Chicago Bulls Blow Massive Lead Vs Warriors as Billy Donovan Watches
Can the Chicago Bulls overcome their cultural crisis? The Bulls’ recent clash with the Golden State Warriors revealed more than just a game; it exposed deep-rooted issues within the team. Despite a strong first-half performance, the Bulls faltered, raising questions about Billy Donovan’s coaching and the team’s cohesion. Star players like Matas Buzelis and Coby White shone early, but Stephen Curry’s brilliance highlighted the Bulls’ vulnerabilities. Hosts Haize and Pat the Designer dissect the lack of unity and leadership, pointing to systemic problems that plague the organization. They explore potential solutions, including significant roster changes, to foster a winning culture. Will the Bulls find their path to success, or remain a collection of individual talents? Tune in for an insightful analysis of the Bulls’ challenges and future prospects.
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36 Comments
Time to move on from Billy now, not tomorrow. Thank you for your service. You’re dismissed.
Says that 98% of basketball fans lack the necsessary basketball knowledge to criticise Billy Donovan and are idiots. Proceeds to criticise Billy Donovan's coaching ability. Not a good look…fans have the right to criticise whoever they like without being looked down on by other fans.
I know I'm not the only one to have this thought about Billy, but I've been saying this for at least the past three years. Billy Donavan sucks as a coach, and I would much rather have him gone before they do anything else when it comes to moving players. The fact that we still don't know how long he signed his contract for let's me know we're not going anywhere. The fact that we've either missed the playoffs or been a play-in team since he's been our head coach tells me all I need to know. The lack of adjustments on defense, not fighting for second chance points is going to always be a killer because we're always getting out rebounded. It's like Billy enters every game he coaches without a game plan.
Did they skip the Matas segment or am i tweakin?
Billy is outta there when the off season starts
Billy will be fired next season. Ayo Matas and Coby should be untouchable.
Fm!
Look at that. Pat finally wakes up from his coma to realize what most have realized for the last 2 years that the biggest problem with the bulls more then any other has been BD.
Also to say most fans cant criticize Billy = ridiculous. I don't need to coach at an nba level to be able to see the difference between one NBA coach and another when it is so blatant how bad one is compared to the average.
Also again. Don't need to be a basketball pro to see he has never motivated his team or known how to get the most out of his players.
Reality is we will never know how good this team could truly have been the last x years. championship. maybe not. but were we better then what we showed during this era. i personally have believed that for the last 4 years.
traded for a direction, probably need to trade for a culture
This is why AK has to finish the job & make sure this roster is not living in two worlds. Vucevic needs to be gone bc he doesn’t fit. AK needs to draft & trade for a true leader on this team. We need more players w/ mindset like Matas. Too many of the players are too complacent & docile like Vucevic & P.Will( who rarely dunk ). Which is why they get bullied & dominated. Donovan gotta do better w/ rotations bc it’s not working 💯
Not getting rebounds against that warriors was a big problem too
Pat was so potent and deep on this episode, he really made me think and contemplate my life as a bulls fan lol
Clueless! Billy Blank
I appreciate the more constructive criticism at the start and agree that the team isn't fighting for eachother. Has to come down to the fact there's a fair few new faces, Giddey hasn't been there long and Ball has been injured so much he's building his game with the team. Vuc probably thought he was traded so how dialed into the team can he be? This team needs a leader, an alpha. Someone that pushes them to be better. To set the standard. I don't see that guy there right now.
Don’t forget Melo , harden and Chris Paul!!! And the reason KD left because Billy kept taking the ball out of his hand like Zach especially in the finals
Nice glasses pat breeze man
Mr breeze seems nice tonight 🎉
Old mate breeze just said Josh is better than he gives him credit for and Haize did a double take 17.29 in mmmm go breeze man
Billy Donovan the Matt Eberflus of basketball. If you know you know. I've been enjoying watching Unrivaled womens basketball league instead of wasting my life on Chicago Bulls.
Bulls need to have an epic tank and be a real player in the upcoming draft!!! Flagg/Harper and Ace are the potential prize! That's what we really need!
after watching three years of OKC… lack of cutting is so obvious… same with Giddey inbounds… no one is moving… is that on the players or the coach !
I guess now we can see 👀 that the BULLS been needed to get rid of the HC!
They don't want to play for THERE HC IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!
As a long time bulls fan never wanted the bulls to hire Billy Donovan soon as he came available during the bulls coaching back then I knew they would hire him because he was a safe choice at the time 😢😢😢
Heard somebody defending Billy the other day say he’s a good coach. Billy is no longer a good coach
Billy has been bad because of the lack of development. Can’t develop rookies if they don’t play. Can’t develop younger players if they’re not in the best positions to be successful
Morning watching you guys talk about the Bulls while I’m living here in North Carolina. I wish I was back home. You guys are right they gotta blow up the bulls and get people that want to play basketball and want to play in Chicago. When the rookie had his highest scoring game and had an interview after the game, he yelled out go bulls first time in my 60+ years I’ve ever heard that from an NBA player people gotta pay attention. There’s a lot of great fans in Chicago and worldwide stop the BS get this shit fixed. You guys keep it going. Just subscribed to both you guys keep the faith.
The one leader on this team in recent years is playing in Sacramento and it isn’t Zach.
If Billy isn’t the problem then I guess the whole team is, because the eye test told me otherwise. I could actually see Vooch not playing defense for the entire game. I can see players looking lost, and out rhythm due to untimely substitution. I just wanna jump through the tv and save them.
Matas is a great player, but everyone other than Vooch is declining under Billy.
Pat, you have been watching a lot of Stephen A Smith. Lol
SOFT!!! I'll say it again we gave up our heart when we traded Bobby Portis and haven't found a replacement
The Bulls are quitters
Billy Donovan is not a good coach
We don’t need people to be like mad men on the court with anger and toughness. We need players that just simply care and can’t stand the idea of their opponents beating them on any given night. Thats what bulls players need to be made of from scratch. If they don’t have that in their mind they’re already not made for this team
I’ve seen P Will grab important offensive rebounds and get left on an island of defenders with no one coming to help him a few too many times now. Our team has no chemistry half the time and it’s hard to watch. I don’t even know what the problem is anymore cause we can play so well to just throw it all away. Are they just playing good for trade value for the off season now but also trying to tank? Are they just stuck in a losers mentality? Maybe. This team has me wanting to cancel my league pass but I don’t wanna not watch cause it’s my team. This hurts my soul watching but I’m sadly going to continue to watch.
Otherwise, we played great until we didn’t and when we didn’t we were a tragic team.