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QUOTE (Felix @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 01:05 PM) "A source close to the situation says @drose Derrick Rose will officially return Monday." "Derrick Rose to Return Monday Against Nuggets: CONFIRMED" Someone needs to teach you about journalism if you think that your "source" in your other post comes anywhere near to being a confirmed fact. lmao. Oh snap. I didn't even see the "confirmed" part. Damn. Manti teo soxobama steve May you all rest in peace.

Damn, Felix is violating steve worse than brother quinarvy did to victory whatever his name was. I might have to call dcfs again.

Denver would be a horrible team for Rose to make his debut against. Those boys like to run, run, and run some more.

This Heat streak is getting a little bit interesting. You figure they'll wax the Raptors on Sunday. If they beat Boston in Boston next Monday, the streak will be at 23. Their next 4 games after that are at Cleveland (no Irving), Detroit (they suck), Charlotte (lol), and at Orlando (they suck). This thing could very well be at 27 by the time they come to Chicago March 27th.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 09:28 AM) Peter Banks, original guitarist for Yes. He played briefly with Blodwyn Pig then formed the band Flash. He died of heart failure, at age 65. Clive Burr, drummer for Iron Maiden. He was 56. Make that celebs number 895 and 896 I've never heard of in this thread.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 09:46 AM) I think people over think the heat being down 3-1, without grasping how unstoppable Lebron became game 5 Assuming you meant 3-2 to Boston. And that was without Bosh through the first 4 games and he played little in game 5. I don't think most people realize how vital he is to them (I can't stand him but I can acknowledge value).

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 13, 2013 -> 10:19 PM) I honestly believe last year was the year to beat them in the ECF. I don't. Not with the way LeBron played.

Bulls only down 42 points. They got this.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 13, 2013 -> 04:10 PM) I think the Celtics superteam fooled us a bit. Evidently it takes a bit for these kind of teams to figure each other out. The Lakers are playing loads better than when they started as well. Which makes the '11 conference finals loss all the more painful. That was the year to get Miami. Now that they've figured it out, it's ova.

So, um, are the Heat ever going to lose again?

Those now silly THE RETURN! Derrick Rose commercials look so ridiculous now.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 9, 2013 -> 08:54 PM) I believe the bulls are nowhere near competing with a healthy heat team. They're the 90's Knicks/Pacers. Of course they can compete. Actually winning 4 times is a completely different story.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 2, 2013 -> 11:16 PM) Is this the longest minor leaguer I'd never heard of for minor leaguer I'd never heard of trade thread ever? PHT gets petty brutal every Feb/Mar. Almost as Brutal as Trey Songzzz acting ability. There's just nothing to talk about.

Will not be participating this year.

Will not be participating this year.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 08:12 PM) Reggie Rose continues to diss the Bulls front office (and in turn, any Bulls player not named Derrick Rose). Good. I hope it continues (not that I expect it to change anything). This franchise has won a whopping 3 playoff series since Jordan's last shot in Utah. The front office has failed miserably in building another winner. The critisicm is deserved.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 10:53 AM) Yes, but you never provide anything of substance. I can go through all the wing players blowing up after 2004. I can show Allen Iverson having his best scoring season ever after 2004. There are just so many examples of how the rule changes helped perimeter players, so yes, it's because of the rules, it's because of the rules, it's because of the rules. Can you help me understand the explosion in wing scoring that doesn't point towards the rule changes? Please? Can you explain to me how Damon Stoudamire scored 54 in a game at 31, or how guys like Parker, Redd x2, Crawford x3 scored 50+? Hell, a past prime Iverson and Gilbert freaking Arenas had 60 point games after the rule changes. You throw a silly Bills Simmons quote at me stating that Kevin Johnson would average 30/15 in today's game and you want to talk about substance? Rightttttt. And these one or two game outliers you reference mean nothing. I've seen Dana Barros score 50 in a game. I've seen Tony Delk score 50 in a game. I've seen Muhammad Abdul Rauf, or whatever his name was, go on insane scoring binges. These guys weren't even borderline all-stars. it's quite simple: Bulls fans won't admit this, and I sure didn't at the time, but the 90's was watered down as s***. You don't add 6 new teams in 8 years, as the league did from '87 through '94, and not see the league take a big hit overall. That's basically a new team a year. The drafts from '94 through '2002 were ugly. I'm talking Kirstie Alley ugly. Just f***ing Awful. The 2000/2001 particularly were the worst ever. It's taken a while, but the league has finally caught up to all that expansion from the late 80's, early 90's. Look at the drafts from '03 through last year and compare them to '94 through '02. it's like comparing Joyce Dewitt to Snookie. The talent is simply better now. Nothing to do with a few rule changes 8 years ago.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) Positive I'm only 25. I'm not really sure why you quoted me there if you weren't going to comment about anything in my post, besides questioning my age. I didn't even talk about the past there. I talked about current players and how they're able to succeed. I think both of those guys would be good in any era, by the way. Why comment? You say the same thing over and over. "It's because of the rules, it's because of the rules, it's because of the rules."

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) Insanely fast? Paul has had knee problems for a while (including surgery) and Parker is about to be 31 and has been in the league 11 years. You seriously think they're insanely fast? They were at points in their careers, but they're pretty average for PGs right now. They can both get to where they want on the floor because they're both smart (which is huge, think Nash in his heyday), have good quickness, can hit an open jumper, and the rules help with penetration. Are you sure you're only 25? Because you simply wreak of the typical old, creaky, fart that refuses to let go of the past and pigeon hole anything good about the present.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 11:12 PM) Derrick can shut the f*** up. You're 24 years old and soon as we gave you a coach and a team, you choked in the Eastern Conference Finals with a lead against Miami. He has no idea what another year, a role player that fit better, or perhaps just better play on his end could have made all of the b****ing from his "people" moot. Just get healthy and shut up until your contract is up and see where you are then. We have Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, and Taj Gibson on market value or better contracts -- it would sure be nice to get guys below market value for the sake of our cap, but for now you have a damn solid supporting cast. Why can't you be MVP Derrick? MVP's win with a supporting cast this good. His memory seems so short since the last season he played healthy we had a legit shot to beat Miami and we lost it in a single playoff series...that series loss has defined our franchise to the fans and apparently to Derrick as well if we believe his people speak for him. Now I'm not hating, he only had one shot at it in the first year with a new coach and a big new face in the lineup and he himself has plenty of room for growth. I'm one that believes that this squad with Derrick could be able to win the Finals. With that said, he needs to look in the god damn mirror before he wants to start throwing his weight around to pressure the FO. You aren't LeBron, buddy. miami is an inexplicable LeBron choke job in the finals from two rings in two years together. They're not even trying and they're already a lock to get to the finals again this year. Rose is no dummy. He knows the Bulls can't see the heat. I have no problem at all with rose, even if he's not doing so directly, calling out the bulls sissy, do-nothing front office.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 11:07 PM) He made one all-star game. You can think that wings are just better now, but it just looks that way because of all the rule changes. You probably know that, but I just don't know why you would make a statement trying to compare eras when the game is so different. Even Bill Simmons wrote in his "big book of basketball" that Kevin Johnson would likely average 30-15 post-2004. Fun fact: Another PG that scored 54 points in a game was Damon Stoudamire. It happened in 2005 and he was 31 at the time. Point guards are just too much now. Give it up, dude. the PG position is the most stacked it's ever been in the history of the game. And it's not all attributed to rule changes. They're bigger, stronger, more athletic and more diverse than 20 years ago, easy. Kevin Johnson average 30 a game? Not without a jumper, let alone a 3-point shot. lol@15 assists. the pace those suns teams played on dwarfs any in today's game. he wouldn't sniff 15 assists.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 09:33 PM) Steph Curry putting on an unbelievably show on ESPN. Even better than the show Harden put on against The Thunder last week. The PG position is just too much now. I remember back in the day Mookie Blalock was considered an all-star caliber PG. lol.

Spring training baseball....It's fantastic!

QUOTE (southside_hitman @ Feb 22, 2013 -> 07:21 AM) It makes all the sense in the world to try to trade for Stanton. Sale does not bring fans into the park, at least not like a slugger like Stanton would. I think Viciedo may have a bigger upside than some think. I would not be surprised if he hits 30 Home runs this season. He would fit nicely down in Miami. Yes, I certainly would like to see some trade talk between the Sox and Miami.. The average fan, let alone the fickle/bandwagon ones, probably don't even know who Mike Stanton is. Baseball blows at marketing its individual stars.

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 20, 2013 -> 02:28 PM) I wasn't clear. I'm not complaining that he did a call-in. That's fine. But his comments on there that Peavy should start Opening Day. I think Sale should want the ball Opening Day, and I would hope Robin just gets over with and let's him know he's opening the season against Shields. I'll just pretend yesterday was April Fools day and that you're really not beefing about something so trivial.