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Locally Harper barely gets discussed. A few reporters have pushed the angle. To be honest, what the Dodgers need is front line pitching. They have a lot of depth, but they don't have the front line horses to win a series, imo. I don't believe Bellinger would be off the table, either. Albeit, they aren't just going to "hand him" over, even if you took on payroll. You'd still have to give up prospects. Bellinger had a sophmore slump but he's a very capable defender (OF / 1B). I am surprised Dodgers haven't been in on Kluber.

Yes. And you know there will be other teams looking to shred payroll at times (whether Yankees and/or Red Sox).

Picking up some of the Dodgers pieces and facilitating salary moves wouldn't necessarily be the end of the world, imo. I still think it is unlikely the Sox sign either of these guys. They are clearly doing the best they can, but it is an uphill battle when you are competing with the Yankees and Dodgers. I won't necessarily make the same statement with the Phillies, other then they are a better positioned team to win sooner (vs. Sox). And if the Sox don't win on Machado and Harper and instead get creative and absorb salary to obtain good prospects and/or other pieces (say get a Bellinger to go with a Kemp or something)...than I think that could actually end up better (from a pure baseball perspective).

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Wow - Bobby Portis out 2 to 4 weeks.

I agree. I'd say more Blake Griffin but either way, I'd prefer Barret.

Welcome aboard!!!

Lavine out 2-4 weeks and given the tank, etc, I'll bet he'll be closer to the 4 week mark. Its a bummer because I am 100% okay with this franchise winning games, as long as it is driven by strong play and growth shown out of Dunn, Lavine, Laurie, WCJ. I don't believe those guys have played even 1 game together yet and even if you remove WCJ, you are talking about, I believe less than 10 regular season games total.

Technically, the Bulls offense was already tragically bad, but Boylan has been misquoted. He basically wants to get back to basics of half court basketball, etc, before starting to push the tempo and other aspects. The guy is fundamentally different than Hoiberg and with that, the transition into the role mid-season is different than a lot of other "interim" transitions. Either way, none of it will matter...this team is going to struggle to win many games. Injuries have certainly had a material impact on this, but it also has a lot to do with young teams and how hard it is to turn around a culture when you have young clubs. Its why I actually believe in what Boylan is preaching. Historically speaking, young teams lose (and lose a lot of games) and that culture can quickly become toxic...losing habits spread like wildfire and it just gets ugly. Lakers had those issues a year ago, they had tons of locker room issues prior to Lebron coming in.

I think the fact that the Sox are first in these meetings can be a scary proposition as usually that enables other teams to match, etc. Makes you wonder how much you are being used for leverage vs. not (especially in MLB where players tend to take their time to sign vs. NFL or NBA where you want to be at the front of the list).

Fuller has be on the squad as well. Possibly Hicks too.

I was confused with that clock situation as well.

Floyd has played real well since he got his hand back to 100 percent. I think you have to pick up that 5th year option (even though it will be expensive). He’s such an explosive athlete and plays run and pass so well. Nice that he’s also getting more pressures and sacks too.

I will also say well done to Mitch. I thought he played a real clean game. Too bad we got too cute on a couple 3rd or 4th and shorts or they could have had a few more scores maybe. We should have kept feeding Howard. They kind of messed with the role he had going...but nice defensive performance and a solid offensive performance.

I really hope Eddie Jackson is okay!

Wohoo!!!

I am going to give Pax credit. He backed Boylen and didn’t panick after last weeks disastser and I think it was that backing that helps get this ship turned in the right direction (sent a message to the players that the front office was behind him and thus if you want to play for Bulls you need to get with the program). Boylen is nuts but I think the dude can coach and I like the fact that he isn’t backing down. Young teams, more than any other team, need to really be pushed. The d they played down the stretch tonight was absolutely stellar. Both the intensity but the fundamentals and how well they were switching, etc. The team is going to play much better with Dunn and Lauri back. I’m not saying they are great but they are going to win more games...good thing they lost so many early that no matter what they’ll get a good pick. But I’m totally fine winning more games if it is because the core is kicking ass.

Well technically Bulls are still evaluating but yeah...I presume it is more 2 to 3 weeks if I were to guess.

That was a nice win. Huge contributions from Dunn and Lauri. The energy they played with was great again. Defense has looked significantly better of late. I had forgotten how athletic and strong Dunn is. His mid range game should be lethal as he continues to develop. Was very happy Lauri did something other then just jack 3s today and it helped. He had a lot more easy points by attacking. He still looks slower than last year...not sure if that is due to him still adjusting to missing so much time or what?

Wow...man talk about no luck on the injury front. Lavine out at least a few days, more likely at least a week, if not longer, with an ankle injury. Would be great to see the actual core get a sustainable amount of time to play together, so you can get a picture of what they have.

Very interesting when you consider the fact that Alonso and Machado are related by marriage.

I was going to say, I remember you being on the opposite side.

I know no one believes this...but in 11 of Paxsons's first 14 full seasons as a GM/President, the Bulls made the playoffs. And if you extend that out and count last years tank season, it would be 11 of his first 15 seasons. Yes, there are issues, but take a step back and if you put on your head as owner of the franchise, there is a lot to like about that sort of track record, especially when you think of the stench in culture that he inherited (post Jordan era). Rebuilding a team is not easy and Pax essentially has already done two rebuilds...one the original team post Krause and then the conversion to Rose and theoritically a mini conversion to the Butler era (post-season play but the least successful of the 3 as it ended with a full tear down). Now this is a 4th wave in the future. Sure he had issues with some of the coaches, but over 15 years, you kind of expect that to happen. Big picture, regardless of if this rebuild works or doesn't, I still view Paxson as having been a very successful front office exec. Very few franchises have been ran better than the Bulls over that time.

By the way....not everyone in the national media immediately thinks Boylan and the Bulls coaching tactics are disastrous. NBA TNT crew was not a big fan of the Bulls player (at least those who partook). It was a weak weak performance for the report to get as far as it did. On the Magic telecast last night, they mentioning they hadn't seen a Bulls team play that hard since the Thib era. I have no idea if it will remain, but damn did they look lightyears better defensively last night. Rachel Nichols and Stephen Jackson also pointed the finger in the players direction. This is not to indemnify Boylan for all his antics cause he did go to far, but the extreme outrage on this board and from Bulls fans is absurd.

For all of you saying they should fire Pax because of them deciding Parker isn't a fit...you probably should go back and look at your posts of excitement regarding the signing of Parker in the 1st place. It was always a lottery ticket with a high probability of being a one year deal. Unless Jabari was able to be way more explosive, a further year removed from his injury, there would have been very little reason to keep him on a 2nd year @ 20M per year.