Chicago Bulls

81 wrote:

loadedgun wrote:

With the deep east, and the Bulls looking like a legitimate threat, do you see them making it out of the first round? Or, past the 2nd?

This is looking like it will be one of the better playoffs we've seen in recent years.

I am assuming they get the 4th seed.

Anything less than the 3rd seed would be a major dissapointment. if you remember your nba seeding rules, the division winners are seeded 1,2 and 3 based on record.

my preseason top 5 were

Miami
Boston
Chicago
Orlando
Atlanta

and than everybody else.

right now it's

Boston
Miami
Chicago
Orlando
New York
Atlanta
Indiana
Milwaukee

alot can change between now and playoff time.

so currently, chicago would get atlanta in the first round. chicago hasn't played atlanta yet this season so we don't have alot of history with the new look bulls and the hawks. but, being the optimistic bulls fan i am, i think the bulls could handle the hawks in a 5 game set. it would be a tough match up and might go the full 5.

That would get you miami in teh second round. can the bulls get past Miami. maybe. deng has done a decent job on james thru the years. brewer is athletic enough to stay in front of wade. noah should be able to bang bosh around. could they beat miami? sure. will they? who knows.

i think orlando is a little over rated. bulls should be able to beat that one man team if they stop the ball from flying around the perimeter to the open 3 point shooter. i'd let howard get his and try and stop the 3's, unlike last game where they let howard get his early and the shooters get thiers later.

boston would be a tough beat. they play great defense and Rondo always gives rose fits with his speed and wing span. they also do a great job in the half court set and have ray allen who always seems to get open.

so...

i have the bulls getting to the second round with catious optimism on them getting past that. your results may vary

81 wrote:

i don't follow the west as much.

you can tell that based on my preseaon picks

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=142518&hilit=+2010+nba


as the team stand today...
i'm not buying dallas or san antonio. i like san antonio more than dallas. dallas is fraudulent.

it's the lakers and everybody else out west until somebody shows they can beat them in the playoffs.

81 wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

Boston will beat you in the playoffs.

get out of here and back to your jazz/celtics/random team thread. :x

81 wrote:

i'm not sold on this statement.

81 wrote:

loadedgun wrote:

81 wrote:

they are talkign Noah thumb injury on the radio. talk is he might have a torn ligament and might need surgery which could result in an 8 week lay off. :?

Which could really mess things up for their seeding. Hope thats not the case.

i don't think it would change the seeding. they should still be able to win the division which would keep them in the 3rd slot. it could cost them home court tho if they run into a lower seed with a better record. (the nba changed that right?)

the back up center is decent at blocking and rebounding, offense sucks tho. taj can play some center as can kurt thomas in a limited role. outside of boston and orlando, there really aren't many great centers in the east that you need a noah to defend.

it'd be a shame because he had been playing well.