wildcats20;1058622 wrote:Seeing the highlights of the Clips/Mavs, I still contest that ball went off Mo. It was still in his hand after Terry touched it.

I know they looked at it on replay and spent a good amount of time on it, but in my eyes it was pretty damn clear. Huge call to end the game on, with Chauncey hitting the 3.

Commander of Awesome;1058886 wrote:Anyone else think the current Bulls team are pretty much the Cavs in the Lebron era? Good defensively, solid role players, no true #2, and a star player that needs the ball every possession to do anything (Don't get me wrong, I love D.Rose, but he doesn't play well off the ball. He and Lebron would have been a disaster together, probably worse than Wade and LBJ have been)

Commander of Awesome;1058886 wrote:Anyone else think the current Bulls team are pretty much the Cavs in the Lebron era? Good defensively, solid role players, no true #2, and a star player that needs the ball every possession to do anything (Don't get me wrong, I love D.Rose, but he doesn't play well off the ball. He and Lebron would have been a disaster together, probably worse than Wade and LBJ have been)

robj55;1059080 wrote:Bulls are way more talented than those Cavs teams were, not even close.

Commander of Awesome;1059091 wrote:You think they're a legit contender?

Skyhook79;1058539 wrote: Add Lamar Odom who is still butt hurt over the Lakers wanting to trade him for CP3 or Howard, playing like he doesn't care its a recipe for disaster. Dallas would love to get D-Will but they really do not have anything to offer the Nets.
Dallas plays like a team satisfied with their 1 Championship, especially Dirk and Kidd. They let too many pieces go that won that Championship.

"We've just got to make the playoffs, that's all I really care about. Honestly, I was telling people if we're 10-10 I'll be thrilled to death. And if we were 5-15, I wouldn't have been shocked, because you can't just walk into a season and be ready, particularly if you're a team that bases its defense on precision and team defense, and its offense off ball movement.

lhslep134;1059057 wrote:Thunder re-up RW for 5 years $80 million.

Mulva;1059192 wrote:Are they gonna have room to keep Harden and Serge?

robj55;1059080 wrote:Bulls are way more talented than those Cavs teams were, not even close.

sportswizuhrd;1059161 wrote:Williams will be a FA after this year. They have 21 million coming off the books for next year and possibly more since Odom's contract is non-guaranteed. They could sign Williams and have Kidd be his back-up. I think they will re-sign Terry as well. It would not surprise me if they let Odom go and use the amnesty clause on Haywood. That would bring them to 37 million off the books for next year.

About the slow start ,Cuban was on NBA Countdown on ESPN and here is a quote on if he is worried about a slow start...
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http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/mavs/2012/01/dallas-mavericks-owner-mark-cuban-appeared-on-espns-nba-countdown-on-wednesday-before-the-networks-doubleheader-that-included.html

Mulva;1059367 wrote:I think the current Bulls are definitely better than the 08 or 09 Cavs teams were. Deng and Boozer are both better 2nd options than Mo Williams. Even at this stage of his career, Rip Hamilton is still a really good 4th option offensively.

Noah and Varejao are basically the same player, and I'd take the Bulls bench (Watson, Gibson, Korver and Brewer) over Pavlovic, Hickson, Wally, and Gibson and Ben Wallace

LeBron is better than Rose, but the Bulls are much deeper/have way more options offensively.

Skyhook79;1059385 wrote:I would take the Cavs bench easily.

hoops23;1059316 wrote:I disagree.

I see many similarities between the two.

You mention the Bulls are good defensively, but so were the Cavs... They were always top 2 or 3 in the NBA.

Rose may have a bit better supporting cast, but LeBron is much better overall the Rose, so it kind of evens out. Both teams are full of role players who disappear in the playoffs while their star dominates the ball.

Skyhook79;1059054 wrote:The Bulls have no one like Delonte West, someone who is crazy enough to get busy with Lebron's mom. But there are a lot of parallels including the coaches Mike Brown and Tom Thibodeau being the same type of coaches coming from Championship teams as assistants.

Ironman92;1059471 wrote:The Bulls have a crazy.

Skyhook79;1059485 wrote:Delonte West crazy?