Originally posted by 04marauder:

They have excellent depth.



Dude, they go 7 deep. 8 if you count Eric Piatkowski (and I certainly don't. He's a friggin' hump). Every team left goes that far down their bench, and some go further. Who comes in after that?? Lawrence Funderburke?

Originally posted by 04marauder:

I don't know if we're talking about the same Bulls team here. Everyones got to know Ben Gordon.
He has to be rookie of the year and possibly sixth man of the year.
Just like I said, most underrated team in the playoffs.
They're going to smoke the Wizards.



Everyone knows who Ben Gordon is. Nobody is discounting him. But the issue here is, do they have enough to hang with the Miamis and the Detroits in the East over the course of a 7-game series? I don't think so. Hell, Gilbert Arenas had his worst game in over a month and the Bulls still had trouble pulling that one out (they might have won by 9 but it was much closer than that). Their defense didn't look all that great to me during that game. Not as bad as Washington, but by no means did they put the clamps down.

The Bulls had a great season, and it's nice to see them get things turned around over there. I just think it's a bit early to plan the parade downtown... funny to see the first playoff trip in 7 years get everyone back on the bandwagon.

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