Front-court help needed for Bulls

Front-court help needed for Bulls

Postby bullsger on Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:46 am

Rose still leading the team in FG% (.479), the best front-court player is Gray with .452.

Other big men: Gooden .444, Noah .400 and Thomas with only .316. This is bad.

But where to find and get a big who can help? I don't know. Golden State don't want to trade Kaman or Camby. So they say at least.

Anyone have an idea?
Rose: "I want to be that guy. I want to be the reason why the Bulls are back to what they were [during the Michael Jordan era]."



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Re: Front-court help needed for Bulls

Postby bullsger on Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:52 am

Hollinger's take:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=BiggestDisappointments-081121

10. Chicago's frontcourt
Taken with lottery picks in consecutive drafts, Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah should be the Bulls' frontcourt of the future. They still might be, but the present is another matter.

Thomas' problem is a simple one -- his shots don't go in. He's hitting 29.0 percent, and his 38.1 true shooting percentage isn't much better. He's also turning the ball over too often, a side consequence of being forced to drive to the basket because his jumper can't find the net. While he has defended and rebounded reasonably well, the upshot has been a 9.47 PER -- not exactly what you'd expect from the fourth overall pick in the 2006 draft.

But at least Thomas is playing. Noah has been nailed to the bench, dropping behind 2007 second-rounder Aaron Gray in the rotation. And in his few opportunities he has fouled so often that he has rarely stayed on the floor for long. He's rebounding at a high rate and his PER isn't terrible, but he has made far too many defensive mistakes and is averaging a foul every 5.5 minutes. He averaged a foul every 8.9 minutes last season, so one hopes this is just an early-season fluke, but subjectively he has really looked out of it in the Bulls' games I've seen.
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