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Bulls Schedule Leaked

koskinar — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:49:50 -0000

[Note by your friendly BullsBlogger, 08/04/09 10:29 AM CDT: Original FanShot is below. Some sleuths found the pdf of the Bulls schedule, but it's since been taken down. I'll just run with it as the official schedule, if it's not...well that'd be good too, since the opening stretch is as tough as usual. If only we could watch an actual contending team and not worry about schedule quirks! -ed.]

http://www.nba.com/media/bulls/schedule_0910.pdf

..and Steve Schanwald already heard to be planning the LOVE IT LIVE...where former NBA champions meet.

The GarPaxDorf must be proud

October-November

29th - vs San Antonio Spurs
30th - @ Boston Celtics
1st - @ Miami Heat
3rd - vs Milwaukee Bucks
5th - @ Cleveland Cavaliers
7th - vs Charlotte Bobcats
10th - vs. Denver Nuggets
11 th - @ Toronto Raptors
14th - vs Philadelphia 76'ers
17th - @ Sacramento Kings
19th - @ Los Angeles Lakers
21st - @ Denver Nuggets
23rd - @ Portland Trail Blazers
26th - @ Utah Jazz
30th - @ Milwaukee Bucks

December:

2nd - vs Detroit Pistons
4th - @ Cleveland Cavaliers
5th - vs Toronto Raptors
8th - vs New Jersey Nets
9th - @ Atlanta Hawks
11th - vs Golden State Warriors
12th - vs Boston Celtics
15th - vs Los Angeles Lakers
17th - vs New York Knicks
19th - vs Atlanta Hawks
21st - vs Sacramento Kings
22nd - @ New York Knicks
26th - vs New Orleans Hornets
29th - vs Indiana Pacers
31st - @ Detroit Pistons

January:

2nd - vs Orlando Magic
4th - vs Oklahoma City Thunder
5th - @ Charlotte Bobcats
8th - @ Milwaukee Bucks
9th - vs Minnesota Timberwolves
11th - vs Detroit Pistons
14th - @ Boston Celtics
15th - vs Washington Wizards
18th - @ Golden State Warriors
20th - @ Los Angeles Clippers
22nd - @ Phoenix Suns
23rd - @ Houston Rockets
25th - @ San Antonio Spurs
27th - @ Oklahoma City Thunder
29th - @ New Orleans Hornets

February:

2nd - vs Los Angeles Clippers
3rd - @ Philadelphia 76'ers
5th - @ Atlanta Hawks
6th - vs Miami Heat
9th - @ Indiana Pacers
10th - vs Orlando Magic
-- ALL-STAR BREAK --
16th - vs New York Knicks
17th - @ New York Knicks
19th - @ Minnesota Timberwolves
20th - vs Philadelphia 76'ers
22nd - @ Washington Wizards
24th - vs Indiana Pacers
26th - vs Portland Trail Blazers
27th - @ Indiana Pacers

March:

1st - vs Atlanta Hawks
4th - vs Memphis Grizzlies
6th - vs Dallas Mavericks
9th - vs Utah Jazz
11th - @ Orlando Magic
12th - @ Miami Heat
16th - @ Memphis Grizzlies
17th - @ Dallas Mavericks
19th - vs Cleveland Cavaliers
20th - @ Philadelphia 76'ers
22nd - vs Houston Rockets
25th - vs Miami Heat
27th - vs New Jersey Nets
28th - @ Detroit Pistons
30th - vs Phoenix Suns

April:

2nd - @ Washington Wizards
3rd - vs Charlotte Bobcats
6th - vs Milwaukee Bucks
8th - vs Cleveland Cavaliers
9th - @ New Jersey Nets
11th - @ Toronto Raptors
13th - vs Boston Celtics
14th - @ Charlotte Bobcats

Will the fans boycott this year to send a strong message to the Pargo led Bulls?

Offseason thoughts

koskinar — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:26:59 -0000

We all know how badly this season went.Team in a completely mess.The whole coaching staff with or without Scott Skiles was tuned out from the get go.

I really do not know what Paxson is thinking right now but selecting a new coach will be crucial.

He has to bring someone here that will command the respect from the players.Also the coaching staff.Ron Adams,Pete Myers?What have they offered the past years?Get them out of there.They are of no use and certainly a new coaching staff with different ideas and different approach will very well be welcomed.

In-game adjustments:This better be a good trait of the new coach since we lacked it with the Skiles/Boylan regime.

I've been following the Bulls since 1986 and really I cannot remember a Bulls team so dead on the court.It's a miracle to me that they've managed to win 31 games.

Cab things be possibly so bad?Have the players regressed?Were the Kobe Bryant trade rumors so hard for Deng and Gordon to swallow?

These questions and many more I pray John Paxson has answers for soon enough.The offseason is right around the corner for us and it starts on Wednesday midnight for us.

Step one for me is to get the right coach in here and apparently there seem to be only 3 viable options right now:Larry Brown,Rick Carlisle and Jeff Van Gundy.

Get a coach here to clear the air.Talk to the players and sit down with Paxson and start planning about next year.

Determine which players could be moved and quite frankly manage to get some trades going that will net us two ex-All Stars on the move.

I'm thinking Jermaine O'Neal and Ron Artest.Clearly we striked out on the Garnett and Gasol boat so Paxson just for once must realize that risks should be taken in order to get stuck out of mediocrity land.

Now I'm talking about two players that are questionable in terms of injury and mind but clearly these guys will be the two best players on the team.Given that Gordon and Deng are basically hard to trade now(sign and trades won't be easy especially for the cash they are looking) and the value of Hinrich and Nocioni isnt at their highest we could rely on the contracts of Hughes and Gooden who have played better for us since their arrival in Chicago.

Quite possibly we might have to give up the 9th pick in one of those deals.There also will be the mid level exception to use on a player.

I do not know about the rest of you but there has to be a major shake up.Come to think about it.
A Gordon-Artest-Deng-O'Neal-Noah lineup looks good on paper with tyrus switching for O'Neal or Noah.

Get a good point guard a GOOd coach and this team can compete.

I'd certainly like to hear your ideas to get the Bulls out of this mess.

Trade Rumor[Hornets247.com] Gordon+Griffin for Wright,Butler,Armstrong

koskinar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:25:22 -0000

http://hornets247.com/post.php?id=471#comments

Considering how bad we are at developing young players I wonder if this is to avoid paying Gordon.Might as well dump the slow footed Deng.

Like it or not "Rebuilding Part 4" is upon us.

It is clear to me that Gordon won't play another game for the Bulls.The bad ending of the contract negotiations of Deng and Gordon had an enormous effect on their play.

This group isnt going anywhere.Might as well give the keys to Noah,Thomas and Sefolosha and Nocioni.

Keep Nocioni...he is the only one with guts on this roster.

Paxson should look to dump Hinrich,Wallace and Deng until the offseason.

These players have made the Bulls almost unwatchable.

Oh..did i mention we need a new coach?