3G4G wrote:

NYDiva wrote:I can't remember the last time I saw a team with as much heart and toughness as the Chicago Bulls. It was probably a college team when I was like 12 or 13. Would have to be. This Bulls squad is old school and so freaking rootable. I have hated this team more than any other sports team - it is a team that caused me nothing but basketball misery growing up. But I can't help but root for them now. Just out of pure love of basketball and of how the game should be played.

This is the true principle of being a FAN IMHO. I want the Bulls to beat the Heat because I don't want Lebron to win another chip ever again but I don't root for the Bulls in general. The way they play though represents everything a fan should want to see in a team and why they watch basketball. It really should have little to do with where you were born or raised although if it happens to parallel it fine.

This Bulls team seems to combine all of the positives of those old 90s Knicks and Pacer squads. All of their toughness, guts, and heart. Amalgamated. I want to see them succeed b/c I want unselfishness, team chemistry, and supreme hard work to win out. I want a guy like Joakim Noah who truly gives his heart and soul to the game despite injury to win. I want heart to win out over talent.

NumberTwoPencil wrote:I can't remember . . . did Iverson play any D when he made that run in the playoffs his rookie or 2nd year?

Me neither. I just remember him blowing past folks with that full head of steam.

Can you imagine a player combining Iverson's speed and athleticism with a pure jump shot? And excellent passing? He'd be a video game point guard.