Which one is Yao...left or right????? This game against the Rockets tonight is dedicated to all the tall (6'1" +) Asian pick up basketball players who get called Yao Ming more than...well, Yao Ming. One of these men is Yao Ming, and the other is a good friend of mine who has this happen quite often...
Yes, Bunch of Bulls is back, just like the Chicago Bulls are back. You didn't really expect me to put my precious time discussing the past however many games until now did you? I swore to some I would not follow the Bulls until:
a. Larry Hughes is traded
b. Ben Gordon is traded
c. Thabo plays 30 minutes a game
And while none of the above has happened...yet...Bunch of Bulls is back to witness the winning streaks of old. Remember the Bulls would have a top 3 record in the NBA starting in January during those playoff seasons with Skiles.
Tonight they go up against a tall man in Yao Ming, if it's anything like their past efforts against the Rockets, the Bulls could possibly be looking at 5 in a row since Chris Paul surely cannot be back from a groin injury for Wednesday's game, right? The Bulls have played the Rockets tough every year, but it's T Mac that always hits some indefenseable shot to deflate every Bulls run, and even though he doesn't have his amazing games, he does enough to intimidate the Bulls and seal the deal in the fourth. Yao will have his 20 points and 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, but I see the Bulls taking advantage of a slow Rockets team without the superstar forceshield that Mcgrady uses on the starry eyed Bulls. We'll see though...come back tomorrow.
Now I suppose you all (seven of you and the mothers of some) deserve something to fill in for the months of November, December, and January. Where do I begin? Tyrus Thomas blew the wind out of the sails of this site when he went 0 for 25...in the first quarter of that Boston Celtics game. Vinny Del Negro joined him when he took Thabo out of the starting lineup. Kirk Hinrich, best player ever, didn't help by injuring his hand and not playing basketball even more than he hadn't in the last year. Luol still had a guilty conscience about having a contract while Ben didn't and was timid. Joakim Noah still didn't have a friend on the team. Drew Gooden was having the mental lapses I was curious to see and naively didn't believe existed. Larry Hughes played. Nocioni grew frustrated by the game when his teammates didn't show the dedication to the team or the game as he will always do...and is now easily expendable. Ben Gordon had power issues with Rose and still pounded the ball for 20 seconds in a possession to throw up whatever. Aaron Gray's hands seem like they are the size of Shawn Kemp's judging by his inability to hold on to a ball. So there you have it...when every single player on the Bulls team other than the miracle in Derrick Rose is literally pissing you off, would you want to write about them, nevermind even think of them?
There you have it...if you want to know how the Bulls did the first three months of 2008-2009, our owner summed it up the best in the best scouting report given by the Bulls organization in the last three years: "You want the grade up till today? What's the lowest grade you can give? This has been a disaster. It's embarrassing..."
And where does this leave the Bulls now? 1 1/2 games out of the playoffs, a legitimate shot to get the seventh seed and upset the Cavaliers in the first round, and regain the confidence and competitiveness that once engineered this team. Derrick Rose is a lock for the rookie of the year, Vinny continuously talks about playing Thabo more minutes, Larry Hughes could be dead and no one would even notice, Noah and Thomas are realizing they have only a few skills and utilizing only those skills is there only means to a job in the NBA, and Hinrich seems to have gotten tired of his wife and in love with basketball yet again...and Luol no longer cares about Ben and is becoming his own man again. With another winnable game against Houston tonight and a Paul-less Hornets tomorrow...the Bulls will be turning heads going into the allstar break...the time is YAO!
- written by Kenoy
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Derrick Rose is destined to be the top point guard in the league. But of course, I am stating the obvious.
I'm trying not to be offended by the poll question, but I have to confess, I have been called Yao about 40-50% of the time I step on the court. Tonight there was a first, I was called Yi, which I hope reflects that I was running faster and jumping higher than I have in the past. I also hit 3 three pointers in a pickup game for the first time...maybe ever. By the way, Yao is a great man, forgetting completely about his basketball skills, so to be compared to him is an honor. The time is and always will be Yao.
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