Derrick Rose missed the morning shootaround and is a game-time decision for Thursday's Knicks game.

This news would be relatively benign other than the fact that coach Tom Thibodeau indicated that Rose missed the shootaround due to his "body" rather than his knee. That cryptic distinction could very well mean that Rose needs some rest after not playing all the entire 2012-13 season, but this is a situation we'll be monitoring very closely in case there is anything more serious at play.

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Damn, why don't other teams just leave us alone and lets us:

Not make the playoffs ala Shaq.
Be the 5 seed ala every NBA pundit alive.
Be under.500 ala the ESPN rankings.

>Damn, why don't other teams just leave us alone and lets us:
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>Not make the playoffs ala Shaq.
>Be the 5 seed ala every NBA pundit alive.
>Be under.500 ala the ESPN rankings.

Knicks on a 2nd night of a back to back.
At the United Center.
Rose's first regular season game at home.
Plus Bulls have a very high win percentage after losses.

Yeah, I'd be surprised if we lost this one.

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DRose listed as a starter.

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I'm gonna reserve my hatred until probably the end of November.

I have proof the guy can score. I'm gonna try give him a while before I truly hate him.

And I hope the Garden doesn't give him Charles Smith treatment, because that's not gone help him.

cause he's not going anywhere.

But we got him for Novak, who is only 1 inch shorter and never pulled up.

at least with bitch Height Bargs we have proof that he can score in this league.

I'll give him some time unlike other Knick fans who think 6 quarters is enough.

bargs is a former lotto pick (let alone #1, lol) who makes 10m+

he hasn't been good in 3 years.

he's got 2 weeks. but nothing I've seen suggests he'll ever be what they paid for.

The only way you can make a trade is if the salaries match. So Novak or Bargs, we were spending that money regardless. It was on the books regardless.

SO

Since the money was already spent the salary Bargs is making is not as important a the production you get for it, and the expiration date of the contract.

Novak at his best is one dimensional, we know what he is is and everyone knows/knew how to neutralize him.

Bitch Height Bargs at his best is a match up problem that can create his own shot and put the ball on the floor. At least he's gonna shoot, Novak would pass up shot and couldn't think about creating his own shot.

The Knicks took a chance to get more production for the money. If it works it works, great...if it doesn't it expires when everyone else does anyway.

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>The Knicks took a chance to get more production for the money.
>If it works it works, great...if it doesn't it expires when
>everyone else does anyway.

It was there in preseason.
Hasn't found it in the last 6Qs.
I think he will eventually.

Loving Butler getting his hands on passes.

Wish Boozer would take advantage of Melo guarding him.

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Like they won't be calling the BS picks they called on Bitch Height Bargs, or the BS walk they called on Melo

even if he scores, he'll never matter enough where it counts for it to matter.

Why stop our fast break?
then call that BS for Kirk for a 3 point play.

As in, really bad.

On the 2nd night of a back to back without the reigning 6th man of the year.

Let people tell it we're getting blown by 40.

man rose better get "right" soon. he ain't scoring 25 a night....I dunno.

Bellinelli and Nate were real clutch often last year in these games, now the offense is crap if rose doesnt do everything

win team got better, and people started predicting like 44 wins... I have not gotten that... why shouldnt this team at least win 50?


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not hating 1 bit, just saying... but he made up for it


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it's clear that his timing is off in all facets of the game. he played well in preseason but dudes are trying now.

our offense is a stagnant mess due to lack of cohesion. i expect this to be fixed soon though.

LOL.

http://cdn.hiphopwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/6yi0n2v.gif

lotta standing around and watching.

I know it's only game 2 but FUCK'EM!
Rose hits the toughest shot he took all game

about him at least

>I know it's only game 2 but FUCK'EM!
>Rose hits the toughest shot he took all game


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Rose hit both of those shots
It's a win though.
And I can't stand losing to the Knicks of all teams.
So I'm glad we pulled it out.

...he was gonna walk in to the season primed.
I don't doubt he'll get there. The speed is definitely there.
Execution is off. Jumper is off.

I think what is important is that he does it writhing the framework of the team chemistry from last year. Boozer Deng and Butler all get looks and chances to produce so as long as he keeps them flowing efficiently, he can work his beadtmode into the flow.


Midseason he will be able to turn it on and off and be a better facilitator.


Watching Jordan all of those years, part of what made him great was the ability to go bananas at the flip of a switch. Jordan would start out strong, and if the Bulls had a lead, work the offense and God forbid the came was close or we were down in the 4th....it would be a wrap and he would go Jordan.


That being said, as long as he comes through in the clutch and get us out to decent lead, quarters 2-3 can be all Deng Boozer and Butler getting money.

Boozer Deng
>and Butler all get looks and chances to produce so as long as
>he keeps them flowing efficiently, he can work his beadtmode
>into the flow.

Yeah, I think he's getting them the ball, but they seem to all be jumpers.
And outside of Boozer, they haven't been hitting them.
Which forces Rose to, dare I say it, turn the Bulls into the Knicks...ha.

I think they'll be running good by NOV/DEC.

and the w's really miss jack. they don't have a good secondary ballhandler and they're throwing the rock all over the place.

Doesn't seem so long ago he was getting stepped over by AI.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9910380

bulls still don't have enough on offense

He pushed him back and didn't back down, plus talked shit lol.

I was just pointing out that he is a cunty douche aka australian

I can't really get too angry about losing on a shot like that. I thought Felton and Tyson had it defended well. Rose is just Rose, though.

It'd be nice if the Knicks would run actual plays late in close games. Maybe someday.

On a positive note, Tyson looks healthy and has been really solid so far. That Tyson-Melo-Shumpert-Felton-Hardaway Jr. lineup late in the game looked real good, too.

But turnovers into transition is a death knell.

eeesssshhhh

no daylight and he's still hittin

no off the dribble game.

Curry and CP3 are having fantastic games.

Curry got them 9 TOs though.

I mean we all knew that coming into the season, but this might really be a landmark year in OKS posting.

He allowed Steph to work off the ball for easy looks, Klay didn't have to handle the ball or play off the dribble (two things he is mediocre at), and Toney Douglas is an inconsistent decision maker.

If you have the personnel to really crowd and haggle Steph for 48 mins, you can force turnovers out of him and the other ball-handlers.

And I'd rather have a few years of Iggy.

They should probably stagger Iggy and Steph's minutes a bit, I understand getting Steph off the ball to get better looks, but he really is a guy who shoots just as good off the dribble too. Meanwhile the Warriors 2nd unit doesn't have that same punch without Jack and Carl Landry. Warriors are gonna be real dangerous but it's hard to take them as a serious title contender until they get some source of inside scoring.

Having primary ball handling duties while getting hounded is a tiring exercise plus Coach Jackson expects full effort on the defensive end....JJ allowed Steph to get easy looks without having to do much work which conserves his stamina and thus makes the rest of his game better. Some of these turnovers tonight by Steph are tired turnovers and I can't even blame him because there are no other primary ball-handlers on the court and CP3/Collison have been applying a lot of ball pressure.

>Having primary ball handling duties while getting hounded is
>a tiring exercise plus Coach Jackson expects full effort on
>the defensive end....JJ allowed Steph to get easy looks
>without having to do much work which conserves his stamina and
>thus makes the rest of his game better. Some of these
>turnovers tonight by Steph are tired turnovers and I can't
>even blame him because there are no other primary
>ball-handlers on the court and CP3/Collison have been applying
>a lot of ball pressure.

2 extra games for the matt barnes/draymond green bogut/deandre jordan suspensions.

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Doesn't work like that, Skittles.