Famine...STARVATION...Delusion...RACIST: A Chicago Bulls Story (2014 Offseason Thread)

[bigrodthe1]

First time entering y'all thread but why the hell is there so much talk about Cleveland in a Bulls thread we wouldn't be having this shyt in a Pistons thread

 

[jwinfield]

First time entering y'all thread but why the hell is there so much talk about Cleveland in a Bulls thread we wouldn't be having this shyt in a Pistons thread

Having what?



Discussions about potential playoff matchups?

 

[bigrodthe1]

Having what?



Discussions about potential playoff matchups?

We'll be there!!!

 

[Brozay]

No team worries me if MVP Rose returns for a full season

 

[beenz]

His lack of impact on offense will have a greater affect than his impact on defense...

We need more scoring with the starters

marion is NOT a starter at this point in his career on a championship caliber team. dude is too

 

[Brozay]

Im riding with Drose

Cavs dont scare me whatsoever

 

[Jplaya2023]

Why are people talking as is the cavs have love already?

Our matchups with them will be fun. Butler has proven to be able to guard lebron really well last season.

Rose wil have his way with Irvin. Noah, Gasol and Taj should be able to control the paint and dominate the glass offensively and defensively. The development and mirotic and the shooting of doug will be huge. We still need another ball handler on the court and shot creator besides D Rose. Really wish we could've got lance or affalo to fill that role.

 

[Brozay]

Why are people talking as is the cavs have love already?

Our matchups with them will be fun. Butler has proven to be able to guard lebron really well last season.

Rose wil have his way with Irvin. Noah, Gasol and Taj should be able to control the paint and dominate the glass offensively and defensively. The development and mirotic and the shooting of doug will be huge. We still need another ball handler on the court and shot creator besides D Rose. Really wish we could've got lance or affalo to fill that role.

Love to the Cavs is pretty much a lock at this point

 

[Jplaya2023]

Love to the Cavs is pretty much a lock at this point

until it's signed, sealed, and delivered then i'll hold back discussing him. But i t hink your right at this point. I don't see how wiggins can play for cleveland after they lied to him in his face.

 

[Brozay]

@CHICAGO

I feel what you're saying about Love & Kyrie being perfect fits offensively but defense is our strong suit, and Thibs will find ways to slow them down.

Our bigs are gonna FEAST on them in the paint.

 

[god shamgod]

Im riding with Drose The Bulls

Cavs dont scare me whatsoever

With or without love cavs frontline will be suspect and if they trade wiggins lebron is the only good defender they'll have.Thibs>>>Blatt and the bulls team overall to me will be better than the cavs will.The bulls lack of a 2nd shot creator/ball handler and again relying on that mental midget rose are my main concerns

 

[5StarElite]

I think we're a lock for the 1st or second seed in the east if Rose is healthy the majority of the season. After that, who knows. You really can't trust none of these nikkas to step up consistently when it matters. FO got our championship aspirations dependent on 2 rookies stepping up in the playoffs & Rose being on God level

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

 

[red222]

NVM

 

[red222]

“I think he’s really good,” said Kyle Korver, arguably the game’s best shooter in setting the all-time record for consecutive games with three pointers last season. “He’s got the right temperament and mindset; he’s not going to get down when things don’t go his way, gets pulled out. Has the right head for that situation. He’s got great balance to his shot. He’s got great technique and form. He’s always on balance. To be a great, consistent shooter you have to be sound. His legs are sound under his shot. He’s got a form that can endure. I’ve been really impressed with his shooting. I knew he was a good shooter. I didn’t know he was as good a shooter as he’s shown.”

“He’s on a great team for him to fit in well,” said Korver. “There’s a real need for his skill set. He’s going to learn how to play defense. He’s going to have Jimmy taking the No. 1 (offensive) guy. He’ll get the second guy. There’s no two and three in Thibs’ offense. You’re the guy who’s coming off the doubles [screens]. Or you’re the guy who’s not coming off the doubles almost for the wing. He’s going to be the guy coming off the doubles and he’s going to be able to shoot that thing and put a lot of pressure on the defense. (The Bulls) have added a lot of pieces. He’s got a really good feel for the game. He got the ball a lot at Creighton, but it wasn’t like him getting the ball and holding it, making a one-on-one move. He learned to play without the ball and that’s so important in Thibs’ offense. You can’t have everybody be a drive-and-kick guy. You have to have shooting. You have to have the guy who shoots the ball after the drive and he’s going to be able to do that.”

“He rarely messes up,” said Rose. “He never pushes the issue, I would say. He never tries things he can’t do. He knows exactly what type of play he wants. For me, I need him because you can’t leave him. He has a lot of confidence in his shot, and he works on his shot every day. When I was playing with him while we were back in Chicago, I had to tell him whenever he’s open, I’m passing him the ball and he better shoot or I’m going to yell at him every time. If you can shoot, you can fit in.”

“Being a college guy last year (with the Select Team in a USA camp), I don’t think anyone knew who I was,” said McDermott, who headed for rookie orientation from Las Vegas. “I was getting a lot of open looks. I don’t think they knew I was a shooter. This year guys (on defense) are starting to find me more. They are a lot more physical with me. The biggest takeaway for me is how physical it is and how good they really are.

“This year I’m doing a better job rebounding and defending,” McDermott said before leaving camp the end of last week. “Maybe not getting as many open looks as last year, but I am making the most of them, making better reads off screens, trying to improve in different areas. Not just shooting. Whether I’m getting the shot or not, I’m getting a lot of attention on the screens because guys view me as a shooter. It leaves open areas for other guys.

“I feel I can guard a wing fine,” said McDermott. “An undersized four I can also guard because that’s who I guarded in college. It’s going to be a huge adjustment period for me. But having coach Thibodeau and the veterans guys will help. I’ve become good off that floppy action, the down screens, curling. Always watched Kyle. He’s so good at setting his man up. That’s what coach Thibodeau has talked to me about.”

“He’s really excited to be there,” said Korver. “He’s going to learn so much from Thibs. Early on in my career, I wish I would have had someone like Thibs to show me how to play really good team defense. That would have helped me a ton in my career. I feel like a lot of the success I’ve had the last couple of years is because of what I learned in Chicago. Being there with Thibs and learning how to play defense and being in an awesome, championship-caliber culture was really big for me. So Doug’s going to get that right now, like right at the very beginning, and it’s only going to do great things for his career. He takes the game very serious. He plays with a chip on his shoulder. He plays with an edge. He wants to be really good and he’s going to work for it. He doesn’t just want it; he wants to work for it. He dealt with every kind of defense. He’s been prepared for the NBA in so many ways, just in how he was guarded all the time, the pressure that was on him in Omaha, at Creighton. He’s a younger guy, but emotionally, he’s very mature.

“The thing I told him is you don’t have to drive that traffic every day,” Korver said with a laugh. “I can go back (to the Bulls) and do either Thibs or the traffic, but I could never do both again. I was like, ‘You don’t know how good you have it.’ I say that in fun, obviously.”

Asked about what he could bring, McDermott responded: “A great shooter, but not just a shooter. A guy who plays hard every time, has a great motor, great instincts. People have questioned my athleticism, but I think I ‘m a decent athlete as well and can guard different positions.”

“I coached J.J, Redikk in college and it was all this, the similar critics saying, ‘Who is he going to guard, how’s he going to be a pro?’ Guys like that who have scored 3,000 points in college and every game they played in college they put two guys on him and tried to take him out of everything and they still scored 30 a game, those guys are really good players,” said Collins. “That’s why I know Doug will figure out a way to be a very good pro.

“He hasn’t been intimidated,” Collins added. “That’s the first step. When you are a rookie and get around very good players who have the names: Are you knocked back by the environment? But he’s played with confidence. For him, this is unique. You’re playing against a team with Kevin Durant, Paul George and Anthony Davis together, that length. He’s learning the window to get your shot off is much quicker. How he can get open and what he can do. As the week has gone on he’s gotten better and better. I’m excited to watch him being in Chicago myself. I think he’s the perfect complement to the star pieces they put together.

“He can really come off screens,” Collins added. “He knows how to play off the ball. He’ll be a great spacer. He’s an underrated defender. He knows concepts. He’s more of a three. He doesn’t miss. If he gets his feet set, he doesn’t miss. His stroke is lights out. The NBA three is no problem for him.”

“He’s a basketball player,” said USA coach Mike Krzyzewski of McDermott. “He’s smart and he can shoot the heck out of the ball. He doesn’t need the ball long, so he’s an easy guy to play with. He can stretch a defense. He knows the game. He doesn’t dominate the ball, so he’s an easy teammate. But because he has that scoring ability, he gives space and the ball to his teammates. Pretty good. Not cocky, a great kid. He’s going to be a good guy for the Bulls.”
http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/could-mcdermott-shoot-his-way-starting-role