“He’s not. He is in terms of the number of games he’s played or given the fact he’s constantly deep into the playoffs and his greatness helps his team achieve those levels”.
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He made a good steal from Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova in the first quarter, but if you looked closely, Dellavedova mishandled the ball before Rose snatched it. In truth, Dellavedova is a career backup who has half the talent of Rose.
In the other early game Tuesday, the Detroit Pistons dumped the Atlanta Hawks 106-94. The Warriors began their title defence by hosting the New Orleans Pelicans in the night contest. Prior to the game, there was moment of silence in honor of Flip Saunders – who passed away after battling cancer.
Timberwolves: A grieving Minnesota team reconvened at practice, the loss of organizational architect and coach Flip Saunders still weighing heavily on their hearts. He sat out for most of the past two weeks of preseason after receiving an anti-inflammatory injection for his back. That’s me playing hard, guarding multiple positions, finish around the rim, block shots. They need me to do my job and to be prepared to do it regardless, and I think that’s where I’ve excelled.
Timofey Mozgov, coming off of his knee surgery and reporting continued concerns with it, only played 20 minutes and wasn’t in late in the game.
According to the President’s public schedule, he will be in Chicago on Tuesday to address the global Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference where he is expected to push tougher gun control policies.
Yet the two teams meeting at United Center in a postseason rematch are both in flux. It’ll be like a Daryl Morey Bacchanalia, so much so we wouldn’t be surprised if he instructed Kevin McHale to “watch a few more of this Bulls experiment I’ve been hearing about”. When Carroll signed a $60 million free-agent deal with Toronto, Bazemore seized his chance to join a lineup that includes four All-Stars – Al Horford, Paul Millsap, Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver – on a team that won 60 games last season.
Meanwhile, the Bulls will be heading to a new year with the same core they had last season, with the most notable addition being rookie forward Bobby Portis who was drafted 22nd overall this 2015. However, Tony Snell has taken over the small forward position with Mike Dunleavy injured, and Nikola Mirotic has supplanted Joakim Noah at power forward, likely in an attempt to spread the floor better.
Rose acknowledged he hasn’t been able to simply blink the eye back into focus as he plays his way back into shape.
Rose has been ravaged by injuries in recent years, limiting the star guard to just 100 regular-season appearances in four campaigns.
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“Yes, very honored to see him (President Obama)”, Hoiberg said with a smile.
