Rip Hamilton is a Bull

[IBLEEDGREEN20]

Also, teams in the East are getting better and better and better. This includes the Knick's and Heat, primarily. The Bulls need to improve their roster and adding an aged RIP is not going to be enough. He is very similar to Korver except that he has a better mid-range shot.

Knicks? what the hell? No Boston? jeeeesus Tyson Chandler, huh?

[GOBB]

He doesn't put Miami over the top, at all.

They were 2 wins from an NBA title. Battier doesnt need to put them over the top genius.

[Go Getter]

The Bulls have a good team but the lack of creators will hurt them. Noah is a good passer but can't create his shot and won't demand a double team. Therefore, his passing skills have a very minimal impact on the game. I don't agree that Brewer, Deng and Boozer are good passers.

The Bulls play great D and Rose is borderline unstoppable. They will be a tough out in a 7 game series. However, just like last year, the lack of scoring will hurt them.

You never know. Brewer can create and we have good spot up shooters in Deng, Rip, Watson, and Korver.

Noah, Taj, and Booz are great on the boards.

RIP is just a temp, that spot is open for upgrade.

[ConanRulesNBC]

[Kurosawa0]

Battier?!?!?

I know the lock out has been rough but your crazy.

Battier is exactly the kind of guy Miami needs. They don't need big names, they've got them. They need the guys who can defend, shoot and do the dirty work. Battier hits all three.

If Miami can have a lineup of Wade, Battier, LeBron, Bosh and Haslem to close games, they'll really tough defensively. Probably a better version of the team we saw in the ECF.

[IBLEEDGREEN20]

They were 2 wins from an NBA title. Battier doesnt need to put them over the top genius.

If Miami meets Dallas again, I think Battier will try to defend Dirk, and fail miserably.

[97 bulls]

The Bulls have a good team but the lack of creators will hurt them. Noah is a good passer but can't create his shot and won't demand a double team. Therefore, his passing skills have a very minimal impact on the game. I don't agree that Brewer, Deng and Boozer are good passers.

The Bulls play great D and Rose is borderline unstoppable. They will be a tough out in a 7 game series. However, just like last year, the lack of scoring will hurt them.

The bulls have 2 guys that can get thir own shot in rose and boozer. Boozer can get his shots in the post. Thibs just doesn't utilize that aspect of boozers game nearly enough. When rose is taking a breather, and watson is in, thibs needs to run the offense through boozer. And have the shooters (watson, hamilton, and korver) surround him, with noah or asik playing weakside.

You don't need to haave 4-5 guys that can create for themselves. Especially when you have a defense like the bulls. The 1st threepeat bulls only had 2 guys that could create their own shot in jordan and pippen. How did that turn out?

[IBLEEDGREEN20]

The bulls have 2 guys that can get thir own shot in rose and boozer. Boozer can get his shots in the post. Thibs just doesn't utilize that aspect of boozers game nearly enough. When rose is taking a breather, and watson is in, thibs needs to run the offense through boozer. And have the shooters (watson, hamilton, and korver) surround him, with noah or asik playing weakside.

You don't need to haave 4-5 guys that can create for themselves. Especially when you have a defense like the bulls. The 1st threepeat bulls only had 2 guys that could create their own shot in jordan and pippen. How did that turn out?

Jordan and Pippen are one of the best 1-2 combos in the history of Basketball. Carlos Boozer? Nah.

[NUPE_1911]

Knicks? what the hell? No Boston? jeeeesus Tyson Chandler, huh?

Boston is older, slower and aged and they have been unable to improve their roster. They will be playing KG at the 5 and Ray Allen's stats have been dropping each and every year.

As for the Knick's, they gone a long long way towards fixing their defensive woes (constantly giving up layups and second chance points in the paint) by adding Chandler.

[Kurosawa0]

RIP is just a temp, that spot is open for upgrade.

How exactly do you upgrade on RIP? Derrick Rose is going to get maxed and that will restrict Chicago to the mid level.

[97 bulls]

Jordan and Pippen are one of the best 1-2 combos in the history of Basketball. Carlos Boozer? Nah.

That's and example. The feeling is that thwyre gonna be easy to defend due to not having enough iso guys.

That's not the way you play organized basketball. That's streetball.

[NUPE_1911]

The bulls have 2 guys that can get thir own shot in rose and boozer. Boozer can get his shots in the post. Thibs just doesn't utilize that aspect of boozers game nearly enough. When rose is taking a breather, and watson is in, thibs needs to run the offense through boozer. And have the shooters (watson, hamilton, and korver) surround him, with noah or asik playing weakside.

You don't need to haave 4-5 guys that can create for themselves. Especially when you have a defense like the bulls. The 1st threepeat bulls only had 2 guys that could create their own shot in jordan and pippen. How did that turn out?

LoL, you are really comparing Pippen and Jordan to Rose and Boozer? Seriously?!?! Both Pippen and Jordan are substantially better than Rose and Boozer. It is not even close.

[97 bulls]

LoL, you are really comparing Pippen and Jordan to Rose and Boozer? Seriously?!?! Both Pippen and Jordan are substantially better than Rose and Boozer. It is not even close.

No, that was just an expample to show that you don't need a bunch of iso guys.

[Undisputed]

Always been a Rip Hamilton fan. I don't blame him for the fallout in Detroit and his lack of inspiration there toward the end. That organization went full retard when signing BG and Charlie V to those contracts.

Glad to have him in Chicago. He should really fit in with how the Bulls like to play, and he will benefit from having Rose and Boozer on the floor at the same time.

[Celtics4ever]

They were 2 wins from an NBA title. Battier doesnt need to put them over the top genius.

And look how close the Bulls were to beating the Heat. Every game came down to the wire. You don't think Rip Hamilton puts the Bulls over the edge? But you think Battier puts the Heat over the hedge? You are delusional man. You used to be a decent poster back in the day, you have lost it GOBB. Maybe you need a SN change like me