Official Game Thread: Bushel-o'-Bulls "at" Handful-o'-Hawks

[hawkman]

Vuc can't miss. That's the game right there.

[Bonkers]

They just getting lucky

 

Oh well

[TheNorthCydeRises]

6 minutes ago, benhillboy said:

Ball Ref has him with only a 7% chance.  Closest career comparisons are Derek Harper and d*ck Van Arsdale whoever he is.  He won’t make the Hall but his career arc has been quite unique and impressive.    His first 3 seasons all he could do is yam on folks.  Toronto fans hated him and his perceived negligible impact all those years.  He’s never been near the defender he could’ve been (like Lavine) but I agree his mid range is a joy to watch.

 

Ball Ref is going to be wrong.  Almost everyone with 20,000 pts is in the HOF.  Only Antawn Jamison and Tom Chambers isn't in . . . Joe Johnson not eligible yet.

If he's playing like this, he has at least 3 - 4 more productive seasons in him, even if he's a 6th man type.

[ATLHawks3]

DeRozan is a damn monster from midrange. 

[ATLHawks3]

They're making every three their taking too, contested! That's a wrap folks.

[Bonkers]

1 minute ago, ATLHawks3 said:

DeRozan is a damn monster from midrange. 

He's realized what a lot of modern players haven't (aside from Kahwi)

You can easily dominate from the mid-range

[marco102]

Welp. I liked the effort in the 4th. 

The Bulls hit some tough shots. 

If we get 75% of this Cam offensively when everyone is healthy we will be fine. 

Bogi had a good game too, but his defense is bad.

Trae is rusty, missed a ton of floaters he normally makes.

Not too upset with this loss.

The Bulls have two regular season closers.

Edited December 28, 2021 by marco102

[Bonkers]

Welp at least Cam had his coming out party. Too bad it's in a loss 

That being said if you still talking about trading Cam...stop talking about basketball

If you think Cam should not start...stop talking about basketball

[hawkman]

The Hawks never had a chance tonight. All they did was make it interesting. 

[hawkman]

2 minutes ago, marco102 said:

Welp. I liked the effort in the 4th. 

The Bulls hit some tough shots. 

If we get 75% of this Cam offensively when everyone is healthy we will be fine. 

Bogi had a good game too, but his defense is bad.

Trae is rusty, missed a ton of floaters he normally makes.

Not too upset with this loss.

I'm more upset with the league for handing the Hawks these automatic losses. 

[ATLHawks3]

I'll give the Bulls credit, they're legit. DeRozan, LaVine, and Vucevic is such a tough Big 3 to contend with in the East.

[JTB]

McMillan gotta make decision on playing capela late in games. It’s either you going to go into a full zone and keep Trae near the baselines or you gon just pull capela out completely.

the switching on purpose with capela isn’t working. Capela can play in space but he cannot stay on the perimeter for long term. He’s very ineffective once he’s brought out there and AGAIN I been saying this all season….Teams have figured out how to pull away even when we are in games by going small or having a big that can stretch the floor.

we have other problems guarding the perimeter no doubt but it starts with the adjustment they make against capela and trickles down.

 

OKungwu is likely our closing center this season. There’s nothing McMillan can do other than going full zone if he wants to keep capela on the floor late. A full zone may expose Trae however just as much as switching but it may be better that way to dictate the opponents offense.

[JTB]

Just now, ATLHawks3 said:

I'll give the Bulls credit, they're legit. DeRozan, LaVine, and Vucevic is such a tough Big 3 to contend with in the East.

I agree they are but I feel if vucevic came down in the paint to face capela things COULD have been different tonight.

[bleachkit]

Bulls were hitting everything,  jeez. 

[marco102]

Looks like Cam and Trae can coexist. Trae figured it out and fed the hot hand in the 4th.

[Hawkmoor]

The positive I saw were the sets ran for Reddish and he stepped up.The rest of the offense is the same one on the whole defense shots by Trae, the early in the shot clock shots by Trae, and lobs that the defense of the Bulls stopped. On defense, there is no stopping DeRozan and Lavine. Two bona fide playmakers who have unstoppable midrange game. 

[TheNorthCydeRises]

5 minutes ago, marco102 said:

Welp. I liked the effort in the 4th. 

The Bulls hit some tough shots. 

If we get 75% of this Cam offensively when everyone is healthy we will be fine. 

Bogi had a good game too, but his defense is bad.

Trae is rusty, missed a ton of floaters he normally makes.

Not too upset with this loss.

The Bulls have two regular season closers.

 

I count 3 - 13 FG on shots in the paint for Trae

1 - 6 from 3 pt range

 

Not going to win with the star player shooting like that.

[marco102]

1 minute ago, JTB said:

I agree they are but I feel if vucevic came down in the paint to face capela things COULD have been different tonight.

CapelA was eating Vuceics lunch all game long. He hit most of his shots when Capela wasn't in the game. This is a great where nate should have played Dieng with Capela a little. 

[JTB]

Biggest positive is Cam was doing his thing offensively with Trae on the floor.

that’s a really great sign especially when it’s vs a top east team!

reddish need to continue this and when we get hunter back McMillan may be able to try Wingstop again.

[Sothron]

Cam has to start the rest of the season. When Hunter is healthy start him at SF and Cam at Sg.

I have been pushing for this lineup for two years now:

Young

Cam

Hunter

Collins

Capela

 

Bogi and Huerter can hang in the second unit with Gallo and OO.