GT: Saturday Nov. 7th, 8:00 PM ET - Charlotte @ Chicago

[chabber]

OMG. Talk of CGI Bobcat intros? We had one the first few years. It was (Please Use More Appropriate Word). It looked like a hamster on steroids. Ya know muscles and rips where it's not even possible.
Now we just do compilation intro videos of the players put to music. Much better.

[Tommy Udo 6]

Why is Felton shooting every shot?

Also, the Bulls announcers are lol worthy.

one reason that the bulls make $51 million profit every year is that they dont like to spend.

Why pay for decent announcers when a couple of hacks will do?

[thruthefire]

Felton was 3-6 from the field at halftime and was having a great game. It went sour in those final minutes. Can't put it all on him, though, IMO. It fell apart for us in the third when he came out. Make of that what you will.

Still, back to back games of impressive assist to turnover ratios is much needed from Felton.

[Battery]

Felton was 3-6 from the field at halftime and was having a great game. It went sour in those final minutes. Can't put it all on him, though, IMO. It fell apart for us in the third when he came out. Make of that what you will.

Still, back to back games of impressive assist to turnover ratios is much needed from Felton.

Lets not get carried away here. Felton was having a good first half, not great. His mistakes didn't cost us in the first half because the Bulls were sloppier than us. The problem with Felton is that he was flat out terrible down the stretch. Actually the entire team just wore down at the end.

And DJ plays scared on the road. He really hurt us with his disappearing act because we could have used him halfway through the third then heading into the 4th.

I was happy though overall with our effort because it was the second game of a back to back in a tough place.

[thruthefire]

Lets not get carried away here. Felton was having a good first half, not great. His mistakes didn't cost us in the first half because the Bulls were sloppier than us. The problem with Felton is that he was flat out terrible down the stretch. Actually the entire team just wore down at the end.

And DJ plays scared on the road. He really hurt us with his disappearing act because we could have used him halfway through the third then heading into the 4th.

I was happy though overall with our effort because it was the second game of a back to back in a tough place.

8 points, 7 assists, 1 turnover, 3-6 shooting in the first half. I think that qualifies as great. Anyway, I agree with everything else you said.

BTW, for anyone who cares, Felton had the highest +/-.

For these type of end of game situations, my solution is to put Flip in and let him go to work every time. Don't know what else to do, since Diaw and Wallace seem disinterested during these critical moments. Maybe give D.J. a shot, too.

[Battery]

8 points, 7 assists, 1 turnover, 3-6 shooting in the first half. I think that qualifies as great. Anyway, I agree with everything else you said.

BTW, for anyone who cares, Felton had the highest +/-.

For these type of end of game situations, my solution is to put Flip in and let him go to work every time. Don't know what else to do, since Diaw and Wallace seem disinterested during these critical moments. Maybe give D.J. a shot, too.

He had a very sloppy start to the game. Post his first quarter numbers. That does not qualify as a "great first half."


And your end of game solution doesn't mean anything because you go with the hot hand. We just ran out of gas tonight. You know, second game of a back to back on the road in a tough arena. It happens.

Oh and nobody cares about Felton's +/-. We lost the game.

[thruthefire]

We just ran out of gas tonight. You know, second game of a back to back on the road in a tough arena. It happens.

A back to back coming off of ample amount of rest shouldn't be difficult. Besides, we lost the lead in the third quarter. The truth is we didn't run out of gas, we just pulled a good ol' fashion Lolcats' choke job.

BTW, playing THIS Chicago team in that arena shouldn't be used as an excuse.

[W_HAMILTON]

Joakim Noah Dwight Howarded us.

[BG7]

Ya our crowd is pretty mediocre. We always have the tough guy with his arm folded when we go on run amd crowd gets into it

[Walt Cronkite]

OMG. Talk of CGI Bobcat intros? We had one the first few years. It was (Please Use More Appropriate Word). It looked like a hamster on steroids. Ya know muscles and rips where it's not even possible.
Now we just do compilation intro videos of the players put to music. Much better.

I lol'd. Made me think of the Hulk dogs from the Ang Lee version (which I liked more than everyone else I've ever met, but this is besides the point).

[Battery]

A back to back coming off of ample amount of rest shouldn't be difficult. Besides, we lost the lead in the third quarter. The truth is we didn't run out of gas, we just pulled a good ol' fashion Lolcats' choke job.

BTW, playing THIS Chicago team in that arena shouldn't be used as an excuse.

I couldn't disagree with you more. We have 3 key players who are still trying to get into basketball shape! Diaw, TC and Bell. It was sooooooo obvious we ran out of gas in the second half because we had no lift on our shots and we had some defensive breakdowns in the 4th.

So for you, it's come down to rooting for Felton now, huh? I get the feeling whenever I read one of your posts that you want the Bobcats to lose. You know, to justify the Okafor-TC swap. Watch out, Chandler is starting to get better and so is this team. Oh and your team plays the Lakers tonight. About to be 2-5, should be 1-6. Okafor must be feeling right at home.


EDIT: A choke job is what Dallas did against New Orleans Wednesday night

[thruthefire]

Joakim Noah Dwight Howarded us.

Battery, you're a delusional homer. Trying to have a conversation with you is like trying to teach a rock how to walk.

[Battery]

Battery, you're a delusional homer. Trying to have a conversation with you is like trying to teach a rock how to walk.

Hey man, nobody gets on our players more than me. So you can take your homer talk and stick it where the sun don't shine. YOU are exposed as someone who wants us to fail! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! Just admit it.

[thruthefire]

Why do I want us to fail?

I'm positive that the majority of the posters on this board would agree that our meltdown had little to nothing to do with running out of gas. When we needed to put the ball in the hoop, we couldn't. Why is that such a surprise?

Bell and Diaw look fine from a conditioning standpoint, as does Chandler. He's a mystery, though, since we haven't seen him play big minutes. Unfortunately, he's too **** stupid to stay outta foul trouble.

BTW, you only get on players to save face. FACT.

[Battery]

:lol: Why do I want us to fail?

How can I really know the answer to that question, I'm not you.

I'm positive that the majority of the posters on this board would agree that our meltdown had little to nothing to do with running out of gas.

Good...I'm glad you can positively identify the majority of posters who agree with you. What an amazing talent you have there.

When we needed to put the ball in the hoop, we couldn't. Why is that such a surprise?

It's not a surprise. And since Ray was doing most of the CHUCK-ing, and CHOKE-ing, why did you single him out for lavish praises?

Bell and Diaw look fine from a conditioning standpoint,

Bell maybe, Diaw come on get real. The man is a walking blimp.

as does Chandler. He's a mystery, though, since we haven't seen him play big minutes.

Yes he is a mystery. He is getting better though. Unfortunately for you, of course.

Unfortunately, he's too **** stupid to stay outta foul trouble.

It's called trying to play defense on every play. But we didn't lose this game because of TC or Raymond, we lost because DJ sh*t the bed.

BTW, you only get on players to save face. FACT.

/ignore stupid comment

[thruthefire]

Diaw has been our best player so far, so if he's a "walking blimp," you must not think much of our team.

Good...I'm glad you can positively identify the majority of posters who agree with you. What an amazing talent you have there.

Correction: I said the majority would agree with me, not that I could identify them. Still not to good with reading comprehension, are ya?

Oh, and we lost because Noah ate TC's lunch. It's a shame that he's going to hammer for his efforts last night. Lowest +/- of any starter (-13), the guy across from him absolutely dogged him, and he committed silly fouls. Not hammer worthy. Nope. Certainly not. I'm still looking for the day when our 7'1 stud leads our team in rebounding.

[Benjamin Linus]

Could it be said that the entire team, collectively, is responsible for the loss?

Honestly, I didn't watch the game, but judging from the box score - Felton, Bell, Wallace, and Murray all shot awfully from the field. Chandler, who we all know can't score, gave us 13 points on good efficiency. Which is great, however he was, seemingly, lax on the defensive end and on the boards - the two things the team primarily asks out of him. At least Radmanovic, who sounded like he was his traditional awful self in every other aspect of the game, did his job and knocked down 4-6 from the outside.

Usually I don't look too much into this stat but in his eleven minutes, Augustin had a +/- of -16. That surely doesn't sound too appealing. It seems to me the only player that had a decent game was Diaw, even though the 6 TOs really doesn't help his case.

With all of that taken into consideration, I would say we lost the game due to poor shot selection and by not playing up to our usual levels of defense (Bulls shot 50% from the field and over 44% from behind the arc) or rebounding (44 to our 38).

However, Chicago is a good team. I think a lot of people had them placed a few notches below where they should have been placed after they lost Ben Gordon; and I think it was overlooked that they still have Salmons and Hinrich on their roster. Two guys more than capable of holding down the two-guard spot.

Anyway, Joakim Noah had a very impressive night. 21 points on 10-12 shooting, 16 boards, 4 blocks, 3 assists, and only 1 TO and 2 PFs.

Was it this board that had like 90% of the posters campaigning for us not to draft him? Yeah this guy is good. If you didn't know before last night, now you do.