What are the chances of the Bulls winning the East?

[derb2k2]

so now Rip is this damn great player who's flown under the radar for several years? NO. Rip has been an average role player who has a nice IQ but will not pose a problem for the Heat. Ray Allen was held in check last ECSF and he's one of those players that is phenomenal at getting open through screens.

[2010splash]

Pretty much guaranteed. They are the deepest team in the league with quality players at every single position. Miami sucks at PG and C. Rose will also improve significantly as last season was only his third. Old man Wade and Bron Bron's mileage gon' be catching up to them this season.

[bagelred]

I think Miami's raw talent might be too much. Bulls seemed to maximize everything last year. Can they go a level higher?

[swi7ch]

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NBA will be ruled by MIA for years to come. Neg me all you want but it's the truth. If nobody in the east can beat them on their alpha year, imagine what they will do on year 2 and beyond...

[PJR]

Lol Rip Hamilton has been irrellevent since 2006.

[brownmamba00]

Miami almost sweeped the Bulls while their first option was putting up 18ppg on 40%.

Heat in 6

[swi7ch]

Lol Rip Hamilton has been irrellevent since 2006.

PPL here just don't understand the concept of aging and what it does to an athlete. They think Kobe, Rip, TMac, Vince, etc are all just like what they were 5+ years ago.

[2010splash]

Miami got lucky that not a single Bulls player was playing up to his standards. Not one. Every one of them was below average that series. And they needed an OT and some fluke threes from terrible 3-pt shooters LeBron/Wade to win 2 games.

Hamilton's per 36 numbers 19 ppg, 3 rpg, 4 rpg.

Rose 25/5/9
Hamilton 16/3/3
Deng 17/7/2
Boozer 20/10/2
Noah 11/13/2

That will be their starting 5. They'll dominate Miami this year.

[Go Getter]

PPL here just don't understand the concept of aging and what it does to an athlete. They think Kobe, Rip, BATTIER, TMac, Vince, etc are all just like what they were 5+ years ago.

Fixed.

And Rip is replacing an old player in Bogans. Al we expect Rip to do is score 12-14 points a game (hit open shots) and not make too many mistakes.

Not like we're being unreasonable.

[TheMan]

The Heat have a nice addition with Battier but they haven't adressed their weak points, PG and C.I predict whoever has home field advantage wins, last year the Bulls had HC but they were a young team with virtually no CF experience while the Heat had more seasoned veterans.The Bulls now have that experience and that will put them on top.

[Hank]

Miami almost sweeped the Bulls while their first option was putting up 18ppg on 40%.

Heat in 6

I said Heat in 5 over the Bulls last year and I said that during the regular season.

This year it could be in 4, a total sweep.

As bulls fans underestimated us last year, they are underestimating us even more this year it seems like. And they are underestimating how much more cohesion the Big 3 have now. They are light years ahead of where they were in training camp last year. And are implementing a lot more into the playbook this year now that they have more chemistry. Spo said how much more we're going to see on the floor this year from an offensive standpoint... much more than last year.

And Norris Cole is going to be a stud. Shall I say "Big-4" ?!!

Bottom line is the Bulls can't compete with Miami's small ball lineup. Chicago's one and only advantage is their size and it's nullified and TOTALLY useless against it, and so is Noah when he's on the bench against it in 4th quarters as we saw in the series last year. That clown was riding the pine and totally useless. Boozer is a dog, he's garbage. And Haslem >> Gibson.

Thibs isnt stupid, he knows it, the bulls front office knows it... they know they're toast against this Miami team (in their 2nd year together) in a 7-game series.

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[iDefend5]

Miami almost sweeped the Bulls while their first option was putting up 18ppg on 40%.

Heat in 6

All of those games were close and they didn't almost sweep the Bulls. If there was any game that wasn't close in that series it was Game 1 when the Bulls won.

[RRR3]

I said Heat in 5 over the Bulls last year and I said that during the regular season.

This year it could be in 4, a total sweep.

As bulls fans underestimated us last year, they are underestimating us even more this year it seems like. And they are underestimating how much more cohesion the Big 3 have now. They are light years ahead of where they were in training camp last year. And are implementing a lot more into the playbook this year now that they have more chemistry

And Norris Cole is going to be a stud. Shall I say "Big-4" ?!!

Bottom line is the Bulls can't compete with Miami's small ball. Their size up front is useless against it, and so is Noah when he's on the bench against it in 4th quarters as we saw in the series last year. Thibs isnt stupid, he knows it, the bulls front office knows it... they know they're toast against this Miami team (in their 2nd year together) in a 7-game series.

Stop overrating Norris Cole. Jesus. He had a good SCRIMMAGE, so did Udonis Haslem and Juwan Howard. Next Dexter Pittman will have a good scrimmage and you'll be calling him the next Shaq.

[RRR3]

Miami almost sweeped the Bulls while their first option was putting up 18ppg on 40%.

Heat in 6

Wade isn't the first option.

[All Net]

Miami got lucky that not a single Bulls player was playing up to his standards. Not one. Every one of them was below average that series. And they needed an OT and some fluke threes from terrible 3-pt shooters LeBron/Wade to win 2 games.

Hamilton's per 36 numbers 19 ppg, 3 rpg, 4 rpg.

Rose 25/5/9
Hamilton 16/3/3
Deng 17/7/2
Boozer 20/10/2
Noah 11/13/2

That will be their starting 5. They'll dominate Miami this year.

There is a reason they struggled.

Miami's D was great and will be even better this year.