Much Needed Road Trip Ahead

We'll see if the upcoming road trip takes some pressure off these young Bulls.  With no home crowd "Kobe" Chants to worry about, the Bulls may just be able to play a little more freely, and return to the United Center with at least a .500 record, and bring the UC back to a feared place.  Field Goal % continues to haunt the Bulls.  Especially 3-pt% where the Bulls were second in the league last year. 

K.C. Johnson's anatomy of a mess breaks down the Bulls' problems and offers 1 reason for hope.

I think a player by committee or performance would backfire, but Sam Smith offers his take here.  I do like some of his points (getting Nocioni in more) but I believe a system where players are constantly worried about their roles may fail.  This type of system isn't going to give us the Thomas Jones effect. 

From the Daily Herald:  Shooters keep slumping: Through Saturday's games, the Bulls rank 29th in the league in points per game (86.5), field-goal percentage (.381) and 3-point percentage (.264).

All four guards in the rotation are shooting well below 40 percent — Chris Duhon (.371), Ben Gordon (.354), Kirk Hinrich (.318) and Thabo Sefolosha (.214).

"Defense wins games, but you've got to put the ball in the basket to have a chance out there," Gordon said. "I don't feel I'm pressing on every shot. It's contagious almost."

I'm starting to feel sick too.