Catch Up Time

Buenos Dias, sorry for the two week abscence. Midterm exams will do that.

To the now, I'll have to address that with a 20-30 record, the Bulls are still very much in the playoff hunt.

All within two games or less are New Jersey, Indiana, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. Washington is doing their best tanking job by dropping their last six, now stooping at 24-25.

Remember at the beginning of the season people were saying how the East would get a little bit better with Garnett, Allen, Randolph coming over from the West. Maybe it only made it more top heavy, with Detroit and Boston just jogging along at the top. They might not even need to play their starters and still wrap up the top 2 seeds.

Orlando is right beneath the two heavyweights, but no one believes they can beat either the Green Machine or MoTown.

Back to Chicago, the Big Three (must do quotations hand gesture) are out with Gordon and his wrist, Deng and his back, and Kirk and his ribs.

I've read around, that people are questioning Ben and Luol. Both didn't get the contract extensions they wanted, and some are wondering if they really want to play right now. I can clearly understand where people are seeing this angle, but I'll go ahead and be the optimist, or the sucker, and say they are both truly hurt.

Having said that, I watched Gordon play against Seattle and Sacramento (he had 33), and I would say that wrist is looking pretty spry.

Everyone around the league has said what an outstanding young man Luol Deng is, that he wouldn't ever fake an injury, so who are we to say otherwise.

Props to Chris Duhon popping in 34--a career high--against Golden State. A huge win, playing with really the bench. Everyone played well against the running Warriors, and it just shows what many players around the league can do if they just get time. Give some players some burn off the pine and see what happens.

The game at Utah was close up until the end of the 3rd quarter. The Bulls made a late rally, then it just fell apart. The Jazz's pick and roll ended up killing Chicago down the stretch and they had no answer at the other end.