Around The NBA : 21-22 Edition

[cool007]

Charles Barkley claims us as 'his' Chicago Bulls lol. Very cool to get league wide recognition again.

Says the only elite teams in the east are Chicago, BKN and Milwaukee.

Also says Zach should be higher than 4th in all star voting

and that DeMar is finally getting the credit he deserves being in Chicago

As long as Barkley doesn’t “guarantee” anything with us, then I’m cool with the support.

It also seemed like the whole panel was thinking that both Demar and Zach should start for the ASG.

I think Kenny also mentioned DDR being an MVP candidate.

People are definitely starting to take notice!

Is there anywhere or anyway to watch the after the game show somewhere - is there a replay of that?

[FriedRise]

I wonder if Klay will play that game. He's supposedly not doing B2B and the Warriors play at the Bucks the night before the Bulls.

I hope he plays. It’s gonna take him at least weeks to get back into game shape, and he’ll certainly be easier for us to contain than let’s say an in-shape Jordan Poole who’s been playing well for them.

[Repeat 3-peat]

I'm a fan of the Nets blue jerseys, they've been wearing them a lot lately, assuming it's a sign it will be the Nets official jerseys next year.

[nitric0]

Bobby Portis doing Bobby Portis things missing a wide open dunk

[MrSparkle]

Kind of a have a feeling ATL/PHI get a Simmons trade done. POR is just off-the-rails, feel like both teams are just taking a risk trading at this point.

This one is pretty straight-forward and both teams have little to lose, much to gain:

Simmons for Gallinari, Bogdanovic, Reddish (& some sweetener, given Gal/Bog’s injuries)

[Dresden]

Bobby Portis doing Bobby Portis things missing a wide open dunk

He put up 25/12 tonight as a starting center. Not much to laugh about there....

[Dresden]

BOS, ATL, and IND are all out of the playoffs right now- that's hard to believe. Esp. BOS and ATL. Wasn't ATL in the conference semi's last year? What the hell has happened to them? I know with BOS, they've lost a lot of players over the last 2-3 years, and that's finally caught up with them.

[Dan Z]

Lazy inbound pass by the Blazers and nice steal by Garland.

Read on Twitter

[Dresden]

Cavs seem to have a Big 3- Garland, Mobley and Allen. That seems to be the winning formula in the nba for the past 10 years or so- have 3 all star level players, and fill in around them with complimentary pieces. And Mobley and Garland are only going to get better, esp. the former.

[Dresden]

MEM is really coming on strong- I think they've won about 7 in a row now. They could wind up the 3 or 4 seed in the West this year.

[jc23]

MEM is really coming on strong- I think they've won about 7 in a row now. They could wind up the 3 or 4 seed in the West this year.

nice to see some new blood in the west.

[gf2020hotmail]

Read on Twitter

Bulls catch one break and could catch an even larger one. Mavs still rolling offensively either way so hopefully defense can level up.

[BullChit]

Read on Twitter

Bulls catch one break and could catch an even larger one. Mavs still rolling offensively either way so hopefully defense can level up.

Oddly enough I think we have the tools to slow down and frustrate Luka, it's Brunson who worries me.

[umfan83]

If anyone is interested, there was a thread about the Bulls yesterday in the Bucks subreddit. Interesting to see what they say about us especially because they haven't played us this year and they are the reigning champs (and have a hatred for all things Chicago)

https://old.reddit.com/r/MkeBucks/comments/rypufc/chicago_bulls/

A few nuggets I found:

Honestly I don't see how the Bulls are gonna contain Giannis.

Every year there is a team that tries too hard in the regular season and bombs in the postseason. 2015 Hawks, 2016 raptors, 2017 spurs, jazz, (us, unfortunately a few times), last year's sixers..... I see the bulls as that exact mold. We'll probably lose a few in jan/Feb but don't see them as a serious ECF threat

Teams usually don't win in their first year of being a "contender". Playoff experience with the same core really is invaluable. Bulls also match up extremely poorly with us on paper. Giannis, Bobby and Brook(if he's healthy) will kill them in the paint, and then Jrue will be able to neutralize whoever is hot between Lavine or Demar while Donte/Middleton/Wes can hang with the other one.

The Bulls are not a pushover but give me the Bulls over the Nets or the Heat any day of the week.

I don’t really view the bulls as an ECF threat, if we play them in the playoffs I think we’ll do well against them. Their best defenders are Caruso and Lonzo, but Caruso doesn’t start. Lavine and DeMar are not great defenders and none of them can guard Giannis. Vooch is the only one who could guard giannis and historically he hasn’t been very good at containing him. It’ll be interesting though, see if we can contain their offensive output or if we just simply outscore them. I would like to see defensive matchups be Jrue on Lonzo, Khris on LaVine and Giannis on DeMar, though.

I'll be there. Can't wait. Everyone should be back from Covid. The Bulls are crazy real. Shame on any Bucks fan who says they're not contenders; but Go Bucks!

The Bulls are not a championship contender and will get destroyed by the Bucks, Nets, or Heat in the playoffs. They are playing good regular season basketball.

I love this new Bulls squad, GREAT offseason moves. Im excited for the upcoming matchups and division rivalry. Playoffs will be the big test for them. A good friend of mine is from the chi, we’ve been waiting for the **** talking moments of these games.

[nomorezorro]

it’s cheap to take shots at random sports message board posters, and milwaukee fans have every right to be confident about how they match up with us, but “we’ll simply have jrue neutralize whichever one of zach or demar happens to be hot” is a very funny strategy to write out. why doesn’t anyone else realize it’s that simple!

[BullChit]

it’s cheap to take shots at random sports message board posters, and milwaukee fans have every right to be confident about how they match up with us, but “we’ll simply have jrue neutralize whichever one of zach or demar happens to be hot” is a very funny strategy to write out. why doesn’t anyone else realize it’s that simple!

Lol yeah It's a bit of a simplification right... Same as one of us saying something like "nobody can stop Giannis so let him go off and stop everybody else"

No guarantees that plays out perfectly either.

I just feel happy to finally be in a position where I am excited to see my Bulls go up against the best of the best rather than just expecting a loss.

[dice]

Kind of a have a feeling ATL/PHI get a Simmons trade done. POR is just off-the-rails, feel like both teams are just taking a risk trading at this point.

This one is pretty straight-forward and both teams have little to lose, much to gain:

Simmons for Gallinari, Bogdanovic, Reddish (& some sweetener, given Gal/Bog’s injuries)

why would the hawks trade for ben simmons? would they really move trae off ball? seems odd

[Chicago-Bull-E]

If anyone is interested, there was a thread about the Bulls yesterday in the Bucks subreddit. Interesting to see what they say about us especially because they haven't played us this year and they are the reigning champs (and have a hatred for all things Chicago)

https://old.reddit.com/r/MkeBucks/comments/rypufc/chicago_bulls/

A few nuggets I found:

Honestly I don't see how the Bulls are gonna contain Giannis.

Every year there is a team that tries too hard in the regular season and bombs in the postseason. 2015 Hawks, 2016 raptors, 2017 spurs, jazz, (us, unfortunately a few times), last year's sixers..... I see the bulls as that exact mold. We'll probably lose a few in jan/Feb but don't see them as a serious ECF threat

Teams usually don't win in their first year of being a "contender". Playoff experience with the same core really is invaluable. Bulls also match up extremely poorly with us on paper. Giannis, Bobby and Brook(if he's healthy) will kill them in the paint, and then Jrue will be able to neutralize whoever is hot between Lavine or Demar while Donte/Middleton/Wes can hang with the other one.

The Bulls are not a pushover but give me the Bulls over the Nets or the Heat any day of the week.

I don’t really view the bulls as an ECF threat, if we play them in the playoffs I think we’ll do well against them. Their best defenders are Caruso and Lonzo, but Caruso doesn’t start. Lavine and DeMar are not great defenders and none of them can guard Giannis. Vooch is the only one who could guard giannis and historically he hasn’t been very good at containing him. It’ll be interesting though, see if we can contain their offensive output or if we just simply outscore them. I would like to see defensive matchups be Jrue on Lonzo, Khris on LaVine and Giannis on DeMar, though.

I'll be there. Can't wait. Everyone should be back from Covid. The Bulls are crazy real. Shame on any Bucks fan who says they're not contenders; but Go Bucks!

The Bulls are not a championship contender and will get destroyed by the Bucks, Nets, or Heat in the playoffs. They are playing good regular season basketball.

I love this new Bulls squad, GREAT offseason moves. Im excited for the upcoming matchups and division rivalry. Playoffs will be the big test for them. A good friend of mine is from the chi, we’ve been waiting for the **** talking moments of these games.

That’s about 100 IQ points higher than what you’ll find on the Knicks board.

[AKfanatic]

Read on Twitter

[Leto]

Well, Hornets are up big vs Bucks going into the 4th