Excluding the fact that they play two completely different sports, are the 2011 Chicago Bulls the NBA's version of the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks? This particular Broham thinks so. Hear me out... The Bulls are lead by two young stars who are the heart, soul and face of the franchise. Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah. Sounds quite a bit like the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks who were lead to the Stanley Cup Championship by Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. (Not to add in that Toews was fresh-off a Olympic Gold Metal, just like Derrick Rose in the FIFA World Championship this summer with Team USA).
Next we have the veterans Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp who are accomplished NHL players, just like Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer and had the single goal of winning a championship.
Or we have the Enforcers such as Dustin Byfuglien and Ben Eager who without them, the young guns Kane and Toews would be getting destroyed by the nightly physical play. Sounds a lot like what Kurt Thomas does for Rose, along with Carlos Boozer.
Filled around the players above was a wide range of quality and first class professional NHL players like Brent Seabrook, Brent Sopel, Brian Campbell, and many more. Does this sound like Carlos Boozer, Ronnie Brewer, CJ Watson and Taj Gibson?
And we have the question mark, which for Blackhawks entering the 2010 Playoffs was the all-important Goalie, Antti Niemi. Who got hot just at the right time and helped lead the Blackhawks to a NHL Championship. This is very similar to the Chicago Bulls 2 Gaurd slot which is the NBA's most skilled position and the area the Bulls are the weakest in. But could the streaky, yet deadly shooting touch of Kyle Korver be enough? Many people think not, but those are the same people that thought Antti Niemi would cost the Blackhawks a Stanley Cup....
Only time will tell and maybe I'm a year off considering that the Blackhawks had gone to a Western Conference Finals in 2009 and lost to the rival Red Wings before coming back and winning in 2010, which is a helluva lot further then the Bulls have been and had to offer huge gains in experience.
