This is a great CNN article about Rose and Family and just how hard he works.

Rose brings a list of demands. A list the size of a postage stamp. And there's only one item on it: He asks for access to the Bulls' practice facility at all hours because sometimes the urge to work on his game dawns upon him at the break of dawn. Take last summer. After spending an entire day at his youth camp -- and you don't know the definition of "exhaustion" until you've worked with a few hundred boys with short attention spans -- Rose recuperated by shooting jumpers for a few hours at the team gym. And the season was still months away.

Just adds more to the Rose legend. The dude is low key and a work horse. What more could you want in a NBA Super Star?

I got the urge to look up Derrick Rose's scout profile.

Rose's ability to create scoring opportunities, his willingness to share the ball and his capability of taking over a game with his scoring during crunch time make it clear that the top priority for Rose is winning. Skill wise, he has lightning speed and power with the ball, he gets into the lane with ease and he is a very good rebounder. His outside shot, although reliable, is the weaker part of his game, but expect it to become more consistent over time. 

 Yeah I think his shot has become more consistent. Some interesting rankings of note in the 2007 Scout 150 are Rose at 3 with Beasley at 1,Eric Gordan at 2, Kyle Singler ahead of Kevin Love at 5. Bill Walker at 7. And get this Blake Griffin at 23(!)....

A bit late but a very nic Bulls Playoff hype video.


Nick Friedell, Bulls beat writer for ESPN took a few low key shots at Boozer.. 

Boozer’s effort stuck out like a sore thumb.

“Me and [Thibodeau], we watched tape this morning,” Boozer said, using the same foul-trouble excuse. “Anytime you get in foul trouble, I think it changes how you play a little bit. I think you guys have seen that throughout the course of basketball; no different for me [on Saturday].” 

I think Carlos is better than what he showed but he needs to man up and just say it. "I could have been better". "I need to be better on the defensive end". Etc etc etc... Just come out and man up. You get more respect in the end.

BlogaBull looks ahead to game 2 and beyond.

The look of difficulty Booz had in getting clean looks was worrisome, whether it was seeing his shot blocked, altered, or him getting caught with an offensive foul trying to create space. The Pacers bigs really shouldn't be this much trouble for him, especially in terms of speed, and I look for Boozer to cause contact yet this time get himself to the line instead of sending it the other way.

I think a lot of Boozers shots were on Boozer not so much the defense. Like I said in the game review. He had Rush on him in the block and he choose to fade away behind the basket for a very tough shot. Just dumb shot selection all game.

More late Youtubes. Players react to Granger's comments.



By the Hons Game 1 review. He had a hunch that Boozer was throwing the game..

 And yes, there was a stretch in the fourth quarter when I thought Carlos Boozer had been paid off to throw the game. But Collison, Granger and Hansbrough were crazy-hot from the outside. Those guys combined to shoot 12-for-22 from 16-23 feet (Hansbrough was 7-for-10) and Collison and Granger went 6-for-10 from downtown. Furthermore, Brandon Rush and A.J. Price combined to go 4-for-5 from beyond the arc.

That’s some unusually accurate long-distance shooting. And several of those shots were contested.

By the Horns is always good. That's how bad that foul was on Hansbrough. The ball was about all the way through the hoop when Boozers pushed him. On the shooting I had the smiler thought. DAMN! They really shot out of their minds. Outside of Granger no one should be shooting out of their minds. That stat should come back down to earth in Game 2.

More Horny notes from Alex at Load o' Bull. Dabulls.com can see the future and I like it. Some cool Bulls Ebay Listings.BJ Jersey. The 1996 Banner. Ugly Black Jordan Jersey(hate the pin strips). Noah bobble head.