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Since Amare (or Amar'e) is officially on the block there's alot of teams calling Mr. Kerr (who BTW kinda helps in the trading process) for his services and rightfully so. Portland (rumor has it Aldridge + Lafrentz + 1st rd pick maybe 2 [suns like Bayless also, but Portland doesn't want to deal him]) Sacremento (Hawes + 1st rd pick that's going to be high + I'm guessing a expiring contract.. Soloman?[i can't see them dealing K. Martin or even Garcia]) Miami (Beastley + Marion + pick + expiring contract forgot who [rumor has it the suns turned it down... for now] Toronto (don't remember who their dealing) and you got potential others in Memphis, Charlotte, New York I'm sure will ask, etc.. Here's what Kerr said in 2007 in his blogs he used to write. For the record he LOVES Hinrich. IMO, he sees him as Nash's successor (who is getting up there in age, but is the only untouchable according to Kerr I beieve) the Suns front office like Tyrus, Noah, Deng, Noc and Thabo. (I believe I heard Gooden too esp. his expiring contract) I have one of the biggest man crushes on TT, but if you can get an Amare (or if the Suns like Noah enough, but they do have Lopez and if I was Kerr... yea I'd want a young player with potential back) then yea... anyone but Rose can leave (hell they can take Deng for all I care, perhaps giving us back in a bigger deal say.. for s***s and giggles... Barbosa? Then Gordon can walk in the offseason) I'm reluctant to deal Thabo though unless we have other plans at the SG casue we all know BG ain't commin back. Love his size at the SG position and he's a pass first (even though I wish he could be a tad more aggresive but with Rose, Amare perhaps even a Barbosa comming off the bench... you don't need him to score much as he's a great passer and a good defender) I would think Noah would fit more with the team, but Amar'e can play both the PF/C position (Zoom/Steve/Slav/Andrew/ws101/Balta/Kyle/Rock/Brian/cal/etc.. etc.. could probably give their insight on which he would fit better position wise [amare]) and let's face it, his defense leaves little to be desired so both Tyrus (great weak side D defender, better open court runner, high ceiling, allows Amare to play C or till Asik comes in a couple years who Pax really likes and assuming Amare gets his extention) or Noah (solid defender, also ability to run the court, limited ceiling, but allows Amare to play the PF and he can put back tip-ins and such) It's crazy to think. You could argue Paxson made the 'right' moves with drafting Tyrus (over Aldridge, Roy, Gay but I personally loved the pick), Noah (over Hawes), signing Ben Wallace (to get the Drew Gooden expiring contract) and ended up with Rose and Amare. Just like he planned it right. I don't wanna get too ahead as Pax will probably not have the balls to pull this off but the Bulls are in GREAT position as they have what Kerr is looking for (A good young player(s), expiring contracts, pick(s)) just depends if some other teams' talent is better or if Pax doesn't wanna man up and deal a specific player (ala Deng, Hinrich etc.) or even if the Suns DON'T DEAL HIM. (always a possibility) Amar'e wants to be the man, wants a big market to endorse, and wants to be in the right system (I'm sure Vinny's ass can get that accomplished) and with Rose here who is a distributor, doesn't want to be the man, and won't have to do everything here, not to mention... he's damn good it's a win-win. Gotta extend him though. My bordom is over now... I have a headache so ima stop typing and just day-dream that this gets done. EDIT: Oh.. BTW found this... Suns phones are ringing for Amare (And a few for Shaq)

Shaft.

D. Ward and J. Jones agree on minor league deals with the Reds.

It's like he combined the name or something. Jameel White is Mr. Steven Q. Urkel I know that for sure.

That was the old fashion robberies/stealings back in the 90's. People would either rob, or steal your shoes (Jordans/Barkleys/Shaqs etc..) sometimes even resulting in death. (few instances where some actually killed a person(s) if that person(s) refused to give them their shoes) I had my Jordans stolen back when I was a kid in my gym class (had to climb a rope/gymnastics to pass the test) Some kid took them where most of the kids kept their shoes (two other guys had theirs taken also) and luckally my mom went back and brought me some other shoes making sure I don't miss any education.

Jas is pretty sexy though. If I was a woman, I'd bone him up the butt. Uh wait...

Ah, Ben Wallace. He still finds ways to f*** up.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Preach bro.

This is JR were talking about. He doesn't even pay luxury taxes for the bulls state. This ain't changing anything.

That would be the most ideal. Add a Hinrich (which quite a few GM's do like BTW) or a Noc to a deal (get those contracts outta here) like Zoom was just saying and you actually have something in the future that just doesn't involve a player. (Rose) Tyrus is going to be really good. When he gets his minutes, he's damn solid. Deng can't be involved anyway even though he's improved his game in the last month as much as Tyrus has. His conract is very... well.. bad. But he's a nice complimentary player. Probably will never be that "star" that Pax or many once thought. Add some draft picks and giggady. PG-Rose SG-Gordon (for the time being)/Thabo (just wish he was alittle more aggresive as a scorer) C-Amare SF-Deng PF-Thomas Probably one of the more explosive/athletic starting line-ups your ever going to see. Rose and Amare together has gotten my penis striken into metaporphis. Hell honestly, I would give up alot to get freaking Beastly (Him and Rose together is even sweeter IMO) but I doubt that will happen.

Looks like he'll be out 4-6 months.

Kalapse. Quit being so fine.

He had me at hello. This is the first time the bulls have had a winning record (or guaranteed one even if they lose the next couple games) on a circus road trip since 97-98. Derrick Rose's team will probably break alot of these streaks/records for years to come.

Love that interview. Even Poreda knows his change-up would mostly predict his future as a starter or BP guy. He's really been working hard to get to where he is. I love this kid.

Not to mention your a lightweight.

The Reds need a Right Handed SLG bat. Their line-up as it is has alot of (or actually used to until Griffey, Dunn, and Hamilton leaving town these past couple seasons but they do like Dickerson, Richar) left-handed batters. (hell they got Votto and Bruce as their 3-4 right now (or of course Dusty would probably put a Phillips/Gomes/Encarnancion in there), Dye would fit in very, very nicely with that RH thunder stick to drive in 90+ runs) That's what Jocketty has been looking for all along. If he wanted Abreu, they woulda made him AT LEAST an offer a long time ago. But I've heard they like Gomes alot though. They see him as a bench guy right now, but if he does well in spring training, they'll probably hand him the left field (or right field) spot. That Tavares signing was not that good by them, IMO and I know their fans never liked it from the start. Also, they can either pick up Dye's option or get that Type A draft pick which might make Dye more attractive to them.

Beforehand, I didn't think Abreu made any sense at all considering our youth movement, but I also thought Dye woulda been gone a while back. Until now I realized, the sox HAVE to get Abreu now. Ozzie, KW etc. have been preaching OBP for some time now, and your basically trading SLG% for OBP%. He'll instantly be our most consistant #2 hole hitter (or 6th) and one of our better bats with his smarts at the plate to go along with his ability to drive balls the other way. his 70+ BB's a season to go along with his pitch per ab, would be just what we need even if he is declining. He, Thome, Quentin and perhaps Getz and Konerko to an extent would really from a nice OBP combo and most of them have very nice SLG% anyway to help balance out the other potential SLG% (Fields, Ramirez, Anderson [potential wise]) Ozzie would then have more flexability to actually send the runners more if they single (Abreu, BA/Owens, Getz/Lillibridge, Fields, Quentin, Ramirez all have the potential to steal 15+ bases if Ozzie utilizes them correctly) and to also move the runners along better. (Abreu is a hell of a tough out and an excellent guy to have with runners to base who doesn't swing for the fences all the time) SLG vs OBP is basically what were looking at here. (and to be honest, Abreu's SLG% is pretty damn good to begin with) To me it's makes sense to balance that in more in the line-up or... get the better player.

Romo likes his women beefy with a pepsi in their hands.

Eh.. just look at Abreu's stats compared to Dye's and you'd get more... say... giddy.

Perhaps our new De Los Santos?

Let's "assume" Abreu signs with us. Honestly besides Dye, only Konerko seems attractive and really only for a couple teams (Angels, if they sour on Morales and the Nationals) Not to mention Kong's 10/5 rights. Dye has much more trade cababilities (Reds [bailey + Stubbs/Roenicke] Mets [F. Martinez + B. Parnell + C+ type spect] Angels [Figgins + Walden/Adenhart + decent spect maybe] Dodgers [to an extent depends on Manny] Nationals [Depends if they still want to do a Swisher 1B or Nady RF + trade also]) Who knows if another dark hourse team could surprise that we don't know about.

Why didn't you nominated yourself knight? Other than maybe onedude, there isn't another person whose had a better year. And this is comming from a guy who hates the awards stuff.

I'm still down on those drinking bets FYI wite, sonix, and rowand.

To Start The Season/or as of right now: Owens - CF Ramirez - SS Quentin - LF Thome - DH Dye - RF Konerko - 1B Pierzynski - C Fields - 3B Getz - 2B Bench - Lillibridge (KW's first "tweak guy" to improve his game) - 2B/SS/CF, Betemit - basically the whole infield, Stewart/Lucy/Miller/ST trade or I-Rod - C, Anderson - basically the whole OF, since Oz has done it before Rotation - Buehrle, Floyd, Danks, Colon, Marquez (KW's second "tweak" guy [or Coop's project] to make him a better GO/AO pitcher; or what he calls.. "Jon Garland with a better fastball") Bullpen - Richard, Russell/Wassermann, Carrasco, Thornton, Linebrink, Dotel, Jenks After ST/During the middle/towards the end: Lillibridge - CF Getz - 2B (impresses with the "Ozzie Ball") Quentin - LF Thome - DH Dye - RF (assuming he's still here with us/our record is good/KW is blown away in a trade) Konerko - 1B Ramirez - SS Pierzynski - C Fields/Viciedo (if he's raking;Fields struggles;for a few games to take pressure off) - 3B Bench - Nix (big season in AAA) or a trade for a vet, Betemit - basically the whole infield and LF, Stewart/Lucy/Miller/late trade or I-Rod - C, Owens - LF/CF/late inning pinch running. BA is probably traded... unfortunitely, unless they want BA's defense (can play all OF positions) more for their needs but I can't see him particularly wasted like this. Rotation - Danks(MBINAA), Floyd, Buehrle, Colon (if he holds up)/Contreras (by August/September he's just a bulldog in rehab), Contreras/Marquez/Richard/Poreda Bullpen - Richard, Russell/Wassermann/Link, Carrasco/Nunez, Thornton, Linebrink, Dotel, Jenks My personal favorite line-up: Lillibridge - 2B/SS Ramirez - SS/2B Quentin - LF Thome - DH Dye - RF Konerko - 1B Pierzynski - C Fields - 3B Anderson - CF The best "Defense"/upside positions: (Since I'm bored, and IMO of course) Lucy/Pierzynski - C Betemit/Konerko/Thome - 1B Nix (couple scouts called him "The best defensive 2B they've ever seen/in a long time")/Lillibridge/Getz - 2B Lillibridge/Ramirez - SS Dye/Anderson/Quentin/Owens - LF Quentin/Anderson/Dye - RF Betemit/Fields - 3B Anderson/Lillibridge/Ramirez/Owens - CF Look out for Viciedo, Poreda (if he pitches well in AAA, IMO he needs one more year) and Lillibridge/Marquez. KW I trust. Josh Fields will be a mash monster versus LHP.