Who WANTS the Bulls?

[jdpapa3]

Plus, ultimately I wasn't wrong last year.  

you mean to tell me this team thinks they are title contenders?

Hello, second round exit!

It's fine if you count out the team, but it's the way that you do it that makes it hard to put up with. Kind of bizarre, but whatever.

[Celtics18]

BTW I apologize if you took any offense whatsoever to my comment, I just don't think it's fair that you can post up and down Celticsblog that the Celtics have no chance to make it back to the finals, let alone win, when you hadn't even seen them play a single playoff game, but a poster who is looking into the future with a much less negative/world is over attitude after the 2nd best offense in the league couldn't score a bucket against us on one of the best homecourts in the league, gets mocked with a picture.

i was mocking the fact that the original post completely looks past the Heat, who right now appear to be an even more formidable opponent than the Bulls.  heck, we're not even done with this series.

other posters are welcome to think that the celtics will be able to defeat, indeed humiliate, either team.  i will vigorously disagree with them, but they're welcome to think so.

For our team though?  Defensively there's no big difference between Miami and Chicago.  Offensively though the Bulls are more well rounded and in the post Boozer does more damage than Bosh, both of which are pillars of postseason play (Miami is your classic do-good-in-the-regular-season team as both Wade and Lebron can beat bad teams single-handily).

Also our team has proven multiple times they are capable of stopping LeBron.  Rose on the other hand...when he's really trying and taking it to the rim every time, I don't know if any team has proven they can stop him (we'll see).  And the Pacers have proven that you only have to breathe on him for the refs to send him to the line (in fact as the new poster boy for the league he's actually been getting better treatment than LeBron).

Lastly and most importantly, the Bulls' biggest weapon against us is rebounding.  Between Noah and Boozer they are perfectly capable of winning the boards by 20 (and you know they're gonna send at least 3 guys to crash the boards every offensive possession).  As many teams have proven, that's by far the easiest way to beat us.

I'm more scared of the Heat than the Bulls.  Simply because the Heat have two players the caliber of Derrick Rose.  I realize that only one of Wade and James can have the ball in his hands at a time, but having both of them should give them each more stamina for heroics over the course of a grueling 7 game series. 

D-Rose is already looking exhausted after 4 games against the Pacers. 

I think it's a safe bet that the Heat and the Celtics will meet in the next round.  I believe the winner of that series will be the eventual Eastern Conference Champion.

[OsirusCeltics]

gotta finish this series and take care of the brons first, but honestly the bulls are scary! it would be a great series either way

lol no they're not do you see how they are struggling wit the pacers?? Boozer is overrated they have a terrible bench and they're still D Rose or bust

Are you kidding me?  Chicago has one of the deepest scariest benches in the league.  They are by far the best defensive bench in the league with a great mix of speed (Watson), shooting (Korver), experience (Thomas), athleticism and length (Brewer and Gibson)and youth and potential (Asik)

There's another side of the court and that's offense. And they depend too much on Rose. Their predictable offense would soon be exposed

[Fred Roberts]

Someone needs to shut up Boozer. That dude is a loud mouth and never got Utah anywhere. Too short for the post season. Needs to get smacked around a bit.

[PosImpos]

BTW I apologize if you took any offense whatsoever to my comment, I just don't think it's fair that you can post up and down Celticsblog that the Celtics have no chance to make it back to the finals, let alone win, when you hadn't even seen them play a single playoff game, but a poster who is looking into the future with a much less negative/world is over attitude after the 2nd best offense in the league couldn't score a bucket against us on one of the best homecourts in the league, gets mocked with a picture.

i was mocking the fact that the original post completely looks past the Heat, who right now appear to be an even more formidable opponent than the Bulls.  heck, we're not even done with this series.

other posters are welcome to think that the celtics will be able to defeat, indeed humiliate, either team.  i will vigorously disagree with them, but they're welcome to think so.

For our team though?  Defensively there's no big difference between Miami and Chicago.  Offensively though the Bulls are more well rounded and in the post Boozer does more damage than Bosh, both of which are pillars of postseason play (Miami is your classic do-good-in-the-regular-season team as both Wade and Lebron can beat bad teams single-handily).

Also our team has proven multiple times they are capable of stopping LeBron.  Rose on the other hand...when he's really trying and taking it to the rim every time, I don't know if any team has proven they can stop him (we'll see).  And the Pacers have proven that you only have to breathe on him for the refs to send him to the line (in fact as the new poster boy for the league he's actually been getting better treatment than LeBron).

Lastly and most importantly, the Bulls' biggest weapon against us is rebounding.  Between Noah and Boozer they are perfectly capable of winning the boards by 20 (and you know they're gonna send at least 3 guys to crash the boards every offensive possession).  As many teams have proven, that's by far the easiest way to beat us.

You won't get any argument from me that the Bulls are a formidable opponent that the Celtics should worry about . . . but I think it's going to be even more difficult to get past the Heat.

It's fine if you count out the team, but it's the way that you do it that makes it hard to put up with. Kind of bizarre, but whatever.

When presented with a bad situation, I suppose you can either laugh, cry, or put on green tinted drunk-goggles and pretend everything is going to work out in the end.

You and I apparently choose different options.

[KobeShesNotConsenting!]

I want whoever we get. Not afraid of anyone i think the celts are taking the next 2 series in 6. Lakers probably 7.

[jdpapa3]

When presented with a bad situation, I suppose you can either laugh, cry, or put on green tinted drunk-goggles and pretend everything is going to work out in the end.

You and I apparently choose different options.

So, if the opinion doesn't go along with your overreactionary, not thinking outside of the moment opinion, then it means the person is wearing green tinted drunk-goggles? Sure thing, bro.

You were wrong...stop drinking your own kool-aid and take it in stride instead of continuing to live in denial.

[LiamB]

I really like KG matched up with Boozer on both sides of the ball,Rondo can play better d on Rose than he has and make him a little less dominant, and I really think Deng is a guy that will wilt under pressure. Noah I find annoying but he impresses me.

Deng wont wilt under pressure

[Yellow is a Girly Color]

I really like KG matched up with Boozer on both sides of the ball,Rondo can play better d on Rose than he has and make him a little less dominant, and I really think Deng is a guy that will wilt under pressure. Noah I find annoying but he impresses me.

Deng wont wilt under pressure

Deng will get thoroughly outplayed by Pierce in this upcoming matchup.

[Celticsfan336]

gotta finish this series and take care of the brons first, but honestly the bulls are scary! it would be a great series either way

lol no they're not do you see how they are struggling wit the pacers?? Boozer is overrated they have a terrible bench and they're still D Rose or bust

Are you kidding me?  Chicago has one of the deepest scariest benches in the league.  They are by far the best defensive bench in the league with a great mix of speed (Watson), shooting (Korver), experience (Thomas), athleticism and length (Brewer and Gibson)and youth and potential (Asik)

No.

[Tommy Point God]

gotta finish this series and take care of the brons first, but honestly the bulls are scary! it would be a great series either way

lol no they're not do you see how they are struggling wit the pacers?? Boozer is overrated they have a terrible bench and they're still D Rose or bust

Are you kidding me?  Chicago has one of the deepest scariest benches in the league.  They are by far the best defensive bench in the league with a great mix of speed (Watson), shooting (Korver), experience (Thomas), athleticism and length (Brewer and Gibson)and youth and potential (Asik)

No.

You'll see. Celts are gonna destroy the bulls mark it. 6 games at most

[PosImpos]

When presented with a bad situation, I suppose you can either laugh, cry, or put on green tinted drunk-goggles and pretend everything is going to work out in the end.

You and I apparently choose different options.

So, if the opinion doesn't go along with your overreactionary, not thinking outside of the moment opinion, then it means the person is wearing green tinted drunk-goggles? Sure thing, bro.

You were wrong...stop drinking your own kool-aid and take it in stride instead of continuing to live in denial.

In what way am I living in denial?  The Celtics didn't win last season.  They didn't have enough.  They certainly had more than I thought, which was nice.  I very much enjoyed their run to the Finals.  But I was not alone in thinking they were probably headed for a second round exit last year.  That was the prevailing opinion of most people last year, even Celtics commentators who don't tend to be particularly objective.  The Celtics were able to "flip the switch" and become almost a different team in the post-season, which is somebody nobody could have predicted except with "green faith" kind of optimism.  

Ultimately, however, the same key problems that dogged the team throughout the regular season (poor rebounding, no depth, stagnant 4th quarter offense) cropped up again and prevented them from winning a championship.  So it goes.  I still appreciate that team - notice I remember them in my signature as "the gutsy warriors of '10."  They weren't champions, but they were still a good team worth remembering.  I was disgusted by them in the regular season, but in the playoffs they gave me reason to be proud of them.  I hope the same happens again this year.

The same key problems that eventually sunk the team last year are still there.  There's no guarantee that those problems will sink them again, but they probably will.  I say that because the Celtics' potential opponents are tougher and the Celtics are again without HCA after the first round.  As always, I hope that the Celtics go all the way.  I don't believe they will, though I would enjoy hearing any persuasive arguments to try to convince me otherwise.

[throwedoff]

gotta finish this series and take care of the brons first, but honestly the bulls are scary! it would be a great series either way

lol no they're not do you see how they are struggling wit the pacers?? Boozer is overrated they have a terrible bench and they're still D Rose or bust

Are you kidding me?  Chicago has one of the deepest scariest benches in the league.  They are by far the best defensive bench in the league with a great mix of speed (Watson), shooting (Korver), experience (Thomas), athleticism and length (Brewer and Gibson)and youth and potential (Asik)

Lol hahahahaha deep and scary bench maybe I'm looking at a completely different team cuz everytime Rose sits on the bench this team completely faulters the only one that you'll see at the end of the game is Korver and thats cuz of his shooting Watson is trash I cant believe u metioned that guy

[2008 + 2011 Champions]

gotta finish this series and take care of the brons first, but honestly the bulls are scary! it would be a great series either way

lol no they're not do you see how they are struggling wit the pacers?? Boozer is overrated they have a terrible bench and they're still D Rose or bust

Are you kidding me?  Chicago has one of the deepest scariest benches in the league.  They are by far the best defensive bench in the league with a great mix of speed (Watson), shooting (Korver), experience (Thomas), athleticism and length (Brewer and Gibson)and youth and potential (Asik)

Lol hahahahaha deep and scary bench maybe I'm looking at a completely different team cuz everytime Rose sits on the bench this team completely faulters the only one that you'll see at the end of the game is Korver and thats cuz of his shooting Watson is trash I cant believe u metioned that guy

Yea Im not buyin that at all the bulls are not that scary. This is our year

[mgent]

When presented with a bad situation, I suppose you can either laugh, cry, or put on green tinted drunk-goggles and pretend everything is going to work out in the end.

You and I apparently choose different options.

So, if the opinion doesn't go along with your overreactionary, not thinking outside of the moment opinion, then it means the person is wearing green tinted drunk-goggles? Sure thing, bro.

You were wrong...stop drinking your own kool-aid and take it in stride instead of continuing to live in denial.

In what way am I living in denial?  The Celtics didn't win last season.  They didn't have enough.  They certainly had more than I thought, which was nice.  I very much enjoyed their run to the Finals.  But I was not alone in thinking they were probably headed for a second round exit last year.  That was the prevailing opinion of most people last year, even Celtics commentators who don't tend to be particularly objective.  The Celtics were able to "flip the switch" and become almost a different team in the post-season, which is somebody nobody could have predicted except with "green faith" kind of optimism.  

Ultimately, however, the same key problems that dogged the team throughout the regular season (poor rebounding, no depth, stagnant 4th quarter offense) cropped up again and prevented them from winning a championship.  So it goes.  I still appreciate that team - notice I remember them in my signature as "the gutsy warriors of '10."  They weren't champions, but they were still a good team worth remembering.  I was disgusted by them in the regular season, but in the playoffs they gave me reason to be proud of them.  I hope the same happens again this year.

The same key problems that eventually sunk the team last year are still there.  There's no guarantee that those problems will sink them again, but they probably will.  I say that because the Celtics' potential opponents are tougher and the Celtics are again without HCA after the first round.  As always, I hope that the Celtics go all the way.  I don't believe they will, though I would enjoy hearing any persuasive arguments to try to convince me otherwise.

I disagree with this completely as I did with a lot of self-proclaimed "realists" who felt the labeled "optimists" were unrealistic.

In fact if you watched the games, there were a TON of moments in the regular season where the Celtics showed us glimpses of what they were capable of and played like the best team in the league, including a record-breaking start.  They consistently built huge leads on opponents in the first half and then gave them away with "relaxed" or "uninspired" play/attitude/effort, including times in which they were booed by the entire Garden for not really playing.

For those of you who couldn't see they saving themselves they even SPELLED IT OUT FOR US by saying so in conferences, interviews, etc. (even Perk said they were just bored).  There were just as many reasons for people to stay positive as there were reasons like you listed for people to be negative (except maybe attention on CelticsBlog).

Now I'd be lying if I said I didn't have "faith" or believed that the Celtics can win any game or overcome any deficit because they're my team and that's the light in which I like to see them (call me a pro-Celtic if you'd like) and because Kevin Garnett tells me anything's possible.  But that last statement you made in that paragraph is completely ridiculous and false.