I think Derrick Rose is a decent bet to win MVP (this coming from a homer Bulls fan with Rose as his avatar...)
But seriously... the Bulls are now 16-8, and he is the absolute anchor of this team... the guy does everything... no one can stop him from driving, he dishes dimes, gets rebounds, steals, blocks... and now he finally mastered his three-point shot this year... the guy does absolutely everything, not to mention running the offense and controlling the entire game. The next two months will be a testament to how important Rose is to this team now that Noah is out for as many as 10 weeks. With Noah, the Bulls had a small chance to not lose another game until mid-January (seriously, they would've been favored in every game IMO except for maybe Christmas day in MSG, but even that game would've been close to pick 'em. After that their next test is January 8th at home vs Boston but that will be a double revenge spot in Chicago. This 7 game winning streak had a chance to reach 20 with Noah, and the Bulls could have been as many as 10-15 games ahead of 2nd place in the central come mid-January. I think the Bulls will still be a solid team with Noah out (move Boozer over to C and slide Gibson into the PF spot), but Noah was the team's second leader behind Rose, so we will now see Derrick taking full control of the reigns. Let's see what this kid can do!
But seriously... the Bulls are now 16-8, and he is the absolute anchor of this team... the guy does everything... no one can stop him from driving, he dishes dimes, gets rebounds, steals, blocks... and now he finally mastered his three-point shot this year... the guy does absolutely everything, not to mention running the offense and controlling the entire game. The next two months will be a testament to how important Rose is to this team now that Noah is out for as many as 10 weeks. With Noah, the Bulls had a small chance to not lose another game until mid-January (seriously, they would've been favored in every game IMO except for maybe Christmas day in MSG, but even that game would've been close to pick 'em. After that their next test is January 8th at home vs Boston but that will be a double revenge spot in Chicago. This 7 game winning streak had a chance to reach 20 with Noah, and the Bulls could have been as many as 10-15 games ahead of 2nd place in the central come mid-January. I think the Bulls will still be a solid team with Noah out (move Boozer over to C and slide Gibson into the PF spot), but Noah was the team's second leader behind Rose, so we will now see Derrick taking full control of the reigns. Let's see what this kid can do!
