Jake

I see no scenario where we can both get Love and walk away a better team

We'll see. Lots to like on this team. I don't subscribe to the "you need one or more of the best ten players in the league on your team to have a prayer" philosophy. Lots of talent on the Bulls and a phenomenal coach. I'm excited to see how it comes together.

Ask Dan Hudson and Gavin Floyd about getting TJS just because it's a cinch and you're better off afterwards

Rolling with new young guys, Gasol on a hopefully sensible deal, and Rose is good enough for me

I don't want to root for Wade.

Strange that it took so long

I still wonder if you sign Gasol as a way to compensate for losing Taj in a S&T. With that said, at some point if Melo won't talk to you you have to get some contingency plans in place even if they might hurt you in the running for him. This is at least a week longer than it normally takes to get an answer out of a free agent who is this good

You could always sign Pau to make up for the loss of Taj...

Taylor Thompson for president

Archive.org tells me it changed sometime before the beginning of July

Remember the Soriano White Sox jerseys

If you got down on Carlos Rodon because of his contract negotiations you need to get your f***ing head on straight. This could easily be his only chance to set himself up for the rest of his life. He's a tweak of the elbow to ruing the day he got 0.5-1 million dollars less in bonus just so the few people paying any attention would like him more

The big problem there is acting like Cleveland was obviously the better basketball decision. There is substantial basketball risk there. You're depending on a complete s***head in Kyrie Irving and a big, unrefined question mark in Wiggins. Also, Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett, and 30-45 games of Anderson Varejao. To me, he couldn't have been bulls***ting in a big way because it didn't make sense to go to Cleveland except if it meant a lot of him to succeed in Cleveland. If he wanted to win more or win with a young team, there were better options. Houston and Chicago could have accommodated him and created unbelievable juggernauts. Phoenix has a very tantalizing young core. Cleveland was only in the discussion because that's where he's from. That he even went there means there was more than desiring a public BJ from sportswriters. I also like the sleight of hand where he pretends LBJ gets more money by going to Cleveland

Re: "honeyshot girl," she said something stupid and her prospective employer decided that the only reason they hired her (her popularity) was no longer relevant. This is particularly true in Europe where folks are a bit less gung ho about the hunting (if I understand correctly, she was going to hook up with L'Oreal Belgium). This is why most parents don't feel super comfortable with their children becoming public figures...because they're children. Public figures are accountable for what they say and do in a way that exceeds normal social relations. The people we should be mad at are the people who like to ogle at young women with the benefit of a long-range camera lens and the assholes who make it their mission to distribute these images and then try to crowdsource the ogled person's identity. What the hell kind of society does that? QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 07:30 AM) I don't think the idea that politics have gotten more personal really stands up, anyway. When was the last time members of government dueled each other or beat each other on the floor of Congress? Politics and campaigns were plenty personal even back at the founding of this country. There was also the "Don't vote for the homo, vote for Cuomo" campaign back in the 70s

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) No; The cap hold at the RFA price stays until the Rockets actually accept it. Basically put, there are 2 days left for Bosh to sign and the Rockets to still match Parsons. Bosh just needs to sign before the Rockets accept the offer sheet (which they now are almost down to 48 hours to do as it was signed by Parsons yesterday afternoon). That is a f***ing god-awful rule that undermines the entire purpose of cap holds

The only way the Parsons thing can work is if he agrees to not sign the offer sheet until after Bosh signs. That would constitute a shameful loophole that I find irritating the Mavericks will allow to be exploited

You can't sign Bosh if there is a 15 million cap hold on Parsons. They have no cap space if there is a 15 million cap hold.

I see absolutely no way for the Rockets to get both Parsons and Bosh. They'd be way too far over the cap and the offer sheet makes his cap hold enormous

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 01:23 PM) Stein has thrown s*** at the wall all off-season. I don't buy the report at all. If you listen to it closely, he knows he's just repeating the speculation of execs that are out of the loop

In basketball terms (not personal or financial), Wade would fit well

Stein worded it in such a way that it sounds like other GMs think that the Bulls might want to make a move for Wade and Melo

I don't know if the absurdity of the LBJ situation has clouded my judgment, but my gut is telling me Melo to Chi-town for the first time in this process. It's not a Colbert-esque gut feeling, but there's a tingle alright

Don't forget that all this "home town" stuff could pull Melo to NY too

You should read some of the stuff Dwyane was accused of by his ex-wife

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 12:01 PM) Love that people are praising Lebron for doing the "right" thing, despite the fact that he allowed his "friends" to opt out of a s***load of guaranteed money. Bosh is still going to get his, but Wade and Haslem just got royally f***ed. I'm betting that those two get much larger paydays than anticipated now.