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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 05:00 PM) I'm having Ventra issues myself right now. Very irritating to deal with They are huge jerks. On the flip side, nordstroms customer service is incredible. I have a bad problem with not checking the default shipping address when it's just coming to me, and they solve things over the phone and without making you repeat yourself with all of your information right away.

The only real redundancy on the bulls is the 4. I don't think it would be any issue having dunn and young. I find bulls use of mirotic, portis and lauri fine and they are much more redundant.

QUOTE (Quin @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 09:13 AM) You'll be pleased with this SI mock: http://amp.si.com/nba/2018/01/02/nba-mock-...impression=true Bulls get Young at #7. Only question is - what do you do with Dunn in that scenario? Move to a 3-guard set with Dunn-Young-LaVine? Also, god. Doncic to Cavs in that scenario. Talk about beautiful basketball movement with him and Kyrie. Got some bad news for you about Kyrie.

Missouri won it's first road conference game since January 28, 2014. Kim Anderson hadn't won a single road conference game. Feels good.

It's tough but here's my personal order: Young Young Young Young Young Young Young

All euro players are abstractions to me until they show up at summer league.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 4, 2018 -> 06:06 AM) I don’t see Euro ball so know nothing about Doncic, and I may be a bad GM, but I couldnt draft Doncic over Ayton, Bag, or Trae right now. I know. I’d struggle to take any of them over him. At least if I was drafting a video game point guards are way more fun.

Trae young did not get worse in conference play... mercy this guy is incredible.

Yeah but part of it may just be Merk recognizing how much fans want to read bits on instructional leagues now.

Elaborating on this is merkin: https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-prospect...6?tid=151437456 I have to say I didn't read that and feel that great about Sheets.

I had to update my ventra card because it was expiring but i guess i ordered a new card instead of replacing an old card and now ventra is basically saying there is no way possible for me to transfer my monthly pass to the new one so i just have to pay until the pass renews next month. Makes me long for comcast.

Michael Wolff's thing seems very lazy and I think he's going to get burned for being as lazy as he was.

Bigger miss wasn't necessarily Mariota and Wentz, that tradeup could have been substantial, as much as not using some 4th rounders on a guy like Connor Cook, Dak or Kevin Hogan in 2016. Brett Hundley in 2015. Less that any of those guys hit, but was just surprising lack of draft capital on any sort of QB. But I'd rather they feel good about a guy than just draft for position sake.

QUOTE (Latilleon @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 12:25 PM) SB Nation was the beginning, but do their other websites have the same content creation structure? Basically they take advantage of fans and make money off their hard work, but all their other sites have actually employees writing the content, right? Yeah I don't think anyone but sbnation has that local structure relying on free contributors. I think BP ran out that same sort of model.

My problems with comcast were cut down infinitely when i stopped moving annually. That process is garbage. But now that i'm not doing that, pretty happy with them. *shudders* equipment return on north avenue

Skoug has to prove it to me. He has a major flaw but I expected it to not show up as bad as it did until AA-AAA. He was probably exhausted but I don't think he'd be in my top 30.

I want to say that Hostetler on a recent interview with f**an said that Burger was exhausted at the end. So aside from the swing, which I have truly no idea how to analyze a swing, it is nice to see that he seems to have taken that to heart and worked to build his body up to handle the workload.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 3, 2018 -> 08:47 AM) Not saying they won't be good coaches, but I would be nervous hiring anyone from the Patriots staff. It has a rough track record. Yeah, it's hard to figure out. On one hand, it could be working with a fallacy that because the first four failed (am I missing any from Crennel, Weis, Mangini, McDaniels) all will fail. After all, Reid has had 4 coaches from his tree fail (Shurmur, Frazier, Childress, Spagnuolo) but many succeed. And the first four failing may have been a huge blessing to Belicheck. What other team with as much success as them has had as much continuity last several years? But, you wonder if Reid delegates more and allows more freedom to learn how to coach, and Belicheck has a strict system that these guys are just operating under and have no idea how to set it up themselves. I'm open to this round being successful but they make me nervous. I kinda think Patricia will be better than mcdaniels, as he seems less built on himself having a brilliant system then just kinda knowing how to make pieces work.

Is the leg lift new?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 04:52 PM) I agree with you that the depth was always questioned (not the high-end talent). Every year I feel that "next years" draft is ultimately overhyped a year away and often times as it gets closer, it never pans out or is even worse then the prior years draft. Every once in a while a generational draft happens and it usually wasn't something where everyone clamored that it was a "generational" draft leading into the draft. Heck, look at the NFL. So many people said this years draft was going to be stocked with QB talent and right now, on paper, I'd argue last years draft was stronger at the top (on paper...doens't mean reality holds). No QB this year took major steps forward and most of the top ones took steps backwards (Rosen, Darnaud, Allen). That said, QB is important so just like last year (where people were originally "down" on the class, at some point, we'll see a number of guys go in the 1st round and 2 or 3 go top 7). The more the better (push the non QB talent to the Bears). Yeah this is exactly what I mean, it's nice to see them play into the expectations of being a great class instead of just being handed it to them.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 2, 2018 -> 04:42 PM) Bagley, Ayton, Porter, and Donic were all pretty hyped entering the season. That was part of why the Bulls decided they wanted to tank (was the lure of these 4 guys). I don't really think about Doncic as he's not in the NCAA and so it's not really easy to follow, and Bagley didn't reclassify until mid-August. The top 3 of the class were considered good, but the depth that has been added with sexton and young playing out of their minds has made it a really exciting draft. I know people like Bamba, but really this class for most of the summer looked like MPJ and Ayton and then not that deep after. Now MPJ may be pick #5. That's why I like this class so much. We heard about the 2014 class forever with Wiggins and Parker. But aside from MPJ, every one of these guys that plays in the states is either living up or greatly exceeding.

I think my favorite part about this draft class is people didn't think much of it as an nba prospect class going into the season but they have earned it by being so dominant. I'll take that over a dream class that mostly underwhelms but people believe in unlocking the talent.

Obviously with Fultz dnp it's hard, but I would still take Tatum over Lauri.

I would deal any for a top 5 pick in a heart beat. He still relies a lot on midrange jumpers and isn't great around rim. But he could find his range and then be really good.

I really can't believe that Hue Jackson is still the HC.