Coaches coming back and getting hired
The two head coaches of the teams in the NBA finals are going to return.
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Phil Jackson has decided he wants to come back to the Los Angeles Lakers to attempt to win another championship. This would mean Jackson would have 12 rings and four three-peats. It is never happened in the NBA. I love Jackson and am glad he isn’t succumbing to his injuries.
Gibson a top 5 rookie
In the 2009 draft the Bulls had two picks. They grabbed Wake Forrest’s James Johnson with the 16th pick and then selected USC’s Taj Gibson with the 27 overall pick.
I don’t know what has happened to James Johnson but Gibson is becoming a star in Chicago. Gibson was the steal of the draft. The Bulls took the 5th best player in the draft with their second pick.
He is averaging 9 points and 7 rebounds a game. He has started 50 of the 62 games he has played for the Bulls. Gibson is leading all rookies in rebounds and blocks. He also has more double-doubles than any other player in his draft class.
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Nasty game leads to .500 record
The Bulls are at .500 for only the 5th time since the end of November. They pulled it off in a nasty game against the Indiana Pacers.
They have suffered bad loses to bad teams. Which includes the Sacramento Kings winning after being down 35 points. Yeah, the Bulls gave away the win to the second largest comeback in NBA history.
They have also had some good wins against good teams in this stretch. They left arenas victorious against San Antonio, Orlando and took two games from New Orleans with Chris Paul.
Yesterday’s game seemed like a sealed .500 victory. The Indiana Pacers are the sixth worst team in the NBA. Danny Granger, their best player, has been hurt for most of the season. When he has played, there are signs of lingering pain.
The Bulls did not come to play. The board grabbing presence of Joakim Noah was exposed. They looked bored to say the least and were lucky to come away with the 109-101 win to become even with a 25-25 record.
Noah is needed. He will be greeted with open arms by everyone when he returns after the All Star break.
Who in/ Who out West All Star Reserves
Yesterday, the East All Star team reserves were posted. Today we are going to go to the left coast and see who was rightfully choose and whose name was picked from a hat.
It is considerably harder to chose these All Stars, because the West has more stars. I like to argue and put my guys in the game, but this year, most of them were originally selected. Shame on West’s Head Coach George Karl thinking the same. He picked a solid back up squad that on paper could dominate the East’s reserves if the bench teams played a pick up game.
Rose, the first Bull’s All Star since Jordan
Chicago Bulls fans finally have someone to be proud of. Derrick Rose was named as a reserve for the NBA All Star game.
In his 2nd year in the NBA, Rose is the first Chicago Bull to be named to the team since Michael Jordan in 1998. In case you can not do math, it has been 12 YEARS.
