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QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 08:14 PM) sheeds the backup pg. Sheeds the starting PF.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 08:10 PM) You can thank Jim O' Brien for that benching, simply because they had Marc Jackson to hit the mid range jumper. Now Dalembert has started like the past 30 to 40 games, and puts up double - doubles almost every night. You put Dalembert and Chandler together and teams won't want to drive inside against the Bulls, they'll have to settle for outside shots all night long, and with Kirk, Deng etc on the perimeter, the Bulls will be better. Detroit have shown you don't need your C and PF to be great scorers to be sucessful in this league. And I seem to remember the Sixers doing pretty good when he was on the bench. Dalembert does the exact same thing that Chandler does. Catch alley-oops, and dunks for offense. There is no offensive skill set there. Wanna argue that, try going to RealGM. You'll get laughed at big time. Dally is a good defensive player, but you don't need two. Will teams be afraid to drive??? Probably not. Will teams be able to double our guards??? Yes, because there will be no low post presence to be scared of. Curry gets the job done whether you want to admit it or not. Your outside will not always fall in, especially for this Bulls team who's starting backcourt shoots around 35%. Imagine that with them getting worse looks??? Probably around 32%. Curry is a better player than Dally. Just because you don't want to pay him the big bucks is just stupid not to have a player, especially a top 4 Center(at least statistically) in the league. You have to pay him. He's only 22 and is averaging around 16ppg and that's not because he can't average more, that's because he like the rest of the team shares the ball. And Rasheed Wallace wasn't or is a great scorer??? Are you freaking kidding me??? There's a reason why he was a big acquisition. He can post up anyone in the league and he could step out and shoot the three. Brown just has him, like the rest, share the ball. Detroit has a great scoring PF and a C who gets his points off of rebounds and dunks. Curry is the 'Sheed and Chandler is the Big Ben.

QUOTE(Mathew @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 03:24 PM) O.k I'll bite, he's done nothing to play himself outta the majors? A.285 OBP last year is more then enough. Clutch hitting keeps him on. And he didn't bat below the Mendoza line and his defense is solid.

QUOTE(Yoda @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 07:52 PM) Guys, let’s not forget that tomorrow we’ll be televised on ESPN. That's what I'm afraid of. Ah hell, who cares.

Hopefully we get the sweep tommorow. I want Buehrle to flat out dominate and for Johann to give up 30 runs.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 06:09 PM) A chandler/dalembert front court is better than a curry/chandler front court. I am also very scared about signing curry to a crazy deal and have him die on us. I mean come on he has heart problems at the age of 22? Not a good sign if you ask me. I an sure we will definitely have insurance on him if and when we resign him. The same Sam Dalembert who was being benched by the 76ers, earlier this year?? Hell no. Chandler does everything he does and is better at it. Dalembert and Chandler would just get in each other's way and that would equal no offense. I understand defense is important, but offense is important as well. Many other players have had heart problems. In fact, two pretty good players(can't remember names, but it was noted on the radio had irregular heartbeats and they were nothing more than a simple complication. Dalembert

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 9, 2005 -> 04:22 PM) big mistake. How did the guy go from leaving the park yesterday, to being ready today? Radke was probably gonna light him up anyway, Girland's chances just got worse. So much for Garland getting lit up, right???????

Marte gets in trouble when he doesn' t follow all the way through on his pitches. When he does, he's unhittable. I guess Ozzie wants to see if he could pitch longer than one inning. Remember, Damaso did say that he wanted to be a starter a few years back.

I got an idea, start Chris Widger. Pete Munro did pretty good in the playoffs against a murderer's row in STL last year. Maybe we could do the same and convert our C to starter for at least one game.

It will be on 3 days rest if he goes Sunday. I don't know if I like that. If it's Hermy, they better not use him tonight.

Poole. They're going to need a S since Aeneas is in his current state. Slow and immobile.

Even Skiles said last night after the win that it's been tough not being able to go to Eddy and having him open everyone else up. He's super important. 2nd best young center behind Yao. He does play defense and he's at least boxing out for others on the team to get the rebounds. We have Tyson to be the really big defensive presence for us and Eddy is going to be our really big offensive presence. Also, EC has made some really big plays defensively, down the stretch for us this year(e.g. Curry blocking Rashard Lewis in Seattle to seal the deal). Two things: 1)Curry can't be sign and traded for a draft pick because a)earliest that you can sign a player after the season is over, is July 15th. The draft is in June. b)having an under the table deal(tell a team to draft a certain player to be traded to you later for a RFA) is illegal. 2)Shareef Abdur Rahim is a free agent. Bulls can't trade for a FA unless it's a sign and trade. Curry is going to command 9-11 million a year, if you like it or not. That means Portland would have to sign and trade SAR for that and EC>SAR. When Skiles has come around saying that the Bulls need Curry to get back out there, then you know he's needed on this team. He was going on his hottest streak too right before he has his complications. Keep Curry and let this team grow together. The Bulls will be able to sign everyone in their young core and there is no reason not to anymore. Also remember, the Bulls have been playing crap teams, and the only good team they faced was Miami and we got our asses handed back to us on a silver platter. We would've lost that with or without O.

He already has said that a couple of teams have given him offers. Most notably was Houston. The Bulls won't bring him back, but I think they should. I think at worst right now, he'll be Chris Duhon and he'll be cheaper since he's coming off of injury. I like Duhon and Pargo, but I think even Jay coming back will be as good as those guys. I don't think he'll be the top PG in the game like so many thought he would be, but he'll be a slightly above average PG in the league.

The trifecta blows. They should keep the shows at 30 minutes. Eh well. They'll get rid of it once the NBA is done. Thank God. We'll soon get 1 hour BBTN shows.

This is why I think Contreras will stay with the team. He dominates bad clubs. He just couldn't beat above average offenses which is all there was in the AL East. I see him winning 15 games.

I think Timo stays with this team. Ozzie and KW like him and he's done nothing to warrant him being off the team. He was pretty clutch for us last year too.

Too early for this thread. White Sox were on top at Memorial Day and we still lost. No threads on us being on top should be posted just yet. I say at the earliest is August and that's if this team isn't sliding.

Dangit, I wanted to see Buehrle vs Santana. Sucks JG got sick. I was looking foward to see him pitchin tonight. I think it gives us a better chance to win the whole series though. Santana had a bad April ERA last year and with 1 game pitched, he has a bad April ERA now. As long as it's ensured that we win today, I'm fine. I just wish we could showcase Buehrle as the best lefthander in the AL Central and probably the 2nd best in the league.

Yeah, Crede did hit the ball tonight. Even Hawk and DJ were making note of it and saying Crede looked at Tim Raines and he was laughing because he knows that things aren't just going his way. He was hitting the ball hard tonight, but they were going straight to the fielders.

They won't be. He won't be replaced until Fields is ready. By then Crede should be batting .300 with 28 HR's and 101rbi's

There goes the perfect game.

Willie gets a hit and scores on an Everett single. So much for being dumb when it comes to benching Tad.

I prefer Honey Buns. Anyway, my player of the game goes to none other than....Joe Crede. He's going for the cycle tonight.

I'm going with Erasmus. Clayton will be nothing more than what they got on their team. Marcus Robinson at best. I see Nate Burelson having better potential.

I'm still strongly supporting Crede. He'll turn it around. CREDE's CREW 2005!!!!!!