the consensus (from sports illustrated and espn) seems to be that the chicago bulls will make their long-awaited return to the postseason this season.

that makes me excited. i figure curry's a shoe-in to be an all-star this season (what with the conference's top center in 2002, brad miller, now in sacramento and all) and chandler's going to explode and really figure it out.

it's going to be a fun team to watch, except perhaps on the road. the key is to get jalen to be a distributor, because curry's so nifty and unstoppable down low.

i'm still not sure how i feel about the return of pippen. he's still talented, and he'll only be asked to come off the bench, but i don't know if he's the kind of leader a team needs. then again, this is a leaderless team, unless you count jalen.