The Bulls are better than what we thought they were

The Bulls beat the Mavs with some Taj-tastic heroics on Friday (17 pts, 18 rebs and his first career 3-pointer) The Bulls face the Lakers Tuesday night in what should be a game of basketball.


The difference between this year and last year, summed up neatly (and pictorially).

2010-2011 Bulls:
















2009-2010 Bulls:

























But don't feel too bad for VDN. He found another head coaching gig with those lovable Clippers.....(okay, actually feel free to feel very bad for Mr. The Black). On the bright side, at least this allows him front row seats to the Blake Griffin yearlong dunk-a-thon in addition to potentially the most losingest lose-diculous loss-filled season in the history of the NBA. If my math is correct (it ain't), the Clip-show are on pace for negative 3 wins this year, which would put them about 45-50 games out of the Western conference playoff picture.