Bulls Outside Looking In?

ESPN.com’s experts have projected the Bulls to finish as the best team in the Eastern Conference not to make the playoffs in the upcoming 2008-2009 NBA season.  They’ve picked the Celtics, Pistons, Cavs, Magic, 76ers, Raptors, Wizards and Heat to make the postseason, in that seeding order.  “No team is more baffling than the Bulls, which went from darlings to dregs in just months last year.  The pessimist sees more of the same: weird chemistry and growing pains.  The optimist sees a quick, Derrick Rose-led turnaround for the team many thought would win the East last season,” the article says.

This blogger thinks this is a fair assessment of the team, but certainly not one set in stone.  The Bulls are just a year removed from being considered one of the top teams in the conference.  A lot has changed since then, including a multiplayer three-team deal last season, but the Bulls have talent; there is no denying that.  They may be better built for the future than the present, but you can’t rule this team out of the playoffs.  If Derrick Rose picks up the NBA game quickly, assuming his role as floor general, and the team receives some low post scoring from any of its bigs, there’s no reason to think the Bulls can’t sneak into the playoffs.

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