Excellent analysis of Celtics game vs Bulls. Must see.

[SalmonAndMashedPotatoes]

Yeah, the Bulls are really good, and the Celtics didn't come to play.  Didn't need to watch the video to know that.

That said, I really enjoyed that.  I like breakdowns like these (and the ones done by the guys at TrueHoop).

I would highly recommend Sebastian Pruiti at NBA Playbook, in case you aren't reading him already.  Terrific guy doing a heckuva job day-in, day-out.

-sw

Sebastian Pruiti has a Puritan work ethic, and there's nobody who watches and writes more about the NBA than he does.  But he also writes like a Puritan, and makes the world's most exciting sport sound as dry as an economics class. 

The dude in the video can actually combine his great substance with good style, and that is the key to attracting a loyal following.

***

As for what transpired in the Bulls game, it was merely a case of two teams playing with two different levels of motivation.  The Bulls had a chance to secure home court and played with playoff-like intensity, while to the Cs it was just another regular season game.  I sure didn't like seeing Kurt Thomas punk our entire front line, hated it when Carlos Boozer was out-toughing our 2nd unit, but I can understand why it happened.

Like last season, this team's true worth won't be known until the playoffs begin.  I, for one, can't wait to see which team emerges. 

[LB3533]

I think we came to play from the jump, but out of half time we did not come to play.

[LB3533]

Also, all the footage from that youtube clip is just showing me that Rose and the Bulls had tremendous paint penetration, which led to easy layups or wide open jumpers.

If Rondo can remain aggressive, offensively...and I mean to score...he can dominate the paint with penetration just as good as anyone.

Opponents do not play Rondo to score, they play him for the pass so there is two negatives here: 1.) no threat for Rondo to score and 2.) not much open teammates for Rondo to pass the ball to.

[j804]

I think it was great for that added motivation after sitting on it a couple days. You know if we meet again well be extra fired up I have no doubt about that. Them speaking on us we aren't the same team we loss our toughness with Perk etc its ammo well be ready for them.

[chambers]

I stopped watching after he said, "I haven't been a Bulls fan since '98 - when Michael hit that shot. But I think I'm a Bulls again." A.K.A he hopped off the bandwagon when things got tough and now that they're relevant again, he's hitching a ride.

I realize this has nothing to do with an analysis - and I'm sure he does a good one here. But "fans" like that really annoy me.

lol dude he actually doesn't support the Bulls. I suggest you watch some other videos. His favorite PG is Rondo.He just hasn't enjoyed watching them since Jordan. Like 110% of the human population. He actually has great criticism for Kobe and points out lots of flaws from all major games. Makes you appreciate how intricate the schemes of the great NBA teams are.

  Haha. I could tell that he doesn't like the Bulls by the name (bBULLbreakdown), the beginning of the video and the nice plug for Rose for MVP at the end. That, and the slant of the analysis. Oh, and the title (How the Bulls will win it all). It was pretty cool of someone that doesn't support the Bulls to put all that into the game analysis you asked him to do.

I'll repeat it: He is not a Bulls fan, he has a few videos where he breaks down videos for larger market teams.
He has an exact same 'breakdown' series of episodes for the Miami Heat and is working on one for the Lakers.
He is an analyst who has weighed up the factors and has picked Chicago as the team to beat.
Watch some of his other videos before jumping to the conclusion that he's a Bulls fan.
Here's one to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tqdD6kPKs

[BballTim]

I stopped watching after he said, "I haven't been a Bulls fan since '98 - when Michael hit that shot. But I think I'm a Bulls again." A.K.A he hopped off the bandwagon when things got tough and now that they're relevant again, he's hitching a ride.

I realize this has nothing to do with an analysis - and I'm sure he does a good one here. But "fans" like that really annoy me.

lol dude he actually doesn't support the Bulls. I suggest you watch some other videos. His favorite PG is Rondo.He just hasn't enjoyed watching them since Jordan. Like 110% of the human population. He actually has great criticism for Kobe and points out lots of flaws from all major games. Makes you appreciate how intricate the schemes of the great NBA teams are.

  Haha. I could tell that he doesn't like the Bulls by the name (bBULLbreakdown), the beginning of the video and the nice plug for Rose for MVP at the end. That, and the slant of the analysis. Oh, and the title (How the Bulls will win it all). It was pretty cool of someone that doesn't support the Bulls to put all that into the game analysis you asked him to do.

I'll repeat it: He is not a Bulls fan, he has a few videos where he breaks down videos for larger market teams.
He has an exact same 'breakdown' series of episodes for the Miami Heat and is working on one for the Lakers.
He is an analyst who has weighed up the factors and has picked Chicago as the team to beat.
Watch some of his other videos before jumping to the conclusion that he's a Bulls fan.
Here's one to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tqdD6kPKs

  That was a pretty carpy breakdown of a player who's name he can't even pronounce. And where was the Celts opening like the Bulls opening on your video?

  He's a Bulls fan.

[Tai]

I stopped watching after he said, "I haven't been a Bulls fan since '98 - when Michael hit that shot. But I think I'm a Bulls again." A.K.A he hopped off the bandwagon when things got tough and now that they're relevant again, he's hitching a ride.

I realize this has nothing to do with an analysis - and I'm sure he does a good one here. But "fans" like that really annoy me.

lol dude he actually doesn't support the Bulls. I suggest you watch some other videos. His favorite PG is Rondo.He just hasn't enjoyed watching them since Jordan. Like 110% of the human population. He actually has great criticism for Kobe and points out lots of flaws from all major games. Makes you appreciate how intricate the schemes of the great NBA teams are.

  Haha. I could tell that he doesn't like the Bulls by the name (bBULLbreakdown), the beginning of the video and the nice plug for Rose for MVP at the end. That, and the slant of the analysis. Oh, and the title (How the Bulls will win it all). It was pretty cool of someone that doesn't support the Bulls to put all that into the game analysis you asked him to do.

I'll repeat it: He is not a Bulls fan, he has a few videos where he breaks down videos for larger market teams.
He has an exact same 'breakdown' series of episodes for the Miami Heat and is working on one for the Lakers.
He is an analyst who has weighed up the factors and has picked Chicago as the team to beat.
Watch some of his other videos before jumping to the conclusion that he's a Bulls fan.
Here's one to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tqdD6kPKs

  That was a pretty carpy breakdown of a player who's name he can't even pronounce. And where was the Celts opening like the Bulls opening on your video?

  He's a Bulls fan.

For what it's worth....he first posted about his videos HERE on CelticsBlog during last year's playoffs. Also, I believe he made heatbreakdown (where he made videos exclusively to break down Heat games) before bBULLbreakdown. I could be wrong, but I believe he's actually a Celtics fan.

[zerophase]

I think that the Bulls/Celts vid just showed how lost Jeff Green is on defense and how many people may have been far far overrating him.

[Celtics18]

I stopped watching after he said, "I haven't been a Bulls fan since '98 - when Michael hit that shot. But I think I'm a Bulls again." A.K.A he hopped off the bandwagon when things got tough and now that they're relevant again, he's hitching a ride.

I realize this has nothing to do with an analysis - and I'm sure he does a good one here. But "fans" like that really annoy me.

lol dude he actually doesn't support the Bulls. I suggest you watch some other videos. His favorite PG is Rondo.He just hasn't enjoyed watching them since Jordan. Like 110% of the human population. He actually has great criticism for Kobe and points out lots of flaws from all major games. Makes you appreciate how intricate the schemes of the great NBA teams are.

  Haha. I could tell that he doesn't like the Bulls by the name (bBULLbreakdown), the beginning of the video and the nice plug for Rose for MVP at the end. That, and the slant of the analysis. Oh, and the title (How the Bulls will win it all). It was pretty cool of someone that doesn't support the Bulls to put all that into the game analysis you asked him to do.

I'll repeat it: He is not a Bulls fan, he has a few videos where he breaks down videos for larger market teams.
He has an exact same 'breakdown' series of episodes for the Miami Heat and is working on one for the Lakers.
He is an analyst who has weighed up the factors and has picked Chicago as the team to beat.
Watch some of his other videos before jumping to the conclusion that he's a Bulls fan.
Here's one to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tqdD6kPKs

He won me over the Rondo video.

[chambers]

I stopped watching after he said, "I haven't been a Bulls fan since '98 - when Michael hit that shot. But I think I'm a Bulls again." A.K.A he hopped off the bandwagon when things got tough and now that they're relevant again, he's hitching a ride.

I realize this has nothing to do with an analysis - and I'm sure he does a good one here. But "fans" like that really annoy me.

lol dude he actually doesn't support the Bulls. I suggest you watch some other videos. His favorite PG is Rondo.He just hasn't enjoyed watching them since Jordan. Like 110% of the human population. He actually has great criticism for Kobe and points out lots of flaws from all major games. Makes you appreciate how intricate the schemes of the great NBA teams are.

  Haha. I could tell that he doesn't like the Bulls by the name (bBULLbreakdown), the beginning of the video and the nice plug for Rose for MVP at the end. That, and the slant of the analysis. Oh, and the title (How the Bulls will win it all). It was pretty cool of someone that doesn't support the Bulls to put all that into the game analysis you asked him to do.

I'll repeat it: He is not a Bulls fan, he has a few videos where he breaks down videos for larger market teams.
He has an exact same 'breakdown' series of episodes for the Miami Heat and is working on one for the Lakers.
He is an analyst who has weighed up the factors and has picked Chicago as the team to beat.
Watch some of his other videos before jumping to the conclusion that he's a Bulls fan.
Here's one to get you started:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tqdD6kPKs

  That was a pretty carpy breakdown of a player who's name he can't even pronounce. And where was the Celts opening like the Bulls opening on your video?

  He's a Bulls fan.

so now you're calling his analysis crappy because it's been proven he's not a Bulls homer?
Here's another one for you with a fancy beginning. Note the team of interest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbBMz7vcT0

[indeedproceed]

For what it's worth....he first posted about his videos HERE on CelticsBlog during last year's playoffs. Also, I believe he made heatbreakdown (where he made videos exclusively to break down Heat games) before bBULLbreakdown. I could be wrong, but I believe he's actually a Celtics fan.

Yeah we've seen his stuff before. I think he's trying to be objective, and FWIW, I don't know which is 'his team'..I just didn't find them particularly insightful.

Like steve said, the NBAplaybook blog's stuff is better.

His name doesn imply he's a bulls fan, but I'm not holding that against him. He's clearly trying to make a name for himself, and more power to him I suppose.

[BballTim]

I stopped watching after he said, "I haven't been a Bulls fan since '98 - when Michael hit that shot. But I think I'm a Bulls again." A.K.A he hopped off the bandwagon when things got tough and now that they're relevant again, he's hitching a ride.

I realize this has nothing to do with an analysis - and I'm sure he does a good one here. But "fans" like that really annoy me.

lol dude he actually doesn't support the Bulls. I suggest you watch some other videos. His favorite PG is Rondo.He just hasn't enjoyed watching them since Jordan. Like 110% of the human population. He actually has great criticism for Kobe and points out lots of flaws from all major games. Makes you appreciate how intricate the schemes of the great NBA teams are.

  Haha. I could tell that he doesn't like the Bulls by the name (bBULLbreakdown), the beginning of the video and the nice plug for Rose for MVP at the end. That, and the slant of the analysis. Oh, and the title (How the Bulls will win it all). It was pretty cool of someone that doesn't support the Bulls to put all that into the game analysis you asked him to do.

I'll repeat it: He is not a Bulls fan, he has a few videos where he breaks down videos for larger market teams.
He has an exact same 'breakdown' series of episodes for the Miami Heat and is working on one for the Lakers.
He is an analyst who has weighed up the factors and has picked Chicago as the team to beat.
Watch some of his other videos before jumping to the conclusion that he's a Bulls fan.
Here's one to get you started:

  That was a pretty carpy breakdown of a player who's name he can't even pronounce. And where was the Celts opening like the Bulls opening on your video?

  He's a Bulls fan.

so now you're calling his analysis crappy because it's been proven he's not a Bulls homer?

  I'm not sure if you really know what "proven" means. He must have thrown me when he appeared in the video claiming to be a Bulls fan, or with that nonsensical analysis of the MVP race.

[Roy H.]

For what it's worth....he first posted about his videos HERE on CelticsBlog during last year's playoffs. Also, I believe he made heatbreakdown (where he made videos exclusively to break down Heat games) before bBULLbreakdown. I could be wrong, but I believe he's actually a Celtics fan.

Yeah we've seen his stuff before. I think he's trying to be objective, and FWIW, I don't know which is 'his team'..I just didn't find them particularly insightful.

Like steve said, the NBAplaybook blog's stuff is better.

His name doesn imply he's a bulls fan, but I'm not holding that against him. He's clearly trying to make a name for himself, and more power to him I suppose.

That was my reaction, as well.  I just don't see the analysis he's giving as anything particularly insightful.  I guess it's okay to slow down the play and point things out to fans who are only watching the ball and the basket, but there are better examples out there.

In terms of his loyalties, I think he's trying to market himself to a variety of different fan bases, in the hopes that he'll catch on with somebody.

[LB3533]

I also feel some of the "insights" this guy points out aren't really true.

It's really his own opinion of what is actually basketball "wrong" or "right".

For example, he blames Paul Pierce for taking a wide open, when the guy thinks Paul should have pumped fake an open shot (what?) to "freeze Luol Deng" and then have Pierce pass to an open Ray.

2 things: 1.) what good is pump faking an open shot; 2.) Ray Allen wouldn't be open as Bogans would have time to rush to Ray as Paul pumped fake and passed it to Ray in the corner.

[indeedproceed]

I also feel some of the "insights" this guy points out aren't really true.

It's really his own opinion of what is actually basketball "wrong" or "right".

For example, he blames Paul Pierce for taking a wide open, when the guy thinks Paul should have pumped fake an open shot (what?) to "freeze Luol Deng" and then have Pierce pass to an open Ray.

2 things: 1.) what good is pump faking an open shot; 2.) Ray Allen wouldn't be open as Bogans would have time to rush to Ray as Paul pumped fake and passed it to Ray in the corner.

I lol'd at that too. I thought to myself "Why the heck is Pierce pump-faking an open 3 instead of taking an open 3?! The guy won the 3pt contest last year, he can make those!"

Although to be fair, Pierce is shooting significantly worse this season.