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Weird stat, DJ Augustin currently has a better 3-point shooting percentage (42.7) than 2-point FG% (42.6). I wonder how common that is. Edit: Appears to happen a lot for three point specialists. Korver's 53% year from 3 he shot 8% better from 3pt land than 2pts (I'm guessing all due to hilarious layup attempts).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) How much better could MJ have been? He didn't need anyone else. He would have had the chip on his shoulder if he were playing one on one vs. me. Also whenever anyone would crop up with "Are they as good as MJ" MJ would make a point to humiliate them head to head.

Bulls beat Spurs last night.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 02:45 AM) I'm so glad LeBron/Durant have each other to measure themselves against, get motivated for, etc. MJ is the GOAT. But imagine if he had an equal or damn near an equal? He had nobody to push him to even greater heights. Well there was debate with Drexler and then MJ pantsed him and became a God after that

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 10:32 PM) Destroy what? Another of Rose's joints? (get angry at me for another joke if you want). The Bulls will win 50 games next year easy.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 09:13 PM) I went to a game at USCF with a bunch of my friends who are Cardinals fans. They couldn't believe how bad the fans got onto the Sox players, mostly Dunn. That's because every Cardinals player is a God until they leave for a different team and then they are SATAN

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 08:50 PM) I'm not debated whether Melo is better than Boozer. That is obvious. But it is interesting Thibs has a man crush on Melo considering the way Melo has been known to play on the defensive end. Maybe it is one reason why the Thibs to NY rumors never seem to go away, and why even though he tries to make it look like the rumors are silly, Thibs never says it won't happen. IMO, if Gar/Pax ever even consider letting Thibs out of his contract, JR needs to rid himself of Gar/Pax. Just to be clear, I wasn't talking about Boozer v. Melo overall, just defensively. Boozer actually does TRY defensively but he is slow and not very instinctual. I think if Melo was demanded to perform on the D end he'd respond and be a really good D player if that was the teams identity.

This team is going to destroy next year.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) No he played 22, but if you count his split seasons as a year for each team it just adds up that way. Still amazed.

Gibson will draw interest btw. We won't have to dump him, he's one of the best defensive players in the game and is having a legitimately improved offensive year.

Thome played for 25 years?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 04:29 PM) Kanye's never been the best at writing lyrics. I joke about how half the time he just rhymes the same word. Even when you go back to College Dropout, songs like Spaceship and Through The Wire use this technique. I think his flow is different on Yeezus, but I dont think its worse. Its just very different, which is why I dont even know if its rap anymore. Its just music and its amazingly dark and beautiful at the same time. And he has something to say, he just struggles to find the words, which is why its the music that speaks and strangely the words are almost background. What I wouldn't do for a song like Spaceship and Through the Wire about something else beside hating himself and having sex and also he's the greatest and upset you don't say it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 08:04 PM) La La said he is staying in NY anyway. Thibs loves Melo even though Melo plays D like Boozer. For the Bulls to be able to offer a max contract, they will have to amnesty Boozer and dump Gibson on someone. Melo is so much more athletic than Boozer, and I feel like is better on D than gets credit for. But, to the first point, Melo has all the tools to be better on defense and Thibs will pull those strings (and probably make him worse on offense).

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 07:19 PM) Derrick has flat out said he won't recruit players, not that he doesn't have friends. If he wants a star on this team, he needs to get off his ass and help. These are also the first few years where players of his generation are available. I think he'd feel more comfortable recruiting knowing he could still be Mr. Alpha.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) The reality of the NBA today is that having superfriends is the easiest way to build to teams. The Heat happened because the big three colluded together and took paycuts to make it happen. Execs can't do things like that, but Derrick can. Derrick wants to b**** about the Bulls selling off Deng, but a large part of the responsibility for the shape of this team falls squarely on his shoulders. It might get old, and it might be snarky, but it doesn't make it any less true. If Derrick Rose were willing to sell players on being in Chicago, this franchise could look very different. At least he wants to stay in Chicago, he could very well be a superfriend to a player on a different franchise. The front office, meanwhile had a lot of tools at their disposal to get some special talent this year, and seem pretty deadset on status quo. They have money, draft picks, and trades at their disposal, Rose has being friendly. It isn't on him.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 02:51 AM) Even MJ acknowledged that he needed Scottie. Rose needs to realize he needs 1 1/2 stars (think Gasol and then Odom before crack) to win a title. Management needs to get this done. But beside that my post was about the million f'ing snarky "well ask Reggie hehehe" posts that still get posted every other post.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 03:28 AM) Davis was probably a better prospect. It's hard to know if my memory is clouded though because of Davis' early dominance. My impression of his stock at the time was that he had huge upside (KG was thrown around as a comparison) if everything worked out but that his offense was still a work in progress and he needed to bulk up. I don't think most scouts were predicting him to average 20-10 in his second year. I also think he was a relatively safe prospect, meaning that at worst he'd still be an athletic big that starts in the league for like 10 years. I've seen about half a dozen Kansas games and watched the Draft Express scouting video of Embiid (those things are awesome). My impression is that he has the same type of upside as Davis, but he's not as safe. It's easy to see his potential if you just watch his highlights. He's huge, mobile and flashes some post moves that most NBA players don't have much less someone as inexperienced as Embiid. He also makes a lot of mistakes though. His shots out of the post aren't always pretty. He will throw up weak attempts in traffic, especially if there's contact. He also gets lost occasionally on defense, bites on a lot of fakes and makes some silly fouls. That stuff can be ironed out obviously, but I have a hard time seeing him play 30 quality minutes in the NBA right now. They're also very different players stylistically. Davis mostly uses his athleticism to find points in space (lobs, transition, pick-and-roll, putbacks, ect) while Embiid is more of a true post guy. Which makes sense re: Davis because he grew into his body so late. I just remember being in awe of how aggressive Kentucky's guards could play up top, because nobody could drive the lane without running into Davis length. It was fun to watch.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 04:03 PM) Yeezus is probably the album of the year, and it may not even be that close. He just obliterates it, the problem is its too edgy and there are no pop songs that the 14 year old crowd will get behind. But that album is seriously freak show level, its Kanye's Dark Side of the Moon. While his production was crazy, his flow has gotten somehow worse and the verses are terrible. He really ought to replace his ghost writers or get better ones. Much better when Lupe and Rhymefest were writing for him.

Trying to decide how much to invest emotionally into this mediocre Missouri team.

Maybe I'm crazy, but if that 100k gift is used toward tuition I'm pretty sure there are huge tax breaks for income that is tied to that.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 08:30 PM) This is an odd argument. The Super Bowl stadium is picked years in advance, there is a chance a team actually gets home field advantage. Being the best means performing in any condition. Then Peyton Manning sucks.

It's interesting, I think sensibly there is a line between an academic scholarship and an athletic scholarship. But I can see a court not wanting to tread that line and imply that all scholarships are considered employment and leave students with rights.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 06:46 PM) They're definitely facing an uphill battle in becoming a recognized union. What always stands out to me is how odd the modern union organization lines seem to be these days. These NW players are aligning with the United Steelworkers, back in December NYU grad students unionized with the UAW. They're basically just legacy names. I don't think it will win but it will provide good footwork for what grounds need to be met for college players to get better treatment.

Interesting, good luck.

Man, I tell ya, complaining about Rose getting injured and saying he won't recruit never gets old. I feel like he is the new Frank Thomas.