The Bulls Are In Trouble Without A Big Man
by Godfrey Logan

Nov 12 2008
The Bulls don't just need any big man they need an Amare Stoudamire type big man. A man with speed and can pass to compliment Center Aaron Grey. Joakim Noah may be a hustler and hard worker but he is not a top quality big man/forward. Tyrus Thomas also is not a top quality forward though he has some nice dunks. Not to mention someone needs to tell him to stop shooting jumpshots. I realize that the Bulls have a new offense to learn but as they have been since the days of Scott Skiles they are hampered by the lack of a quality big man to compete in the weak eastern conference. As we have seen no one can stop the new Shaq in Dwight Howard. So instead of trying to stop him why not just out run him? The Bulls offense works well for the team they have with the passing and the speed with the talented Derrick Rose running that ofense. Hinrich is thriving in this offense as well as Ben Gordon. They do well when they are on the court at the same time as Rose and are scoring in the double digits. The only star who is struggling a bit in this offense is Luol Deng. Shots for him have been hard to go down for him though it's early in the season and I believe he will get hot and his struggles will be a thing of the past. He has changed his game from what it was before where he was shooting short range jump shots. He's shooting beyond the arc again and he is struggling with it. Once he gets comfortable he can help carry this team along with Nocioni who has played the power forward position for this team but he is undersized. No one can refute that Rose has helped to raise the quality of play on this team but they could possibly be undefeated right now before the upcoming West coast Circus trip out west. It's time for GM John Paxson to make some trades to bring in talent at the power forward position especially to complement Drew Gooden and Aaron Grey. If a move is not made soon the rest of the pack will run away from this team and they will find themselves around .500 and on the outside looking in when it comes to the playoffs at the end of the season.