Plz make your predictions the way I do. well lol not my predictions but the way I write them.

52-30 2nd in East
1 Allstar, Ben Wallace
Tyrus will make 2nd team All Rookie
Ben Wallace 1st Team All defense and DPOY

Scoring:

Ben Gordon 20.1 ppg
Luol Deng 16.1 ppg
Kirk Hinrich 13.2 ppg
Michael Sweetney 12.1 ppg
Andres Nocioni 9.0 ppg
Ben Wallace 8.7 ppg
Tyrus Thomas 6.3 ppg
PJ Brown 5.0 ppg
JR Smith 4.3 ppg
Chris Duhon 4.2 ppg
Malik Allen 2.7 ppg
Thabo Sefolosha 2.4 ppg
Luke Schenscher 2.0 ppg

All Defensive Team:

Ben Wallace 1st team and DPOY
Kirk Hinrich 2nd team

Top 5 Rebounders:

1. Ben Wallace 12.7 rpg
2. Luol Deng 7.1 rpg
3. Tyrus Thomas 6.1 rpg
4. Andres Nocioni 5.0 rpg
5. PJ Brown 4.2 rpg

Top 3 assists:

1. Hinrich 7.8 apg
2. Chris Duhon 4.2 apg
3. Sefolosha 3.7 apg

Overall Playoff Picture:

Lose in Finals versus Suns in 6 games

Too high a avg. for sweetney and not enough for noc & kirk

I agree with pretty much everything there....


(But)

Kirk averages closer to 17 ppg (break out year.... 17+ ppg and 7.5 assists pergame)
Noch averages closer to.... im gonna say 16 ppg and 6 rpg (his numbers wont decrease)
Sweetney averages..... considerably less than 12pts a game

I can envision the rest.... but i think we beat Phoenix in a 7 game series... the old good defense beats a good offense school of thought

PJ will score more than 5 points

Why would Noch only average 9 after averaging almost 20 in the playoffs?

As much as you and many of us love Nocioni, it is inevitable that hisminutes will decrease this year.

Completely disagree. He will earn his minutes. I have no doubt. He will be our 2nd or 3rd leading scorer and 2nd leading rebounder.
Pax and Skiles love Noch, he embodies what they want on their team. I cant believe how unappreciated he is on this board.

Totally agree with The Dude here, Nocioni has proven to be a fringe impact player. I can't see his minutes going down too much.

Dude, make YOUR Predictions instead of Criticizing mine plz! And Nocioni will not play enough to average above 11 ppg this season because we have Deng, Him, Tyrus, Khryapa etc etc.... Noc is a good trading asset for a PF IMO

Well, I never said his minutes would decrease greatly, but they will go down a bit.

He has a right to an opinion and he can ask you whatever he liked. He is not criticizing your prediction, simply asking why you think Noc will only have 9 ppg.

No, im not sayin' that Im saying.. Do what the thread says and MAKE YOUR Predictions.. Dont just pick out stuff you like and what not. Plz do it the way I advised you all. Plz?

Well this isn't Burger King. You can't always have it your way.

50-32
2nd in East
Central Division Champs

All Stars:Ben Wallace
(depending on how the Bulls start and who steps up...Could also be either Deng, BG, Hinrich or Noch-if one of them goes off early in the year and the bulls are hot and getting lots of nat'l press)

Tyrus and Sef will make 2nd all rookie team
DPOY:Ben Wallace
NBA ALL Def:Wallace 1st team, Hinrich 2nd team, Noch:3rd team
6th Man Award: Deng

Scoring:

Gordon: 19 pts
Noch 18 pts
Hinirch 13 pts
Deng 17 pts
Wallace 9 pts
Brown 6pts
Sweets 10 pts
T2 8 pts
Duhon 4 pts
Sef 5 pts
Allen 2pts
Luke 2 pts

Rebounding
Wallace: 12
Noch 9
Deng 6
Brown 5
T2 6(will increase as season goes on)

Assists
Hinrich 9
Duhon 6


Playoffs:

Lose in Eastern Conference Finals to Miami

Well then delete this thread if you guys wont listen... The whole point of the thread is to MAKE freaking PREDICTIONS no write 2 short sentences about mine..

THANK YOU "THE DUDE ABIDES" For listening!

Dude, just having debate....you're entitled to your opinion. I just disagree with it.

We'll see what happens during the season...

Noch isnt going anwhere, in fact, If the bulls were a car, Noch would be the engine.

jsut thought I'd put mine up for you to criticize....

I'll have no mayo, tomato or onion plz.

Calm down. You'll get your predictions. Relax man. Not everyone is always going to do everything the way you say so. Does it make that big of a difference if they do their predictions a different way or ask you a question about your predictions?

I guess i chose the wrong words.. I was mad cuz people werent listening.

Well, just to "criticize" this, I don't see the Bulls averaging 106.1 points per game.

And its the same with The Dude...no way the Bulls score 113 a game.

They will

Well considering the Suns led the league last year with just over 108 ppg, it would be quite difficult. And the last time a team averaged 113 ppg, was in the ealry 90's.

I know I know but I dont see how I can change it? I dont know who to lower because I think PJ and JR will average more than I show.

get used to it. life is full of situations of people not listening to exactly what you want them to do.

I agree, they wont average that much...I look at it as player averages...some nights not everyone will play, which will bring the number down. some players will be injured. gordon might score 30 one night and 8 the next, etc...
I might be wrong, but I dont think that the individual avg of each player added up completely correlates with team ppg...

I could definitely see us putting up around 100 ppg, 113 is a stretch, but 106 is attainable. I can see all of Luol, BG, Kirk, and Noc putting up 15 a game, and Big Ben and Sweets should be good for 10 each(maybe slightly over for Sweets, slightly under for Ben and all things stay equal). Those players are more than capable of putting up those lines, and that's 80 ppg from our main contributors, and the guys behind them are certainly no slouches so 100+ ppg isnt crazy.

Sadly, It does

Heres what I say..

54-28 1st in the East and Central Division Winners
Allstars: Ben Wallace, Kirk Hinrich
Tyrus will make 2nd team all rookie, Sefolosha will make 2nd also
Wallace will be DPOY

Scoring:

Luol Deng 17.4 (I have heard he has been working out 2 times a day)
Ben Gordon 15.4
Michael Sweetney 13.2 (He will have a breakout season and also a future PF)
Kirk Hinrich 12.1
Ben Wallace 9.0
Andres Nocioni 10.2
Tyrus Thomas 9.1
Chris Duhon 5.0
PJ Brown 4.0
Jr Smith 3.2
Malik Allen 3.0
Luke Schenscher 1.1
Khryapa 1.0 (I dont think he plays much at all, will be last years Pike where he sits out almost all games)
Total PPG = 100.7 ppg (I think thats feasable)

Rebounds

1. Ben Wallace 11.1
2. Luol Deng 7.5
3. Andres Nocioni 6.2
4. Michael Sweetney 5.4
5. Tyrus Thomas 4.2

Assists

1. Kirk Hinrich 8.1
2. Chris Duhon 4.5
3. Michael Sweetney 3.2 (Bit of a sleeper there)

Bulls Lose in EC Finals to Miami in 7 games

49-33, 3rd in East
2 All-Stars, Ben Wallace & Luol Deng
Ben Wallace 1st Team All-Defense

Scoring:
Luol Deng: 17.0 ppg
Ben Gordon: 14.7 ppg
Kirk Hinrich: 13.1 ppg
Andres Nocioni: 9.9 ppg
Ben Wallace: 7.9 ppg
Michael Sweetney: 7.9 ppg
PJ Brown: 7.1 ppg
Chris Duhon: 6.1 ppf
Tyrus Thomas: 5.7 ppg
JR Smith: 3.6 ppg
Thabo Sefolosha: 2.3 ppg
Malik Allen: 2.2 ppg
Luke Schenchser: 1.8 ppg
Viktor Khryapa: 1.1 ppg

Total: 100.4 ppg

Top 5 Rebounders:
Ben Wallace: 11.8 rpg
PJ Brown: 7.3 rpg
Luol Deng: 6.9 rpb
Tyrus Thomas: 5.6 rpg
Andres Nocioni: 5.4 rpg

Top 5 Assists:
Kirk Hinrich: 9.2 apg
Chris Duhon: 5.8 apg
Ben Gordon: 3.7 apg
Thabo Sefolosha: 2.9 apg
Luol Deng: 2.4 apg

Playoffs:

Defeat 6th seed Washington Wizards in 1st round
Lose to 1st seed Miami Heat in 2nd round