“The point is that everybody is talking about how the Bulls made it a great series, when at the same time, the Celtics played better basketball than Chicago did. Boston was missing its best player, and the Bulls had everybody. I wouldn’t exactly call that fair, but the Celtics didn’t complain, and it showed”

Wrong. The Bulls were missing a key part of their team, Luol Deng, their starting small forward. Deng is the 2nd highest paid player on the team (he was the highest paid until the Bulls traded for Brad Miller) and has averaged 15 points a game for his career. While John Salmons filled in admirably at SF, the Bulls most definitely could have used the extra depth added by a healthy Deng, especially in a series that featured 4 overtime games.

“Wrong. The Bulls were missing a key part of their team, Luol Deng, their starting small forward. Deng is the 2nd highest paid player on the team (he was the highest paid until the Bulls traded for Brad Miller) and has averaged 15 points a game for his career. While John Salmons filled in admirably at SF, the Bulls most definitely could have used the extra depth added by a healthy Deng, especially in a series that featured 4 overtime games.”

Don’t be ignorant, and don’t equate salary with basketball value. While Deng was healthy this yeah, he hardly had significant value above a replacement player. Obviously a talented player, this year just wasn’t for him from the start. When he was playing, Deng averaged 14, 6, and 2 — hardly worth his pay. If anything, the Bulls were fortunate that he got injured because it opened the door for Miller and Salmons, and for the exit of Nocioni and Sefalosha (sp?) Moral of the story, don’t be ignorant.

Rajon Rondo exemplifies the Boston Celtics. P.A.B. who doesn’t know to act like he’s been there before.

Not only did the Bulls not have Deng, but they were also playing with Nocioni, another strong offensive threat.

“Don’t be ignorant, and don’t equate salary with basketball value. While Deng was healthy this yeah, he hardly had significant value above a replacement player. Obviously a talented player, this year just wasn’t for him from the start. When he was playing, Deng averaged 14, 6, and 2 — hardly worth his pay. If anything, the Bulls were fortunate that he got injured because it opened the door for Miller and Salmons, and for the exit of Nocioni and Sefalosha (sp?) Moral of the story, don’t be ignorant.”

I’m not sure what ignorance has to do with what I said at all. The author of the article said the Bulls had everybody, which was wrong, as the Bulls were missing Luol Deng. If anybody is ignorant in this case, its the author who completely ignores the fact that that like the Celtics, the Bulls were missing a key member of their team. I only brought up salary because when looking at the money given to Deng, you can see just how important the Bulls felt Deng was to their franchise.

First of all, to the 2:56 post, Nocioni was traded to Sacramento months ago. Stay on track buddy.

To 2:58 - Okay, Luol Deng wasn’t playing. He probably would have helped the Bulls score a few more points and maybe would have cut that game two loss to 9 points instead of 21 or whatever it was. But the point isn’t about if the Bulls had Deng or not, because no matter what, if KG were playing, it wouldn’t have been a series. Boston would have won in 5 games and that’s all that matters. Bulls fans just talk about how you guys blew it and how you “almost beat the celtics” when in reality you couldn’t beat a team that would have KILLED the Bulls if they were at full strength. I think the whole Deng argument is pointless and irrelevant.

But yeah, you’re right. The author is ignorant because he forgot to mention Deng’s 14 points per game in 49 games this season, which were more than made up for by Rose, Gordon, Hinrich, etc. against Boston.

“Boston was missing its best player, and the Bulls had everybody. I wouldn’t exactly call that fair, but the Celtics didn’t complain, and it showed”

Seriously? Half of the coverage of the game was footage of Garnett on the bench while they completely ignored Deng’s injury, which is apparent by your own lack of knowledge of the situation. Do you really think that a team that played seven games with seven overtimes using only seven players would not have been helped by Luol Deng?

Did the Bulls do something wrong by trying to win the series? I don’t understand why any of this was worthy of being said.

To 3:24, you’re right. The Bulls would have been killed by the Celtics if KG was healthy. I mean, last year, with a healthy Garnett and Powe (and James Posey, who’s now a Hornet), the Celtics (as the #1 Seed) just destroyed the Atlanta Hawks in the first round…Oh wait, that series went 7 games…

And you say that Deng was made up for? I think Glen Davis did a pretty good job making up for KG, so in your words, the Garnett argument is pointless and irrelevant…