Covid Outbreak with Chicago Bulls and League not doing anything? (Update: The league did something - pg 10)

[JujitsuFlip]

U do it for one team...now u gotta do it for everybody or else Silver will get an ear full

Pandora doesn't go back in the box.

[amcoolio]

Then forfeit. The NBA was very clear about this at the beginning of the season.

Or make it so the players who are out can't play in the games that are postponed when they reschedule. Other teams had to play with G-Leaguers, you guys should too

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

Nah, we both missed our stars bro. A quick look at your forum shows that you guys don't really care about spreading Covid, you just want to have everyone back for your games so there is no danger of losing. No league execs stepped in to postpone our games when we were missing 7 guys. We had to play a game with 5 small forwards, one center and one guard

Like I said, postpone the games, fine, but make it so DeRozan, Lavine, and the other bulls that were scheduled to be out aren't available for the rescheduled games so there is no huge advantage that the other teams weren't allowed

[Slacktard]

Then forfeit. The NBA was very clear about this at the beginning of the season.

Or make it so the players who are out can't play in the games that are postponed when they reschedule. Other teams had to play with G-Leaguers, you guys should too

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

This is true. The Bulls would have to put out a far worse lineup if playing this week than the Hornets or Sixers did. What is also true is that by postponing the games the Bulls when these games are MADE-UP will have a *FAR BETTER LINEUP* than the Sixers or Hornets did when they played their covid-depleted roster games.

As I said I think postponing to prevent possible spread from replacements or to replacements since its still going around there is the WISE CHOICE... but in terms of fairness I do not believe when these games are made-up the Bulls should be able to have all their regular players back and playing those games.

[gottamakeit]

The Bulls are fully vaccinated and according to Vucevic, "most" of the team received booster shots.

Yet they still have to sit out and postpone games?

When will this absurdity end?

What absurdity are you referring to ?
Are you suggesting that asymptomatic players should be able to play?

They're already playing...Only people who show symptoms are being tested unless there are confirmed cases on your team.

"They're already playing"
That's speculation. Although you maybe right

[Peregrine01]

So all the Bulls players being placed in protocol have either mild symptoms or none at all.

At some point, we can't continue to use PCR tests if we want society to function...they're so sensitive that they can detect dead fragments of a virus in someone's nose. Positive tests no longer signal infectiousness in a highly vaccinated population.

[HoopsterJones]

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

This is true. The Bulls would have to put out a far worse lineup if playing this week than the Hornets or Sixers did. What is also true is that by postponing the games the Bulls when these games are MADE-UP will have a *FAR BETTER LINEUP* than the Sixers or Hornets did when they played their covid-depleted roster games.

As I said I think postponing to prevent possible spread from replacements or to replacements since its still going around there is the WISE CHOICE... but in terms of fairness I do not believe when these games are made-up the Bulls should be able to have all their regular players back and playing those games.

The rosters could be different after the trade deadline for the teams which further complicates things. But if we going with that route, then the currently injured players can’t play either (ie Jerami Grant).

[WindyCityBorn]

They should have to forfeit. Every other team being forced to play games with players on the covid list is disadvantaged now.

I don't disagree with postponing, but you are correct in that. I would say that the Bulls 'makeup' games should only allow the players who were not on the COVID list and would have been 'eligible to play' this week.

It does a disservice to fairness to say other teams had to play with depleted rosters and lose games without postponing them, but the Bulls will now get games postponed and not made-up until they have all their regulars back and eligible to play.

So if they makeup the game in 1 month or 3 months anyone who was not eligible to play this week would not be eligible to play in those games.

This is dumb and definitely not happening, but you already knew that.

[WindyCityBorn]

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

Nah, we both missed our stars bro. A quick look at your forum shows that you guys don't really care about spreading Covid, you just want to have everyone back for your games so there is no danger of losing. No league execs stepped in to postpone our games when we were missing 7 guys. We had to play a game with 5 small forwards, one center and one guard

Like I said, postpone the games, fine, but make it so DeRozan, Lavine, and the other bulls that were scheduled to be out aren't available for the rescheduled games so there is no huge advantage that the other teams weren't allowed

LOL we are missing 10 players. 11 with PW injury. We don’t have a team right now

[CBS7]

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

No league execs stepped in to postpone our games when we were missing 7 guys. We had to play a game with 5 small forwards, one center and one guard

Bulls are missing 11.
Bit different. Bulls have already played some games down 7 too.

[G R E Y]

U do it for one team...now u gotta do it for everybody or else Silver will get an ear full

Pandora doesn't go back in the box.

Covidora? Lame yeah

Anyway, I thought that the league was going to be forfeiting some games? Not sure under what circumstances, though. I mean, if a team or players on it are negligent, why should another team potentially pay they price later on with a condensed schedule or with players infected? So I get rescheduling to curb the latter, but I also get that rescheduling is an imperfect solution to a messy issue.

[CBS7]

U do it for one team...now u gotta do it for everybody or else Silver will get an ear full

Pandora doesn't go back in the box.

Covidora? Lame yeah

Anyway, I thought that the league was going to be forfeiting some games? Not sure under what circumstances, though. I mean, if a team or players on it are negligent, why should another team potentially pay they price later on with a condensed schedule or with players infected? So I get rescheduling to curb the latter, but I also get that rescheduling is in imperfect solution to a messy issue.

Money, completely lost games is a pretty big deal for the league

[bearadonisdna]

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

Nah, we both missed our stars bro. A quick look at your forum shows that you guys don't really care about spreading Covid, you just want to have everyone back for your games so there is no danger of losing. No league execs stepped in to postpone our games when we were missing 7 guys. We had to play a game with 5 small forwards, one center and one guard

Like I said, postpone the games, fine, but make it so DeRozan, Lavine, and the other bulls that were scheduled to be out aren't available for the rescheduled games so there is no huge advantage that the other teams weren't allowed

It’s not a huge advantage.
The scheduling could be non advantageous and doing healthy scratches is definitely doubtful the league would consider .

When each of the these teams meet they should be able to put out their healthiest iterations possible .
Look I get it the Hornets are clawing for a spot but they are not even part of this conversation .

The Hornets have just recently went into mass protocol . Do they deserve postponements? Sure.
Do they want them ? Who knows . The bulls ain’t pulling over a fast one. It’s the responsible thing to do .

[bearadonisdna]

That’s the disconnect .
People are coming from a competitive standpoint .
While it’s about healthy and safety .

This isnt 10 -11 men affected.
It’s 10-11 families affected .
10-20k of fans affected in attendance
It’s too much and we talking are competitive advantage.

That is the most superficial standpoint possible

[brentmoney]

I may be a bulls fan but I know reasonable voices of dissent when I see them

the detractors in this thread sound deranged, 10+ players in protocols with no postponed games is not okay lmao

[ChiCitySPORTS#1]

Anyone being butt hurt over the bulls having games postponed is a donkey. They’re down 10 players. 10! And 11-12 if you’re counting injuries. They literally don’t have a team, stop being ridiculous because ur salty. No team has had this issue.

The team is 100% vaccinated and a majority have gotten boosters. Everyone is asymptomatic or has mild symptoms. Wtf are half of you crying about?

Then forfeit. The NBA was very clear about this at the beginning of the season.

Or make it so the players who are out can't play in the games that are postponed when they reschedule. Other teams had to play with G-Leaguers, you guys should too

Yeah, you clearly haven’t been following any of this. Bulls have been down players for weeks. Our 10-day contract and G-league call ups have also tested positive.

[amcoolio]

Anyone being butt hurt over the bulls having games postponed is a donkey. They’re down 10 players. 10! And 11-12 if you’re counting injuries. They literally don’t have a team, stop being ridiculous because ur salty. No team has had this issue.

The team is 100% vaccinated and a majority have gotten boosters. Everyone is asymptomatic or has mild symptoms. Wtf are half of you crying about?

Then forfeit. The NBA was very clear about this at the beginning of the season.

Or make it so the players who are out can't play in the games that are postponed when they reschedule. Other teams had to play with G-Leaguers, you guys should too

Yeah, you clearly haven’t been following any of this. Bulls have been down players for weeks. Our 10-day contract and G-league call ups have also tested positive.

I guess the Hornets should have sent our two-way players to hang out around LaMelo Ball so we can get to the "10 player minimum" needed to postpone games and clear all our guys so we can be a full strength and not lose games. Our bad.

[Betta Bulleavit]

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

Nah, we both missed our stars bro. A quick look at your forum shows that you guys don't really care about spreading Covid, you just want to have everyone back for your games so there is no danger of losing. No league execs stepped in to postpone our games when we were missing 7 guys. We had to play a game with 5 small forwards, one center and one guard

Like I said, postpone the games, fine, but make it so DeRozan, Lavine, and the other bulls that were scheduled to be out aren't available for the rescheduled games so there is no huge advantage that the other teams weren't allowed

And see this, is petulance at its very best. These Bulls games aren’t being postponed because Lavine is out. Just like they weren’t going to be postponed just because Derozan was out (he only has a couple more games anyway). And they sure as hell didn’t postpone any games because Vuc was out when he had it. They are postponing these games not out of sympathy for the Bulls. It’s because any team that plays the Bulls right now is at risk.

Now, I’ve openly acknowledged that they probably should have done the same for the Hornets and the Sixers. And had they, we probably wouldn’t even be dealing with this mess. But that’s you guys’ bone to pick with the league. Not us. And to suggest that our players should be banned for x number of games just because they would be missing them had the postponement not taken place is petty AF in my opinion. The postponing of these games isn’t some ploy to protect the Bulls record. It’s an attempt to prevent other teams from having to deal with something similar.

[mtron32]

I can certainly understand the frustration on behalf of both Sixer and Hornet fans. Having said that, a team missing as many players as the Bulls currently are is unprecedented, even compared to to the Charlotte and Philly situations. Philly was missing what…6 guys at one time? I believe it’s a similar number for the Hornets. Chicago is missing 10! Hell, even replacement players are popping positive.

With that said, it is not at all lost on me that the league probably should have considered postponing games involving those teams too. Had they done it with Philly, the Bulls might not even be getting hit like this to be honest. And that’s why I feel like this is the right move, albeit a bit late.

Actually no I don’t understand their frustration.
They are not involved in the bulls postponements .
The bulls situation is twice as dire as theirs.

Nah, we both missed our stars bro. A quick look at your forum shows that you guys don't really care about spreading Covid, you just want to have everyone back for your games so there is no danger of losing. No league execs stepped in to postpone our games when we were missing 7 guys. We had to play a game with 5 small forwards, one center and one guard

Like I said, postpone the games, fine, but make it so DeRozan, Lavine, and the other bulls that were scheduled to be out aren't available for the rescheduled games so there is no huge advantage that the other teams weren't allowed

That's just stupid, why would the NBA do that?

[Betta Bulleavit]

Then forfeit. The NBA was very clear about this at the beginning of the season.

Or make it so the players who are out can't play in the games that are postponed when they reschedule. Other teams had to play with G-Leaguers, you guys should too

Yeah, you clearly haven’t been following any of this. Bulls have been down players for weeks. Our 10-day contract and G-league call ups have also tested positive.

I guess the Hornets should have sent our two-way players to hang out around LaMelo Ball so we can get to the "10 player minimum" needed to postpone games and clear all our guys so we can be a full strength and not lose games. Our bad.

You accuse Bulls fans of not caring about spreading Covid and it’s all about winning games. Yet, you for the last 3 pages, have done nothing but that…Okay.

[amcoolio]

You guys are not just getting it at all, there is no use arguing at this point. Selling me that you guys really care about other teams getting infected and this isn't just about protecting your interests isn't going to work. The NBA backtracked on their policy and it has screwed other teams before this, plain and simple.