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Apparently, they also will not be showing any trailers or preview footage for the following season.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 08:31 PM) Jameer Nelson out for 4-6 weeks after knee surgery. Fair to say we've been pretty banged up so far, and somehow we're 8-3. As for Ellis, he's basically a lot like Ben Gordon IMO, so you have to decide if you want to trade for his offensive ability, against Hinrich's tenacious defense ability. Big blow. He's a step away from becoming injury prone in my eyes. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 08:33 PM) Right now...very much so. As far as Ellis, he is nothing like Ben Gordon other than he is also an undersized SG. He has no PG ability in him. He cannot shoot, not in comparison to Ben, but in comparison to even average SG's. His game is predicated on speed and getting inside like Derrick Rose. He will ballhog big time. He's also been a problem in GSW, and no, I'm not talking about Don Nelson, but the actual players. We don't want Ellis, especially if we didn't want Ben. He'd also shoot the Bulls chances at a max FA next year. Also, GSW is filled with guards, they have no need for Hinrich.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 02:26 PM) Doesn't Dalembert have a pretty bad contract? That he does. Which is why Philly wants to get rid of him now. Sactown wants him because Noc apparently hates it there and they need a 3rd big to go with Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 02:57 PM) It's unbelievable that the Warriors continue to let Don Nelson run talented players out of there. True. Apparently, Mullin hates him, but he has some heavy clout higher up in the org. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 03:57 PM) I know the Bulls are hard up against the Luxury tax and this could cost cap space next offseason, but Hinrich and Ellis's deals do match up. Hinrich + a $1.5 million piece (Aaron Gray or James Johnson) keeps the bulls balanced against the Tax this season as well, I think. The bulls could really, really use a backcourt scorer right now. Bulls wouldn't give up Johnson just yet. And Bulls fans didn't want an undersized SG who was more inefficient and didn't have a major injury, but now they want an undersized SG who can't shoot it as well and who dominates the ball John Salmons like? QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 04:22 PM) If the Bulls could possibly freaking get Ellis for Kirk I'd scream with glee. I wouldn't. You'd be stuck with Ellis alot longer and his contract if I remember increases. Kirk decreases. Kirk would also be a fantastic combo guard. Too bad Salmons has played like poo forcing more minutes on Kirk. And too bad Rose doesn't just command the ball instead of dump the ball into Kirk and let Kirk run the offense like so many of you guys thought he would do with Mr. 15FGA left the squad. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 17, 2009 -> 04:25 PM) If nothing else I hope we at least call and ask. It'd be a hard matchup, no doubt, unless the Warriors really thought Kirk fit in well, which they might. Have we ever heard any talk of GSW having any interest in him? Again, I wouldn't. I rather have Joe Johnson. EDIT - Verified Ellis makes 11 million flat for the remainder of his contract. He's not a good distributor, again undersized, doesn't have range on his jumper, pretty bad defender and he depends on his speed for anything offense. Again, if you didn't want Ben, I don't know why you would want Ellis for more money.

As stated earlier, he doesn't know how to pick jobs. He basically goes where he knows they will be rebuilding and are not expecting to do anything whatsoever. He's a lameduck type of coach.

Larry Johnson signs with Cincy, Bowe is out. Wow, things are falling apart in KC. Hopefully Haley can turn it around.

Oh btw, supposedly a three way may be brewing between the Kings, 76ers and Celtics. Nocioni to Boston Dalembert and Riddens I think to Sacramento Tony Allen, Brian Scalabrine to 76ers. Another player is involved, but I can't remember for the life of me, who it is.

He could start for the Knicks.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 15, 2009 -> 01:02 PM) 55 points is awesome, but what made my jaw drop is he had 29 in the 3rd quarter alone! How does that happen? Great shooting stroke, fast first step and a killer instinct.

I'd like to take a flyer on him. Maybe KW does if he actually does trade Hudson.

I don't think it's a good idea to go to the media outlets for things like this. If you're wrong, guess who guesses gets ridiculed? The same people who probably won't want to come out with any rumors in future dates. Also, I've always had the thought, that if national media gets ahold of it, that the other teams who really want said player, will try even harder to get things done faster. Hopefully it goes through, but I don't see it happening. It doesn't make enough sense from the Angels' perspective.

Funny how Nolan Ryan credits Tom House for his pitching mechanics which are identical to Priors. He's making assumptions that Prior is swinging his leg too far out. When he compares Ryan and Prior, he then implies that the leg mechanics are fine, but now it's his arm even though Prior is repeating exactly what he did in the previous frame because they are the same frame.

Not gonna happen. The Sox have other pressing needs and need to move money around. I'm sure KW would love to add him, but the reality is that it will be impossible.

Savage has a much better chance of happening than Austin. If they threw Austin crazy cash and they gave him the schedule he wants, its not impossible. With that said, you bring in the old stars to get people watching, but then you have the newer guys go against them, and with a select few, you have them beat them. That's how the system works. You have to have legends beaten to build a new legend.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 14, 2009 -> 08:16 AM) Really? Both redzone INTs Thursday were ill advised attempts to get the ball to a TE. The first one needed to go through 3 or 4 49ers, the last one was innaccurate by about 5 yards. Jim Miller is pretty interesting to listen to. He probably knows more about offense than any of us. He had a point the other day about the Bears rarely, if ever, using motion, but then he thought about it and said it would only screw them up more. Many think the Bears offense is too vanilla, but apparently according to Miller, Turner had to scale back the playbook because the personnel cannot handle it. The players evidently do not have the capacity to remember assignments to a larger group of plays. He said look at anytime they try something different, like the reverse against AZ. They lost 10 yards. Apparently a lot of offensive players are lacking in intelligence. That falls on the GM though then for getting guys who can't run the system. If you have a system in place, you should believe in it 100% and have players who can run all the plays you need to run. You should only make an exception if you are getting a special player.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 11:43 PM) Eek... I hope he doesn't show him his follow thru or the towel drill.... I don't know why people hate on Prior's mechanics. It seem like it all started when the Cubs knew Prior was done and couldn't figure out why he kept on getting injured, so they said, "It must be the mechanics" and everyone ran with it. His mechanics actually looked great and the towel drill is actually a damn good one. With that said, I think he was on the roids.

I honestly do think it's the combination of offense and offensive line. Cutler is just getting murdered out there. I don't know why people think running bootlegs and moving the pocket is a better idea. They can't even block straight up. The line is old, or just plain crap, or both. They need to completely rebuild the line. We need a new offensive coordinator who can make great use of Cutler's arm which is his biggest strength. They also need a stud WR out there. Olsen also is vastly overrated.

San Fran isn't a garbage team. They have a shot at the playoffs. They're a team on the rise. Cutler, is not everything Bears fans wanted him to be, therefore hyped him up to be. He's Jay Cutler. He still is a franchise QB though. He just has no offensive line, he has no dominant type of receiver, the running game has been terrible this year, and last, but definitely not least, his offensive coordinator is a joke.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 02:53 PM) This happens entirely too often. I wish Byron could take the reigns in Chicago and coach up D-Rose like he did CP3. QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Nov 12, 2009 -> 05:18 PM) I'd be on board with that. CP3 was going to be this good regardless of where he ended up. It has a lot less to do with Scott's coaching and much more to do with, CP3's skill, mindset and killer instinct. Scott will not make a difference in Derrick's career. QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 01:09 AM) :o That was a vicious poster. QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 09:19 AM) Hm, LeBron switching his number to 6 next season...I'm not being completely serious, but just another star aligning for the Bulls. Lol. Maybe Wade and LeBron in Chicago! QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 01:18 PM) Nah, Byron Scott wasn't the genius in New Jersey (Eddie Jordan was) and he just doesn't have the ability to get his guys to respect him. Bottom line, he's lost his team in New Jersey and now in Charlotte and that is why he's gone. QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 13, 2009 -> 01:19 PM) No thank you. Byron Scott is not a good head coach. Bingo. EJ was much more of a factor in New Jersey. Scott is a mediocre coach. For Rose, a guy who has all the talent in the world, it's going to come down to his personality. He's not agressive at all times of the game, literally instead of using his speed, he rather walk the ball up the court each time up, and of course, the infamous, bring the ball up the court, dump it in, and stand in a corner for the whole play. No, that's not VDN's play by design. That's Rose in a nutshell. Hopefully he can correct this, but usually personality changes are hard to make.

Wow congrats to him. And yes, he was very professional. UNC is going to be nuts!

ROFLS @ Washington for hiring Jim Riggleman as their manager. I thought they wanted to build a winning team.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 11, 2009 -> 05:59 PM) He did? He talked some s*** after he left about the club, didn't sound to me like he enjoyed his time here. He talked because they didn't want him back, told him not to accept arbitration because they would bench him, and the Sox talked about him on his way out. Money was a motivating factor for the most part though.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 11, 2009 -> 10:54 AM) Yeah, the only ones I can recall in the KW era are Orlando Cabrera and Bobby Howry. Actually O-Cab wanted to stay. KW told him to stay away though because they would make his life miserable by benching him if he decided to accept arbitration.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Nov 11, 2009 -> 04:38 PM) one thing is for damn sure about this bulls team is that they are SIGNIFICANTLY better defensively this year than they were last year....and i don't think its coincidental to the fact that Gordon is gone, Deng is back and healthy, and Hinrich is back and healthy...theyve faced a difficult schedule with lots of big time scorers (James, Wade, Anthony, Spurs trio) and have only really looked bad against the celtics on the road, and have held their own for the most part The Bulls are playing at a much slower tempo I bet without looking at the stats. Also, the Bulls backcourt is being outperformed, both SG and PG. SG is the best defended position in a row so far this year. The center and power forward positions are outperforming their counterparts thogh this year, especially C which is a no brainer if you look at how Noah has vastly improved and VDN going with Noah and Miller at the same time on the floor.

Apparently, Chipper Jones has been going around the Braves organization saying they need to keep Javy. Also, the young pitchers like him as he apparently has turned into a mentor, especially for Jair Jurjens(sp?). Who knows what happens though. They have too many good pitchers and the one that isn't all that great is Lowe, but he will be untradeable. And Hudson has more value to them than anyone else.

Hmm, I honestly wouldn't mind JD at 1B on the cheap, PK moved with Jenks for an impact player or two and signing a major player. Sounds too good though.