Jordan4life_2007

The Bulls have no athletes other than Rose. Taj is semi-athletic. The Lakers are getting any shot they want for the most part.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Dec 25, 2011 -> 05:16 PM) can someone get Kobe a uniform that fits? I guess only the West will be interesting because the East is already decided. Pretty much. I'll be shocked if the Heat don't win at least 52 games. Their athleticism is even more incredible now with a healthy Haslem from jump and Battier. The west has at least 5 teams that could win it (Thunder, Clippers, Grizzlies, Lakers, Mavs). Denver and Portland should make basketball life miserable for most teams as well.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 03:33 PM) My favorite Robin Ventura moment is coming up in the future. When he manages us to a World Series winner.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 09:30 AM) I don't know what Webber said, but the Thunder are so much of a faster team than the Celtics, Perkins doesn't fit well there. Perkins is a big guy who can defend in the 1/2 court. He might be a great fit for Dallas right now, but all he's going do to for OKC is slow them down or force them to play 4 on 5 on offense more often. Could that possibly be why he lost 4473473 pounds?

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Dec 24, 2011 -> 12:14 AM) Ugh. Do people really think this is at all realistic? No doubt. Apparently, in 2011, the most efficient way to restock the farm is to keep your good or "better" players and trade your bad ones. Only way to do business. lol. Just reread what you quoted. Of course. "If you want our defensively-challenged, injury-prone OF who we only have under control for one more year...you must take one of the most overpaid, perpetually underachieving players in baseball with him. The ball is in your court. We don't have to do anything."

Not to be a dick. But I need a bit more conformation from somebody other than a Soxtalk poster that claims he has a source and that's all to take any of this seriously. If his son was so sick, why wouldn't he have taken a personal leave to be with him? Better to be so mentally f***ed that you forget how to play baseball? Again, need something more legit before I believe any of this.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 07:23 PM) If Dayan is a franchise type player like many thought he was, and we keep the rotation in tact the rest of the way and Dunn loses 25 pounds and Beckham gets his head out of his ass and Lexi has a bustout year, yes we could contend. There's no reason to totally tear the team apart. So a team in the third largest market in the country needs that many different things to happen (you even left out Rios, etc) to contend in a division that doesn't feature any of the top 5 teams in the AL? Yeah, no reason at all to tear it apart. 80-82 it is.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 05:44 PM) True or False, Gio's value is higher now than it was 3-4 years ago when he was traded to Oakland? Yeah, it sucks, but it's not like Gio was a top prospect everyone wanted, he just happen to develop in to a stud, and that could be thanks to Oakland's farm directors and coaches. No one can say Gio would have progressed that well in our system. Yeah, the Dan Hudson excuse. Nobody can say for sure he would've developed into a #2 starter with the White Sox.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) Conseco Fieldhouse renamed "Bankers Life Fieldhouse". WTF? This is lamer than that new Matt Damon movie coming out called "We Bought a Zoo."

QUOTE (scenario @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 04:13 PM) Myth??? There are so many examples that have been posted on SoxTalk over the years (many by me), I'd consider it a total waste of time to repost them. Stop. Keith Law does not pick on the White Sox. His specialty is the minor leagues. And the White Sox are as bad as it gets. He's just a dick about it sometimes. He's no different than Dan Berstein from the Score.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) I loathe Law the Sox could get the top 3 players in baseball and he would act like Sox are worse because if it. Law NEVER has a good word for the Sox but is a Cub loving kissass., This is totally false. But this myth has evolved every year since, like, 2003. So whatever.

I'm always accused of overvaluing/overrating prospects. Then one of these 3 or 4 for 1 deals happen and everybody here says the team giving up multiple prospects is nuts. I love this for the Nationals. You now have a 1-2-3 that is as good as any in the NL sans Philly. Harper will be up next year. Rendon shouldn't take too long. The Nationals are coming for everyone soon.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 08:08 AM) lol Vinny Del Negro says hi DeAndre Jordan, second best C of his generation or all-time?With J4L's infamous hyperbole, can't tell which one. Del Negro never had this type of talent. And I didn't say Jordan would be the second best C of this generation. I said the second best in basketball. Right behind Dwight Howard. Just watch.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 02:40 PM) Too late, jerk. Stop playin'. You know I didn't draft him. However, I'll have to get creative somehow. Damnit. I quoted the wrong person. I meant Steve.

I've seen enough. The Clippers are a legitimate championship contender. Oh my goodness. Forget about Blake Griffin for a second. What planet is DeAndre Jordan from? How can you be that f***ing athletic at his size? He, IMO, will be the second best C in basketball when it's all said and done. The Clippers are the new Showtime.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 21, 2011 -> 12:05 AM) Not in USCF. Remember, the Mariners already tried this model and it failed miserably because of the lack of offense. Viciedo, without Quentin in the line-up and with Konerko due for a down season, simply has to be in the everyday line-up. The MAIN reason we failed this year was offense...with the exception of Pierre (who was supposed to give us at least decent defense). Wait, what? Juan Pierre was definitely part of the reason this offense failed (he has no real talent). PK is the only regular that can look himself in the mirror and not be ashamed.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 11:36 PM) They also never spent nearly $100 million for a pitcher from Japan in that time frame either. Darvish will probably have some success in the majors, but I doubt he is ever worth anywhere near what the Rangers end up spending for him. That's why I said for now. The Rangers, along with the Rays and Phillies, are the premier organizations in baseball. So if they feel confident in investing such a hefty sum towards a pitcher, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 11:09 PM) You don't want Viciedo on this team? That s*** cray. EDIT: I see your edit now. Still, I'd rather platoon Rios than platoon Dunn, at least initially since I feel Dunn has a much better chance of a rebound than Rios does. What did Dayan do to some of these people? I'm as cynical as they come. But Jesus. Viciedo is exactly the type of player we need to be building around right now.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 09:49 PM) Bulls gonna dominate this year. Too deep. QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 10:12 PM) With what is going to a a grueling season, the Bulls depth is going to be huge. I agree that depth in the regular season, especially a condensed season, will be beneficial. But in the playoffs, when it's time to see LeBron, Wade and Bosh, that depth means next to nothing.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 08:00 PM) http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AplT...gers_fit_122011 Mr. Passan disagrees. I agree with Jeff. There's obviously risk. But to continuously lump Yu and Dice-K together because they're both Japanese is silly. Darvish is clearly a better big league prospect than Dice-K was 5 years ago. I'll give the Rangers the benefit of the doubt for now. They haven't done anything wrong since the Tex trade.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 07:08 PM) It has nothing to do with the offenses or elite quarterbacks. It has everything to do with the constant rule changes to favor the offenses. Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson wouldn't be the"scrubs" as you call them today. If they and their receivers didn't have to worry about being hit like the games today they would look a lot better. Football wants to add HGH testing so they can shrink the players and make it a flag football league. soon they will add rules to make it more like arena football with a bunch of guy running around everywhere on offense and no defense whatsoever. Well, let's not get ridiculous now. The rules changes, as I've stated 575783474 times, have enhanced offense, in particular the passing game, to new levels never seen previously. But you can't just put any so-so QB back there and expect to flourish. Trent Dilfer was garbage. He'd be garbage in any era. In the NBA, they've banished hand-checking, which caters to athletic guards/wings. That doesn't mean you put Reggie Theus in today's NBA and he'd be an all-star. In today's NFL, you more than ever need 6.3 ish, freakishly athletic receivers and mammoth, athletic lineman, specifically left tackles, that compliment the QB. The Bears, for example, come up way short in these areas. And it sucks for Cutler. He was playing his best football as a Bear before he got hurt. Personally, I don't think it would've lasted. Management has failed miserably at surrounding their franchise QB with the necessary pieces to go to war with the likes of the Packers and Saints.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 06:14 PM) Why must you always deal in absolutes? The last 4 teams standing the playoffs last season (expanding for you outside of SB champs) were all ranked in the top 6 in scoring defense. Its just as important as ever to have a very good defensive team. Of course some of the rules changes has increased the ability of a team to keep a QB healthy and to get clean releases off the line for receivers so those passing numbers will increase, but at the end of the day defense is still going to be a key factor for any team to advance in the playoffs. I never said defense wasn't important. Badger brought up Trent Dilfer as a counter-argument to LH, I guess, questioning Alex Smith as a QB. Trent Dilfer was a long time ago and that "just don't make a mistake" crap from back then isn't happening today. Your QB needs to move the chains and make plays. Lots of them.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 05:36 PM) When speculators attempt to embellish their speculation with a three-way trade proposal I then believe they are full of manure. I am sure there have been talks with a lot of teams. We just traded santos to Toronto. Last year we made a trade and we signed Rios. We have taken it in the shorts with the Jays as a trading partner and now speculation is we are giving up two more of our better players to Toronto. Wow

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 05:22 PM) If a team in 2012 puts up defensive stats that rate as one of the best defenses ever they are instant contenders. There just arent any right at this moment. Football is largely fluid, the trends change over and over. The league has all but assured we won't see a defense like that for some time. Everything is geared towards offense. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 05:41 PM) I dont think the league is that different, lets look at the last 5 Super Bowl Champions: 2011- Green Bay Packers (not in top 5 total yards, not in top 5 scoring), Green Bay was actually 10th in total points, #1 was New England. 2010- New Orleans Saints #1 in total offensive points, #1 in total yards 2009- Pittsburgh Steelers 20 in total offensive points, 22 in total yards. 2008- New York Giants, 14 in total offensive points, 16 in total yards 2007- Indianapolis Colts, 3 in total offensive points, 3 in total yards. So in the last 5 years only 2 teams that have won the Super Bowl have been in the top 5 in offense and only 1 time int he last 5 years has the "best" offense, won the Super Bowl. So I dont really see a major difference in the last 5 years. And you're only going by SB winners. How about the runner ups? Obviously, you can throw out the '06 Bears. That offense blew outside of Thomas Jones. The '07 Pats scored the most points in NFL history. The '08 Cardinals featured Warner, Fitzgerald and Boldin. The '09 Colts - Manning. Big Ben probably goes for 4000+ yards last year, as he did the season before, if not for the suspension. We could have as many as 10 QBs this year throw for 4,000+ yards. Ten years ago you might've gotten five that reached or surpassed those numbers. I'm not saying it's required to have an elite passing attack to get to or win the SB. But the days of scrubs like Trent Dilfer and Brad Johnson aka "just don't throw an interception and you're fine" are over.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 20, 2011 -> 05:11 PM) The Ravens had one of the all time greatest defensive teams when they won the Super Bowl. And in today's NFL we're seeing some of the most prolific passing attacks of all time. That Ravens D is not as good in today's league.