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It may not be their fault they didn't get Melo, but it will be their fault that they decided that Melo, a FA, was their only option, and then plan b is a 34 year old Pao Gasol, and then, I guess Vince Carter or something.

I would love melo.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 04:10 PM) Which is not what they did. They outlined multiple options to Melo, some which involved moving Taj / others, but Bulls can do things and get max. I think this all comes down to what Lebron does. If Lebron goes long term, it should bode very well for Bulls. If he signs a contract with a 1 year out, Melo is staying in NY and the Knicks and Melo will try to sign Lebron in a year. If it is long term and Love ends up in Cleveland, all of a sudden there aren't many stars out there for Melo to play with, and it means he ends up coming to Chicago. Bosh ends up in Houston. You have no idea what the bulls did, but we know that right now the bulls have zero cap space, so could not send Melo away with an offer. We know they can amnesty boozer for 10 mill of cap space, and trade MDJ rather easily, and try to find suitors for ronnie brewer/etc contracts to get up to 15. We also know the Bulls could have instead amnestied boozer outright and traded Gibson for assets, and had Melo walk way, facilitate with a 20 mill offer, and if he said no, we could have went after a different PF. But instead the bulls are relying on Melo to trust the bulls, want to be there so much and have Phil Jackson bail them out. Meanwhile, Danny Ainge is acquiring picks, looking to swing Rondo for assets and building up an offer for Kevin Love, a trade, where he doesn't have to hope the player trusts and loves them enough to bail them out.

Would you all take a top ten draft pick even if it was caused Abreu having a terrible 2nd half that make people think he was "figured out".

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 05:02 PM) Not at drafting. The bulls drafting would be better if they swung assets like Jimmy/Taj for better players instead of falling in love with them and telling a star player to sign for $15 million.

ESPN BREAKING: teams believe melo on hold until Lebron makes decision. WHAT A STORY GUYS congrats! Definitive info.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 04:47 PM) They need Cleveland to be between 15 and 30 and the Bulls to be better than that. It's not worth very much at all. Ugh, that trade sucks. Why is Forman so terrible at everything.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 04:47 PM) Doing that without a commitment from Love is a fireable offense. I mean, this is Andrew Wiggins we're talking about... If they think Lebron is coming, Love will sign on. Also, cavs are terrible at management.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 04:41 PM) I think they would do that in a heartbeat They were already prepped to do this, but wanted long term extension from love. Perhaps they don't care now.

I think the Melo holding out for Lebron is regarding this : If Lebron signs a 2 year deal with another opt out after 1, he will sign with NYK and hope Lebron opts out and joins knicks next year with their uber cap space. That was brought up by Blogabull and makes sense. IF he chooses long term in miami or cleveland, that is good for bulls in whatever limited sense good could mean at this point. However, I think Bulls fans should hope cleveland sucks so that our swapped first rounder is better. Re: Love to cleveland, Danny Ainge how has 9 first round picks in the next 4 years.

To be fair, there are worse things in life than not having to pay Jarrett Jack $6million.

I have some bad news for people: the extraordinary circumstances of the 40s-60s US economy probably will not be recreated by any country that wasn't severely underachieving for the last 200 years without a substantial tech improvement to increase productivity. Instead you'll have to deal with a stable government, high wages, low prices and low land costs. Waaa waaaaa, this country is terrible waaa

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) ...in a loss. Which was somehow celebrated. They won 1 of 4 games, and got absolutely dominated in their last game. If not for goaltending, that would have been a 7 spot as well. The whole "they tried hard!" mentality needs to go before US soccer can be a thing. They survived their group, which if it was so easy then Portugal, a legitimate soccer power would have. In a cup where England, Portugal, and Spain, all clearly better soccer programs than the US could not get out while 3 Concacaf teams which the US topped DID, that is fine for people to be excited about, especially since the highlights were younger players.

The difference between Gordon Hayward and Lance is that UTah has vowed to match all offers whereas the Pacers quite clearly are strapped. They cannot go into the luxury tax, well, they could, but again they only made 7 million last year.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 09:19 AM) According to a basketball forum I frequent, LeBron to Cleveland is a done deal, word is he already informed Wade and got his 'blessing'. The anouncement could come as early as today but no later than Friday...hmmmmmm. This seems like great info. This must be why Wade is in Vegas ready to pitch LeBron, because he already has his blessing.

Remember how we thought Jordan had turned a corner? Guess not.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 01:05 AM) Brett Austin has rebounded nicely after a rough start, 2-3 tonight with a double Trey 3-4 now Brett Austin had a rough start? I feel like he's had a nice line very time I looked.

I love the US. Think it's on the right track. You actually learn to appreciate the lack of corruption in the US. You may think the US is corrupt, but you have no idea how hard it is to remove corruption when it is actually embedded in a culture (bribes/tax avoidance/etc)

Eh, can't you let them have this? I know lots of people from cleveland, they are my favorite sports fans.

I'm not getting confirmations anymore when texting Does that mean stop texting?

Woj tweeted Bulls/Thunder leading way for Gasol. I doubt he signs MLE but maybe 8 mil. Would love if we could pull trade for Burks from Utah. Gasol/Burks/Mirotic is definitely a team that could get knocked out in 2nd round.

all rumors/news have fallen off. Looks like all midtier guys that had places to go are signed, the rest dependent on melo/bron.

I was thinking Beckham's OPS may actually be pretty good for AL 2b, but nope.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 04:55 PM) Only the players who signed the mega cap-avoiding deals before the new CBA. From 2017-18 to 2020-21 (age 39 to 42), Hossa'a salary will be $1 million a year. The new CBA punishes teams if a player retires during that portion of the contract, which was the original plan. The NHL is so dumb.

starting Love at the 5?