Da Bulls!

Woo-hoo! In their first playoff game post-Jordan, they have defeated the Wizards 103-94 in game one!

I haven't had too many chances to watch my Bulls play this year, but every time I get to do so I am just so amazed at how well they play as a team and how fun they are to watch. They are an odd mix of a bunch of very young players (Deng, Gordon, Duhon, Hinrich, Curry, Chandler) which are sprinkled with a few old veteran cast-offs (Harrington, Davis, Piatkowski) and topped with an Argentinian rookie (Nocioni) who has a few years of experience playing in Spain. Yet despite all that they play HARD, are explosive, and are very tough-minded on defense. They didn't look tenative at all... Nocioni, Hinrich, and Gordon are particularly fearless. And they were even without Curry and Deng today.

Truly amazing for the make-up of their team. Skiles deserves a lot of consideration for the Coach of the Year Award... I am guessing Mike D'Antoni of the Suns will probably get it, but Skiles had a job that was much more daunting (George Karl and Nate McMillan should get a long look as well). Perhaps John Paxson will get Executive of the Year instead... somebody needs to get something, that's all I'm sayin'.