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QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 10:32 AM) Luol Deng isn't an impact player in the NBA. He belongs in basketball Siberia, aka Sacramento, Memphis, Clippers etc... He will be left alone, nobody will expect things from him, all will be well. Impact player, no, but a good 3rd or 4th option, absolutely.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 10:38 AM) I really think the silence out of Bulls camp and the fact that they haven't reached out to other players means they think they have LeBron. I think they don't know anything, just like the Heats, Nets, Cavs, Clippers, Knicks, and everyone else for that matter. Anything else is pure talk at this point.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 10:34 AM) I'd personally like to sign a couple guys. A shooter (Redick/Korver/Morrow), a big guard (Brewer/Childress), and another big man (Asik?). I woudl be quite happy with a Reddick & Childress. Gives us a lot of flexibility.

If the Bulls missed out, what does everyone think they do. Will they sign 2 or 3 guys? Will they pull off a trade? Will they move guys and accumulate expiring deals to have cap room for next year? Outside of Melo, who is potentially available next season?

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 10:26 AM) Yes he is. He's been a starter in the league for six seasons, a major leap forward in production is extremely unlikely at this point. But he should get better having a low post player around him. Hes' a relatively efficient scorer coming off his best season. The key to Deng is health. He isn't an all star, but he's an above average player and an asset. Especially now that he's extended his range and appears capable of being a decent 3 point shooter. If Luol continues to improve that aspect of his game he should be quite valuable (albeit a little overpaid in my eyes).

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 09:59 AM) Trade exceptions don't let you sign guys, they're only for trading purposes. You'd have to convince someone to give you a player for nothing basically. Other teams will help facilitate things though. We give them a pick or something.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 09:40 AM) How many do the Bulls have again? Rose Deng Noah Gibson Boozer James Johnson cap space So that'd be only 6, with no starting-caliber shooting guard at the moment. Asik as well (albeit not technically under contract). Plus we have a couple trade exceptions that will allow us to sign people for 3 to 4 mill deals (Hakeem Warrick exception, Hinrich exception, etc). That is a much different story. And if the reports are true, Bulls don't have Deng if they get Lebron but instead have a couple other guys that give us depth.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 09:31 AM) Michael Beasley. But he will likely be traded for other parts most likely. No one will be dealing with the Heat, imo, if they end up with the big 3. If that happens, a lot of people are gonna be clamoring about some tampering.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 09:31 AM) This I agree with. In fact, assuming LeBron doesn't come here, they might actually be further away. Well, quite frankly, if Lebron stays in Cleveland I think there is a lot of parody in the East. I'd rank the Celtics as the top title contending team, albeit they are very likely to get hurt and fall apart. Than I'd have the Cavs (w/LBJ) as they will improve and they had the best record last year. Than I go Magic, followed by the Bulls, Heat, and Hawks. The Bulls could jump into the Top 3 if Boston were to slide off, which is possible. But I don't see any team being by far and away better out of the top 4 (Celtics, Magic, Heat, Bulls, Cavs). I think the Heat would be on the outside looking in.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 09:22 AM) Available guards in case we miss out on Lebron: Anthony Morrow JJ Redick Matt Barnes Ronnie Brewer Luther Head Josh Howard Roger Mason Mike Miller Michael Redd (1 yr left on deal, 18.3 mil) Quinton Ross I'd prefer trading for one because I don't like much of what is out there. A few years ago I'd have loved Howard. I like Redick a good amount, but not for as much as it will take to sign him.

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) I may have missed this in the million pages, but apparently Rose has been calling and texting LBJ. Where did you see that?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 08:00 AM) At this point, I hope it's not something more serious...like a detached kneecap They are just taking it easy on him. He'll be playing on Friday. Jones has been having good at bats and is seeing the ball well, he just doesn't have the bat speed that he did 4 years ago.

That was a fun one to watch. Keep it up and get the sweep today!!!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 08:58 AM) I'll argue he was on said roll when he went down. In fact his last pitch this season was a great pitch with movement and velocity. He was cruising. I'd agree. It looked like we were seeing Peavy go on one of his vaunted runs. He was what, 4-1 with a sub 2.5 ERA in his last 5 games or something like that?

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 12:51 AM) Peavy has made 16 starts (I'll exclude this 17th one from Tues). The White Sox are 8-8 in those starts. I'd say Peavy is even a bit lucky that the Sox are playing .500 ball in his starts as he's put up a 4.63 ERA. You can decide to look at this a million different ways. The Sox have won 37 games in which Peavy did not play, and all of 8 games in which he did. In two of those games, the Sox won when he gave up 7 and 5 runs. Peavy has the worst ERA of our 5 starters. He trails the team with 8 quality starts. All of these things point to the Sox should be able to continue to contend just fine with Hudson (it wouldn't shock me if he bested Peavy's 4.63 ERA). No doubt, a dominant Peavy (as he's been in some, but not most of his starts) is a huge boost, but I'm definitely in the camp that says pick up a good lefty bat and let Hudson pitch. The team is rolling right now. 23 of 29. Peavy pitched far better than the numbers, had been coming on strong, and was expected to have a slow start due to the fact that he hadn't pitched much over the past year and a half. This injury was a big loss. We built our team around pitching and who knows if our pitching will hold up. Do we have the ponies and do we have depth, certainly, but this was a huge loss. Especially when you can state that we hadn't even seen the best of Peavy yet (when he goes on a roll, he's fun to watch).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 8, 2010 -> 08:47 AM) Anyone who says the "Miami Thrice" and crap players would win titles need only look at the 2003-2004 Lakers. 4 hall of famers on that team and they couldn't win. I think Miami will be a really good team with all three, obviously, but it's not guarantee that they'll win a bunch of rings. Dude, huge difference. 3 of those guys were passed there primes (Payton/Malone/Shaq).

Earthquake just happened here in SoCal.

That extra 2M should ensure the Bulls are able to bring over Asik.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 7, 2010 -> 04:41 PM) New NBA salary cap just announced, $58.04 million. Small increase from last season, but way above projections from a year ago. Now we have even more cash to work with! They were projecting in the 56M range, correct?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 7, 2010 -> 03:59 PM) Melo getting married in NY is supposedly the reason LeBron is holding the thing near NY tomorrow, according to ESPN. LBJ had dinner with Houston and Amare tonight.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 7, 2010 -> 03:55 PM) Carlos Boozer has Ben Wallace written all over it. He WILL NOT be a 20/10 guy in Chicago away from Sloan/DWill. At yrs 4/5, Boozer will be the same age as Ben Wall was at the beginning of his deal with the Bulls and Boozer relies a whole lot less on his athletism. My theory is that by the end of the deal, Boozers expiring contract will be an asset, even though his productivity has declined a bit. Barring injuries, we should get 3 pretty damn solid years out of Boozer, imo.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 7, 2010 -> 03:49 PM) Bucher has been all over the place! I would imagine the 6% is based only on speculation, the government would and has nailed people if there's insider stuff going on. He gained legitimacy with me for landing the Boozer news.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 7, 2010 -> 03:39 PM) Boozer has accomplished a lot in the Western Conference which has been much tougher than the East on a night in and night out basis. Especially for bigs. He will now come to the east where he won't have to try and defend much bigger guys.