Last season, the Chicago Bulls finished 41-41, got the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference, and created one of the best six-game playoff series of all time. This season, they are becoming less and less likely to repeat their playoff magic.
The Bulls looked poised to make a run to the playoffs despite trading away Tyrus Thomas and John Salmons, that was, until they went on a ten game losing streak, going from 31-28 to 31-37.
However, the Bulls are back on the winning track, going 4-2 since that streak.
But they are going to need a lot of people to step up and get them back into the playoffs.
Despite their current 35-39 record, they are still just a game and a half out of the coveted eighth playoff spot that would give their young guys like Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose some more much needed playoff experience.
Here are a list of a few guys that need to step up for the Bulls to make the playoffs.
Derrick Rose, PG
Rose, for only being in his second season in the league, has tremendous amounts of hype surrounding him, and this is the exact situation where legends are born.
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Four Chicago Bulls That Need to Make the Playoffs
March 31st, 2010 by Joe Willett Leave a reply »
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