Who Will Carry These Injured Chicago Bulls to the Playoffs?

March 3rd, 2015 by Kelly Scaletta Leave a reply »

If “ball is life,” then being a Chicago Bulls fan must be death.

The sucker punches keep coming. First, Derrick Rose is out four to six weeks with another knee injury. Then, Taj Gibson, who has already missed one week, is out for another. Now, you can add Jimmy Butler to the list for three to six weeks.

As if all that weren’t enough, it looks like this could be Tom Thibodeau’s final season as the head coach. 



And for good measure,  the weather sucks too.

It’s enough to make any self-respecting Bulls fan want to kick something.



From almost the moment the Thibodeau era started in the summer of 2010—before there was ever even a practice—Carlos Boozer “tripped over a gym bag” answering the door and broke his hand. Ever since, it seems the team has been waiting to get healthy.

The chart below shows why there’s so much frustration from being a Bulls fan. The blue bar indicates the number of games each group was the Bulls' starting five. The red indicates the number of games the group was a ...

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