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Oh it's about Game Change. That should be interesting. That was a quick read.

Yeah, i'm sure the NBA would have a vested interest in keeping talent away from Blake Griffin. Gmab.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2011 -> 08:55 PM) He is a bad fit for that team. He would have been perfect in Chicago for the offense Thibs runs. Too bad he followed his ego. Right. It's more helpful to have a banger down low if wade/james can't penetrate. Instead they have bosh who likes to stay outside and hit jumpers. Which isn't terrible it's just not incredibly complementary to the other two, the way that Allen and Garnett were to pierce.

The s***ty thing about st. louis is their public transport sucks. The nice thing is cheap housing. Find a sublet, look around "the hill", and do some calculations.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 18, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) McCain responds to Santorum's claim that he "doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works:" TELL HIM TO GOOGLE IT

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2011 -> 06:35 PM) if you want to eliminate Rose you have to do two things. Trap him as soon as he crosses halfcourt, and beat him up. to the latter...only if he doesn't get fouls called when it happens.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2011 -> 06:27 PM) If there's one thing I expect to see from this team, it's "Not believing the hype". A Mr. Thibodeau sold me on that when his response to a question after Game 1 involved the phrase "Well we still have some things to tighten up". Thibs says that after every game.

well, that's what the sexual revolution was all about: raping children and ruining their lives, while hiding the perpetrators and protecting them from prosecution.

as long as rose does, as well (but frankly he has only gotten fair calls the first game of the pacers.)

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 18, 2011 -> 04:14 PM) I am beyond nervous for this game. I see this as a Wade/LBJ "f*** you" game. I fear the refs are going to call the game more closely, allowing Wade/Lebron to attempt 25+ free throws and minimizing the Bulls' D. Hopefully i'm wrong. Yeah, i do worry that the league will be like "those are reach in fouls, don't let those occur" and all the sudden we have to play off of james/wade.

Also, the Sushi Den is supposed to be one of the best sushi places in the nation.

There's a breckenridge brewery in Denver that's pretty good. Denver's mexican food isn't bad, either. But, not as good as it is in the states to it's south and south east.

f***in kurt thomas, i miss him.

I'm excited how active this thread is for everyone. Seems soxtalk is in for brighter times.

Just unreal game by Dirk last night. Yeah, concur with J4L, if Ibaka, Durant, etc couldn't do anything (worse! they couldn't avoid fouling), then there is no "good" matchup for us. That said. Game time hooah. Worried that the Heat are going to try and punch us in the mouth and we'll be game 4'd v atlanta. But I think this Bulls team knows what's at stake.

I think the impasse here is that balta isn't saying democrats are saints and republicans are cheaters, it's to once again point out how the party that tries to legislate "family values" consistently is found doing things not considered to be keeping up with those values.

milkman just got facial'd

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 17, 2011 -> 07:25 PM) The difference in baseball is there is no cap, which means no floor or ceiling. These basketball teams figure out how much money they have and then they spend it, because outside of saving money, there is no other benefit to being under the cap. Teams worry about perception and its easy for KC/Pitt to say that they cant spend like the Yankees, Red Sox, so why even try as opposed to the Suns/Kings etc where there is a salary cap and therefore fans think "its equal" (you see the same thing in the NFL). The difference is that NFL contracts are basically fake money outside of the bonus, so those teams just dump the guy the next year or 2 if he doesnt work. If there is a hard cap it basically just solidifies what every team will spend. The only way to prevent really bad contracts is to allow teams to dump them at a fraction of the price. True, I'm just imagining in your cap and trade model the maloofs working a 10 million dollar salary and pocketing $40 million.

it appears i killed this thread.

Here's a good article on speculators: Yglesias

$45 is absurd though. I understand it sucks when joe johnson and rudy gay get the max, but i'd argue that the true superstars in the nba could probably make that themselves and deserve it.

the nba should close those franchises or buy out their horrid owners (maloofs)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2011 -> 02:36 PM) Which benefits by far mostly people in cities, which means half of the country gets left out. that "half" of the country gets a lot more back than they put in.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2011 -> 06:13 PM) That is kind of my point. You have three incredible players on that Miami team, and they still aren't the favorites to win it all. The Bulls would have only two stars, and a complete lack of depth. Haslem is legit, but Miller is the exact type of player the Bulls would be looking at to fill up their roster at minimum wage. He is absolutely a great example of the type of guys the Bulls would have to bring in. Legit players won't sign for that little money. I understand your point... but in my opinion having the best pg + best center in the game will be a better team than best SG + SF combo in the game plus a good powerforward that makes his points on jump shots.

if this season is going to suck i'd rather it suck while i get to watch vizquel.