Really "More Than Enough"?

E'Twaun Moore has every right to hold his hands on the top of his head.  It's been a pretty frustrating season for the Bulls no matter what that fourth seed in the East tells you.  A season of injuries and bad losses makes everyone wish the playoffs would get here already.

The latest frustration came Wednesday with a 95-91 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.  Kirk Hinrich suffered a left knee injury and underwent an MRI Thursday.  It puts his status for Friday's game with the Detroit Pistons in question.  Even with that and Derrick Rose likely out as well, Tom Thibodeau repeated what's become a trademark phrase for him:  "We have more than enough."

While it's true a coach is technically supposed to say that, any Bulls fan should be able to see through those words.  One thing after another has made everyone wonder how strong this team is.  With very few games at full strength in the bag, more questions than answers are surrounding them.  Eventually, "more than enough" won't be.

With NBA teams wrapping up playoff seeds, where the Bulls will end up remains unclear.  They could regain the third seed and face Milwaukee or they could remain in fourth and regrettably draw that Washington team which gives them fits.  Where they get seeded could determine the length of their playoff lives once and for all.  Cleveland may be a better matchup since that machine in Atlanta looks pretty tough (when they're not sitting their starters, of course).

Regardless, every team is stacked with talent.  Others happen to have healthy talent which will allow them to make a championship run.  Right now, it's difficult to put the Bulls in that category.  When one player comes back from a serious injury, another one typically goes down.

When will Rose make his return?  Does Hinrich need to sit until the playoffs?  Should Thibodeau sit some key players at the end so nobody further gets hurt?  All these and more are surrounding the franchise.

We can talk all we want about how well the Bulls have played lately, but losses to inferior teams and the aforementioned injuries make it difficult to get excited.  Sadly, this isn't the first time we've heard this story surrounding them either.  As long as the current regime is in charge, this theme is bound to become recurring.  Even if Anthony Davis decides to take his talents home to Chicago in a few years, the story is bound to remain the same.

Following a championship-caliber team should be easier than this, but that's not what we signed up for as fans.  The aches and pains always come with the territory, even when times are good.  Still, things could always be worse.  We could all be Knicks fans.