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That is the 3rd consecutive position in which Hamilton was hacked with no call (this time away from the ball). After watching the garbage officiating in the 4th quarter and now this, what the hell.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 6, 2012 -> 10:26 AM) So CJ Watson hasnt made a shot in 2 games I think, yet Thibs refuses to switch it up. At some point you just have to try anything when you are so undermanned, just give James a shot, it doesnt really matter at this point it cant be any worse. Some of the worse point guard play I've ever seen in the playoffs. Watson has been absolutely brutal. Hamilton has been raped on a few plays with no call. This is brutal.

So I was posting from my iphone last night but I wanted to reiterate that J4L is correct. Without Rose the Sixers are a terrible match-up for the Bulls. They are very athletic and strong defensively and without a guy like Rose who can break-them down the Bulls are going to have a difficult time scoring. They were able to score a decent amount when Lucas was running the point. Yes, he's a lousy point guard but thus far he has played significantly better then Watson, who just isn't the same player when he starts vs. coming off the bench. Offensively the Bulls are going to have to play a lot with Taj/Boozer on the floor (vs. Asik) and that shouldn't really be an issue given the fact that the Sixers don't have a true center. They still have a chance to win this series but to be frank, these teams are about even (especially when you are without Noah, who had really stepped up his game since Rose went down). Noah is the man, a tough guy, and someone I will forever cheer for. He has his limits and flaws but he plays hard and does things the right way. Also, for those of you that were bashing Boozer, I'd be very curious to know what guy you were watching. He actually played about as good of defense as I've ever seen him play (that doesn't say much, but he had active hands and slapped quite a few Bulls that led to some Sixer turnovers). On offense he was more aggressive and about the only guy who was looking to score (outside of Rip, who needs to stay aggressive...his shot will fall). Had Lucas not played like total s*** in the 4th quarter and got the ball into the post a few times, we'd have probably won (but instead Boozer hardly got any touches; I realized he missed a couple late shots but he had no rhyhtm). PS: This is the saddest I've been watching my team in the playoffs ever. This is such a likeable squad and it sucks to see em go down like this. I'll pull like hell for them to win and I was disgusted at the Sixer fans for cheering Noah's injury.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2012 -> 07:43 PM) Boozer is so worthless. You mean the one guy who played well. How about they give him the freaking ball more.

It isn't things fault and Jordan is right. Bulls can still win but I want to see gibson starting.

Santiago, outside of the walk, has looked good. I'm glad he's throwing some of his secondary stuff today. He'll need to do that and he has good stuff. Command is off though.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 1, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) Dunn? Yes. Rios? No. But fine. I'll let it go. Though I do deserve some credit for Tyson. Nobody has any problems letting me know when I'm wrong. I said Tyson was elite. Nobody agreed with me. Now he's the DPOY. Whatever. If I disagreed that Chandler is an elite defender, well then I don't recall doing such. I've always felt Tyson was a legit defender. You were right, but he's a pretty known commodity on the defensive side of the ball.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 1, 2012 -> 08:07 PM) I don't care about getting razzed for it. It was not about that and you know why I got pissed. I'm just saying looking back, I wasn't really that far off. There's no way anybody could've foreseen Carmelo being so bad for 40 games and Amare being so bad all year. So does Kenny get a pass cause no one would have expected Dunn and Rios to be the two worse players in baseball? Not being an ass, just asking. Either way, that is long gone...lets focus on whats going on now.

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 1, 2012 -> 07:25 PM) Boozer and Noah both disappeared due to horrible PG play. Watson and Lucas were abortions The offense was atrocious in the 2nd half. Defense was foul. That was terrible. The one on one play that I saw after a good offensive first half was just disgusting. Noah was money in the 1st half too and I want to see more of that cause he has the opportunity to do that all the time. Really really disgusted. Normally i'd say its just a loss, but given the mental beatdown this team has taken, I'm sure they will have a lot of doubt in there mind. They need to get past it and play strong in game 3 on Friday.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 1, 2012 -> 01:40 PM) Its a good question and one that the Bears front office has never explained. If you go through my posts, I consistently state I dont understand why the Bears did not give Carimi a LT grade. If you read about last years draft youll see some scouts didnt like his knee bend and other form issues with pass protection (ie a quick speed rush may beat him). Also he was a rookie with limited time to learn the playbook due to the lock out. They may have just wanted him to play RT to start and get comfortable to then move him to LT. I think Carimi is really going to impress people once he comes back. I cant understand why Reiff would get a LT grade and Carimi a RT grade, but sometimes it just doesnt make sense. Most people didn't give Reiff a LT grade.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 10:08 AM) 2-hour season finale. Don't want to spoil anything, but it sets up an interesting plot for season 3. It was very very interesting. I didn't realize that was the finale. I had saw it when I made this post. It was a great episode and definitely makes you wonder about what will happen for season 3.

Costco (not sure if there is one near you Mike) has passport photo's for cheap as well.

I will work on getting the site upgraded. The time we have is sparse and there will be some server changes in store. One thing that might go away is some of the historic historic info (given the cost of maintaining all of the real old stuff). I'll know more in a few weeks to a month. But there will be some back end changes that will be instore, which hopefully, by and large only the good is noticeable (e.g., getting this software upgraded to the newer versions which would support something like tapatalk).

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 08:33 AM) Grimm is a surprisingly good show. I way behind on it (I think I have about 6 on my DVR), but I've enjoyed every episode. The reformed Big Bad Wolf that helps out is great. Always good comic relief. Yep. I think I started watching about 8 episodes ago. This past week I got caught up (went through like 5 episodes in a week) and I'm offiically hooked. This is the 1st season, correct?

I'm trying to be an optimist. Rose at 95% is still an all star. Lets hope he gets back to 100% but no matter what I wish him a speedy recovery. From here on out...Go Bulls. You are one of the most enjoyable teams I've gotten to cheer for in a long time. The epitome of an NBA TEAM. Kick some ass and win this thing for the gipper..errr Drose.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Apr 30, 2012 -> 07:54 AM) Holy sh*t, Breakout Kings is an amazing show. That is all. Yep. very good. I'm also getting into Grimm now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 05:16 PM) With his size, I wonder if GarPax have to start thinking about dealing him before he goes Iverson. They are similar in size and game, I fear that is who we are looking at. He was so much faster then nearly everyone in the league that even at 95% he'd be one of the faster players in the league (or so I hope). In fact, he wasn't even playing at full speed today and was making guys miss.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 05:13 PM) Yeah, because he kept playing and re-injuring it. Forget about this year. The long-term repercussions are what's important now. After what's happened this year, I don't know how Rose could ever take the court again without having the fear of god inside him of getting hurt again. It takes time...he's going to have a hard rehab process but he suffered a very fluke injury and I'm sure a lot of it had to do with his body just not being ready as a result of all of the injuries and wear and tear. Still, its a tough thing to see given how few athletes have truly recovered from this that relied on pure speed.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 05:10 PM) None of those guys has a game like Rose. They are shooters, not slashers. Jamaal is older but he was very quick. What I've read is it looks like you can get back to about 95% if all goes well. Rose was so special that he could still be fine at 95%. Can't wait to see ptac's post on this.

6 to 9 months is the normal timeframe for recovery. You have to hope his recovery is more like Jamaal's vs. Michael Redd, who came back and retore it.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 05:01 PM) I can't remember and I don't feel like looking it up. Is this similar to Roy's injury? I believe Roy had the micro fracture injury, similar to Amare and Oden.

NFL players have came back within a year. You can even see some of the guys in the NFL who come back from torn ACL's and in time regained there quickness and got the 40 times back. Still, it is no guarantee. It will take hard work and Rose's quickness was one of those things that made him special. He still is strong and a big jumper and I anticipate those abilities will be there. Heck, the biggest thing about him is his ability to change speeds and hopefully he can still do that in time. Until I see him playing and show that burst that made him special though, there will be major doubts in my mind.

I know when Rubio went down they said there was some shot he could be back for London. I don't' know how that is even possible and probably not true. Al Jefferson tore his and only missed 6 games the final year. His tear happened in February and he was 100% by opening day. Seems like it is a 9 month recovery time, which puts him on a January time frame.

What NBA guards have had this injury? I know Crawford had this injury and he regained most of his quickness. Any other NBA players? Its a pretty rare injury in the NBA or so it seems. That said Rubio and Shumpert both had it happen to them this year (plus Harrington I believe).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2012 -> 04:44 PM) Rose will be gone most of next year too. I don't know about that. I'm assuming he'd miss the beginning of the season but would probably be back to 100% by this time next year (or close to it). He's got a long road to recovery ahead of him, but to be frank, this is better than the micro fracture injury. You can recover from this and still have explosiveness. Running backs have came back from it, wideouts have, etc. However, I'll be curious to see how much slower he is. This is just horrible for Rose. I feel terrible for him.