I feel your pain Bill....

[coco]

On this short segment, Bill Simmons expressed exactly what I felt....

Watching Chicago rough them up Thursday was pretty depressing. Keith Bogans pushed Ray Allen around like a rag doll. Kurt Thomas and Glen Davis fell into a heap, then Thomas jumped up and stood over Davis like he had just tripped him in a prison cafeteria and wanted to send him a message before they both got sent to the hole. Joakim Noah pranced around and did Noah things knowing that everyone had his back. With 20 seconds left in a blowout, Carlos Boozer got tangled with Nenad Krstic and decided to shove him six feet, got called for a foul, then stared him down before sauntering back to his bench and being greeted by smiling teammates. Honestly, it was like watching a deleted Cobra Kai scene. The trade was bad enough -- watching my team get punked out on national TV was something else.

Anyways, this post is not about the trade, but about the way I felt that night, the way we were punked on national TV.

[ScoobyDoo]

The worst part is that with JO and Big Baby we have the guys, even without a Perkins or Shaq, to stand toe to toe with anyone.

But Big Baby is soft, he's too nice of a guy. Not a fault, just who he is. Put Leon Powe's head on Big Baby's body and Kurt Thomas wouldn't be standing over anyone...

Bottom line is that if Shaq isn't coming back for us, JO and Big baby need to put their hard hats on and play enforcer roles and start getting good and nasty the paint, or we "will" be bullied.

And it's not just a size thing - Tony Allen or Posey would've have gotten up and gone after Thomas or Boozer, they don't care who the guy is. That is the difference between "tough players" and "tough guys". Tough guys don't see size in front of them.

We have the horses, but do the horses ( Big Baby and Jo) have the sack? It's a mental choice, because they have the beef.   

[Chief]

On this short segment, Bill Simmons expressed exactly what I felt....

Watching Chicago rough them up Thursday was pretty depressing. Keith Bogans pushed Ray Allen around like a rag doll. Kurt Thomas and Glen Davis fell into a heap, then Thomas jumped up and stood over Davis like he had just tripped him in a prison cafeteria and wanted to send him a message before they both got sent to the hole. Joakim Noah pranced around and did Noah things knowing that everyone had his back. With 20 seconds left in a blowout, Carlos Boozer got tangled with Nenad Krstic and decided to shove him six feet, got called for a foul, then stared him down before sauntering back to his bench and being greeted by smiling teammates. Honestly, it was like watching a deleted Cobra Kai scene. The trade was bad enough -- watching my team get punked out on national TV was something else.

Anyways, this post is not about the trade, but about the way I felt that night, the way we were punked on national TV.

Old school teams would have knocked Rose to the floor a few times. He would have thought about driving hard to the basket every play. Now a days, you might get suspended for a few games for something like that. So Troy Murphy, go earn your ring!!!

[Chris]

I am curious why this is being posted now?

I agree, that was a painful game to watch.  Although I am feeling much better now that I am seeing the Bulls in the playoffs.  After the way they finished the regular season, I had a sneaking suspicion they were simply playing at playoff intensity, while everyone else was playing at regular season speed, and that perhaps they wouldn't have that extra gear other teams save for the playoffs...and through 2 games, they have been supporting that theory.  Obviously, they could still flip the switch, but until I see it, I am going to wonder if they have a switch to flip.

Of course, we still need to see the C's lift their games further, but at this point, I feel more confident in that happening than in the Bulls, which will even the playing field from a focus standpoint, and let the best team (the C's) win.

...if they can get past the Heat that is...

[ThaPreacher]

We have the horses, but do the horses ( Big Baby and Jo) have the sack? It's a mental choice, because they have the beef.  

LOL,  you guys are killing me with your verbiage (verbal triage) this week.
Lets focus on putting the ball in the hole, boxing out on the weakside and not settling for outside jumpers.  Beef and Sack may have sold tickets in the past, but defense wins championships.
This ain't the Brawl at the Palace.  Stare downs talks the talk, but Winning walks the walk!

[Marcus13]

It was embarassing, as was the Miami loss...

but it's irrelevent to New York.  Im not looking ahead

[ScoobyDoo]

Well, disagree...because the more things change the more they stay the same. When the playoffs start it gets more and more about physicality, particularly in the paint and it doesn't matter it it's 1985 or 2011.

What Perkins did and what Shaq can do equally well and was doing for us when he was playing, was laying some pretty big hits on people coming down the lane. Go re-watch the Miami game where he put some good licks on both LeBron and Wade. You can easily knock people around pretty hard without getting a T, you just have to know how to do it. And we need it if we want to win.

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

I am curious why this is being posted now?

This. Why dont we also bring up LA coming into our house and beating us or how we lost tiwce to Dallas this year? This just seems a lil late to me seeing as JO's back and starting to play much better and oh yea it's the playoffs. also BIll Simmons sounds like a little girl