GT - Bulls @ LAL

TheFinishSniper · Post #21 » by **TheFinishSniper** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:31 pm

Chicago-Bull-E wrote:Fun Bulls-Lakers fact, Luol Deng is the 6th highest paid player on this current Lakers squad. Hasn’t played since 2017.

Good for Lakers

TeamMan · Post #22 » by **TeamMan** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:46 pm

TheFinishSniper wrote:It's hard to get used to fact Bulls can win more games than every 3rd one and win against good teams. So to me every win is almost like miny suprise of happiness.

DxC17 · Post #23 » by **DxC17** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:46 pm

coldfish wrote:It should be kept in mind just how much the Bulls don't like the Lakers franchise. Ball, Caruso and Derozan (hey, take the MLE as we give up the farm for Westbrick) all want this game. Zach is also a socal boy and there were rumors he wanted to play there but got ignored.

This is going to be AD versus a swarm of piranhas.

Zach went to UCLA, but he's a PNW kid. He spent his entire life in the Seattle area before college.

Red8911 · Post #24 » by **Red8911** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:48 pm

TyrusRose2425 wrote:Hoping Lakers give AD a rest day after playing him 40 last night. Come on Lakers, tank the game!

No way they do that. Bulls are good now and teams look forward to play against them. Lebron might even return for this one and I hope he does, a win against them with Lebron would be so much sweeter.

WindyCityBorn · Post #25 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:54 pm

coldfish wrote:It should be kept in mind just how much the Bulls don't like the Lakers franchise. Ball, Caruso and Derozan (hey, take the MLE as we give up the farm for Westbrick) all want this game. Zach is also a socal boy and there were rumors he wanted to play there but got ignored.

This is going to be AD versus a swarm of piranhas.

How is Zach a SoCal boy? He spent less than year of his life at UCLA. Pretty sure he claims Seattle as he should.

WindyCityBorn · Post #26 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:56 pm

Red8911 wrote:
TyrusRose2425 wrote:Hoping Lakers give AD a rest day after playing him 40 last night. Come on Lakers, tank the game!

No way they do that. Bulls are good now and teams look forward to play against them. Lebron might even return for this one and I hope he does, a win against them with Lebron would be so much sweeter.

I hope he sits. We aren’t at full strength and I don’t want them at full strength either. I want wins no matter how we get them.

FriedRise · Post #27 » by **FriedRise** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:03 pm

The latest on LeBron on his ESPN page:

James (abdomen) is yet to return to contact work, but coach Frank Vogel said Sunday that the four-time MVP is "looking good" in individual workouts, Jovan Buha of The Athletic reports.

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james

TheFinishSniper · Post #28 » by **TheFinishSniper** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:08 pm

WindyCityBorn wrote:
Red8911 wrote:
TyrusRose2425 wrote:Hoping Lakers give AD a rest day after playing him 40 last night. Come on Lakers, tank the game!

No way they do that. Bulls are good now and teams look forward to play against them. Lebron might even return for this one and I hope he does, a win against them with Lebron would be so much sweeter.

I hope he sits. We aren’t at full strength and I don’t want them at full strength either. I want wins no matter how we get them.

I got to a point in my life where I dont care if this or this one returns or not. If Lebron returns only for Bulls who cares. I still remember times well when teams decided to rest players because they played Bulls. And it was pissing me off because that would mean we were disrespected and even if we won it was bad for our pick. And wasnt happy at all.

Bulls will be at full strenght when Zach gets surgery and returns and Coby and Vuc are fully back. Till then we just need to grind out it out and make life difficult for all teams. Be that torn in their ass, win or lose.

lostonbase · Post #29 » by **lostonbase** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:13 pm

Jvaughn wrote:So I gotta assume we're not starting Caruso again, right? RIGHT!?

Honestly we should probably start Alize or DJJ to gather some fouls on AD. Javonte against him is not going to work.

They had him listed as the 4 last night but he was mostly playing and defending guards, I believe DDR was playing the 4 if they actually had one last night, I would keep him in the starting line up. They had a good 1st quarter last night and I wouldn't mess with the starting line up.

Chicago-Bull-E · Post #30 » by **Chicago-Bull-E** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:15 pm

FriedRise wrote:The latest on LeBron on his ESPN page:

James (abdomen) is yet to return to contact work, but coach Frank Vogel said Sunday that the four-time MVP is "looking good" in individual workouts, Jovan Buha of The Athletic reports.

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james

Can’t imagine him playing if he hasn’t even returned to contact work yet.

MissileMike · Post #31 » by **MissileMike** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:21 pm

TheFinishSniper wrote:Bulls will be at full strenght when Zach gets surgery and returns and Coby and Vuc are fully back. Till then we just need to grind out it out and make life difficult for all teams. Be that torn in their ass, win or lose.

Do we know for sure that this will ever need surgery?

kodo · Post #32 » by **kodo** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:28 pm

Chicago-Bull-E wrote:
FriedRise wrote:The latest on LeBron on his ESPN page:

James (abdomen) is yet to return to contact work, but coach Frank Vogel said Sunday that the four-time MVP is "looking good" in individual workouts, Jovan Buha of The Athletic reports.

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebron-james

Can’t imagine him playing if he hasn’t even returned to contact work yet.

Agreed. We would get news of 5 on 5 practice before he returns unless it was a pretty minor issue which didn't seem to be the case.

Post #33 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:54 pm

HoopsterJones wrote:Both teams playing on a B2B. Should be a winnable game. Let’s get it for AC!

Funny thing is that it is a back to back but the Bulls actually have the home advantage since they didn’t have to travel.

Bulliever2020 · Post #34 » by **Bulliever2020** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:00 pm

Michael Jackson wrote:
HoopsterJones wrote:Both teams playing on a B2B. Should be a winnable game. Let’s get it for AC!

Funny thing is that it is a back to back but the Bulls actually have the home advantage since they didn’t have to travel.

Lakers didn't have to travel either. They were the early game at Staples yesterday afternoon.

Post #35 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:10 pm

Bulliever2020 wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:
HoopsterJones wrote:Both teams playing on a B2B. Should be a winnable game. Let’s get it for AC!

Funny thing is that it is a back to back but the Bulls actually have the home advantage since they didn’t have to travel.

Lakers didn't have to travel either. They were the early game at Staples yesterday afternoon.

So I clearly didn’t watch the Lakers Spurs game lol.

chifan1798 · Post #36 » by **chifan1798** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:10 pm

I thought this game would be a win….but that was prior to Vuc going down. The bigs on the Lakers scare me because we’re so undersized. They have AD, Jordan and Dwight that they can have down in the paint, and no one aside from Bradley can really match their size. That said, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Bulls could pull it out somehow though.

Jvaughn · Post #37 » by **Jvaughn** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:32 pm

lostonbase wrote:
Jvaughn wrote:So I gotta assume we're not starting Caruso again, right? RIGHT!?

Honestly we should probably start Alize or DJJ to gather some fouls on AD. Javonte against him is not going to work.

They had him listed as the 4 last night but he was mostly playing and defending guards, I believe DDR was playing the 4 if they actually had one last night, I would keep him in the starting line up. They had a good 1st quarter last night and I wouldn't mess with the starting line up.

Batum was essentially playing the 4 last night, so you can get away with that. If LAL decides to start another big with AD, we won't be able to throw Caruso at Howard. We'll get killed on the boards.

Bulliever2020 · Post #38 » by **Bulliever2020** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 8:40 pm

Revenge game for Lonzo and Caruso. LA Sweep incoming.

meekrab · Post #39 » by **meekrab** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:16 pm

Bulliever2020 wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:
HoopsterJones wrote:Both teams playing on a B2B. Should be a winnable game. Let’s get it for AC!

Funny thing is that it is a back to back but the Bulls actually have the home advantage since they didn’t have to travel.

Lakers didn't have to travel either. They were the early game at Staples yesterday afternoon.

I was amazed how quickly they turned the arena around. A 3:30 PM game probably doesn't end and get emptied out and cleaned until what, like 7? And then we played at 8:30. Pretty impressive operation they got there.

Post #40 » by **Michael Jackson** » Mon Nov 15, 2021 9:24 pm

meekrab wrote:
Bulliever2020 wrote:
Michael Jackson wrote:

Funny thing is that it is a back to back but the Bulls actually have the home advantage since they didn’t have to travel.

Lakers didn't have to travel either. They were the early game at Staples yesterday afternoon.

I was amazed how quickly they turned the arena around. A 3:30 PM game probably doesn't end and get emptied out and cleaned until what, like 7? And then we played at 8:30. Pretty impressive operation they got there.

I just watched the video on them doing this. Head chief said they can make the transition in about an hour. What sucks for them is they had to take the lakers down, put up the clippers then immediately take it down again for the Lakers game today. For obvious reasons they have to reset the whole floor too, including the floor seats etc. Pretty cool watching them do it. Sure it is like clockwork now and this still has to be easier than going from a Kings game to a Lakers or Clips game. That crew has to be the best. You could have 3 playoff teams at the same time potentially out of there.