Predictions for rest of the year

red222 · Post #1 » by **red222** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:09 pm

Feb. 21 Phoenix 7:00
Feb. 23 Milwaukee 7:00
Feb. 25 Charlotte 7:00
Feb. 27 Minnesota 7:00
Mar. 1 Los Angeles 12:00
Mar. 3 Washington 7:00
Mar. 5 Oklahoma City 7:00
Mar. 6 at Indiana 6:00
Mar. 8 at San Antonio 12:00
Mar. 9 Memphis 7:00
Mar. 11 at Philadelphia 6:00
Mar. 13 at Charlotte 6:00
Mar. 15 at Oklahoma City 12:00
Mar. 18 Indiana 7:00
Mar. 20 Toronto 7:00
Mar. 21 at Detroit 6:30
Mar. 23 Charlotte 7:00
Mar. 25 at Toronto 6:30
Mar. 28 New York 7:00
Apr. 1 at Milwaukee 7:00
Apr. 3 Detroit 7:00
Apr. 5 at Cleveland 2:30
Apr. 8 at Orlando 6:00
Apr. 9 at Miami 7:00
Apr. 11 Philadelphia 7:00
Apr. 13 at Brooklyn 6:30
Apr. 15 Atlanta 7:00

20-7

DRoseCantStop · Post #2 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:16 pm

16-11

Stratmaster · Post #3 » by **Stratmaster** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:20 pm

The Bulls get the 2nd seed despite Rose, with some record similar to what you posted in the OP. Rose then goes unicorn in the playoffs and the Bulls win it all. Seriously. Rose has shown he can still be damned good when he is actually interested, and he is interested when he plays good teams in front of the entire world. He just can't be bothered with these sub-.500 teams playing on some regional cable network. And fohget about practice. Practice? We're talking about practice. Practice.

RebuildaBulls · Post #4 » by **RebuildaBulls** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:48 pm

Pretty light schedule in my opinion. I say 19-8

transplant · Post #5 » by **transplant** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:49 pm

Stratmaster wrote:The Bulls get the 2nd seed despite Rose, with some record similar to what you posted in the OP. Rose then goes unicorn in the playoffs and the Bulls win it all. Seriously. Rose has shown he can still be damned good when he is actually interested, and he is interested when he plays good teams in front of the entire world. He just can't be bothered with these sub-.500 teams playing on some regional cable network. And fohget about practice. Practice? We're talking about practice. Practice.

I think that this is the scenario in Rose's head. Really wish I could buy in.

Be pretty fun if it happened though.

Stratmaster · Post #6 » by **Stratmaster** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:53 pm

transplant wrote:
Stratmaster wrote:The Bulls get the 2nd seed despite Rose, with some record similar to what you posted in the OP. Rose then goes unicorn in the playoffs and the Bulls win it all. Seriously. Rose has shown he can still be damned good when he is actually interested, and he is interested when he plays good teams in front of the entire world. He just can't be bothered with these sub-.500 teams playing on some regional cable network. And fohget about practice. Practice? We're talking about practice. Practice.

I think that this is the scenario in Rose's head. Really wish I could buy in.

Be pretty fun if it happened though.

Well, I'm by no means guaranteeing it lol. I actually could see it happening though. I don't like having a guy on the team like that though. I expect a little more for 20 mil.

musiqsoulchild · Post #7 » by **musiqsoulchild** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:55 pm

Third seed.

First round:
Wizards knock out Cavs ( If Beal is fully recovered by then)

Bulls (3rd seed) knock out Milwaukee in a tough series.

Second Round:
Bulls take on Toronto. Rose goes half ballistic and we win in 5 games.

ECF: Rose, Noah go full ballistic. Series against Atlanta goes 7 games.

I don't know what happens in Game 7.

Post #8 » by **Payt10** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:56 pm

1st or 2nd round exit depending on the matchup. This team gives me a San Francisco 49'ers kind of vibe. They should be better than they are. I think they are doomed for failure barring something unforeseen.

red222 · Post #9 » by **red222** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 8:57 pm

musiqsoulchild wrote:Third seed.

First round:
Wizards knock out Cavs ( If Beal is fully recovered by then)

Bulls (3rd seed) knock out Milwaukee in a tough series.

Second Round:
Bulls take on Toronto. Rose goes half ballistic and we win in 5 games.

ECF: Rose, Noah go full ballistic. Series against Atlanta goes 7 games.

I don't know what happens in Game 7.

win I already have the title series Game 1 thread ready

transplant · Post #10 » by **transplant** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:02 pm

musiqsoulchild wrote:Third seed.

First round:
Wizards knock out Cavs ( If Beal is fully recovered by then)

Bulls (3rd seed) knock out Milwaukee in a tough series.

Second Round:
Bulls take on Toronto. Rose goes half ballistic and we win in 5 games.

ECF: Rose, Noah go full ballistic. Series against Atlanta goes 7 games.

I don't know what happens in Game 7.

Sign me up...I'll take this.

kyrv · Post #11 » by **kyrv** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:15 pm

Stratmaster wrote:The Bulls get the 2nd seed despite Rose, with some record similar to what you posted in the OP. Rose then goes unicorn in the playoffs and the Bulls win it all. Seriously. Rose has shown he can still be damned good when he is actually interested, and he is interested when he plays good teams in front of the entire world. He just can't be bothered with these sub-.500 teams playing on some regional cable network. And fohget about practice. Practice? We're talking about practice. Practice.

Not sure if you are serious or not, but I don't think Rose is that much of a tool.

RebuildaBulls · Post #12 » by **RebuildaBulls** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:53 pm

I dont think hawks get past 2nd round

DanTown8587 · Post #13 » by **DanTown8587** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:08 pm

East
- Cleveland comes in #2
- Detroit 7, Miami 8
- Chicago comes in 4 with enough bad losses costing them a 2 seed and plays Washington
- Bulls beat Wizards but lose to Cavs in 2nd rd
- Thibs is let go
- Gibson is traded in the off-season for mostly cap space + a decent wing player
- Fred Hoiberg and Paxson steps down

DRoseCantStop · Post #14 » by **DRoseCantStop** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:09 pm

Fourth seed.

First round:

Bulls take on Washington in a tight series and come out victorious in 6 games. Drive and attack Rose is back, god-mode status.

Second round:

We take on Atlanta. Media hyping up this series, analysts claiming a 2nd round exit for the Bulls.....we end up beating these guys in six games. Our defense would force Korver and other shooters to throw up low percentage shots. Millsap & Horford? Shut down.

Eastern Conference Finals:

End up facing Cleveland. This goes to six games. Cleveland starts off hot in Game 1, and ultimately fizzles out in the end due to lack of playoff experience. Lebron desperately puts the team on his back ala 2014 Heat, but ends up coming short.

We advance to the NBA Finals against......Golden State. We win the championship.

red222 · Post #15 » by **red222** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:12 pm

DRoseCantStop wrote:Fourth seed.

First round:

Bulls take on Washington in a tight series and come out victorious in 6 games. Drive and attack Rose is back, god-mode status.

Second round:

We take on Atlanta. Media hyping up this series, analysts claiming a 2nd round exit for the Bulls.....we end up beating these guys in six games. Our defense would force Korver and other shooters to throw up low percentage shots. Millsap & Horford? Shut down.

Eastern Conference Finals:

End up facing Cleveland. This goes to six games. Cleveland starts off hot in Game 1, and ultimately fizzles out in the end due to lack of playoff experience. In the end, Lebron desperately puts the team on his back ala 2014 Miami, but ends up coming short.

We advance onto the Finals against......Golden State.

vxmike · Post #16 » by **vxmike** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:15 pm

5th seed, likely first round exit unless they play the Raptors in the 1st round.

Sorry this team just isn't as good as ATL/WAS/CLE/TOR. Toronto is the only one of those four I think they would have a shot to beat in the first round but certainly not guaranteed.

CalilLove89 · Post #17 » by **CalilLove89** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:12 am

We lose in the second round, internal expectations are not met, I believe the organization expected ECF win or 7 game series realistically.

Thibs is traded

Taj is traded for a wing.

Noah is shopped for a big, no takers, bulls asking too much.

Bulls draft a big and a wing.

Rose re-commits himself to the game this off season, finally realizes that he makes 35 million a year all due to basketball.

Butler and Snell kidnap McBuckets and Niko, buy an old missile silo in the desert where they work on their game for 16 hours a day, 6 days a week.

Kirk hinrich is preemptively offered a max contract, a brave Chicagoan takes matters into his own hands and ambushes kirk outside of a subway sandwich shop and chops off his big toe, rendering kirk unable to play basketball. The brave man is pardoned at the beginning of the NBA season as one of the last orders of Obama.

Those are the only facts I know, everything else is just wild speculation and hearsay.

WindyCityBorn · Post #18 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:44 am

A poor enough result that that team gets a major overhaul, including the coach.

Hope I'm wrong, but with only 4th of the regular season left it doesn't look like serious contender. Mostly because of poor defense, Rose being extremely inconsistent and Noah not playing at a high enough level.

Will be a shame if we waste what might be Pau's last great season and a breakout season from Butler.

bullboy18 · Post #19 » by **bullboy18** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:21 am

1 hawks vs 8 pacers
4 cavs vs 5 wizards
3 raptors vs 6 bucks
2 bulls vs 7 heat

I could see the wizards falling to six with their big slump and the bucks are hot even after the trade. PG and the pacers will get to the playoffs.

Hawks lose to pacers round 1 again, but on the road this time. Bulls-Raptors, Pacers-Cavs. Then Bulls-Cavs. Bulls-Warriors/thunder. Bulls win in 6-7 vs either.

TimRobbins · Post #20 » by **TimRobbins** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:17 am

16-11. 4th/5th seed.