Bulls Plan B is Better than Plan A

Bear Pride said:

Well, I could debate the heck outa this as ya'll know, but at this point, we just need to see some teams play, imo.....

Melo isn't really known for his D as we know. He can shoot the ball great, give 25-30/ game, but most of all, hit a big shot at the end of the game, right?

For me, I always questioned his last second shot ability. I never put him in the clutch club like some other guys. That was always my concern with him. For me, when I see him stay in NY and not force a S&T, and maybe do a 2 yr contract, I question his desire to win. But hey, that's my opinion before the trolls .....

The question really is..... will the Bulls be able to manufacture shots at crunch time? The Bulls have proved everything else, imo. But can they score at the end of games? Right? I believe they will, but we shall see. :dunno:

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clonetrooper264 said:

Hm...I thought Melo was a clutch player actually. But we know Rose can hit game winners so there's that as well. We know Rose can do it in the clutch...the whole league does. That's sort of why we need someone else that can make a shot when the entire defense collapses on Rose. Someone that plays a John Paxson/Steve Kerr role would do imo, but it's always nice to have a Pippen or even a Kukoc. I'm not sure if we have anyone like any of those guys...I guess we have the Pax/Kerr role in McD.

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Bear Pride said:

Don't mean to disrespect Melo, but I'm just not sure Melo's 27/8/3 is better than Pau's post up, Dougie's 3 pt, and Niko's all around matchup game. :dunno:

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CODE_BLUE56 said:

I am. Also Melo is one of the better clutch performers in the league.

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Bear Pride said:

When I see him in a big game and he hits the last shot, I'll agree with you.

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Bear Pride said:

Don't mean to disrespect Melo, but I'm just not sure Melo's 27/8/3 is better than Pau's post up, Dougie's 3 pt, and Niko's all around matchup game. :dunno:

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clonetrooper264 said:

The prevailing logic is that shot creator >>>>>>>>

Now I don't think it's quite as cut and dry as that, but I do think it'd be nice to have that a little more so than the depth we have now. I still think the team will compete and do well, but I think it's quite possible that the lack of secondary shot creation will come back to bite us at some point.

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Scoot26 said:

Eastern Conference Finals vs Cleveland.

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clonetrooper264 said:

Was I that obvious?

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Scoot26 said:

Haha


And if Rose is hurt, its another 1st round exit.

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