Bulls Title Contenders?

[edwacalder]

Everyone talking about the Bulls can win the title this year....

[nine11]

They can, the bulls just picked up All-star Ben Wallace.
Adding all-star defense to the best young defensive team.
The Bulls already took Miami to a 6 game series in the 1st round. Now that Shaq is even older and Zo and GP might not even come back.
Bulls got a good shot this year.

[Stealth]

They'll make it to the playoffs. But they won't win a title. No team does there first year together.

[Prospect]

^true...

but wallace isnt some kind of savior, they still gotta play right

plus, their drafts/trades have just as much potential as wallace, so really wat it'll come down to is how well the new ppl will work with the existing players

[Mister Official]

No. They won't win a title any time soon.

[J.Reddz]

Originally Posted by Stealth

They'll make it to the playoffs. But they won't win a title. No team does there first year together.

I guess you missed the 05-06 NBA finals, while if you didn't know the Miami Heat won (series 4-2). If you didn't know the team's roster was almost completly different from last year, and considering the fact that they didn't get to play a geat deal of games altoghather they did a pretty good job of coming togather and playing as a team. I know that did get Big Ben thats a big plus but as great as he is he still lacks height. And the reason why that wasn't much of a problem was because of the tall and talented supporting cast that surrounded him (esp. sheed). Dude can hold his own as Shaq pointed out to the press. Chi town just got a litttle smaller gotta have a decent tall guy down in the paint. The team also needs to solve that problem with Ben Gordan who is not willing to make his career as being the greates sixth man of all time. If you wanna talk about a team to look out for in the East then I would consider the Milwaukee, just look at the very talented and young (minus 3 players) roster. Nuff said I'm put peace out y'all.

[Ruck]

no way.

and im betting on ben wallace not playing well and not winning DPOY.

[DaVe E BuRnOuT]

ima Twolves fan 4 life..But i do believe that the bulls got a legitamate chance...they already had a good team..now wid wallace n what they did in the draft they just may have a great team..so yeah i do thinks its a possiblity fosho..
PLus there bout to get jr smith from NO wid Pj Brown for tyson chandler..i think thats a shit trade for NO but great for the bulls JR Can Slam His ass off

[Stealth]

Originally Posted by J.Reddz

I guess you missed the 05-06 NBA finals, while if you didn't know the Miami Heat won (series 4-2). If you didn't know the team's roster was almost completly different from last year, and considering the fact that they didn't get to play a geat deal of games altoghather they did a pretty good job of coming togather and playing as a team. I know that did get Big Ben thats a big plus but as great as he is he still lacks height. And the reason why that wasn't much of a problem was because of the tall and talented supporting cast that surrounded him (esp. sheed). Dude can hold his own as Shaq pointed out to the press. Chi town just got a litttle smaller gotta have a decent tall guy down in the paint. The team also needs to solve that problem with Ben Gordan who is not willing to make his career as being the greates sixth man of all time. If you wanna talk about a team to look out for in the East then I would consider the Milwaukee, just look at the very talented and young (minus 3 players) roster. Nuff said I'm put peace out y'all.

First of All. The first year Miami's new team was put together was 04-05-The additions of Shaq etc..That year they lost to the Detroit Pistons. Then in 05-06 with the a roster that added 2 new starters they beat the detroit pistons, and went on to win the nba championship..But there were already at the level to face the pistons and they lost....They still didn't win it there first year..So what I said was correct....No team wins it there first year together, or has not yet..If the bulls would have went to the semi-finals and lost this year then added Ben wallace maybe they could win it all this year. But they didn't.

In the NBA it's almost an unwrittin rule that you fail once before you successed. It happens with all great teams. The Lakers when Magic played, The bulls the first time they went with Jordan, The Heat who got very close 04-05 n lost but came back 05-06 to win it.

No team has never just came out of anywhere and won the championship..As of yet.

[J.Reddz]

So tell me this than smart guy what makes the Chicgao Bulls a new team? In the off-season following the 04-05 season the Miami Heats' roster changed almost completly with only five players remaining from the previous season, and two of which barely played this year. Almost everybody in the NBA society was agreed that Pat Riley had made a mistake by changing up the whole Heat roster when they had been so successful in the previous 04-05 season. The only reason why the Heat did not beat the Pistons last year was because almost their whole team was injured. If the Heat didn't win this year, Pat would be critized as making one of biggest fuck ups in NBA history. Even after 82 games and going into the playoffs this year they were stil a new team; as a team they didn't even play more than 20 games togather. They didn't get enough time to build team chemistry as you could tell in the first round against the Bulls. Wade and GP arguing and Walker not knowing where he'd fit into the syste. Shit if the Miami Heats 05-06 roster is not considered a new team than I don't know what the fuck a new team is, fuck I guess I don't know shit about basketball. So tell me this what makes the Heat's 05-06 team not new and the Bull's up coming 06-07 team a new team.

[Stealth]

The fact is. The Heat had the opportunity to win the championship 04-05.. They were one series away, but they failed. Then they came back and won it in the 05-06. No matter what happened to the roster the stats and facts show they were one series short of the championship the year before they won it. Which has been like that for almost every team. The lakers with kobe and shaq, the bulls with jordan, the lakers with magic. The Rockets. The Spurs. Every team has tasted it, and had it taken from there mouths before they got it.


The bulls have not been that close yet. When they get that close they will lose. Then maybe they will come back and win it. Nomatter how much the roster changes thats a fact, thats how it's been. You can argue all you'd like. But no team/In the last 20 years has just come out of first round of the playoffs one year to win the championship the next year.-That's my arguement, and that's a factual arguement. Can the bulls be the first to do it, yes..But I highly doubt it.

[Mister Official]

The Bulls will make the playoffs.. because the East doesnt have more than a handful of legitimate title contenders so the 5-8 spots are easily obtained. But they will lose in the first round. They are still too young and yes, Ben Wallace does bring a veteran to the team, but he doesnt bring interior scoring which they desperately need.

[Stealth]

At this point the Cavs are still ranked higher than the bulls in the East, With the bulls having Ben Wallace or not.

[Prospect]

thrax...thomas can be that interior scoring

see, it bein chicago thou...who knows

they could go like 30-52 and not make the play offs or win their divsion and be a strong contender...only thing we can do is wait n see

[Mister Official]

Originally Posted by Stealth

At this point the Cavs are still ranked higher than the bulls in the East, With the bulls having Ben Wallace or not.

Damn right.

1. Heat
2. Pistons
3. Cavs
4. Nets
5. Bulls
6. Bucks
7. Wizards
8. Pacers/Hornets

Thats how I see it coming into this season.