Bulls vs. Bucks Preseason #1 Game Thread

johnnyvann840 · Post #281 » by **johnnyvann840** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:47 am

Denzel Valentine has been the Bulls best player in this game.

dumbell78 · Post #282 » by **dumbell78** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:47 am

I feel for Denzel, that was a full sprint of a 60 yr old. He's playing well though.

Clocian · Post #283 » by **Clocian** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:47 am

Injured lol

WindyCityBorn wrote:We need more size. Where is that big stiff we signed from the Knicks?

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Ebo21 · Post #284 » by **Ebo21** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:47 am

And this is the team you think will make 8th seed in the east?? Another long season ahead.

holv03 · Post #285 » by **holv03** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:47 am

Gafford. I like this kid.

logical_art · Post #286 » by **logical_art** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:47 am

NBA still gonna let guys take 3-4 steps in transition.

Chi town · Post #287 » by **Chi town** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:48 am

Sato has to look for his shot. Has passed up several layups.

Val just has no legs left.

Indomitable · Post #288 » by **Indomitable** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:48 am

Thad has no playmaking ability. Please stop doing it.

logical_art · Post #289 » by **logical_art** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:48 am

johnnyvann840 wrote:Denzel Valentine has been the Bulls best player in this game.

He's one of the only Bulls high IQ players.

nomorezorro · Post #290 » by **nomorezorro** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:48 am

BigUps wrote:The biggest issue we have is that we can't keep anyone in front of us. Everyone goes right by us and that opens up the kickouts for 3's.

it kind of feels like we're deliberately trying to run people off the three point line on closeouts, but it's been incredibly easy to pick apart the scrambling defense that ensues

i dunno if that's by design, but if it is i imagine a lot of training camp would be focused on drilling the rotations

meekrab · Post #291 » by **meekrab** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:48 am

The Senator wrote:
madvillian wrote:
logical_art wrote:
Hmm doesn't seem feasible. Any other ideas how a league could adjust the number of 3s taken? Maybe take out their knee caps?

widen the court and make the corner three 22 feet or maybe make it a 2. Those are radical ideas but i can see something happening a few years it's almost like HRs and strikeouts in MLB right now. At a certain point the HR and three pointer get boring. Everything all the time and all that.

Eliminate defensive 3 in the key, stretch the line back by a foot, eliminate corner threes. That'd go a long ways towards restoring the inside and midrange game....without having to shatter any bones in the process.

What if we make normal shots 3s and beyond the stripe shots 4s? That makes the 4 much less relatively valuable. Of course then you've got 50% more free throws, but they could make those quicker by making misses live balls.

madvillian · Post #292 » by **madvillian** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:49 am

kulaz3000 wrote:
nomorezorro wrote:i don't know why i'm surprised but i genuinely cannot believe people are seriously despairing about the first preseason game

Yeah, preseason is barely a notch or two above summer league as far as being able to take anything significant away from the play.

Remember when Derrick Rose looked like MVP Derrick Rose after his first surgery? He looked fast, looked like he added a reliable 3 point shot and as soon as the regular season started, it all went down the toilet.

really hard to judge anybody other than rookies or young players. none of the vets other than dunn has anything to prove out there.

VolumePoster · Post #293 » by **VolumePoster** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:49 am

Chi town wrote:Sato has to look for his shot. Has passed up several layups.

Val just has no legs left.

Sato has no legs because he needs rest.

Val I’m concerned about. But he looks like he could situationally contribute.

nomorezorro · Post #294 » by **nomorezorro** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:50 am

yeah like, thad young looks like **** today but there are few things that matter less than the play of a 31 year old in preseason

WindyCityBorn · Post #295 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:51 am

It' just the first game, but this is disappointing to get whipped by a the Bucks 2nd and 3rd stringers. Neither Sato, Dunn or White showed me anything to be confident about in a STARTING PG. We really need size too. I think it was a mistake to not bring Lopez back. I'd rather have him over Thad right now tbh.

wolffy · Post #296 » by **wolffy** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:51 am

Do we have too many players? It seems like were playing 15 guys with 3 still injured

meekrab · Post #297 » by **meekrab** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:52 am

madvillian wrote:
kulaz3000 wrote:
nomorezorro wrote:i don't know why i'm surprised but i genuinely cannot believe people are seriously despairing about the first preseason game

Yeah, preseason is barely a notch or two above summer league as far as being able to take anything significant away from the play.

Remember when Derrick Rose looked like MVP Derrick Rose after his first surgery? He looked fast, looked like he added a reliable 3 point shot and as soon as the regular season started, it all went down the toilet.

really hard to judge anybody other than rookies or young players. none of the vets other than dunn has anything to prove out there.

Valentine has a lot to prove but he's not gonna do it in an NBA preseason game, that's for sure.

Post #298 » by **DASMACKDOWN** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:52 am

nomorezorro wrote:
BigUps wrote:The biggest issue we have is that we can't keep anyone in front of us. Everyone goes right by us and that opens up the kickouts for 3's.

it kind of feels like we're deliberately trying to run people off the three point line on closeouts, but it's been incredibly easy to pick apart the scrambling defense that ensues

i dunno if that's by design, but if it is i imagine a lot of training camp would be focused on drilling the rotations

I have no idea what it is. But in todays nba if you cant defend the 3 or have a good offense, you aren't going to win.

We need to establish something.

meekrab · Post #299 » by **meekrab** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:53 am

wolffy wrote:Do we have too many players? It seems like were playing 15 guys with 3 still injured

Everyone has a 20 man roster at this point in the season.

WindyCityBorn · Post #300 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Tue Oct 8, 2019 1:53 am

Chi town wrote:Sato has to look for his shot. Has passed up several layups.

Val just has no legs left.

Satoransky is extremely timid. Hell he even looked timid in the media day interview. Val has no legs, but he is smart player. I like what I saw from him tonight. He looks a decent reserve that can give us 15 to 20 minutes a night.