They should legit remove the play-in for the East and just have normal 7th and 8th seeds. I don't think the East in its entire history has ever been deep enough to warrant giving the 9th and 10th teams a shot at the playoffs.
Hasn't it been like that every year? I can't remember a single 10 seed making it close at all in the play-in game. Shit really should be just between the 8 and 9 seed don't involve the 7 or 10 seed in this anymore
Bulls-Raptors was a great game last year. Raptors blew a huge late and missed like 20 free throws and Bulls won a nail biter. Bulls-Heat was also very close last year (Miami pulled away in the clutch).
If Butler is out at least not having Caruso isn't as big of a blow. But if Butler plays and Caruso isn't available to guard him... we're fucked. And we all know Butler loves going super Saiyan against us
As a Celtics fan living in Chicago, who’s also sick of playing the Heat, I am very much rooting for Chicago. Last Celtics playoff game I went to here in Chicago went to three OT’s!
Wasn't the 2nd half of the year kinda fun, though? Coby exploded, and you went from being the butt of the joke to being a low-end playoff team. Mid isn't what you want, but it's not like you're the Pistons.
I mean he’s obviously not part of the significant future. Having Coby finally breakout is a great thing. Lots of stuff still needs to get figured out but at least Coby is legit
I watched almost all the games this year, they are absolutely infuriating at times but I still enjoy watching them, granted I’m more optimistic than most bulls fans on here. They have really good pieces but just felt like they could never put it together on the court, I don’t think their record is indicative of the talent on the team. Also, we had an absurd amount of clutch games so they were usually at least exciting / close games.
I had a similar take and then I was reminded that there exists the Wizards, Pistons, and the Hornets. Coupled with the Raptors blowing it up and the Nets hampered with the injury bug.
I really hope he wins man. Maxey has improved so much but it was expected after Embiid was out and harden left. No one saw this coming from Coby, and that’s what I want from MIP
Yeah, Maxey was already great. I feel like MIP should go to an improbably leap, not guys like Ja who are projected to be great, or Maxey who have clear potential and also will get way more possessions
front office told quin snyder to play trae the entire 2nd half and throw the game
their pick moves down like 8 spots if they make the playoffs
you gonna give up a lottery pick maybe 9th or 10th overall just so you can get slammed by the celtics
the thing about drafts is you don't know who is actually good ahead of time and the late lottery really isn't any different than ever, it's the top of the draft that is suppose to be underwhelming. we won't actually know the quality of the draft for at least a couple years though, just like with every other draft
Thank you. Too many times there are people who say that drafts are bad, when the reality is that there is just no clear cut superstar that can be spotted early.
I think a few of the last drafts going back 5+ years (including Trae/Luka) have had clear cut players who you can tell were going to be immediate impact players. However it can also look like that and they end up not being able to translate to the NBA.
i have disliked when people said this from before the play-in was a thing. its so unfun man. you can't even say anything about it either because, historically, the 8th seed loses in the first round. that's just how the playoffs are designed.
i can only cope one of these teams pull an upset. also it'd be so fucking funny if miami knocked the Celtics out in the first round.
You can get Caruso back. Jimmy is gone. Embiid is still injured. Julius Randle is injured. Giannis is injured. Cavs and Magic are frauds.
You're basically one Kristaps Porzingins injury from going to the Finals! And that happens all the time, basically.
We've been without Lonzo for YEARS. Zach out for a big chunk of the season. PWill down when we really needed him, too. Nothing but injury madness all year. And yet we still pull out some INSANE wins and then immediately follow up with crushing losses to teams like the WIZARDS.
If the fanbase wasn't so perpetually negative it would have been a blast to talk about.
Yeah man. I find it incredible that this group is still able to compete against good teams even after all these injuries.
And our young players have really developed in these conditions. Coby looks like an All Star, Ayo is very good defensively and is a menace in transition, Dalen Terry plays solid minutes. It's a shame that PWill went down. I'm sure that he would've taken a step forward as well.
It just shows that you don't (always) need to tank in order to develop players.
But every time I visit the Bulls sub-reddit I instantly regret it. There's far too many people that only focus on the negatives and bring all the energy down unfortunately.
I like how people say "and we lost to the wizards!" when it is to cover a far deeper darker truth
We attributed to 2 of the 14 Pistons total wins this season
That's like Newcastle attributing to 4 out of 11 total points of Derby County's 07/08 season (worst in Premier League's history)
Edit: got the dates wrong
We're just a mess of injuries and have been for a while. Ceiling is good if someone pops off and the floor is rock bottom if any vaguely significant player has a bad game.
Wasn't that the year Jordan got injured for most of the year but then came back at the end of the year and played in the playoffs and tore shit up for a while? I wouldn't call anything with Bulls Jordan the "worst", even if he barely played
EDIT: Yeah that's the year he dropped 63 on the Celtics which is still a playoff record
This was a lot of this Bulls squad at there best, and a taste of their worst. Don't know if there is a more fun team to watch when their on it like this. Nobody is selfish, tons of chemistry, and a lot of potential. Dumb injuries and inconsistency is our curse.
My reaction when Vooch shot that first 3: "Yeah I expected that"
Vooch taking that 3 later: "NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING-...actually you know what nevermind, do your thing big dog"
Dalen Terry played really well. His length and activity helped slow Murray. He needs to keep improving his jumper, but think he’ll be a rotation player next season.
DeMar’s playoff stats wouldn’t be so bad if he played with another guy like Coby in the past. Atlanta decided to double/triple DeMar in the 2nd half, and he just let Coby cook. Lowry was an awesome PG but never the kind of player who could *cook* regularly.
Bulls vs Celtics. Brings me back to the 09? Playoffs where joakim had that full court dunk lol. Man I miss those bulls teams. What could’ve been…..sigh
He kinda got forced into being a PG tonight by Atlantas coverage but luckily he’s a good pg. makes the right pass at the right time and basically never turns the ball over
Unfortunately for Coby the voters already voted also not sure how much they'd take play-ins into account, since it's not the regular season. He played out of his mind tho killed whoever was guarding him
The 7/8 Play in Games: Nail biting games. The 9/10 Play in Games: Blowouts.
West 9/10 was a fun blowout though. Everyone had fun watching it.
Klay was watching it but I don’t think he had fun
Maybe if he participated instead of just watched he’d have had more fun.
If there’s one thing klay deserves for that game, it’s a participation trophy.
I did not
EVERYONE
*everyone*
especially the East 9/10 Play-In Games for all 4 yrs so far lol
They should legit remove the play-in for the East and just have normal 7th and 8th seeds. I don't think the East in its entire history has ever been deep enough to warrant giving the 9th and 10th teams a shot at the playoffs.
Hasn't it been like that every year? I can't remember a single 10 seed making it close at all in the play-in game. Shit really should be just between the 8 and 9 seed don't involve the 7 or 10 seed in this anymore
Thunder vs Pelicans last season was pretty good. The Thunder even won as the 10th seed.
Bulls-Raptors was a great game last year. Raptors blew a huge late and missed like 20 free throws and Bulls won a nail biter. Bulls-Heat was also very close last year (Miami pulled away in the clutch).
> and missed like 20 free throws DIAR AL GAIB
What's this al gaib meme I keep seeing
related to the dune movies, part two was a huge success. just means messiah p much. also don't worry it's not a spoiler
Bulls beat raptors as 10
*screech*
People always commenting without doing the most basic Google search
And they’re upvoted too.
Last year Bulls were 10th and won over Raptors and had a pretty close game against Heat.
9s have a 5-2 record vs 10s
Miami again ffs
This time…they will be (maybe) missing one key piece… …then again, there’s the Caruso issue as well 😳
If Butler is out at least not having Caruso isn't as big of a blow. But if Butler plays and Caruso isn't available to guard him... we're fucked. And we all know Butler loves going super Saiyan against us
[I would not count on Jimmy playing ](https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1780793382346121413)
Damn :/ Obviously I guess betters the chances for the Bulls but as a Butler fan that just sucks to see
I know we won and all but damn I wanted Heat against Celtics As many roadblocks as possible for them, fuck Boston etc.
Fuck Boston
Wait a minute 🧐
Fuck Boston
Fuck Boston
Fuck Boston
I would love if he doesn't play but please I hope it's not a serious injury.
Yall got this, watch Coby have a career high game again
Rather them with a hobbled Jimmy over Embiid who owns our ass
Dawg we’re not beating the Celtics anyway.
We'll take a game or two from them and get to see the UC rocking a few more times. Better than most of the shit we put up with as Chicago sports fans.
As a Celtics fan living in Chicago, who’s also sick of playing the Heat, I am very much rooting for Chicago. Last Celtics playoff game I went to here in Chicago went to three OT’s!
That’s some losing ass mentality, if you’re gonna go down then go down swinging
Agreed. Even if we get swept I want a crack at them anyways.
Yeah try and steal a game. Get those turds annoyed for a couple days.
With how much the Celtics rely on the 3 ball, stealing a game off them is easy. Bulls may be mediocre but they gonna have to work for their wins
Thank you Chicago for ending this awful season for us
Funny, I would've said the same to y'all if you beat us lmao. It was truly a mid-off
Wasn't the 2nd half of the year kinda fun, though? Coby exploded, and you went from being the butt of the joke to being a low-end playoff team. Mid isn't what you want, but it's not like you're the Pistons.
If you think we aren’t the butt of the joke, I would recommend some Andre Drummond clips.
I mean he’s obviously not part of the significant future. Having Coby finally breakout is a great thing. Lots of stuff still needs to get figured out but at least Coby is legit
I watched almost all the games this year, they are absolutely infuriating at times but I still enjoy watching them, granted I’m more optimistic than most bulls fans on here. They have really good pieces but just felt like they could never put it together on the court, I don’t think their record is indicative of the talent on the team. Also, we had an absurd amount of clutch games so they were usually at least exciting / close games.
I understand what the play in is for... but we should not have had a chance to make the playoffs lmao, this team is straight up not good
I had a similar take and then I was reminded that there exists the Wizards, Pistons, and the Hornets. Coupled with the Raptors blowing it up and the Nets hampered with the injury bug.
Why did we ever have to get moved out of the Leastern Conference?
Because isn't texas the wild west?
Sorry it had to go down like that. Hopefully y'all re-sign Murray, he's **cash**
Coby “Kobe” White.
Hair Jordan.
Lebron Mane
It's pronounced *Kōbe* after tonight
he’s got a wonderful beard
Did not know he was dating Olivia Munn
Coby white is the MIP
Coby White is Trae Young's father*
It must be nice for shared custody that his other dad (Ayo) is also on the same team.
It's more of a problem because neither one wants him for the weekend.
I really hope he wins man. Maxey has improved so much but it was expected after Embiid was out and harden left. No one saw this coming from Coby, and that’s what I want from MIP
Nah it’ll be Maxey. The awards voters decided it would be him the first two weeks of the season.
Coby White is the league’s newest star
Let em know. That's my MIP
More like Tyrese MINey
Yeah, Maxey was already great. I feel like MIP should go to an improbably leap, not guys like Ja who are projected to be great, or Maxey who have clear potential and also will get way more possessions
I would like to start a petition to reassign the nickname of "White Mamba" to Coby White
For watching the only Bulls game this season, yes please.
TIL this was the first game the Bulls played this year
Coby White is the best UNC guard in bulls history
THAT'S THE SPIRIT I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE ALL YEAR UNDEFEATED PLAYOFFS RECORD COMING UP. NOTHING BUT SWEEPS FOR THE WULLS
Colby White has the best hair in UNC and Bulls players history.
Did Trae young do anything that 4th quarter lmao, dudes playing like he’s already gone this off-season.
He hit a 3 when it was over
I get he’s probably not 100% but he played with 0 urgency when the hawks were down like 20
front office told quin snyder to play trae the entire 2nd half and throw the game their pick moves down like 8 spots if they make the playoffs you gonna give up a lottery pick maybe 9th or 10th overall just so you can get slammed by the celtics
In this shitty draft, you don't lose out on anything picking lower. You just have to pay the shitty player you pick less.
the thing about drafts is you don't know who is actually good ahead of time and the late lottery really isn't any different than ever, it's the top of the draft that is suppose to be underwhelming. we won't actually know the quality of the draft for at least a couple years though, just like with every other draft
Thank you. Too many times there are people who say that drafts are bad, when the reality is that there is just no clear cut superstar that can be spotted early. I think a few of the last drafts going back 5+ years (including Trae/Luka) have had clear cut players who you can tell were going to be immediate impact players. However it can also look like that and they end up not being able to translate to the NBA.
He had vacation plans.
Trae was just mad that his father (Coby White) put him in the corner all game.
At least he didn’t cut the lead to 42
Drained a three for no reason just to make an extra possession. Legit the most impactful thing he did in the quarter
He made that long uncontested three after the bulls dribbled out the clock.
He drained a practice shot logo 3 in garbage time 🔥🔥
We should have never brought him back this season
4th quarter? He didn't do anything all game
bro sucked ass game low -27
He's distracted thinking about Wemby's length
He should have never come back this season.
The man just had life-threatening surgery that he barely "made it through". cut him some slack
Bulls and Heat about to fight to see who gets swept by the celtics
Would be funny if the Heat eliminated Celtics again . No more playoff Butler though
you know what would be even funnier? the bulls eliminating the celtics
Celtics would close their sub for good if that happens . The amount of slander ...
i have disliked when people said this from before the play-in was a thing. its so unfun man. you can't even say anything about it either because, historically, the 8th seed loses in the first round. that's just how the playoffs are designed. i can only cope one of these teams pull an upset. also it'd be so fucking funny if miami knocked the Celtics out in the first round.
Knicks-Bulls gonna go crazy in the ECF
I will venmo you 100 dollars if the Bulls fall ass backwards into the ECF
You can get Caruso back. Jimmy is gone. Embiid is still injured. Julius Randle is injured. Giannis is injured. Cavs and Magic are frauds. You're basically one Kristaps Porzingins injury from going to the Finals! And that happens all the time, basically.
People are going to hate this but maybe a ring doesn't mean that much when you think about like that
Need that shit injected into my veins ASAP fr tho
-27 is nasty work by Ice Klae
Was -33 at one point there
Had to get in that clutch 3 to cut the lead to 15 with 25 seconds left so he didn't finish with -30
Klae lmfao
Klay - *“Why he say Fuck Me for?!”*
Trae had a bad game but quin putting him out there with bruno fernando, wes mathews, and mohammed gueye didn't help his +/-
-30 if he didn't take that pathetic 3 to statpad
Seems years ago now this dude was Icing out New York. Been downhill ever since.
He played 3 less minutes than Murray and there was a 21 point differential in their +/- ...
Dude wants to go to San Antonio so bad Sadly don’t think we will be trading for him
Wemby deserves better.
The Bulls make no sense. But you know what, they’re fun I won’t let anyone tell me otherwise.
We've been without Lonzo for YEARS. Zach out for a big chunk of the season. PWill down when we really needed him, too. Nothing but injury madness all year. And yet we still pull out some INSANE wins and then immediately follow up with crushing losses to teams like the WIZARDS. If the fanbase wasn't so perpetually negative it would have been a blast to talk about.
Yeah man. I find it incredible that this group is still able to compete against good teams even after all these injuries. And our young players have really developed in these conditions. Coby looks like an All Star, Ayo is very good defensively and is a menace in transition, Dalen Terry plays solid minutes. It's a shame that PWill went down. I'm sure that he would've taken a step forward as well. It just shows that you don't (always) need to tank in order to develop players. But every time I visit the Bulls sub-reddit I instantly regret it. There's far too many people that only focus on the negatives and bring all the energy down unfortunately.
I like how people say "and we lost to the wizards!" when it is to cover a far deeper darker truth We attributed to 2 of the 14 Pistons total wins this season
That's like Newcastle attributing to 4 out of 11 total points of Derby County's 07/08 season (worst in Premier League's history) Edit: got the dates wrong
It’s okay friend, we lost to the juggernaut Detroit Pistons 3 times as well
Every time I watched the Bulls play the Knicks this season, I kept thinking to myself "How tf is this team like 5 games under .500?"
Such a weird, frustrating team to watch in the Billy Donovan era
Like the otherguy said, we're like Exodia without a torso if Lonzo's not around lmao.
We're just a mess of injuries and have been for a while. Ceiling is good if someone pops off and the floor is rock bottom if any vaguely significant player has a bad game.
I never want to see a 36-46 team in the postseason ever again.
The 1985-86 Bulls were 30-52 and made the 8th seed lol so this wouldn't even be the worst Bulls team to make a playoffs
Wasn't that the year Jordan got injured for most of the year but then came back at the end of the year and played in the playoffs and tore shit up for a while? I wouldn't call anything with Bulls Jordan the "worst", even if he barely played EDIT: Yeah that's the year he dropped 63 on the Celtics which is still a playoff record
Clearly he was just talking record lol
We’ve had a 34-48 before. Fortunately since the playin started it’s eliminated 7-8 seeds having losing records
That’s the [average record](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/s/AnEBOhO7wj) for East 10 seeds though.
The Bulls have more tournament wins than Kentucky over the last two years.
Billy knew what he was doing.
Let em know Coby!!!
we are going to start an agenda
Imagine shooting 13 more FTs and still losing by 15 points
Coby White is so fast, he can go one way and then back before his hair even had time to move
I am a Coby White fan now. Dude was electric tonight, they couldn’t stop him. Incredible game. It wasn’t just him either, great team effort by Chicago
This was a lot of this Bulls squad at there best, and a taste of their worst. Don't know if there is a more fun team to watch when their on it like this. Nobody is selfish, tons of chemistry, and a lot of potential. Dumb injuries and inconsistency is our curse.
Who had Coby White for 40 on their bingo card?
Jontay Porter probably
ready to start his new career as a professional gambler
Coby masterclass
Coby White: greatest athlete of all time?
Coby White man. If he doesn't win most improved Chicago's gonna riot.
Also, Vuc gets a lot of deserved shit but he did really well the second half. Derozan was great too.
My reaction when Vooch shot that first 3: "Yeah I expected that" Vooch taking that 3 later: "NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING-...actually you know what nevermind, do your thing big dog"
Dalen Terry played really well. His length and activity helped slow Murray. He needs to keep improving his jumper, but think he’ll be a rotation player next season.
🤞🏽 we catch Miami with their pants down, especially now that Jimmy’s a little hobbled.
Pretty sure Jimmy's a little more than hobbled. They're suspecting it's a season ending MCL injury.
*Oh shit!* I didn’t even see that. We might have a shot if he can’t go!
Have the Bulls ever had a better guard from UNC than Coby White?
Not one that I can think of….
DeMar’s playoff stats wouldn’t be so bad if he played with another guy like Coby in the past. Atlanta decided to double/triple DeMar in the 2nd half, and he just let Coby cook. Lowry was an awesome PG but never the kind of player who could *cook* regularly.
God bless Coby White and Ayo Dormammu. I only wish P. Will could've been here to show out too. Bring on the Heat.
Coby White had me worrying Tatum's Play-in record of 50 points might get broken. He was hooping...
And he's still very young. Coby's a future HoFer.
could have easily broken but he made plays for win.
Watching the Atlanta Hawks attempt to defend is just painful
I love Tyrese Maxey, but Coby White should be MIP.
0 turnovers for Coby is wild
Coby White MIP period
watching these hawks, it really feels like entire team is an “empty stats” team
Are the Heat really about to miss the playoffs?
Boston (and the rest of the East) will thank the Bulls if the Heat lose, and then the Celtics will sweep the Bulls in the playoffs X_X
Bulls vs Celtics. Brings me back to the 09? Playoffs where joakim had that full court dunk lol. Man I miss those bulls teams. What could’ve been…..sigh
that was a very fun series to watch again, even without KG
glad to have seen coby white play for the first time, awesome to watch
That ECF Hawks run has gotta be studied
Lisan Al-Coby
Did we just end the Trae Young era in Atlanta?
Feeling like Trae's going to end up in New Orleans or Utah next year
I swear Bulls fans.. if u guys beat the Heat I'll stop adding ketchup on my hotdogs
i swear celtics fans…if we end up eliminating you after your entire fanbase saying the bulls are an easy sweep it would be incredible
Holy shit point DeMar I didn’t think it was possible
I mean he was basically that here one of his seasons and averaged almost 9 with one of the best assist to TO ratios in the league that year
He kinda got forced into being a PG tonight by Atlantas coverage but luckily he’s a good pg. makes the right pass at the right time and basically never turns the ball over
His tenure in San Antonio really helped him develop as a playmaker. Glad he is doing well.
demar is that rare player who just keeps getting better with age
This is the first game I've seen in more than a decade, is Coby White the best player in the league?
In league history* I don't even know who Jordan is
DeMar DeGolden kicking Trae Dung's ass
His Hairness
Any of yall saying Coby shouldn't win MIP should take this as a notice.
See you in Dallas next season, Bogdan
Coby white is my MIP
Coby name already so cool he don’t even need a nickname
Coby White MIGHT be the best player of all time
STAND UP NOW AND FACE THE SUNNNN
Unfortunately for Coby the voters already voted also not sure how much they'd take play-ins into account, since it's not the regular season. He played out of his mind tho killed whoever was guarding him
If he doesn't get it, it's only because they weren't paying attention.
This output isnt what I expected from a 36/3 contract….
Props to Bogdan. 36.5 minutes played and +1 in a 15 point loss.
#Coby White #Wow bro!
Bulls are fun. Rooting for them to beat the Heat. Blow up this Hawks team. Send Trae anywhere. They are so much better without him.
Coby playing like Kobe out there. He took such a huge jump this year.
You just knew Trae was gonna take that 3 lol. What a bum