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This was a mistake (the use of the tag). I suppose it was a calculated mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.

So maybe they split the odds. Interesting, that means each team could pick at 6 or 7? I had read a few spots that there is a coinflip but maybe that coinflip plays some other small role in the lottery (or works for the 2nd round pick)?

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 05:59 PM) They ship two weeks ahead of the date and anything that doesn't fit they overnight a replacement. I decide to give it a go. I know most of my sizes, so this will be interesting. I asked around school, this is prom season and a few had good experiences with the service. The biggest drawback I see is not seeing the actual style, color, etc. 2 weeks in advance...that is a good deal. You should wear that tux every day of the week haha. Maximize the value proposition!

If you are tied in the lottery, there is a coin flip to determine who gets the higher "odds". At least I believe that is how it works. Below is a link to a site that has all the current odds. It is a very big deal Bulls don't somehow move down from where they are. Would be great to move up somehow (ahead of the Kings). If we were our odds of moving up to a top 3 pick would be about 20% (vs. 15% at the current 7 position). A reminder on how the lottery works, but if we pick at 7, we can either pick at 7-10 (almost impossible to be at 10) or we could move up to 1-3. There is no ability for the Bulls to pick in the 4-6 range. http://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds

True story...when my dad got remarried, I landed on the day of the wedding and arrived (and my dad had picked up my tux so it was waiting)....well, it turns out I had a "capri" tux because they had totally botched the measurements. Literally, the pants were like 8 inches off of my shoe. It was horrible (but hillarious). It was just a small wedding with only family so not a huge deal (only money spent was on a local photographer and food), but all pictures (except a few funny ones) had to be taken from the waist up. But I would had to have the situation reversed and that happen at like my daughters wedding or something. So basically...just don't be the goofball that doesn't try on a tux in advance to make sure nothing is wrong the day of the event. Haha.

I count nothing until it happened. Whether it is us getting the 7th pick or 6th pick or 8th pick. Who knows. Hopefully the lottery works in the Bulls favor! More importantly, hopefully we make the right picks.

Said another way, look at Paulie's stats. They were very good as well, obviously more seasons, etc, but good OPS, lots of HR's, etc. Paulie has zero chance of being a hall of famer. He's in the hall of very good and very far away from being a HOFer.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 10:33 AM) http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/...-in-cooperstown This article on ESPN today gives no mention of Jose Abreu. Yes, yes - I know - it's ESPN, and they love ignoring the White Sox at every turn. I also know that Abreu started old, and has borderline numbers with an expected dropoff as he gets older. Nevertheless, I think this is an interesting question - if Jose has 6 more years identical to the average of the previous 4, how borderline is he then? I don't think that's necessary unrealistic. An .882 OPS puts him in the top 100 all time in that category, and he'd have 300 homers, 350 doubles and a .300 batting average with 1000 RBIs. Would he be close? Or just in the hall of "very good"? I don't think he would be even close. I think his coming over at an older age would have impacted him. Counting stats just aren't good enough.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 09:36 AM) Having just finished it hot damn that would have been awesome. Yeah - I got excited just thinking about it.

Crazy that basically 2 games separate the 3rd seed from the potential 9 seed in the west.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2018 -> 03:38 PM) We just booked our room to do Disney this summer. God help me. I LOL'd at your facebook post on the pool. I really wanted to reply, "after you threw the chicken bones in the pool, did you ask for a discount" haha.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Mar 30, 2018 -> 04:04 PM) The Sun Times had a list of MLB team payrolls for 2018 in todays paper. The White Sox were listed as being 28th with a team payroll of $73 million dollars. Obviously they can spend some money if they want to. We shall see if they actually do that. How is the teams payroll even that high? Shields obviously is a huge part of that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 30, 2018 -> 02:19 PM) Avi was an above average defender during 2017 by most metrics. It is why I have become much more pro Avi. In the past, Avi was so freaking bad defensively, he'd have to mash to be somewhat serviceable. Now he's become respectable in the field, which means if he hits well, you really get a quality player. One thing about Avi is, he has a phenomenal work ethic. I'm a believer in Avi at this point (amazing since I was one of his biggest detractors a few years back).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 10:28 AM) There is always a Hornets/Kings/Magic GM out there willing to make a splash Given how few teams have money, I'd really be shocked if anyone gave Lavine a max deal.

And I can't blame anyone in the Bulls front office for the last 3 wins. They are clearly attempting to tank. The bright side is Lauri is finishing the year off strong.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 07:42 AM) So, how many of you are willing to give Lavine the max? I don't even know what to think of Lavine. Hard to count much anything in terms of his overall performance this year. Coming off of injury, etc...hard to evaluate. I certainly wouldn't give him a max deal, but I am intrigued by his talent.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 07:33 AM) Are any other Bears fans sorta unexcited about this draft? Like there's one scenario where it goes great (Chubb), then probably good (Fitzpatrick), then okay, I guess (Nelson), then well if we have to (Smith, Edmunds). Add to that the Bears are once again not the "fulcrum" pick. Though there are teams that are keen to trade up, the bears are not the team ahead of teams that people worry about. Boring. If Mayfield is on the board when we are picking and the Bills haven't moved up more, it will be interesting to see if we are getting calls from the Bills / Cardinals. I don't see Nelson / Chubb being available, however, I think there is nice depth at the LB spot, which is also a major position of need. I'm a big proponent of moving down a few spots (unless Chubb is there). I actually could see Pace moving up in the draft, either for Chubb or Barkley (with the Colts being the most likely trade partner). That said, Chubb may not be the bets fit for our system, so you have to take that into account.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 12:05 PM) Bears signed OL Earl Watford Quality depth signing. Can play every position on the line.

I think for the purposes of replacing a typical "whistle" great, however, I kind of don't like it when used during the game and in advance of at bats. Maybe it was all in good fun, I just don't know, but I think Boston should be careful.

I don't know that we will get 6. Need to pretty much lose out. I'm hoping we get lucky and Michael Porter magically falls to us and is magically healthy and becomes amazing or that we get lucky with the lottery odds.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 2, 2018 -> 06:16 AM) But, again, that was not the suggestion. The suggestion was that Thomas says he wants to go to college and does not want to be drafted as a ruse to have him last until the second round when the Sox draft him. That is quite different from your scenario. And, I guarantee you if something like this happens where the Sox take him in the second round and he told teams not to draft him because he wanted to play in college, MLB would investigate immediately and the Sox would be punished heavily for doing something like that. How is it much different than an Eli Manning or John Elway making very public statements around what team drafts him. Ultimately in the draft, I think teams can do all kinds of work around deals, etc. I mean you have pre-draft deals agreed to, so I don't see how this would actually be a violation of the rules. The reality is it is up to teams to call Thomas bluff or any other player who pulls that sort of card.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Apr 1, 2018 -> 08:49 PM) Truth. White Sox used this same trick to dupe teams into not drafting Kenny William's son. They swooped in like bandits and stole him in the later rounds. Oh man...this post cracked me up. Hilarious.

The final four wasn't as good as I'd have liked, but as a whole, it really was an incredible tourney. One of the best tournaments in years. Lots of great stories, great games, Cinderella's, etc.

So I got to admit, when I turned the game on, I immediately thought of Brian and said, crap, I hope he hedged his tourney bracket and put down at least a sizeable bet on Nova to ensure that even in the event of a Michigan loss, he at least got "paid". So Brian...I hope you at least did that so you won some money vs. getting punched in the gut and than kicked in the balls.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 2, 2018 -> 02:04 PM) This x1000000 And it is why I don't see "tanking" being a long-term big issue in baseball. You flat out don't get magically better based upon a couple years of draft picks. Baseball's draft and the way the game works is just so so much different than basketball. Basketball has a tanking problem...baseball might have too many teams trying to rebuild at the moment, but I don't think it has a "tanking" problem. I never have viewed the Sox rebuild strategy as being highly contingent on them getting a top X pick...now I do think the rebuilding strategy is aided by good drafting, but I think good teams draft well and how high you pick doesn't have near the correlation it does in other sports (not to mention in baseball..it is so hard for one player to carry a team...case in point, Mike Trout). I do think we will see many teams "humbled" by how difficult it is to tank/rebuild because everyone thinks because the Cubs / Astros did it, it is just so easy. The reality is that it isn't and older, more veteran players are the new "moneyball" as they have ultimately been devalued for the much more attractive, cost controlled young player? Just my two cents...we'll see longer term if I'm right.