BULLS Season Recap in the WEST SIDE STORY Report "Closing Arguments and Roll the Credits" Edition...Da BULLS 2012-13 Hoops #SeeRed #BullsNation #Bulls #DaBulls

The Chicago Bulls capped their season last night with their 2nd round series loss to the Champs 305 playing as White Hot getting Red Hot the Miami Heat. Many though the Bulls would win mid-40s, be a bottom half seed in Winning Time, and would have D-Rose for a Playoff Run. As we have closing arguments and roll the credits on the 2012-13 Chicago Bulls Season.

West Side Story Report 2012-13 Season Recap

45-37 (2nd NBA Central)
93.2 PPG (29th of 30)
92.9 PPG (3rd of 30)

Leading Scorer Lu Deng 16.5 ppg
Leading Rebounder Jo Noah 11.1 rebs/g
Leading Assist Captain Kirk 5.2 asst/g
Leading Thefts Jo Noah 1.2 stls/g
Leading Block Jo Noah 2.1blks/g
Leading Minutes Lu Deng 38.7 mins/g
Leading Free Throw % Rip City Hamilton 85.7%
Leading 3pt FG% KRYPTOnate 40.5%
Leading 2pt FG% TAJmanian Devil 48.5%

360 Degrees...1st in NBA Attendance  41 Home Games 940,374

The Bulls were expected to struggle without the ADIzero West Side Story Report Hero...D-Rose and they did. They also overachieved and won 45 games with that rough NBA Trek of 82 Games with all kinds if issues coming and going for the season. The Struggled Scoring the Orange as the two men that can get their own of the bounce were Nate and Marco.

The Bulls Bras can be commended for picking up both Marco Belinelli and KRYPTOnate Robinson as without them the Bulls go 29-53...real talk -16 going towards your Mama's Basement and not the "Fight for Larry".  The huge negative here is how the Organization as a whole dealt with the Derrick Rose Injury and I still say who should have played limited minutes to build that leg up and confidence up by playing. He can't run now as he has to face that Demon of getting on the court and the Bulls should keep him in Chi City to monitor his play and make sure he is going close to full speed with contact. Lucky that man didn't play for the "Monsters of the Midway" or Blackhawks....they all would have walked out on him.

As for next Season the Bulls have Rip City Hamilton on a Team Option and most likely he won't be back but why would he come back as Thibs played him to the left. Unrestricted Free Agents are Belinelli, Nate, Mohammad, Cook, Radmanovic, and Lou Amundson. Expect everyone on that list except Nate and Marco to be gone one would think. Everyone else is locked up and expect the Bulls to keep C-Booz 5 unless there is an enticing trade offer come Draft time in June or the free agent market in July.

Bulls already have some $73 plus million on the Books for the 2013-14 season not counting that $5 Million Team Option for Rip City Hamilton. In 2014-15 Deng and Captain Kirk will be Restricted Free Agents and Teague and Butler will have Team Option off of Rookie Deals. Bulls Management has plenty of work to do to say the least.

Credits for the 2012-13 See Red Season

Production Crew...John Paxson and Gar Forman

Director...Tom Thibodeau

Actors in a Leading Role....Jo Noah, Luol Deng, KRYPTOnate, Captain Kirk, C-Booz 5

Actors in a Key Supporting Role...Rip City Hamilton, Marco Belinelli, Taj Gibson, Jimmy Butler, Naz Mohammad

Intern...Marquis Teague, Malcolm Thomas,

Extras...Vlad Radmanovic, Lou Admundson, Daquaen Cook

Actor given a Script for a Star in a Leading Role but never up showed up to Act...Derrick Rose

See you next season on the Bulls #1 Game to Game Beat Report...The West Side Story Report

Note: Numbers from Basketball-Reference.com