Soxbadger

Lebron is one of the hardest workers in the NBA (at least thats what I thought), they were just pacing themselves in the regular season.

You mean they wont look as good playing a team that has legitimate shooters and whose best player is a 7 foot German who can shoot and make awkward shots? The Heat still have to beat the Bulls, and if the Bulls can shoot and hit shots, they can win the next 3 games. I dont agree with people who say the Bulls have had no shot, the Bulls have had great chances, they just have not executed. The Bulls just need to play 2 good offensive games to get to an anything goes game 7, because its not like the Miami offense is scoring 100+ points, its just the question of can the Bulls score 90.

Miami's defense has been elite because the Bulls offense has been below average. 6 of 16 in the playoffs, and they were the only team of the final 4 to be under 105 efficiency. In comparison, the Bulls and Heat are basically tied on the defensive side, which makes sense.

Advanced metrics say they are a point better, which is an improvement, especially considering they are only playing playoff teams. The point is that the Bulls offense is down more than the Heats defense is up, because what we are seeing is a bad offense making a good defense look unstoppable.

It wont be done nationally because it was a states rights ruling. So all we are going to get is states competing versus states, but finally Illinois gets the advantage being one of the most pro-illegal friendly states. Usually we are on the losing end with EPA guidelines, state taxes etc.

Miami was the 5th most efficient defense during the regular season, and that was without Wade etc for stretches of time. Im not sure why anyone thought Miami would be anything but a top tier defense, which is why the Bulls horrific offense is really being exposed. In fact Miami's defense efficiency is only down a point (which is better) in the playoffs. The Bulls defense is up a point and their offense is down 3 points (worse). In the playoffs you have to score points, the Bulls dont score points because of how the Bulls play. Lebron being a monster just makes it harder for the Bulls to get the easy points they rely on, but the major problem is that the Bulls can not shoot from the floor with any consistency. if you cant make jump shots, you arent going to beat a team like Miami.

Well I believe that all immigrants who want to be legal in the US and are not criminals etc, should be allowed to provided that they get SS#s, pay taxes, etc. But I can tell you that point of view is not accepted by most people (right now), so the only way to change their mind will be when they see just how valuable immigrant labor is to the US economy. Money talks in politics, and eventually big corporate money will start to come on the side of congress who wants to ensure that businesses can hire employees at the cheapest rate. Its not the most moral way of going about it, but sometimes the ends justify the means.

Miami defense has been excellent in part because of the Bulls ineffectiveness at offense. Korver has had plenty of good looks, but when a career 40% 3 point shooter cant make shots, the other teams defense is going to look good. And well the Bulls are going to make any team defense look good because if you look back over the past few months, Ive consistently stated that the #1 problem the Bulls have is that they are unable to run an offense and continually rely on Derrick Rose to make miraculous shots at the end of the shot clock. That isnt Miami's defense, that is the Bulls offense. The Bulls seemingly do not understand how to run effective offensive plays. This could be because Rivers used to diagram all the plays in Boston and so Thibs may not have a lot of experience. Allegedly he has just taken a few plays from different systems and tried to implement them, but this is the Bulls #1 weakness. If anything Miami's defense has done nothing more than what it should, hold down a bad Bulls offense. During the regular season Bulls were the 20th in ppg, Miami was 8th. Now maybe there are some adjusted stats that show if you add in pace the Bulls scored more (actually with pace Bulls are 12) and Miami is 3. In fact of the final 4 teams, Miami was 3, OKC 4, Dallas 8 (off eff). So I guess im not surprised the bulls struggled offensively, especially when Korver isnt hitting threes. The good news for the Bulls is that this is entirely fixable, it just will require the Bulls hiring an assistant coach who can diagram plays in game and take advantage of other teams on the fly. Miami is a good team, but it doesnt really wow me that theyve struggled against a Bulls team that has a significant offensive problem.

Southsider, I think you mean the AZ law is the quickest way to cause businesses that employ illegal immigrants to pack up shop and move to New Mexico, Texas or California. Its the price you pay for govt interfering with the supply of labor. Just like SC getting an advantage over Washington because of less union laws, other states will have an advantage over AZ because of illegal immigrants. Seems silly to hurt your own economy.

Dirk is not a superstar! Every team has superstars, Miami has Lebron, OKC has Durant, Dallas has Dirk, Bulls have Rose. After the bulls lost to the pistons, no one would have imagined that theyd win 6 championships. After the Bulls beat the Lakers, no one was still talking 6. Acting like Miami has 1 championship is as premature as people believing that Miami was going to win 72 games, still a lot of season to go, let alone 7 years from now. Bulls had a chance, and they have played pretty poorly outside of Game 1 and a few stretches in the other 3. Miami isnt exactly blowing me away with how great they are.

The Bulls had more than a prayer in game 4, all they needed as a well designed play with 8 seconds left and they had a great shot at a tied series with home court advantage. You should assume the Bulls will have 0 cap space, so guys like Iggy etc are most likely not going to happen. Bulls are going to have to find a diamond in the rough or draft a guy and hope.

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Yeah when i read it about it I was sad as it clearly is something I should be interested in, which is also why I didnt read to much in case I decide to watch.

Kalapse, Had to look up with Gallifrey was and Im not sure what the question was. ---- Game of Thrones has been great, they could have given a little back story to start, but maybe they didnt want it to seem to much like Lord of the Rings. Just something about the families, etc.

I dont believe any one site is more reliable than the other, I basically believe that if you search for performance release and ownership, you should have a good start. You may want to try and find a music licensing agreement as well just so that there is something about you being able to use the music. As Soxfan said a release is nothing more than a deterrent. No matter how well its crafted if something bad enough happens they are going to sue and let a judge make the call (what I always tell people who have pool/trampoline and want guests to sign releases for children, if something bad enough happens, they will sue.) Preamble clauses annoy me, I always tell people to remove them because they will only complicate a lawsuit if it goes to litigation. I believe in Keep it simple stupid, but its a slippery slope when you start taking out clauses.

Deep fly ball by Pierre just cant get the job done with Ajs blazing speed

For all his struggles where Rose is at right now is pretty great. He just needs to take it to the next level, and that is going to involve thousands more jump shots and taking better care of the ball.

Im not really sure that Rose can beat Lebron to the basket on a consistent basis. I think the play there was to give the ball up and hope some one else can make a jump shot. Id have used Rose as a decoy to try and get something to the rim, but thats just me.

Bulls had a chance, just couldnt get it done. 8 seconds left and a chance to tie a series 2-2, think about that tonight Thibs

Wow bulls finally realizing that the Miami defense is a shell of itself when Lebron is standing at the three line guarding Rose. ARHGHGHGGHG

Bulls have no one to blame but themselves a chance to win and they cant even run a play. Better score here because its slipping away.

If Lebron is going to play Rose you have to beat them other ways. One of them could be posting Deng on Wade. Another would be to try and run screens and get a big man on a little down low for the pass. Im just not sure why the bulls wont run an offense.

The best thing Rose can do is to take Lebron out of the play and kill the Heat at other match ups. To simply believe that Rose is going to get passed Lebron is foolish.

Deng over Wade is what I would go for if thats the match up

The refs will not call a foul here, they MUST MAKE THE SHOT