Thanks Miami

So the Bulls are opening up the season with a must-watch game, one of many this year due to the hype surrounding Rose's return and the extremely high expectations for this team. Here's the best part, though: it's against Miami. But wait there's more. It's in Miami on primetime television. But wait there's more. It also happens to be Miami's first game, which means the Lebron and Co. will be receiving all of their championship hardware for the world to see, and who has a front row seat to the entire spectacle but Derrick fucking Rose, Poohdini himself. Everyone outside of Chicago had one of two reactions when Rose came out and said he still thinks of himself as the best player in the NBA. They either a.) were infuriated that a player coming back from serious injury, one who just missed an entire season because of said injury believed he was better than the "undisputed" world champ, or b.) laughed it off like Derrick was crazy/a moron. Guess what, that's cool, that's exactly the same two reactions everyone (even people in Chicago) had before the season he won MVP. Remember "Why can't I be MVP?" Then he just went out and did it, shredded the league until he got to the best team when he was finally stopped, while the Bulls were hobbled with almost no secondary offensive firepower.  Keith Bogans was one of our shooters...Keith Bogans.

People just don't understand that Derrick does not get why Lebron's the best all of a sudden. It's not that he refuses to accept it, it's that to #1, the last time he was at full strength he was The. Fucking. Man.  Nobody could stop him when he was healthy before, so why would they be able to now? It just doesn't make sense to him.  He was hurt last year, so Lebron won MVP, but Derrick thinks he only did that because he was out.  Keep in mind this kid is the youngest MVP of all time and has had a full year to stay away from cutting and driving and has been shooting jumpshot after jumpshot, hour after hour, day after day. And now Rose has to make #TheReturn in Miami while the NBA is giving the Heat all of these awards that he sees as a fluke? Wow, good fucking luck NBA. Sure everyone and their mother has started to question his drive/toughness/durability, but let's dump some more gas into that fire.

Miami: Hey Derrick, guess what we robbed from your house while you were out of town?

Honestly I kinda hope Miami wins this game. Not really, because I hate them and want every single team that ever has/ever will play them to absolutely hammer their shit directly into the hardwood, but if they slap Derrick's face and then add a little insult to injury then it's lights out rest of league, there's no coming back from the old slap and tickle (i know that's not the slap and tickle but it sounds like it could be so i said it, deal with it). He really has no other choice but to win the championship, and if they lost that's exactly the goal Rose and the Bulls would set for themselves. And if there's one thing we know about Rose, it's that when he sets goals he tends to achieve them.

Oh and Joakim Noah absolutely hates the Miami Heat, literally hates them, just talks about it publicly and DGAF. And you're kidding yourself if you don't think every other player on the Bulls feels exactly the same - wouldn't want it any other way. Hating your opponent breeds results, i.e. Celtics/Lakers and Bulls/Pistons.

Hit me.