GAME THREAD #1: ORLANDO MAGIC @ CHICAGO BULLS

GAME THREAD #1: ORLANDO MAGIC (3-3, 9th in Eastern Conference) @ CHICAGO BULLS (3-3, 8th in Eastern Conference)

Tip off: 7:00 PM Central, 8:00 Eastern

Magic starting lineup and injuries (confirmed):
Elfrid Payton (PG)
Evan Fournier (SG)
Aaron Gordon (SF)
Serge Ibaka (PF)
Nikola Vucevic (C)

Injuries:
S. Zimmerman (INACTIVE)
Jodie Meeks (OUT)

Bulls starting lineup and injuries (unconfirmed):
Rajon Rondo (PG)
Dwyane Wade (SG)
Jimmy Butler (SF)
Taj Gibson (PF)
Robin Lopez (C)

Injuries:
R.J. Hunter (INACTIVE)
M. Carter-Williams (OUT)

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the orlando tragic

Pls don't lose 4 straight

Its happening faster than it did last season

what the fuck is on payton's head?

>it's a neither team plays defense episode

His hat

Game's on WGN if you're in the Chicago area.

I told you not to buy into false hope from a Reinsdorf-owned team.

I had some false hope last year when they started 23-10, oops make that 22-12.

But then jimmeh went down and when he returned the team chemistry was so broken the team never recovered.

I had/have no hope this season. DWade? FuckRondo? Ugh.

Give it time m8

Fuck no. I'm with . Having no expectations are the best expectations. Then when the Bulls eventually let us all down, I don't feel as awful for pissing my time watching this team.

This game conflicts me but Magic have no chance at the playoffs and would rather see a bulls win

I mean, can't be worse than last season. Don't think any of us expect them to win anything with the Cavs and Warriors in the league

I'll be happy if the bulls get to the playoffs this season

it could be - except for the expectations part

zoidberg could start a streak of missing the playoffs

on the upside, that would give them an excuse to develop some of the young guys

I'd like to see more dougi3 tortoise and valentine

>worse than last season

Last season wasn't even that bad. We finished above .500. Sure we didn't make the playoffs but we've got a new coach who's new to the NBA.

We aren't the sixers. This team can and should be much better. We have some super stars on this team, and we're still losing some dog shit games

Is there anyone even half viable that the Bulls could draft instead? Because I got nothing.

Here's the new Canaan pic btw

That's Bulls basketball. Beat good teams. Lose to shit teams. Every single year.
BASED

what's up with Niko guys?

he's STILL not hitting open 3s

Should had pump faked

GAME DISCORD

discord.gg/BHBTk

How do you think the Bulls will fare playing teams on the west coast this year?

>for a game thread
Kys

What the fuck?

Hell no.

The amount of production the bulce get from streak shooting midgets has been pretty amazing over the last 7 years.

Isaiah Canaan
3twan Moore
Aaron Brroks
DJ Augustine
N8
JL3
CJ Watson

He needs to slash

Jej you were right

I've noticed he's pretty bad at converting bad/low passes into 3s, regardless of how open he is. if the PG can pass it to him at his sweet spot, he can make those "quick release 3s" in which he only touches the ball for a second

And right on que, a sick shot, when his arms were already raised because he faked the defender

My white niggas gotta play better or we're fucked

>That's Bulls basketball. Beat good teams. Lose to shit teams. Every single year.
holy shit, you're right. Even from Derrick's MVP year until now. but how do you explain it? the coaching staff isn't the same, most of the players have come and gone. Only Taj and Butler remain from then.

They'll beat the teams they're supposed to beat. Hopefully it's not a shitshow
>DISCORD

It's part of the team culture

see: 96 bulls being blown out by the Charlotte Hornets

>Bobby in this early
I like this

They always play down to bad teams. They blew out the Nets a few games ago so hopefully that trend ends

Okay seriously guys

We mocked it and cursed garpax to the high heavens

But how the FUCK is Wade still so fucking good?

How long can this last?

Can Wade take us to the 'offs?

HGH mayne

I feel like i've been saying the same thing my entire Chicago sports watching career:

As long as the nigga stays healthy, he'll be great. The second something fucks up we're all fucked

he's playing better early this year than he has at any point in the last 2 seasons

his perimeter shooting is hugely improved

it will last as long as the artificial cartilage in his knees holds up

user who requested the basketball coming out of the cannon here
thank you based imagebro

hopefully he's on a minutes restriction so he can be available for a postseason

DJ was probably my favorite from the list, but the team with Nate Robinson and when Rose got hurt again was magical

...

Although he's not that short, Kirk Heinrich was an insane 3 point shooter as well

Did the Bulls do something for the Cubs like the Hawks?

youtube.com/watch?v=P3t-DuslN4E

>We mocked it and cursed garpax to the high heavens
huh?

Both the Cubs and Hawks have arguably the best owners in their respective league. They're open to change, love the sport/team/city, and make the right decisions. Pretty much all you need and ask for.

That's why I think we've got dynasties: our owners and players are on the same page.

The White Sox and Bulls, on the other hand, have the #1 worst owner in any sport ever I think. They're so shit.

they talked about going young

then they signed dwade

>same owner as the White Sox
>doing something for the Cubs
hahahaha


I remember coming home from work and starting to watch it as 2OT started. I missed a good chunk, but fuck, what a game that was.

Those Bulls vs Heat threads were GOAT

I'll never forget that game since it was on my birthday, but Nate went offfff. Also in game 7, Joakim Noah just played his ass off that game for that W even with his fucked up foot.

>mfw d rose taught doug the floater shot before he left

Speaking of Sox and bulls, I saw a qt wearing a Sox hat and a hawks jacket
>tfw no gf like that

There were tons of posts on BaB of people straight up abandoning the team because they signed Wade.

I, myself, thought it was a joke. It wasn't.

This old fuck seriously needs to die soon and then maybe the Bulls and Sox will have a chance again

as a lifelong cubs fan, I can safely say that every female cubs fan is insufferably cunty. They don't know shit about baseball/the cubs/being a Chicago sports fan, and act like bitches

Most Sox-girls, however, are pretty cool. In general I think it's because more people bandwagon the Cubs. You gotta actually like the Sox/be from the Southside if you're a female sox fan

Those were goddamn shitfests of the worst caliber.

Bias aside, they were only good when the Bulls won those regular season games. The playoff games were fucking unbearable.

youtube.com/watch?v=KoRCSwaRHkg
Good times though.

People were much more reactionary to Rondo as well

Didnt make things better

Absolutely. Loved those Heat "fans" tears

Will how this Bull's offseason went (giving away ingrained senpai favorite stars for crusty old has been veterans) be how Jerry's other team's offseason will go as well?

What

Yeah probably not

youtube.com/watch?v=HC-nVo2jOuo

More great moments.

TYBD

>CHI LEADS 1-0

i honestly thought that after game 1, with the way the Bulls just rolled the Heat, that they were gonna win the series, even if it meant 4-3. When in fact, the series wasn't even close after game 1

Ayy lmao those magic players with their thumbs up their assess while wade flashes by

TYBD
youtube.com/watch?v=93bllUS8clQ

too many tripfags

>babby's first Bulls thread

What happened to based Nate Robinson? I know he's playing in Israel but he seemed like he had the stuff to be an NBA great

heart over height

Are there even any Magic fans ITT? Every time I make a Bulls vs small market team thread, it always seems like i'm talking to the same old bulls fans

There's like 50 bulls fans tripfags on Sup Forums. Honestly who cares.

he got paid after thriving under the slavedriver (just like all the other streak shooting midgets)

then he faded away (just like they all did)

I don't even think there's Magic fans on Sup Forums tbhfam

Tom made shit players look great

There used to be more back when the Bulls were actually good

You think it was bad now, ho boy

I still remember guys like
Sly9D
Turbo
BroFromChicago

Kinda sad desu. I liked Nate the best when it came to the manlets Brooks second. I think just because of the fact I made images of him made me like him more than the other manlets the bulls had since I didn't post in here until 2013

I guess. But he did get paid, and you cant fault a second tier player for taking the money when its offered.

He was an easy guy to like.

That game where he had the flu and was puking in a bucket on the bench during timeouts.....

>bulls
>good
>while Sup Forums existed

kek

KEK

>Sup Forums didn't exist when rose was MVP

they were always competitive in the playoffs though

stop being stupid

Bulls were good. They just had to play LeBron in the playoffs

worst MVP of all time. what an honor

A. Brooks is my favorite bulls manlet. vid related

youtu.be/mYANNhwbkBA?t=6m5s

here's your (You)

taking shit tier bait

>why

Someone's meming

You are now realizing there was also a time when the sox were good during Sup Forums

>losing to the wizards and 76ers in the first round
>good

lmao

except there were nothing but weeaboos on this board that far back

>oh wait, that explains so much about whos threads

Problem?

>all JB has to do to draw the foul is put his arms up and say "OHHH"

how can someone be so based

>implying they didn't lose to the %ers because Rose was ded
Them losing to the Wizards sucked tho can't lie

>1 player is injured; team loses
>b-b-but they were good I swear

>Entire offense is predicated off one specific player holding the ball
>when that player gets injured and the rest of the team can't adapt in time for a playoff series that's already started, it's somehow their fault

Common buddy

Pic related was a fucking benchwarmer at the time. Everything depended on rose.

pls - nba is a superstar league

take lebron off the cavs and they still beat gsw?

nope they wash out in the first round

...

A Brooks a cute

THE G STANDS FOR GETS

Felicio when?