Another sign Chicago is a threat in the Eastern Conference: winning record on annual west coast road trip
There have been many reasons to believe the Chicago Bulls are a real contender in the Eastern Conference this season including individual talent such as Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, new coach Tom Thibodeau with a defense emphasis and off-season pickups such as the $80 million man, Carlos Boozer.
Saturday, Chicago answered the hype once again early in the season, by leaving their “circus trip” on the west coast with a 4-3 record. The first winning record on the annual road trip since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were the kings of the court in 1998.
The pieces of talent and solid coaching are coming together to have the Bulls answer the hype, even though Boozer hasn’t played a game and won’t until Wednesday or Friday.
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Michael Jordan Challenge Breakdown: Part 1
Each year I celebrate the beginning of October as if it’s the biggest holiday to grace our society. It’s not Christmas, it’s not my birthday…it’s the annual release of fantastic basketball games known as the NBA2k series.
Although every Oct. makes me giddy as a little school girl, 2001 even made my cheeks blush and palms sweat because my favorite athlete to ever play in any sport was on the cover and the main feature, of course, it’s Michael Jordan.
If you haven’t got the chance to play NBA2k11 yet, stop what you’re doing, even if it means not reading the rest of this post, and go buy it. But if you already have it, are broke, or just think I’m coco for coconuts, read this post and the next nine of the series known as the Jordan Challenge Breakdown. If all works out, my posts will excite you about the game.
In each post of the series, I’ll break down each challenge and tell you why it was one of the best video game modes ever played, or why it should have been substituted for another one of Jordan’s great moments because let’s face it, there is more than 10.
Anticipation continues to build for Boozer’s Bull debut
During the off-season, the Chicago Bulls were not able to get LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh or even Amare Stoudemire, which I’m glad, but they were able to pick up a player who could help take the Bulls from the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference to the elite status.
Unfortunately, Carlos Boozer tripped over a bag and broke his hand in the preseason. The offensively gifted power forward hasn’t played a game with the Bulls and the team is 7-4, not bad, considering Chicago’s $80 million dollar man is in streets clothes on the sideline.
What does Boozer playing mean to a team which is already shocking the league without a player who will get 20 points and 10 rebounds every game?
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Back in the game
After a two-day hiatus from making NBA game picks, Bullshome is back in the game.
Wednesday’s match-ups begin with the Chicago Bulls playing the second game of their “Circus Trip” as ESPN likes to call it. In the the road trip the Bulls will play seven west coast teams in 12 days including five of the seven top eight teams in the Western Conference. Wednesday finds the Bulls in San Antonio against the Spurs.
Tim Duncan and company are 8-1 which puts them in a three way tie for the best record in the league with the New Orleans Hornets and the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Miami Heat and the Phoenix Suns are going to see who can past 6-4 as they meet in a battle of the disappointments. Miami’s big three of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are not living up to the hype while the Suns, last year’s Western Conference Champions, are extremely inconsistent, mainly because they don’t have an inside presence. Oh, almost forgot, Robin Lopez, the Suns only valuable big man, is out with a knee injury.
What other games are Wednesday night?
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The Monster known as D-Rose is the best PG in the NBA
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