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QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 05:21 PM) That is interesting. I honestly do not have the slightest clue what this man is thinking. it was yesterday from what I gather and it was after they locked Amare down

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 4, 2010 -> 01:45 PM) I dont know how much Couture had to do with the sub. Lesnar works with some very good submission wrestlers like Erick Paulson and he credited the arm triangle to Comprido in his post fight press conference. That is one impressive coaching staff Brock's got right there. yeah, Randy isn't teaching him subs, just more of a way for an elite wrestler to integrate wrestling into MMA transitions.

It was only Brock's 6th MMA fight and that 1st round will probably be the best learning experience he also had, also, even though Randy Couture is not a submission specialist, you can see how working with Randy helped Brock use his wrestling to get a sub

Goff retweeted one of the Cavs beat writers saying the Cavs did a custom cartoon Family Guy style with Lebron's friends and inside jokes and Byron Scott talked about playing style... well, they probably want to also include how they are going to improve the roster.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 12:16 PM) IraHeatBeat: Dwyane Wade is talking again, and he is sounding like a player truly conflicted with the Heat-or-Bulls decision. http://bit.ly/9YXyEa im glad he is truly considering the offer Wow, a heat writer finally acknowledging his interest in the Bulls is real...

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 11:33 AM) The score just reported that LBJ is going to address the crowd after he meets with the bulls, no word on what he is supposed to say. it's one of two things: 1. I'm staying 2. It's been a long process, thank you for your support, I need to think about all the things I've heard for the last 2 days and discuss it with those close to me. He won't say he's signing with someone else.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 11:19 AM) What do you mean that they can't afford to get rid of Hendry? Is there a significant buyout of his GM contract that keeps him from being fired? I do not know the terms of his contract, but to me the Cubs can't afford to KEEP him. The Rickets family would be well served to tear it down and rebuild it from the ground up (the team, not the stadium, but that's not a bad idea either). Start with drafting, scouting and player development from the bottom up and build a solid foundation a la the Red Sox, Braves, and Angels. In the meantime, sell off every aging player you can for the best packages you can get sans giving up cash (ie low to mid-tier prospects at best) and suck up some losing seasons and empty seats during the rebuild. Who knows, if enough fans stay away, you can do work on the crumbling stadium without having to relocate the games. ;-) I know this is not what they will do, but the best way to make that franchise into what should be a perennial power in the NL would be to invest the money into youth and then strike on the FA market when the farm system starts to produce ML ready talent. To me, you can wait out the few albatross contracts if you go with youth on the rest of the roster and see how it plays out. The Nats are showing signs of getting it done and they do not have nearly the fan base or following. The Ricketts have extremely low cash flow right now and they would probably get no offers for Zambrano and Soriano if they didn't pay some of the contract, the contracts are unmovable, and I believe they both have NTCs so it's not like an open market or anything. Ricketts also have Wrigley to deal with, they own it and have to dump money to keep it up every offseason, with the IL budget right now they have zero hope of getting any state help or from anywhere else short of selling an interest in it.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 06:40 AM) I kind of get the feeling that Wade is just messin with the Bulls. I don't think he will actually leave Miami. Hope I am wrong.... I've seen people say this or he's "playing" the Bulls, but what do you guys mean by that? Again, it's the NBA with a salary cap, everybody knows what money they're going to get from whatever team they go to and for Wade, if he really wants to stay in Miami it's not helping his situation to get other FAs there by what he is doing. I truly think what happened was he thought Miami was going to be destination #1 for FAs and they'd have their choice, with Amare apparently opting for the NYK, and Wojornowski (sp?) from Yahoo saying on B & B yesterday it doesn't look like LBJ will go to Miami, he realized that wasn't the case and looked at Miami's roster without another big FA and got some cold feet and was exploring options. The Bulls have a management team that have dealt with some of the biggest egos in the history of the NBA, I think they know all the possible scenarios. Also, these guys, meaning the players, have huge egos and like the attention.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 12:42 AM) Indeed it did as someone posted a few back, Jalen Rose has been real scattered on his reports, I was taking it was a grain of salt before it vanished

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 12:34 AM) Ahh...my mistake...figured someone would have posted that here already. Not sure what to think of that... basically everyone said Lebron was going to be the first piece to fall before anyone signed... as awesome as it would have been to get Wade or Bosh to commit tonight, it was a long shot and not a failure on the Bulls part, and again, the best thing the Bulls have going for them is Rose and Noah already in place. Bosh and Wade in Miami with Beasley and that roster or Wade/Bosh/Noah/Rose? I think Wade honestly thought that Miami was going to be able to have the pick of whatever FAs they wanted and they were going to run down there and sign so he never really thought he wasn't going to sign with Miami. I think it only took two days for him to realize that isn't the case and guys are looking out for themselves, so I don't expect him to a complete 180 and sign with a different team today.

awesome win, Freddy continues to amaze me, for a 5th starter to give three runs up against that line-up is very good, pen is so solid right now... Rios continues and I was really writing the post in my head to rip on Kotsay and he proved me wrong! Great win considering everyday is going to be a crapshoot with the weather situation down there.

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 10:15 PM) IraHeatBeat: Wade in his words: "It's going to take the weekend for everyone to think about what they want to do. This is not an easy decision to make." well that is a change of pace for someone who everyone had penciled in to return to Miami

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 09:32 PM) I hope I'm wrong, but I feel like Wade is playing us. he's exploring all his options, that's for sure, but I'm sure the Bulls are aware of all the scenarios, and again, it's the NBA with a cap, the money is basically the money and it doesn't help Wade's cause in Miami to not commit to them right away.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 09:04 PM) I still think the 3 player superplan is ludicrous. I 100% agree, I think the Bulls push hard for Bosh/LBJ right now since that is what is infront of them

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 09:03 PM) According to Berger at CBS they could get all 3 and keep Noah and Rose: "The South Florida Sun-Sentinel first reported the meeting , and speculation immediately focused on the Bulls' apparent efforts to offer what previously only the Heat could: the opportunity for the superstar trinity of free agents -- LeBron, Wade and Chris Bosh -- to play together. In order to facilitate that, the Bulls would have to acquire Bosh in a sign-and-trade from Toronto, likely giving up Luol Deng or Joakim Noah in the process. Short of that, the Bulls are only one minor move -- dumping James Johnson and his $1.8 million contract on a team with cap space to absorb it -- from offering LeBron and Wade the chance to pair up in Chicago and chase down championships in the shadow of Michael Jordan." http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/...ner;mccBlogInfo People view that as a negative, but the Lakers and Celtics have won with great players in different eras, you can spin it to adding to the mystique of the franchise, basically making the Bulls an elite franchise like the Lakers and Celtics... people have been filling up the UC for years with crap teams, LBJ would be embraced here

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:58 PM) No one seems to understand the cap. The Bulls don't even have enough to sign two max deals out-right as things stand right now, they're several mil short of that. Sign-and-trade for Bosh and either Wade or Lebron is by far the most sensible/likely scenario. yeah, looks like the Bulls are angling for 2 of 3, the 3 of 3 superstar stuff kind of got shot down when the Miami rumors were out there about how impossible it is to do without them taking less... I think the Bulls want two max slots open ASAP

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:54 PM) But what crap and space do the Spurs have? Hopefully Jordan4Life is around the board because he has a good grasp of the NBA, but I'll twitter the question to Goff and see if he answers.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:51 PM) Wow. Deng would be a great fit, but what could the Bulls get back? cap space and crap is what they would take back

QUOTE (Mr. Showtime @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:45 PM) Wojo updated his story on Wade, says he isn't ready to say yes to the Bulls yet. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AiTe...bronbulls072010 Chicago Bulls executives pressed Dwyane Wade for a commitment on Friday afternoon, but the star free-agent guard wasn’t ready to make such a leap to leave the ami Heat, a source told Yahoo! Sports. The Bulls were pushing for a commitment to arm them in a meeting set for Saturday with LeBron James in Cleveland. Officials will now try to work over James on constructing an All-Star free-agent alliance in Chicago. The Bulls and Wade met for a second time on Friday and talked deeper about what it would take to sway Wade back to his hometown. Chris Bosh(notes) joined Wade and the Bulls for part of the meeting in the office of agent Henry Thomas, who represents both players. There are scenarios where the Bulls could try to work an arrangement for all three players to join them – presumably engineering a sign-and-trade with Toronto for Bosh – but the most likely partnership would come with Wade and James or Wade and Bosh. Credit to the Bulls for making that push with Wade tonight, there was nothing to be loss by it and I bet they are making the same push with Bosh right now.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:24 PM) The Ricketts are not in a particularly good financial position right now due to the resources they needed to use to acquire it combined with the current economy. That is why you're seeing some of these ridiculous advertising ploys like the giant noodle thing outside of Wrigley, the Toyota sign above the LF bleachers, and this silly fantasy camp thing they are doing. With that in mind, the Cubs are going to have to try and sell off whatever they can to save money, especially as the crowds are (and will continue to) dwindling with every bad performance. The problem is the catch 22 is that for the first time in years, the Cubs owners actually REALLY NEED the money a full ballpark brings, and it could be argued every empty seat brings the Cubs closer towards getting rid of more people and keeping somebody like Jim Hendry. Lou will be gone after this season, but it's iffy if they can even afford to dump Hendry. And while they would love to dump players, they don't have a lot of valuable chips, and the ones they do have value (there are a few good young guys) don't make enough money to really save by dumping them. The really expensive veteran guys are largely people with no trade clauses. The situation really is a mess, and I don't envy the Ricketts position right now at all. They have a bad team, a fanbase growing more and more angry by the minute, money problems, and a meh minor league system. Oh, and their stadium is still falling apart and needing a lot of infrastructure help. good post and something that I think needs to be brought up every now and then because people think the Ricketts have pockets full of cash when it comes to the cubs when it turns out their cash flow for the team is strapped. Basically from my understanding the sale was agreed to at basically the absolute worse time as far as hindsight goes, right before the big collapse so it was overvalued right off the bat. Some people, Boers and Bernstein in particular, bring it up and the first red flag was when they were asking Chicago celebrities to buy shares of the ownership

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:32 PM) For those who don't read the FutureSox board, first round pick Chris Sale made his debut tonight. He pitched the 8th out of the Dash bullpen. Got a pop out, ground out, walk (after being ahead 1-2) and a ground out. Fastball sat 93-94. cool, it's true they want to move him along quickly, correct? Also, TB leading Minn 1-0 mid 5th

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) 58 pitches in the inning. 6 walks. and a ridiculously bad error by Fontenot

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:08 PM) PDcavsinsider: Several execs I've talked to doubt Wade to Chicago noise. Most still say follow money, most money in Miami. i don't think money is an issue for wade...he has said over and over again that he wants to win and if the heat can't bring in some help he's gone agreed, because with the cap, even in Miami, elite NBA players make more off endorsements, and in Miami with no supporting cast, while still a great player, Wade would become kind of irrelevant

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:02 PM) It's a steady rain - and a break for about 20-30 minutes, then another hard rain after that. But with the sun going down, it might dry out a bit. what's the forecast like for the whole weekend with Alex lurking around?

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 08:02 PM) LeBatardShow: If you r ok with wade-lebron in adopted hometown don't you have to be ok with wade choosing it in actual hometown? Screw logic and fairness! Wade's divorce attorneys may have told him that his custody will be a ton better with him in Chicago, actually I'm sure they have told him that, and that could weigh on him. With home games in their hometown he could actually have a family member live in his house and watch them and they could be there a lot. With the way the NBA schedule goes it could be a lot easier on him to spend X-mas, etc with his kids if he's here