11/25 | Friday Game Thread | NBA TV

[Chuck Everett]

Mike Malone is a bad coach. I'm sure of it.

[Knicks_Fan2]

Warriors fans, why does Zaza get minutes at all at this point? He looks fried.

[Anti Chalmers]

Cousins is on fire lol

[BW32]

Warriors fans, why does Zaza get minutes at all at this point? He looks fried.

Steve basically said he owed it to Zaza and West, like literally, he added that it was so they could get acclimated early but it's probably about the low money they took.

[Impuniti]

It's not like the Warriors are bursting with options. Varejao is one of the worst players in the league, Looney is not fit enough, inexperienced and coming from two hip surgiries, and McGee has to be used in short bursts or he'll be on Shaqtin every week. McGee with the starters most of the time looks pretty good but I don't see him being 20 mpg good.

I suspect the death ball crew will play a lot more minutes together in the playoffs. For now, they will be kept in check so Durant, Dray and Iggy don't get drained.

[RakimAbdulJabar]

Chic struggled out West, Tor decent at best

Bulls 113 beat Blazers 88
Bulls 85 beat Jazz 77
Bulls 95 lost to Clippers 102 (held a 19 point lead but couldn't make a 4th quarter basket against one of the best teams in the league)
Bulls 118 beat Lakers 110
Bulls 107 lost to Nuggets 110 (several terrible calls at the end of that game. Should have been a Bulls win)

Winning 3 out of 5 by an average of almost 14ppg is struggling?

[NBAfan3024]

Warriors fans, why does Zaza get minutes at all at this point? He looks fried.

Well because he can rebound and at least provide good mins. Don’t think he’s been anywhere near as bad as people are saying to be honest. He struggled at the start but is getting there.

[Slava]

Not even sure why Brooklyn let Thomas Robinson walk and paid Trevor Booker that big deal. Robinson is the same player, albeit a better pick and roll defender and much younger/cheaper. That was a very weird offseason.

[Knicks_Fan2]

Warriors fans, why does Zaza get minutes at all at this point? He looks fried.

Well because he can rebound and at least provide good mins. Don’t think he’s been anywhere near as bad as people are saying to be honest. He struggled at the start but is getting there.

He singlehandedly was the reason the Lakers made a run in the fourth, causing KD to come back in the game. Doesn't seem like he can defend, is clumsy with the ball, and seems like an overrated rim protector.

[Cappy_Smurf]

Gobert vs. Howard

Rudy really had a dominant performance. His stats don't even begin to tell the story.

[G I N T]

Pacers are pretty terrible imo and I'd take the Bulls over them easily. Same with the Heat, who are really awful.

[dakomish23]

Pacers are pretty terrible imo and I'd take the Bulls over them easily. Same with the Heat, who are really awful.

Maybe IND sells super high on PG13?

I wouldn't do it.

[hoophabit]

Man, the Cs announcers are... really something.

They are BY FAR the worst announcers in the NBA.

Tommy Heinsohn definitely bleeds green. I suppose it's understandable to a degree. It's kind of a tradition in Boston anyway. Johnny Most was fun to listen to. You'd have thought the Pistons back in the day were using "Tommy" guns. The cries of "McFilthy and McNasty"...

[OsuCavsfan103]

I can honestly say that the Cavs finally look completely meshed on the offensive end, especially with Bron, Love, and Kyrie. This offensive output lately is insane.

Looks like the same Cavs 2 me...they shoot a ton of 3s nd when they go in its great and when they miss their a mess....I hope ur not basing it off of teams like Dallas and Portland lol

When last year did Love play like this? Considering most of last season involved people saying Kevin Love needed traded, I'd say this is much better. He is fitting in well and filling that role people kept criticizing him for last year. Kyrie is a step better as well, and LeBron has taken some of the load off and is letting Love and Kyrie do more.

[Slava]

Mike Malone is a bad coach. I'm sure of it.

A large part of the good press he receives is likely due to him being very friendly with a lot of national writers. I've seen dudes like Lowe write so much fluff for him while completely shredding some better coaches on more than one occasion.

[NeoWarriors]

Warriors fans, why does Zaza get minutes at all at this point? He looks fried.

Well because he can rebound and at least provide good mins. Don’t think he’s been anywhere near as bad as people are saying to be honest. He struggled at the start but is getting there.

He singlehandedly was the reason the Lakers made a run in the fourth, causing KD to come back in the game. Doesn't seem like he can defend, is clumsy with the ball, and seems like an overrated rim protector.

That was a match up issue. It was Steve Kerr's fault for having him out there against Thomas Robinson. He's fine against bigger centers and playing with the starters. And, he can't really be considered an overrated rim protector when he's not considered a rim protector. Like the other dude said, he struggled at the start of the season but has really gotten better the more he's gotten used to our system. Can't be judged on one stretch of bad basketball.

[Impuniti]

Well because he can rebound and at least provide good mins. Don’t think he’s been anywhere near as bad as people are saying to be honest. He struggled at the start but is getting there.

He singlehandedly was the reason the Lakers made a run in the fourth, causing KD to come back in the game. Doesn't seem like he can defend, is clumsy with the ball, and seems like an overrated rim protector.

That was a match up issue. It was Steve Kerr's fault for having him out there against Thomas Robinson. He's fine against bigger centers and playing with the starters. And, he can't really be considered an overrated rim protector when he's not considered a rim protector. Like the other dude said, he struggled at the start of the season but has really gotten better the more he's gotten used to our system. Can't be judged on one stretch of bad basketball.

He's had 3-4 good games out of 15, I'd say a more fair assessment is you can't judge him on that small sample instead of what he's generally given to the team.

[Mk0]

Chic struggled out West, Tor decent at best

Bulls 113 beat Blazers 88
Bulls 85 beat Jazz 77
Bulls 95 lost to Clippers 102 (held a 19 point lead but couldn't make a 4th quarter basket against one of the best teams in the league)
Bulls 118 beat Lakers 110
Bulls 107 lost to Nuggets 110 (several terrible calls at the end of that game. Should have been a Bulls win)

Winning 3 out of 5 by an average of almost 14ppg is struggling?

Not to mention the Blake 9 step travel and bailout whistle by the refs to end the Clippers game on FTs. They call the travel and the Bulls likely win both LA games.

[B-Ball Freak]

It's not like the Warriors are bursting with options. Varejao is one of the worst players in the league, Looney is not fit enough, inexperienced and coming from two hip surgiries, and McGee has to be used in short bursts or he'll be on Shaqtin every week. McGee with the starters most of the time looks pretty good but I don't see him being 20 mpg good.

I suspect the death ball crew will play a lot more minutes together in the playoffs. For now, they will be kept in check so Durant, Dray and Iggy don't get drained.

Maybe the rookie Damion Jones can provide some good minutes when he comes back from injury, he's pretty damn athletic.