Glad you joined us over here.

This is what Woody said week before last:

“I’ve got to get back to that somehow,” Woodson said. “And I know I keep saying that, but eventually we will. We’ll have guys in and out. I want to try to, at least, get to nine or 10 deep that we’re playing on a regular basis.”

So if Woody admits that he’s not fully utilizing his bench, why is there this “need” for a blogger to “support the claim”?

The Hawks use their bench just as much as other NBA teams, and more than a few.It’s one thing to be concerned about JJ playing 40 minutes a game, it’s another to claim the entire bench was underutilized.

Anyway, nice fan blog, one of the best.Cheers!

Go Hawks!

As for the +/- you put too much thought into it. It simply says how the score of the game changes while you are on the court. If your team outscores the opponent by 10 points while you are in the game, you get a +10 for the game. If the other team outscores your team by 5 while you are in the game, you get -5. The tally is only on for a player while he is playing.

Even if you are scoring, you have to get defensive stops to get a +. If boths teams score the same amount while a player is in the game, he gets a 0.

BWAF

Vinny, on the other hand, would make your high school coach cringe if someone on TV would break down the tapes. No spacing, no offensive lanes, their sets are woefully inconsistent. A lot of times, I see pick up teams in the gym with more offensive continuity. On the other hand, I do have to agree with the criticism of Paxton for a part of that — because I really can’t figure out how that team is built to win consistently.

In that regard, Woody and Vinny are alike — both have teams that are not exactly built to their strengths in coaching. But, at least Woody (as stubborn as he is) has a plan and a team mold he’s trying (for five years now) to make work. And I can see the effort in the players to make it work. It’s just that sometimes we can all see where he’s trying to put round pegs into square holes — especially at the 5.

I just don’t see the same effort from Vinny’s Bulls — and they may have more talent. Plus, I’m always hearing how he’s ‘lost’ the team in the locker room — and that’s never a good sign in a player-driven league like the NBA.

Later,

Don!

In all seriousness, I think he’s a pretty bad coach too, but I’m no fan of that roster John Paxson has put together. They really should ship everyone but Rose out.

And for those who complain that Josh Smith doesn’t have basketball IQ — Tyrus Thomas is what Josh Smith WOULD be without basketball IQ.

Vinny Del Negro.

Let me say it again … Vinny Del Negro.

He is to NBA coaching what Harry Potter is to French cooking. Somewhere there is a village deprived of its idiot because Vinny is in Chicago.

Heck, let me say it again: Chicago Bulls head coach, Vinny Del Negro. I think Ray and Ando could use this forum to coach the Bulls for a game and do better than … Vinny Del Negro.

Seriously, we’d all just have to watch the game on NBA TV or on the web. Ray and Ando would have to have their laptops on, and just feed the guys on the court the plays we post on the blog, and the rotations we type in. Either that, or maybe the Bulls can find those elephants from the circus that picked Florida to beat Oklahoma in the NCAA BCS championship game. Heck, we’d all work for peanuts and be better for the Bulls than Vinnie Del Negro.

Later,

Don!

Don, did I just see the Bulls take Deng out of the game on their final posession of regulation after he made the defensive play of the game coming up with a steal…… nevermind, he just hit 2 big 3’s in overtime