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His mechanics look much more compressed this inning.

This. Fucking sick.

This is going to be a high scoring game.

THIS. And if anyone is pissed they need a reality check. Be exastic seeing how fucking electric that stuff is. Like ELECTRIC.

No.

I'm about to hand out bannings to those who stupidly overreact. Its for your own good...maybe you can learn to be something other than a miserable piss.

You can't coach the stuff...you can coach command and the Sox have done it all the time. Give him experience.

No wonder I stay out of game threads. R-E-L-A-X.

First off...no one should be surprised he's having this issue. He had it in AAA and he's going to have it in the MLB. That said, you can see the stuff. The Sox have him up and they are going to try and let him continue to develop at the big league level. Lets hope he stays healthy and can adapt and Sox coaching staff can work with him on the command (which I think they can). I've seen one inning and already seen a fastball, curve and slider that flashed. You can see the dude has ace stuff. He also isn't super long so they should be able to work with that command. The big issue with him, longer term, will be his slighter frame, but with pitches, its impossible to know either way.

This is a big bummer given how much time he missed last year. Don’t like that he is already hurt again. Jury is still majorly out on him. In hindsight, how good would doncic for wcj and white look.

I agree with both of those statements. That said he isn't getting a starting job anywhere so it isn't like bulls are holding him back. I'm hoping that would prevent him from not being a team guy. I'd take my chance and be ready to cut the chord if it doesn't work. Santy isn't a pure one so Dunn and him could come off bench, etc. Plus I like White practicing against someone like Dunn...as long as he doesn't go all Bobby Portis

I think at this point keep Dunn. Injuries will happen and his value is so low at this point. I think keeping him is better than a 2nd rounder four years from now.

Awesome. My sons favorite player (cause my son is also named Ryan).

This post times 100. The worst part about the Bulls is they ended up being a year away from being able to be ready for the 2019 plan. The reality was the team was just way too young this year (and combined with injuries) to really contend. Bmags could be on to something that maybe they would have looked different if they added more vets last off-season (vs. signing it all on Parker). Not sure it matters, I just think the reality is 2 years to turn a team around from scratch is tight (which is really all the Bulls had). If they started off strong and overachieved, I don't think they trade for Porter, heck, I think they are looking at AD and are probably pushing 2 max slots and would have been a talked about destination. Reality is that didn't happen and I give the FO credit for being realistic in its views vs. delusional. I also can't really fault them for not building a playoff team within 2 years of blowing things up (it really isn't much time). Youngest team in the league, etc. 2021 is much more realistic, unfortunately, that FA class isn't as deep. Bulls best case scenario is Kwahi signs a 1 yr deal with Toronto, Bulls ascend and he shows an interest in coming here in 2020.

That team isn't much different than what the Bulls are trying to do and I'd argue Bulls roster would have had more longer-term upside than the Nets roster (without Kryie & KD). This year will tell a lot more though so I could be delusional in my views of Lavine & Laurie, plus WCJ.

I agree in the Kyrie/KD situation as well as the AD situation, it was less about the front office and more about where they wanted to play or other affiliations, which drove those moves. That said, Nets front office is far more competent than Lakers. Lakers were the true team that made out like a bandit as I actually think LBJ is a Clipper if he was a FA this year (vs. Lakers), but at the time, he wanted to come to LA and Hollywood and Lakers lore was the thing that got him there (nothing that the front office did got him there) and because of him and him alone, AD is there and Kwahi will be there soon).

What would you call Kyrie being interested because of the whole JROC or whatever the group is called? I think they got to where they currently were by making solid moves, but I don't know that they did anything to demand getting KD & Kyrie. By the way, I'm going on record as saying I don't think they are as good as people give them credit for, at all (even with these moves). I don't necessarily think the teams with the best off-season in sports, necessarily have the best front offices, etc. In the Nets case though, I give them much more credit than say the Lakers.

This...young LBJ was better, but AD and Kwahi are much better than Wade & Bosh at that time. Plus that team didn't have anyone near as good as Kuzma to go with them, imo.

Everything I have read and heard from insiders is Bulls heavily plan on having 2 max spots available. Doesn't mean they go that full path, but if they committed right now on some of these mediocre guys who got big deals, they were basically saying their ceiling is this current roster and I think that is too early to tell. On the Clips...they had a heck of a season, but people overrate them and their current talent drastically. Kwahi is having hesitations because he understands that roster has major limitations when it comes to having an extended post-season run. They grinded it out like nobodies business in the regular season but they are completely devoid of high-upside talent. Nets were actually very similar to the Clippers in that regard and I give them credit for getting those max guys but they come with major risk. I don't believe the Nets will win a title with KD. The Bulls turned Jabari & Portis into Otto Porter Jr. and while that might be luck or whatever, I don't have an issue with that at all...in fact, it makes the Jabari signing look favorable in my camp. The reality is we'll know much more about this franchise during this upcoming season, Lauri will be in yr 3 and will need to show enough to say he is worthy of being a max type guy. Lavine will be coming off a very strong season where he showed a lot of growth, with a full off-season where he can hopefully continue his steps forward. WCJ is an incomplete and we don't know what we have in White. By the way...funny that people are now defending teams that didn't blow it up. Hasn't that been my MO forever...tanking is not the only path to success, etc. I think the Bulls have learned and you need to first get good before you become great (unless you have a superstar who literally wants to beg and plea to play with you (see Lebron to Hollywood and even than they could have paired up, etc.). And in terms of Mark and an extension, I think if Mark isn't looking as much as the guy or the Bulls have doubts, you might see them package Lauri elsehwere to extend the window. I think this team will be much more interesting to watch and outside of my swing big off-season where they landed KD or AD (or had the lottery ball magic work out), this was about exactly what I thought the squad needed. Vet PG at a reasonable deal who is a good presence plus a vet big. I expect we'll see them land one other vet big on the MLE. Note: I do not believe the Bulls won't pay the tax. If they have a good team, they'll pay the tax. They won't pay the tax for a mediocre team nor should they as that would mean they are in a bad situation (with bad contracts galore).

The Clippers are a Kwahi away from having a Knicks like off-season. Epicly bad. It goes to show you, no matter how good your front office, you might just not execute, despite the best laid plans. Counterpoint is the Lakers who couldn't be a bigger dumpster fire, but they had Lebron (who literally went there purely so he could be in hollywood) and he and his people were able to get AD (who literally forced a deal there) and now they are about to land the biggest big 3 in the history of basketball.

That is literally what the Bulls seem to be doing. Plus, let me know what other 22ish win team landed a bunch of superstars? Maybe they should have pretended like the Knicks and failed miserably but I think the Bulls were realistic. They will have 2 max spots and plenty of guys who can get moved if another player becomes unhappy in the next year or two. The reality is they need to get back to being a playoff team or at least get close to being one (so people view them more as an upstart with a chance)...than, better things will happen. I don't know whether this front office will be able to connect the dots this time on a championship team, but I do have a lot of faith in terms of them finding enough young assets, vets, etc to turn them into a playoff team with a bright future which will at least enable them to market/try. Signing any of the guys that got big money deals this off-season would have been no bueno. Basically it would have locked this team into the team they are. Since the trade deadline, they have added 3 two way players who are versatile in Porter, Thaddeus, and Santy.

They are the worst ran franchise in the NBA (well maybe not quite but close to it) and they are probably going to luck into one of the best teams in NBA history (on paper).

There was nothing out there that I would have done. I actually think, given where the team was, they had a fantastic day. Signing any of those middle to good guys to those kind of contracts would have been a bad idea that actually locker in mediocrity. A lot of those contracts are going to be hard to move in a couple of years. Now I am bummed they couldn’t have been creative and landed a superstar but that was obviously not in their cards. The team got better while maintaining flexibility.

I wouldn't mind getting dragic.

Thaddeus Young was a nice pick up. Fills the exact need of a quality vet big who is also a great clubhouse guy. We will look back and be in a great spot in two years vs some of these teams that gave guys like Middleton or Tobias stupid contracts. Watch Nets moves back fire wIth Durant and Kylie both having a history of health issues.