Lebron's Defense on Rose in that 4th Quarter :ehh:

[ISO]

Did you miss the entire mid-2000's Suns?

No. They and others teams were influential too.

But the league started changing in my opinion as a whole after this Finals. NBA offenses started to adapt to icing P&R’s and zones and devaluing the midrange. A bunch of vertical spacing big men came after Tyson and bigs started extending their range like Dirk, teams started looking to have 3&D guys like Kidd and Stevenson, and multiple playmakers and more versatility.

 

[iamduval]

I remember how delusional bulls fans were that year


There was just no fukkin way

 

[Alexander The Great]

the Bulls roster was trash looking back how the fukk they win so many games. all hustle team, but besides Rose no one was a threat.

That back door sweep

the last 3 mins of game 5 Wade and Lebron going crazy

 

[Alexander The Great]

I remember how delusional bulls fans were that year


There was just no fukkin way

bruh look at who they had, there was NO way they were beating Lebron, Wade, AND Bosh

 

[Brozay]

I remember how delusional bulls fans were that year


There was just no fukkin way

Mavs found a way

 

[ISO]

the Bulls roster was trash looking back

Because they were a good team that knew how to grind and execute down the stretch and had a historically good defense. They were on a 63 win pace in ‘12 in the lockout shortened year and number one seed again.

They remained a playoff team after Rose’s ACL tear with Nate Robinson. Noah was an MVP candidate one year.

Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver, Taj Gibson isn’t trash.

 

[MJ Truth]

Rose was choking all through that series. He lost Game 5 at the end for them.

 

[ISO]

Mavs found a way

The Heat weren’t even that good. They underperformed the expectation even during the regular season.

They had the Big 3 but no depth or shooting and had chemistry issues and Spo was still an unproven young coach.

 

[Max Power]

During that series I remember thinking to myself DRose was due a huge injury. I loved him but he played like an Italian supercar. All those sharp direction changes, his inhuman acceleration and anybody that knows about Italian supercars knows that they don't last.

 

[CHICAGO]

@Rhakim IN HERE shyt POSTING AS USUAL.

SAME DUDE THAT SAID
HE WOULD TAKE DRAYMOND AS HIS #2
OVER KYRIE.




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[Cadillac]

Lebron didn’t shut down d rose it was the Miami Heat team defense and the bulls didn’t have a second scoring option

/thread

Lebron dikkriders still carrying on with this Lebrons d on rose narrative, which is hardly the factor that made us lose

The miami heat D, plus the fact we had no one outside of rose to rely on was why we lost.

 

[Dwight Howard]

Because they were a good team that knew how to grind and execute down the stretch and had a historically good defense. They were on a 63 win pace in ‘12 in the lockout shortened year and number one seed again.

They remained a playoff team after Rose’s ACL tear with Nate Robinson. Noah was an MVP candidate one year.

Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver, Taj Gibson isn’t trash.

The bulls were a good system team. Kinda like the 60-win hawks team and some of those old suns teams, but the talent itself was lackluster at best. You just had a bunch of guys that bought in and played hard as shyt.

No depth.
Only 1 go-to scorer

Only 1 shooter.

The bulls are basically a collection of high-end/high-character glue guys when you think about noah, deng, Gibson.

 

[jwinfield]

Noah was an MVP candidate one year.

And that year we had the 3rd worst offense in the league.

DJ Augustin was our #1 option.

 

[ISO]

The bulls were a good system team. Kinda like the 60-win hawks team and some of those old suns teams, but the talent itself was lackluster at best.

No depth.
Only 1 go-to scorer

Only 1 shooter.

The bulls are basically a collection of high-end/high-character glue guys when you think about noah, deng, Gibson.

Nah. The Hawks didn't have an MVP-level player like D-Rose. They were a true system team on both ends with Coach Bud and had a lot of shooting and ball movement.

It was not uncommon at this time for teams to have one go-to scorer it was the 2011 NBA. LeBron, Wade, Bosh were all on one man teams an offseason before. Bulls offense overall was fringe top 10 and better than league average. But their elite defense was their calling card and their ability to close games. I remember Thibs would play Taj a lot in 4Q's in this era and D-Rose was an elite closer.

Jo and Luol were pretty good players at this time not elite but good players on both ends and both made All-Star teams. Boozer was a disappointment compared to his Utah days but was a good offensive PF. Taj was a good rotational PF with athleticism and a midrange and a good defender. Kyle Korver was an elite shooter. Bogans was a low end 3&D player, a Thibs favorite they had for toughness. Watson was a back up scoring PG but Thibs didn't play him much because of defense. Brewer was a cutter and defender. Kurt Thomas was a veteran presence and always had a midrange jumper and they used Asik for rim protection off the bench. For it's time this was a great team lol y'all can't revise history and say it's not, watch the clips and get the media's perspective. They won 62 games, made it to the ECF, and all these games against Miami were close, next year they dominated the season again and were poised to meet Miami again if D-Rose don't tear his ACL.

In retrospect yeah they would have benefited from more shooters and a secondary scorer who could handle which is what Jimmy Butler ended up becoming.

 

[ISO]

And that year we had the 3rd worst offense in the league.

DJ Augustin was our #1 option.

Yeah, y'all was at an offensive talent deficit but Jo was the DPoY and had one of the better big man passing seasons. Bulls still managed to win 48 wins with the 3rd worst offense in the league.