The Bulls meet the Knicks in a Story of Two Struggles

This one could put you to sleep faster than a solid right uppercut to the face.

The 2007-08 NBA basketball season continues and we have teams finding it rather hard to get a win these days. Classic example is of course, the pathetic Miami Heat. They already have Dwyane Wade back and they still suck. He he... Riley, just revamp the roster and move to Oklahoma.

Two of those struggling teams in the NBA meet on Saturday as the 2-8 Chicago Bulls visit the 2-9 New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, a popular landmark butchered by the way the Knicks play basketball these days.

Yep, you read it, after sweeping the Miami Heat in a shocking first round playoff encounter, the Chicago Bulls have only won a couple of games after their first ten. Understandably, the Chicago locals are pissed about it. Hell, after a 2-8 start to what should be a season when they go for a championship, they should be pissed.

Talk-radio callers had seen enough of this season's sorry brand of Bulls basketball. One said he was no longer ''disappointed'' but ''disgusted'' by the team's play on its way to a 2-8 record. ''Embarrassing'' was how another described the Bulls.

And perhaps what's even more irritating is the fact that Chicago Bulls head coach, Scott Skiles, seem oblivious to all these. Good thing they have the also struggling New York Knicks next.

''That's OK,'' Bulls coach Scott Skiles said after a relatively light practice, 30 minutes of running, followed by a meeting and video review. ''If any fan is calling up and criticizing a player, they ought to be criticizing me, too. I'm the leader. I would never run from that responsibility.''

Their rivals this Saturday, the New York Knicks, still are in disarray with all these issues surrounding their head coach, Isiah Thomas. For all ya'll who didn't know, Thomas is no longer liked by the rest of the New York Knicks and when a coach is no longer liked by his players, that coach is pretty much fucked.

''It's not about the players right now. This is where coaching comes in,'' Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas said. ''I have to make sure I give my team enough confidence and courage to go out and compete and execute a game plan.''

''When you're in a hole like this, it's not about the players. It really is about the coach. If I'm depending on a player, then I'm placing responsibility in the wrong place. This is about me doing a better job.''

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San Antonio Spurs EVEN +350

Cleveland Cavaliers EVEN +1,300

Boston Celtics EVEN +450

Detroit Pistons +1,000

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