D-Rose and the Bulls.

        First of all, this is something I can write a lot about, so I should put on sunglasses, leather gloves, crack my knuckles, and write. D-Rose is going to miss another season because of a torn right meniscus. Last time he tore his right meniscus he was out for the whole season. He will probably out a full season again, and that means pain for Chicago. Chicago is Rose's hometown, and he brought the team out of a huge hole and became the youngest MVP in history at 22. Chicago loves him, he loves Chicago. The fact that he will be out for what will be the most important part of the season is really cry-worthy. He was our court-leader, averaging 18.4 PPG, 5 APG, worse than any of his other seasons, but still a good point-guard. We will have to have a huge effort by Aaron Brooks, who can score way better than Kirk Hinrich. Noah also needs to score more points, and be better on the offensive side of things. Brooks is the key to go to the ECF's, 10.6 PPG, 2.7 APG. Brooks can make anything he throws up at the basket, we need him to score 15 points in the playoffs, at-least, to win a game against the Cavs. Brooks should start starting over Hinrich, and we should only put Hinrich in when we need his defense, and veteran leadership. Noah has to be a double-double guy every game, he has averaged 7.2 PPG, and 12.2 REB in his last ten games. He needs to work on his offensive post moves to score, or he can be used as a floor general like last season. We know Noah can play a 'Center-Guard' position, so if we can, we should put Noah as a floor General and put in Taj Gibson with him. Taj has to be our go-to post guy if Noah is the floor general from the middle. Taj can score, we just need to get the ball into his hands.
          Jimmy Butler has just graced the Sports Illustrated cover, hopefully he'll be even better the second half of the season. We need him to be our, less crazy, Russell Westbrook, who can take a hit during a drive and make the free-throws. He has been awesome at that, so we need to get the ball to him in crunch time situations. He averages 20.2 PPG, 3.3 APG, 5.9 RPG, and shoots 84% at the line. Jimmy is doing exactly what he needs to be doing, and now that Rose is gone, he needs to score more now that he has the ball more. That's the only way we can win in the playoffs.
         We could also get back Nate Robinson, who is a free agent, he would instantly solve all of our problems. Nate thrived on Thibs' system when he was here, making miracles happen for an injury ridden team. He scored 23 points in the 4th quarter against the Nets, leading a team who was losing by a dozen with 2 and a half minutes to go to a 3OT victory. He was the heart of the Bulls team, crazy enough to take impossible shots, good enough to make them. We can get Bairstow of our roster and get Robinson. I don't know how that will work but please make it happen.
        This is not the end for the Bulls though, I have a strong feeling we will make it to the ECF's and take the Cavs to 7. I don't is we will win or not, that will be up to Jimmy Butler, or Taj Gibson, those are the true game-changers we have. Nate would be great to have by that time, he then would replace Gibson as the game changer. I still have the Bulls to go to the Finals, with Jimmy taking us there, playing lock-down defense on LeBron. That's all I have for now.
                                                                               --KSP--

Announcement...

Before I write I will notify that my long article over NBA All-Star voting will try to come out tomorrow, I will try hard.
      James Harden is the best player in the NBA right now, which means he is the best in the world right now. Out of active players of course. He leads the league with 27.3 PPG, and is the leading candidate for MVP. The beard was once a sixth man in Oklahoma, if you can imagine, I still am pissed about that trade OKC did. It seems like everyone else is over it except me and the OKC fans. The trade happened, it sucks, life is that way, but it feels so much worse. The Thunder were a thriving young team the year they made it to the finals, a group of 3 young fellas in Kevin Durant ,Russell Westbrook, and occasionally Serge Ibaka was held together by the beard. He kept everything together, in offense and defense. OKC did not know it at the time, and because of that ignorance, the lasting image of OKC to date is the one where KD, Russ, and Harden are on the bench, towel on KD's head, and James harden in the middle, just keeping it all together.

 
       To be honest I want to cry when I see this because this is the last time they will see the Finals. Russ and KD won't get there again, unless KD goes to Washington and whoops the living S*** out of my Chicago Bulls on the way to the ECF's. Westbrook is a bomb, ready to explode, a 40 point scorer on average it seems, but if OKC keeps him, he won't get there either. I know, I know, everybody said all this a year ago when they just let it go, but this is my farewell to the good, young, OKC we once loved. I pray Russ will lead a team to a long winning streak to make it to the Playoffs.
       Harden notched a Triple-Double last night in a win over Minnesota. He had 31 Pts, 11 Reb, 10 Ast, 1 Stl, 4 Blk.
       KD has undergone a procedure to address "increased soreness" in his surgically repaired right foot. He is sidelined.
      Russ has a Triple-Double with 20 Pts, 10 Ast, 11 Reb with 4:20 to go in the 4th against the Pacers. Thunder are winning.
                                                                          --KSP--

News and Stuff...

Alright so a whole lot of trades happened yesterday this is how I think of it:
The Minnesota Timberwolves trade Thaddeus Young to the Brooklyn Nets for Kevin Garnett. Kevin Garnett is aging rapidly it seems, feels like the last time he was in minnesota it was like 25 years ago. I wonder how the fans will react to a hero coming back, it's not like Cleveland who immediately became a title front-runner as soon as they got their home-town hero back. Minnesota is very bad and will likely play KG less than young think, just because he is a bit older than everyone else, but still he will make an emotional (but not an effective) impact. Thad is a pretty good player, solid as a whole, he has an 14.3 PPG, 2.8 APG, 5.1 RPG average this season.
       Goran Dragic was traded to Miami along with his brother Zoran. Goran will make a big impact for Miami who will now have a great slash and cut PG. Phoenix acquired Danny Grager from Miami and John Salmons from the Pelicans. Granger is a role-player who averages 6.3 PPG, and 2.7 RPG, he will be a great fit for Phoenix who is aiming to get deeper. The Pelicans got Norris Cole from Miami he is an exciting player who can shine with his quickness and is also a good come-off-the-bench player.
     Before you read this please take a few stress relievers. Alright so you know how good the Bucks are doing right? They're doing very well and they are over .500. Their best player is Brandon Knight and he averages 17.8 PPG, 5.4 APG, and 1.6 STL. That is great! But the Bucks made a move that had me like:

They traded a 41% 3-point shooter in Brandon Knight for Michael Carter-Williams the 76er who shoots 33% from behind the arch. He is also only a 50% finisher near the basket. MCW averages 15 PPG, 7.4 APG, 6.2 RPG, which is worse than Knight. The Bucks also lose Kendall Marshall, the Greek Freak's best buddy to Phoenix which is bad for the morale. MCW also tends shoots more so we will have to see how the team handles it. I hope the Bucks made the right decision getting MCW, Tyler Ennis, and Miles Plumlee.
     I'm trying not to end this on a sad note so lets go to the Thunder trade.
Detroit acquires: PG Reggie Jackson (from Thunder)
Oklahoma City acquires: C Enes Kanter (from Jazz), SF Steve Novak (from Jazz), PG D.J. Augustin (from Pistons), SF Kyle Singler (from Pistons)
Utah acquires: Kendrick Perkins (from Thunder), PF Grant Jerrett (from Thunder), rights to Tibor Pleiss, draft picks. OKC got a great player in Enes Kanter, and  great back-up in D.J. Augustin. Utah got some veteran spirit from Kendrick Perkins, and Detroit got the explosive Reggie Jackson.
     But the real team which won at the deadline was Houston. Houston got the monster in K.J. McDaniels, who is a freaking monster in defense and offense, blocking and dunking is his calling. Houston now has the best exciting player in the league.
                                                                           --KSP--

Westbrook scores 27 in first half of All-Star game...

TNT Commentator: Come out to see basketball at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Me: I don't really care...
TNT: Russell Westbrook will be playing...
Me:

Slam Dunk Review...

       Truth is, I wanted Giannis Antetokounmpo to win the dunk contest because he is my favorite player in the league and is probably going to be an All-Star in one or two years. Giannis probably was the worst dunker out of all of them, but he is still really good compared to the other players in the league. Giannis tried to do a high-lob dunk but failed in his first turn, where he got a 30. But his second one was a better dunk, with help from his brother, Thanasis, he completed a swing-down, reverse dunk which was pretty cool. This is my portrayal of it.

       Mason Plumlee was a little better than our beloved Greek Freak. He jumped over his brother Miles Plumlee for his second dunk, which was a little better than the first dunk. He didn't fully jump over him, he needed a lot of help from miles, pushing him up more to get over the tall guy. It was pretty sick, but his home crowd didn't help him too much.
      Victor Oladipo came in as my pick to win it, I've been following him since he was in Indiana, where he threw down an amazing 360-dunk, which he has done in the NBA before. I also knew he was a good singer so I wasn't as surprised as other when Vic came out singing about New York in a fedora, he was already a Hoosier singer in college. He had a specatacular dunk that no one expected, I personally think it was the great dunk, but Zach LaVine had more good dunks. I don't know if I can draw this on a computer because it was insanely elaborate, but the video is here. Let me try to draw this.

     Zach LaVine was incredible. He took off a warm-up jersey to reveal a "Space Jam" Jordan jersey, which was already really cool. He then threw the ball up and measured the hoop, then he took care of business with a super high between the legs dunk. His head even touched the rim. The crowd went crazy, NBA stars like Russell Westbrook, James Harden jumped out of their seats, the greatest dunker of all time, Dr.J, Julius Erving was totally stunned. The coolest player to ever live, Walt 'Clyde' Frazier was totally impressed and covered his mouth in amazement. He got a perfect score. But Zach was not going to finish with that great dunk, he had more n his arsenal. Zach LaVine is only 19 by the way. Would he manage to get the crowd on their feet again? He did when he threw down a behind-the-back dunk. The dunk was not as high as his first dunk, but he managed to put it behind his back and ascend up to the hoop one-handed. He was so calm while doing this too, he could've kept going higher if he wanted to as pointed out by Kenny Smith. The last two dunks were weaker than his first but Zach still managed to earn the trophy. It was a great performance.

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                                                                            --KSP--

Bulls Beat Cavs+ All-Star INFO...

         The Chicago Bulls finally beat the Cavs, and the did it without Jimmy Butler. When I heard that Jimmy would not play I thought we were going to get beat again, because the already beat us two times, but at the early stages of the game, I found hope with Pau Gasol's dominating jump-shots and in the post plays. Pau ended up with 18 points and 10 rebounds, he will be playing against his brother in the All-Star game, his brother Marc Gasol will also start making them the first brothers to start against each other in the All-Star game. I was afraid that D-Rose would not play well against the Cavs, which is kind of surprising because who would've thought I would be more scared of him not playing well than being scared of him tearing another ligament. Rose did not tear a ligament but he tore the defense of the Cavaliers with explosive and freaky fast lay-ups and his signature loop under the basket to score an easy (for him) bucket. He ended up with 30 points and 7 assists. Joakim Noah could have silently notched a triple-double if he stayed on the court a little longer, him being a great passing center, could've easily notched 3 more assists to put up 10 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, but he only got 7 assists. The Cavs were lead by LeBron who didn't want to win as much as the Bulls causing his mentality to shift as he turned the ball over 10 times. LeBron posted up 31 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast amidst that but it was still not the best game for him as the All-Star weekend comes and gives hardworking players, like him, a break. The Bulls won 113-98
          Mo'ne Davis will play in the NBA Celebrity Game for the first time, she is an insanely talented Little-League player and will certainly play well against some older celebrities she will play against. Kevin Hart will also be playing for another Celebrity game MVP, that is, arguably, the only thing he takes seriously. I'm joking, the hardworking comedian has made a lot this year and last year, being in many movies. Ansel Elgort will also be there, one of the stars in the movie every teen loves 'The Fault in Our Stars'. Those are some of the notables playing in the game but many more will also be in the line-ups.
         Meanwhile the NBA Rising Stars challenge will be set to take place, USA aginst The World will be the match-up. On the USA team we have-
Trey Burke (Jazz)- 12.6 PPG, 4.7 APG, 2.6 RPG.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Pistons)- 12 PPG, 1.1 APG, 3.1 RPG (one of the few players I've seen in person).
Robert Covington (76ers)- 13.1 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 4.7 RPG.
Zach LaVine (T'Wolves)- 7.6 PPG, 3.2 APG, 2.1 RPG (in Slam Dunk Contest).
Shabazz Muhammad (T'Wolves)- 13.6 PPG, 1 APG, 4.1 RPG.
Nerlens Noel (76ers)- 8.2 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 1.7 BLK.
Victor Oladipo (Magic)- 16.6 PPG, 3.8 APG, 4.1 RPG (in Slam Dunk Contest- one of my favorite players since he was in Indiana)
Elfrid Payton (Magic)- 7.9 PPG, 5.7 APG, 3.7 RPG (he has crazy hair).
Mason Plumlee (Nets)- 10.3 PPG, 7 RPG, 1 BLK (in Slam Dunk Contest)
Cody Zeller (Hornets)- 7.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG.
On The World Team we have-
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks)- 12 PPG, 2.5 APG, 6.6 RPG (in Slam Dunk Contest- my favorite player). This sums him up.
Bojan Bogdanovic (Nets)- 7.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG.
Matthew Dellavedova (Cavs)- 4.2 PPG, 2.9 APG, 1.8 RPG.
Gorgui Dieng (T'Wolves)- 9.5 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 1.7 BLK (been following since he was @ Louisville).
Dante Exum (Jazz)- 4.7 PPG, 2.3 APG, 1.5 RPG.
Rudy Gobert (Jazz)- 6.9 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 2.2 BLK.
Nikola Mirotic (Bulls- Hell YEAH!)- 7.1 PPG, 4.2 RPG.
Kostas Papanikolaou (Rockets)- 4.7 PPG, 2.1 APG,3 RPG.
Dennis Schroder (Hawks)- 8.5 PPG, 3.5 APG, 2 RPG (I wrote a whole article about this guy).
and last but not least..
ANDREW WIGGINS (T'Wolves)-15.2 PPG, 2 APG, 4.3 RPG.
Those are the main things I think are important.
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                                                                               --KSP--

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Theory Tuesday

          It'd be cooler as Theory Thursday but naw, I'm good. Coach Pop reached 1000 wins, even making his print on the league bigger. Espn thinks the Bulls are the 11th best team, and I would disagree because the Clippers have lost a few after Blake Griffin got injured and have not gotten back on their feet yet. Dallas is 3-11 against the playoff teams in the west and have lost to the Bulls, so I'm not convinced. Milwaukee deserves to be higher than Phoenix, Giannis erupted for 27 points  and 15 rebounds  against Houston, they are also now a threat. Cleveland is on an easy schedule, that's why they are winning all these games, but they'll hopefully lose to the Bulls in Chicago on Thursday. That'll for sure get the Bulls' ranking up. I'm still working on a big article, so I'm not posting as much.
          There is a new donut place opening up in town, in other news, it looks pretty good. Google still doesn't recognize the word 'donut', only referring to it as 'doughnut' which is kind of weird. I have no school on Thursday or the following Monday, so I can watch the Bulls games in peace. Dwyane Wade is the latest to not be able to play in the All-Star game, he along with Kobe, Blake Griffin, and maybe Davis who will not play in their starting spots (or at all) in the game. Make way for Jimmy Buckets, take that starting spot.
          There is a cool thing on NBA.com that you can make a mount Rushmore of your favorite NBA players, or the players you think are the best. This is mine
 
Pretty cool right, unfortunately Nate Robinson wasn't possible to put on.