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So pumped for Sunday!

I want to improve shooting from another starting spot. Hoping to replace Jimmy with more O honestly. Or Taj with Love. Sigh.

Mirotic secured his buyout. Becomes great love piece right? Sigh.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 4, 2014 -> 12:01 PM) KC Johnson saying Noah is telling people he thinks Melo is going back to the Knicks. Where is he saying this?

Somebody tweeted that we should know by end of weekend. Looks good for NYC.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 04:00 PM) That's the only time I've heard anything about him being unhappy with the offer. That's because Kenny Anderson doesn't have sources.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 01:31 PM) 2/3rds of the country was frozen and buried under a foot of snow that entire time. I believed that for -.1 but 2.9 is huge, and that also wouldn't account for exports declining that quarter, either.

Scalia's finest decision - green.

288k jobs today, employment/pop ratio above 2009 levels. Q1 continues to intrigue me. Nobody seems to be moving forward like that was a trend but -2.9 is so huge.

I could see Milwaukee taking a shot at him.

I would like us to preserve assets for a midyear Love trade and hope twolves suck rather than go crazy. It would be nice for mirotic to perform well on that front.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 11:30 AM) Krygios reminds me so much of a young Goran Ivanisevic. Decent chance he'll be top 20 by this point next year though, just needs to keep improving his fitness, because he already has the power game on the serve and groundstrokes by this point. Apparently Murray told his box to F*** Off during the Dimitrov loss, so something is definitely going on there. Whoever wins b/w Bouchard and Halep will win the Womens. I am betting on Halep to take down this Wimbledon.

https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/484541340727144448

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 10:38 PM) I still wonder if Pau is actually part of the plan with Melo. Lakers are very open to S&T possibilities. Interesting thing is Melo will be in LA tomorrow as well. Only way I'd want Pau is short-term and not at the 10-12 M number that has been thrown around. I'd rather add a wing player + Mirotic with our cap space. If Bulls wanted Pau for Sign and Trade to send to KNicks...why would they be meeting with him?

I mean maybe, just maybe Thibs went into this offseason thinking they needed to upgrade over Nasr.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 10:52 PM) lol. Post Spurs? Would you guys stop. More rest for veterans? Pop has been managing minutes for the big three since before anybody knew who Justin Bieber was. Last year was nothing new. Shooting? Floor spacing has been critical for at least half a decade now as defensive schemes have gotten better. This is not a new era of basketball now because the Spurs beat the evil Heat. I'm basing this off of the stories of coaches getting players to buy into less minutes this offseason, and the premium teams are paying for shooting this offseason. It may not be a new era, but it is what is driving the offseason. Are you really going to try and act like previous finals successes don't influence what teams do for the next year? Do you remember everyone needing to get small?

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 11:26 PM) I don't really like the idea of Pau as anything other than a replacement for Taj should he be traded. Or maybe if Mirotic is coming over anytime soon/gets traded. Way I see it is Taj/Mirotic should get all the PF minutes, and Jo still should still be getting 35 min per game....How much are we gonna pay for a guy who sees ~14 per game? There are two trends this offseason post Spurs: - More rest for veterans - shooting shooting shooting Last year taj would double up as C often. I think they'd like lineup versatility of Pau-Noah and Pau Gibson, also Pau/Mirotic

Remember when some were advocating to shut him down for year in May?

Sucks we only have him for 5.5 more years

CJ Miles just got what? WHoa, sorry, saw 3 yrs 18 mill at first, it's 4 years. Still...why 4 years?

Remember when Hammerhead_Johnson had a crusade to prove Tyson Chandler was awesome on the Bulls? He really should have rubbed that in peoples faces in 2011.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 07:51 PM) I can imagine they know somehow, it's raised after a league audit if that tells you anything. Gotcha, I'm hoping it's above even the 63. Read an article that the projected cap had been raised with each 3 prior audits (I guess they are done quarterly).

Looks like shooting is going to net a premium this offseason after the spurs. Makes me feel worse for Patty Mills.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 07:21 PM) From what I can tell it's the 10th, after the "July Moratorium". It's expected to go up to 63 this year and 66 next year.....Luxury tax at 77/81. Is salary cap a grand calculation? I don't understand why teams can't be given more notice.

When is the salary cap official?