Call me crazy but I just wrote the BIGGEST WRITE-UP on the World Wide Web for the BULLS@KINGS GAME!

Yes cousins is another reason the bulls are favored as he is out at the moment.

For one night only, the are Kings!

100% correct.

But 'sticking' it to management as it sells off talent can only last so long.

Like last year. They beat the nets and even shocked the world by taking game 1 from the heat. But the injuries/sicknesses caught up with them and they fittingly got swept thereafter. 

I think the bulls run happened to open the year and now the lean times will set in. But we only need lean tonight.

You talk about not showing up in that game. They barely broke 20 in 2 quarters and scored 18 and 18 in the other two.

When they played the best team in the east you could have said "what motivation do they have?"

They took them to OT and the Pacers won in a squeaker.

When they played the second best team in the west, a team that typically demolishes them, especially on their home court, you could have said "what motivation do they have?" The spurs had to pull ahead in the final minute and then G ay had a 7 foot look at the hoop rim off. They lost by two.

That's the best the NBA has to offer outside of the heat, blazers and OKC. 

They were cruising against the Mavs as well only to lose it late on their floor.  Again ask "what motivation do they have?" 

And they covered against the jazz.

Looks like they had plenty of motivation in all those recent games.

The Bulls are fighting for a playoff spot?

Ok, then why did the GM trade deng for Bynum only to cut Bynum.

Why did they just let Cartier Martin go?

Why is taj Gibson now rumored to be traded by the 20th?

Why is Boozer rumored to be amnestied by the 20th so the bulls can sign a max player next year and get under the luxury tax?

 Why did they trade another nice little bench guy in Marquis Teague for Tornike Shegelia? Not money?!!! It was money for money.

No one is safe on the bulls at this trading deadline.

That leads to inconsistency and upset in the lockeroom and on the floor. 

And the beating they took from the Pelicans last game was quite eye opening as they ran their starters into the ground because of a very weak bench.

So you have one team covering 3 of their last 4 desperate for a win, trading for guys that can score, getting rid of dead weight and going way over the salary cap  and another team that is .500, lost 3 of 5, hasn't covered in 4 of 7 (and it should be 5 of 7 if not for .5 pt cover), and literally has a "for sale" sign on the right horn of its logo.

You can spin it your way with how a book sets a line and ATS figures or my way which has a macro and micro perspective of teams that I've followed  closely for over a half a month.

Your spin may cost you tonight....dearly.

The spurs game was on a b2b and they almost won on the road as 11 pt dogs. 

The jazz was a 3rd in 4 and they covered.

When you are on a seven game losing streak, you have a fire under your a** in certain games. Ask the Knicks when they played the Nets on a nine game losing streak.

Tonight, that fire burns an a** bright....

Let the mutiny begin (when we are on the other side)...

Pretty hilarious that you just admitted in this post that Kings get up for games where they are facing great teams.  However, you fail to mention how they suck when games are shortened spreads.  Kings are 7-3 ATS when they are 9+ point dogs.  Those games have motivation because they're playing good teams.  Again, they are 1-8 ATS when they are favored or dogs by 1-2.5 points.  Bulls are tied for 5th in the East right now, and regardless of names "being on the trade block" or not, this team loves their coach and will play hard for him, especially after a bad loss.  Clearly, their loss in New Orleans was a letdown game after going to San Antonio as a 7.5 point dog and winning by 10.  Bulls struggle against teams with a post presence.  Without Cousins, Kings have no post presence.  Cousins is doubtful for tonight's game.  This is the Kings 3rd game in 4 nights after 2 tough road games in Texas.  I don't know how you think they will be up for this game.  Bulls are 11-5 in their last 16 games and only 2 of those games were with Deng, so they seem to be just fine without him and are playing hard despite the management trying to trade off assets.  I've agreed with a lot of your recent plays, but tonight we're on completely different wavelengths.  

And, did you really reference Cartier Martin as an asset being traded?  He was on the Bulls for 6 games, avg 2.5 points in 8 minutes.  

- They traded Deng for the cap relief.  I still think Deng will sign with the Bulls next season.  It was a good, strategic move on the Bulls part.  Deng already has said how dysfunctional the Cavs are.  

- They got rid of Teague because he had guaranteed money coming in and Hinrich came back.  When they got rid of Deng, they needed another forward.  

If you think a Tibs team isn't going to try hard to make the Playoffs, you are very confused.

First, I never did and never would call the bulls 'great.'

And second, you are basing your analyses of who would win this game off the books' spread (which at that number is largely meaningless) instead of actually looking at the teams themselves outside of your flippant "they'll play hard for Thibs" thinking.

Of course the bulls will play hard. They always play hard.

I'm looking at ONE NIGHT and you generality of 'hard play' doesn't stack up on a macro-perspective of who these teams are and where they are going TONIGHT ONLY. Tonight the Kings will beat them. All they've showed at the end of this streak is that they are closing in on a win and now they have a Bulls team coming west after just getting smashed by the lowly pelicans. Will they rebound or lose again. I say this is the wake-up loss they need to the Kings who are desperate to end this streak.

I'll put my write-up up against 'short spread ATS analyses' any day of the week then on Saturday and Sunday.

We'll see who wins out in about 7 hours.

Your arguments are that the Kings played 2 teams tough on the road and are in need of a win, when it doesn't matter right now whether they win or lose games because there is 0% chance they make the playoffs.  And your other argument is that you think the Bulls organization is in flux when in fact they have won 11 of their last 16 games and 9 of their last 14 post Deng trade.  

But, you can spin these arguments anyway you want and try to let these puppets that blindly tail you to agree with you.

No hard feelings, but to come at me and say my points aren't valid is just proof in the pudding that you can't look past anything that anybody disagrees with you about.  If you win this bet, I will be the first one to congratulate you, but by no means is it a safe bet on your part.  Lots of factors go against your pick tonight, as to why I like the Bulls and will lay the short chalk on the road against a hapless team without their best player.