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I feel like we've been told Costa Rica will be outmatched every game before they win. I'm not betting against them anymore (figuratively)

If Sox finish this year at .500 I'll be very confident in our future. But 75 wins more likely.

Does anyone know any Bucks fans? What is their local reaction, I think I'd be terrified.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 29, 2014 -> 07:24 PM) The beautiful circle of Bulls rumors...hey we're the favorite, nope we're a decoy but WAIT we're still the favorite, oh s*** he signed/got traded somewhere else. Ha, exactly.

This Kidd thing is incredible.

Sigh. f*** the nba.

Awesome they were able to unload him

Btw ric butcher retracted his bogus Lowry story. Edit : doh! Above

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 09:36 PM) Who would be available next off season as a FA? There will be no LBJ, possibly no love, I'm curious who the pitch could be made for cap space is useful for more than just FA.

what a joke.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 08:14 PM) I think that was posturing all along. From Melo's perspective, it still makes little sense. You're guaranteeing yourself that you'll be on a s***ty team for at least 2 years if not more. Unless Lebron only signs a one year deal and the Knicks try to go after him in 2015-2016, I don't see why Melo would want to waste 2 of his prime years. In their defense, basically their whole team is expiring next year. Clean slate for moves.

When is salary cap official?

now that phil said he'd give max...sigh.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 06:40 PM) Hmm. I'd like to see that because guys who are solid defensive players almost always get at least some steals and block shots. To be honest, I'll have to go through about 20,000 comments on blogabull and I don't even think it was linked so let's just pretend what I said is not true.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) Based on what? Creighton was a horrible defensive team and McDermott gets no steals or block shots. I didn't watch them as much as some on this board so it could be true but there doesn't seem to be much evidence that McDermott played any defense at all. Based on some metric somebody said showed that.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 04:19 PM) His lack of defense is a little overblown IMO. He's not a lockdown guy, but I'm sure he can be serviceable. His role at Creighton was to stay out of foul trouble and hit shots, so his one-on-one defense was never emphasized. And it won't be for the Bulls since they play a defense that's about positioning on the court just as much as man-to-man principles. He's also a guy that averaged 7.5 boards a game. So it's not like he's a perimeter-only player. This made a lot of sense, and his rotation d was above average. But I hate that his development probably took a hit for that.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) Who is a star now? Jeremy Lin? Come on now, There are a few roleplayers but on the whole these guys are NBDL fodder All I got is Ben Wallace/Lin.

I'm sold. Let's pull Kurt Thomas out of retirement and let's call it an offseason.

Altidore is likely out again, right?

I think the years of pent up anxiety and disappointment in the Bulls conservative roster management (including a collection of assets that win games, but are never as attractive as other teams assets that lose games) are creating a bizarre love affair for me with Doug McDermott. I don't claim to be a scout. I only watch mizzou college bball and then hate the rest of the sport. But the fact that everyone was terrified the bulls would trade up to get this kid and then we did just that, makes me think that this has to work, right? I mean this is the most aggressive move I've ever seen the Bulls make. We have to hit 100%. We deserve it. And then next year Mcdermott is going to post up Anthony and do some weird ooopsy woopsy layup that goes in and I will go crazy. And then he'll get posterized by Lebron and we'll be talking about the 2018 plan to sign Jabari.

Clarkson went three picks before.

Boucher is talking out of his ass.

I'm guessing Anthony is just a nice expiring piece for a s&t. He's not an indication that melo isn't coming. Melo's&t reputation for being about he money is the sign that melo isn't coming.

Has anyone mentioned Anthony Randolph was traded to bulls too?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 01:58 AM) My team predictions suck. I'm much better with individual players. even the paul george/pippen comp doesn't look bad when you compare them at the same age. You are basically only good at telling us how players have done in immediate past.