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This - get in and get in healthy with your rotation set. This is part of the challenge in a long season…I am so happy club built this lead up. It is so critical…much more so than home field IMO. End of the day once playoffs start the reality is they need to play well period.

Given the sizeable lead the club has - I don’t like their approach but I suppose I understand it.

His 3 looks real good - his handle/speed on penetration looked really loose/weak. Could have just been the highlight clip. That said - he looked pretty fluid when he got action off of screens/cuts so maybe more mental. I did read somewhere that he apparently grew, maybe as much as 2 inches since he was drafted. I just get worried - I remember Lauri looked quick and than next thing you knew whatever his off-season routine was he supposedly got ripped...but whatever he did got in the way of speed and now he's looked slow as crap for a while (and I think that is what really put the limiter vs. his initial upside as a rookie). In Williams case - not jumping to those conclusions as his midrange and 3 ball both looked tight and he is clearly extremely long.

Real bummer here unless this was a designed rest and everything else is show. Whatever it is - hope nothing serious and rodon is ready to crush it come October.

I hate to say it but he looked huge…but not in a good way. He looked slow but maybe that was just me watching the highlights. His 3 point stroke looked nice but saw very few moves of him beating his defender.

So was at the Padres Marlins game two nights ago and Zach Thompson has a sub 3 era for the Marlins. Name sounded familiar - yep - another Sox castaway pitching alright (in a long line of castaways). Don’t know whether it will hold up but he pitched solid against pads. Small sample size still (50 ish innings this year).

Man - keuchel got squeezed on that walk to sano…thought the team would pick him up after giving up that homer. Oh well…double digit lead and Robert is going to take some time to get back in swing of things but Abreu has protection now. I expect we aren’t just going to get Robert and Eloy and Grandal but also get mvp pito and Timmy back with the rest of the band coming together.

Nope - I am in San Diego tonight and saw him hit a bomb.

Man - sweet game. Eloy, Gio, Robert, Timmy. Winning is fun!!!

He is quite solid.

Yeah - great first half - horrendous second half. Good learning experience - let’s see how he bounces back next game but he just hasn’t had to be as ball dominant in so long so good for him to be put in those spots and feel out his game and work on his endurance etc.

Blasphemy - time to dock your pay hahaha.

Williams apparently with a great first quarter. I think he is going to benefit and shine in next year or two being surrounded by the new players.

Call me crazy but long term 8 percent plus returns is right up my alley. If you leverage your when markets are down - you will see a bit better emerge and I’m not greedy. Double your money every 7-8 years and build one source of passive earnings that is super tax efficient (at least compared to a normal w-2 person).

In general the strategy you are putting in play will out perform everyone chatting it up in here. It’s okay to add some play stocks or home run shots but I call the index the solid double. You will always like it - and less likely to strike out vs going for broke every time. Key is always being willing to stomach the lows. If you sell when shit hits the fan - you will miss the appreciation back and have a far worse return (that also means you have enough in reserves to stomach that) and sometimes having some cash on side allows that - even allows a bit of risking up when times are bad…which is my approach - singles and doubles with the ocassional pushing in of chips when markets are turbulent. I am not looking to time bottom - just looking to get discounts on quality stocks. The above play worked very well when everything hit the fan last year.

What does that tweet mean?

But supposedly Miami is getting its hand slapped - because it had discussions with Toronto at the deadline - I got news for the league, so did the Bulls. I get it - they probably did it - but every team does. Just ridiculous the league is going to use the Bulls to set an example. Bron has done it his whole career. Bulls should have been smarter and waited a few hours - but still - whose to say Bulls don't talk to New Orleans, New Orleans talks to Ball - they get parameters aligned, some of which started back at the deadline. If the Pelicans really got cold feet and now through the Bulls under the bus - wow is all I could say. I can't imagine Pelicans would have done that - but if they did - and it leaked - no one is going to negotiate with them in good faith.

Go figure - bulls actually get there guys and this happens. And if gar was behind it - man. I don’t see why gar would care since New Orleans clearly was on board. In fact - how is it tampering if dialogue went through New Orleans?

Badass!

Didn’t think this team would pull it out. They made it interesting all the way until the end when lillard and jrue missed free throws and they had a couple awful late turnovers. Kd was awesome though.

I know Lillard can get hot - but him and Taytum are both playing total "me" ball right now. It worked early for Tatum but the longer he played the more the rest of the team offenses stagnated and France came back.

If you are going that way - you may want to put Cooperstown on your list. Did Toronto and New York with Cooperstown and Niagara falls 21 years ago and it was awesome. Cooperstown (hopefully it hasn’t changed) is absolutely special.

It could be that but you are spot on either way - this is on Lauri. He wants to take his game to next level - it takes a lot more work and when you get knocked down you got to show fire. He hasn’t shown that. It is cliche but he just hasn’t. I haven’t seen him play with a chip.

I was going to say 2yr/26M is an easy match for Lauri.

He may not have a choice. Bulls need to play hard ball - either get value you like or match his deal if it is reasonable.