3rd Seed is Perfect

[TheBullsDynasty]

The only team the Bulls can't beat in 7 in the East is the Cavs. That's what I was focusing on. I'm not saying the Bulls will beat the Hawks or even the Raptors, hell, they might not even beat the Wizards. But they can. This team's not beating Cleveland in 7 barring an injury to LeBron.

Bulls would smoke Cleveland. Jimmy Butler will lock down Lebron like he usually does and he will make Lebron regret the decisions he has made.

Whatever you're on, please pass it quickly.

The Bulls have never beaten LeBron in a series. Ever. And THIS roster is magically going to beat the Cavs? LeBron laughs at the Bulls and counts his rings and his big bag of money anytime the Bulls treat him and whichever team he's on as a "rival".

You're the one who needs to get off lebron's pee pee

How many times has Lebron beaten a healthy Bulls team while Thibs was here? I'm ignoring the Cavs vs Bulls series because Vinny was the coach that season and the roster wasn't competitive at all.

Your answer is 1 at best. 2010-11 and even though we lost that series 4-1, let's not forget that all of last four games were really close until the end. Bulls' inexperience and not having a second ball handler cost us that series. Plus, all of our players were banged up and we lost Asik in the middle of the series which hurt us a lot. After that they beat us again in the playoffs but we had no Rose, and Lebron looked shooked in that series. He wasn't impressive at all.

So what exactly are you saying here? Just because we lost to Lebron once we should be scared **** and hope to god we never play Lebron again?? Do you have any idea how many times Jordan lost to the Pistons before beating them?

If you're scared, go buy a dog. Simple as that.

[Worst_to_First]

I think we will end up 3rd, and that is just right for me-

1. We open with Milw-they are a perfect warm up, to get Rose up to playoff speed. Plus, the travel is nothing-should be a 4 or 5 games easy series
2. Clev plays Indy in round 2-let them battle
3. We avoid ATL until the ECF-the team I fear most
4. We play and beat LBJ in round 2-we have the right team to beat him, finally.

Of course, none of this matters if we are not healthy, but if we are, we have no excuse until the ECF-ATL would be tough to beat.

I vehemently disagree that 3rd seed is perfect. Words cannot express how much I disagree. I'd have to think, but from 3-5 it might be the worst spot.

Far from perfect.

Can’t see why it’s not for you guys. The teams that have a good chance of beating the Bulls in a playoff series are the Hawks, Wizards, Pacers and Hornets. Teams that Bulls should handle easily are the Bucks and Raptors. Cavs and whoever comes out West will probably be 50-50. At the third seed, you get the easiest opponent in the first round as Butler and Rose plays into game shape, get a 50-50 opponent in the semis and then if you overcome that will be playing the ECF opponent (Hawks or hopefully the Raptors) with full confidence and momentum.

[ADDinChicago]

I'm a realist and I hate LeBron adamantly . It doesn't change the fact that this Bulls roster and anything less than an act of god means they're not beating the Cavs if they even face them. It doesn't change the fact that the best current player in the NBA combined with his current roster including Kyrie Irving will beat the tar out of a less than perfect Bulls roster.

No one's "scared", Stacy King, so go buy your own damn dog. Some of us just seem to actually watch the NBA and not just the Bulls.

[ElPolloLoco]

Perfect scenerio for me would be mil or tor in first round and cavs vs heat in first that would be a fantastic series.

[ATRAIN53]

OK, we dropped to #4 yesterday and now looking at WAS in the 1st round....

http://www.nbaplayoffsbracket.com/2015/index.php

I want that #3 seed back and MIL

and happy to see that OKC/GSW 1st round 1 vs 8 matchup back in the West.
That's the one I want to see!!!!

[DROSEMVP]

I think we need to look at this from another perspective, Out of the teams with seeds 5-8, Indiana is the team we don't want to play in the first round. They are the hottest team in the nba right now and paul george is coming back soon. If Washington stays on this cold streak the pacers could end up as high as the 3rd seed. Toronto, Milwaukee, and Washington are playing bad as of late. A possible seeding I like for the playoffs is this:

1)Atlanta
2)Cleveland
3)Indiana
4)Toronto
5)Chicago
6)Washington
7)Miami or Milwaukee
8)Milwaukee or Miami

We get Cleveland against the Pacers in the second round. We avoid completely avoid Washington. Miami could force a long series against Cleveland depending on D-Wade.

How the hell is Indiana going to get the 3rd seed?

I'm not trying to argue that this seeding is realistic. At the time Indy did have a very slight chance of being the 3rd seed with how poorly the east's best teams were playing (besides Cleveland and Atlanta). This would be an ideal situation for the bulls considering we aren't getting a top two seed.

[DRoseCantStop]

OK, we dropped to #4 yesterday and now looking at WAS in the 1st round....

http://www.nbaplayoffsbracket.com/2015/index.php

I want that #3 seed back and MIL

and happy to see that OKC/GSW 1st round 1 vs 8 matchup back in the West.
That's the one I want to see!!!!

Yesssssssss