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First game of the season. We have an easy start to the season with 5 very winnable games. Then we enter the gauntlet with the next 10 games against all playoff teams, half of those being contenders. So we definitely need to get off to a great start and beat the teams we're supposed to beat.

Chicago Bulls starting lineup:

PG: Lonzo Ball
SG: Zach Lavine
SF: Demar DeRozan
PF: Patrick Williams
C: Nikola Vucevic

Detroit Pistons starting lineup

PG: Killian Hayes
SG: Frank Jackson
SF: Saddiq Bey
PF: Jerami Grant
C: Isaiah Stewart

Injury Report

Chicago
Coby White- Out

Detroit
Cade Cunningham- Out
Rodney Mcgruder- Day to Day
Isaiah Livers- Day to Day

Keys to game:
-Defensive intensity needs to stay up for 48 mins
-Vuc needs to hit his open shots as our release valve
-Patrick Williams playing with high energy and moving without the ball
-Bench unit needs to play tenacious defense the way they have in preseason

Coby isn’t even relevant enough to make the injury report? Ouch.

Little Nathan wrote:Coby isn’t even relevant enough to make the injury report? Ouch.

I keep forgetting about him. I edited.

Jvaughn wrote:

Little Nathan wrote:Coby isn’t even relevant enough to make the injury report? Ouch.

I keep forgetting about him. I edited.

Coby White-out



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Prediction: we play poorly, lose to this bad team, the board goes into meltdown mode, someone means it when they say the next game is “must win” and much discussion about available free agents ensues.

Let's do this

DuckIII wrote:Prediction: we play poorly, lose to this bad team, the board goes into meltdown mode, someone means it when they say the next game is “must win” and much discussion about available free agents ensues.

Lol I want for this to happen so bad lol

Read all the trade lavine proposals lol

If the Bulls don't win this by 20 the team is a massive failure and should be broken up.

I wish I could figure out a way to watch the bulls in zip code 61072. I have YTTV a and it carries Nbc sports chicago but blacks out the bulls. Can’t buy league pass either because it blacks out the bulls. Does anyone know a way?

coldfish wrote:If the Bulls don't win this by 20 the team is a massive failure and should be broken up.

Or you simply start a 3 man team the next game if just AC, Green and Alize. They are so active they can win 3 on 5

This Cade Cunningham injury is interesting. He was supposed to have had a minor ankle injury but it has held him out of all the preseason games and there are questions whether the team is being extra cautious or if the injury is a lot worse than initially stated.

Michael Jackson wrote:

coldfish wrote:If the Bulls don't win this by 20 the team is a massive failure and should be broken up.

Or you simply start a 3 man team the next game if just AC, Green and Alize. They are so active they can win 3 on 5

Some Pistons fan is going to read this thread and think that we are ridiculously cocky.

Note to other fans: We are joking. This is sarcasm meant to poke the fans who overreact and overrate.

Backup center vs. Kelly Olynyk (that’s his role, right?) will be interesting since Olynyk is more of a perimeter guy. We might see Pat play some 5. Then there’s the Alize vs. Bradley question. I assume Billy will mostly stick with Bradley but he’s surprised us before.

I think the biggest question mark will be Vucevic and if he finds his shot this game or if he still needs to get into season form. 1-14 from 3 in preseason or something like that? And Stew is a good younger player, even at 6' 8".

Also curious about the PF minutes. It's some mix of Patrick/DJ/Javonte, but I wonder how Billy will manage it.

Backup center vs. Kelly Olynyk (that’s his role, right?) will be interesting since Olynyk is more of a perimeter guy. We might see Pat play some 5. Then there’s the Alize vs. Bradley question. I assume Billy will mostly stick with Bradley but he’s surprised us before

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Yeah looks like Olynyk will space at the 3 point line and Jerami will attack the paint against his man. Patrick or Javonte or DJ will be on an island with Jerami. It will be a an early test of our PF position for sure.

Michael Jackson wrote:

coldfish wrote:If the Bulls don't win this by 20 the team is a massive failure and should be broken up.

Or you simply start a 3 man team the next game if just AC, Green and Alize. They are so active they can win 3 on 5

We need to skip this game thread and start the epic fail post game thread.

Pistons win. We are for a loss after 4 wins.

DuckIII wrote:Prediction: we play poorly, lose to this bad team, the board goes into meltdown mode, someone means it when they say the next game is “must win” and much discussion about available free agents ensues.

That's the most Chicago thing I've read in a while

Evil_Headband wrote:This Cade Cunningham injury is interesting. He was supposed to have had a minor ankle injury but it has held him out of all the preseason games and there are questions whether the team is being extra cautious or if the injury is a lot worse than initially stated.

Thanks. Ouch for Pistons fans. Hopefully he's legit for them. Not like they're contending so as long as it's not a long-term issue doesn't really matter if he's out a few weeks or months to start his career.

DuckIII wrote:Prediction: we play poorly, lose to this bad team, the board goes into meltdown mode, someone means it when they say the next game is “must win” and much discussion about available free agents ensues.

"Is it time to move on from the AKME era?"

inescape wrote:I wish I could figure out a way to watch the bulls in zip code 61072. I have YTTV a and it carries Nbc sports chicago but blacks out the bulls. Can’t buy league pass either because it blacks out the bulls. Does anyone know a way?

Couldn't you try a VPN to change your location? Alternatively, are you open to not entirely legal options?