Tag: MVP

Bulls plans rest heavily on newly crowned ACB MVP Nikola Mirotic

Nikola Mirotic was the best player on the best team in the Spanish ACB league and thus won the ACB MVP despite a rather pedestrian sounding set of stats (12/5.5?) becoming the youngest MVP in ACB league history (replacing Marc Gasol)...
By DougThonus,
May 23, 2013 at 6:23 am
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Is Derrick Rose already a Hall of Fame lock?

How long does Derrick Rose need to play at his present level in order to reach the Hall of Fame? At 22 years old, it seems absurd to call anyone a lock for the Hall of Fame, but Derrick Rose may have already more or less cinched it...
By DougThonus,
July 18, 2011 at 6:26 am
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Derrick Rose MVP Mix

Thanks to Anorexercism for posting it on realgm where I found it. I normally don’t go through and look at all the highlight videos, but this one was pretty special.
By DougThonus,
May 17, 2011 at 3:31 pm
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It's official, Derrick Rose has won the MVP

News has leaked out all over the internet that Derrick Rose has officially won the MVP this season becoming the NBA’s youngest MVP.  An award win which is bitter sweet coming off of a loss to the Atlanta Hawks. His run to the MVP is one of the more surprising runs in the history of... Read more »
By DougThonus,
May 3, 2011 at 6:20 am
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Hinrich likely out for Bulls series; Watson tweets Rose wins MVP; Boozer's MRI shows turf toe

The biggest news to break today is that Kirk Hinrich is listed as doubtful for the Hawks/Bulls series.   The Hawks had little chance prior to Kirk getting hurt, and now that they’ll be calling on Jamal Crawford or Jeff Teague to play 100% of their PG minutes things are about to get really ugly. Quite... Read more »
By DougThonus,
April 29, 2011 at 10:32 pm
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ESPN writers pick Rose as MVP while Jack Ramsey marches to the beat of his own drummer

Here you can see the article where ESPN picks for every award Derrick Rose is a run away winner for the MVP while Tom Thibodeau has a fairly commanding lead for coach of the year.   The funniest thing about this though is if you look at all defensive team, guess who’s got a first place... Read more »
By DougThonus,
April 12, 2011 at 2:45 pm
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Bulls get unexpected seeding help while Rose's MVP candidacy gets a boost

Last night while the Bulls and Celtics rested up and prepared for their match up tonight, they both received a little extra help in their race for seeding.   Dwyane Wade rested a bruised thigh, and Milwaukee knocked off the Miami Heat.   Carlos Delfino knocked down a couple of tough threes at the end... Read more »
By DougThonus,
April 7, 2011 at 6:24 am
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LeBron picks Rose for MVP, wonder what Lebatard thinks of that?

Dan LeBatard (Miami beat writer) recently wrote a long piece about how Derrick Rose doesn’t deserve the MVP.  Well, his boy, LeBron James, recently noted who his pick for MVP is: Per Chicago Breaking Sports: “I think Derrick Rose,” James said. “What he’s done for that team, with all the injuries they have and them... Read more »
By DougThonus,
March 31, 2011 at 12:20 pm
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Bulls come from behind to beat the Bucks

The Bulls were down at 15 points in the middle of the third quarter, and you know what, I bet Bucks fans never once thought “we got this”.   I bet Bulls fans also never thought “man we’re going to lose this”.  Three minutes to go, Bulls down by four.  83-87.    The Bucks don’t score... Read more »
By DougThonus,
March 26, 2011 at 10:26 pm
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Bulls tough out win over Grizzlies

The Memphis Grizzlies hung tough.    They played outstanding defense.   They scored inside.   However, in the end, it wasn’t enough.   The Bulls defense didn’t love up to its reputation tonight, but their rebounding did.  Ultimately, the Bulls won this game through three things: They rebounded the ball (45 to 32 including 18 to 10... Read more »
By DougThonus,
March 25, 2011 at 10:24 pm
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