.

It's not a one on one sport but Chicago will have the luxury of an elite defender on Love any time they want while have other high end ones guarding Varejao.

RoyceDa59 · Post #8 » by **RoyceDa59** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:33 am

Love will do a tremendous job of pulling they Bulls bigs out to the 3pt line. He is a perfect compliment to the Cavs attack against that Bulls frontline.

pass first · Post #9 » by **pass first** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:33 am

Cavs probably go small against the Bulls.

LBJ-Love up front would pretty much render Gasol useless (imo).

brutalitops · Post #10 » by **brutalitops** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:34 am

It's never bothered him in scoring before, Im not sure why it ever will now, The worst result was in his second year which he scored 9 points

MotownMadness · Post #11 » by **MotownMadness** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:35 am

Love is versatile enough that it shouldn't matter and like someone else said Cleveland can just go big or small with Lebron and Love, They are going to be insanely good offensively

AQuintus · Post #12 » by **AQuintus** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:39 am

Trader_Joe wrote:It's not a one on one sport but Chicago will have the luxury of an elite defender on Love any time they want while have other high end ones guarding Varejao.

They're going to have to help off of Love a lot to defend the rim against LeBron and Irving, though.

olive_triangurl · Post #13 » by **olive_triangurl** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:40 am

Why does Love have such bad 4th quarter stats?

Bosh never had that problem, in Toronto or Miami.

Post #14 » by **CBS7** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:43 am

brutalitops wrote:It's never bothered him in scoring before, Im not sure why it ever will now, The worst result was in his second year which he scored 9 points

He shot 41% overall and 20% from 3 against the Bulls last year. Not to mention only 18 rebounds in 2 games. His worst game against the Bulls might be the most recent.

Although having LeBron on your side changes things. I'll go with yeah.

Post #15 » by **CBS7** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:43 am

AQuintus wrote:
Trader_Joe wrote:It's not a one on one sport but Chicago will have the luxury of an elite defender on Love any time they want while have other high end ones guarding Varejao.

They're going to have to help off of Love a lot to defend the rim against LeBron and Irving, though.

This is big.

nuposse04 · Post #16 » by **nuposse04** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:44 am

Uhh, I don't think it would be a stretch to say Love is every bit as strong as anyone on CHI's frontline. Definitely stronger then Noah. Not as quick as Noah nor Taj but he can hold his own. Noah and Love have nearly the same standing reach as well (although I'm not sure it is legit since Love tested in 1.75 inch shoes, lol).

Bulls front-line has 2 +defenders but neither are physically intimidating.

olive_triangurl · Post #17 » by **olive_triangurl** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:44 am

CBS7 wrote:
brutalitops wrote:It's never bothered him in scoring before, Im not sure why it ever will now, The worst result was in his second year which he scored 9 points

He shot 41% overall and 20% from 3 against the Bulls last year. Not to mention only 18 rebounds in 2 games.

Although having LeBron on your side changes things.

That's true, but I'm interested to see how LeBron handles a playoff series without his spiritual leader/big brother Wade by his side.

Rasheeed!!! · Post #18 » by **Rasheeed!!!** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:44 am

and Love is still better than anyone on the Bulls front court

olive_triangurl · Post #19 » by **olive_triangurl** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:46 am

nuposse04 wrote:Uhh, I don't think it would be a stretch to say Love is every bit as strong as anyone on CHI's frontline. Definitely stronger then Noah. Not as quick as Noah nor Taj but he can hold his own. Noah and Love have nearly the same standing reach as well (although I'm not sure it is legit since Love tested in 1.75 inch shoes, lol).

Bulls front-line has 2 +defenders but neither are physically intimidating.

But Love is renowned as one of the softest in the NBA.
So his size hasn't helped him in that area.

nuposse04 · Post #20 » by **nuposse04** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:53 am

olive_triangurl wrote:
nuposse04 wrote:Uhh, I don't think it would be a stretch to say Love is every bit as strong as anyone on CHI's frontline. Definitely stronger then Noah. Not as quick as Noah nor Taj but he can hold his own. Noah and Love have nearly the same standing reach as well (although I'm not sure it is legit since Love tested in 1.75 inch shoes, lol).

Bulls front-line has 2 +defenders but neither are physically intimidating.

But Love is renowned as one of the softest in the NBA.
So his weight hasn't helped him.

Love is plenty strong, and let me preface this by saying I'm no Love fan, at all. I think he is a completely overrated players especially as it relates to playoff basketball. I just don't think the Bulls frontline is a championship caliber front line. Noah has no post game to speak of and doesn't have 3 pt range to pull players out. Taj went off in these past playoffs but aside from facing Booker in the playoffs hasn't been consistent.

Pau, has been trending downward and piling up miles. He may be a bit better this season, but I'd be surprised to see him break .120 WS/48 this season.