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QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jul 14, 2010 -> 05:59 AM) Its not McDonald's fault, or CocaCola, or the government. Its the parents and the individual's who choose to eat garbage over a proper diet. People who shove 1100 calorie super-sized meals into their yap with their diet coke of course, and then complain when they lose track of their feet because they can't see them anymore are missing who is to blame. Moderation in a diet is a wonderful thing. Hell some portion control with some common sense and maybe a tad of exercise would do people a lot of good. The worst thing however is that the current generation is preparing the next generation for failure. Happy meals, and sweets, and garbage are quick and easy and in the end people get into habit of just making their kids happy. We need to start from day one and influence our kids food selections. Kids learn from day one from their parents and their eating habits. If you are sitting on the couch shoving twinkies in your mouth guess what the kid wants to do. So if you incorporate fruits, vegetables, and lean meats with the proper portions from day one you should have a better success rate and healthier kids. Sure my kids like a happy meal, but the fact is we may go to a McDonalds once a month if at that. have you ever heard of this "subsidies" thing?

well, I mean, the timing is just what sucks. Compared to the offseason where we added ben wallace and we were like omg nba finals, this has been way more productive. And from a team standpoint, we took the weaknesses (no 3 pt. shooters to spread the floor, no post scoring) and really, really improved them. Our defense at guard took a serious hit, however. And it's pretty legitimate to say that rose, noah and gibson should improve, they have a lot of talent and have improved so much already. unfortunately with the timing, it's all for naught, as the NBA allowed itself to become a 13 year old kid picking rosters on an xbox.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 10:19 PM) How can 5 plays make or break the season when one game can't? That said, I don't think people are pissed at these 5 plays, they're worried that it will continue. it's a running joke about a certain esteemed former poster

jesus christ i forgot about that last part.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 09:42 PM) If the Greenland Icecap were to suddenly go and Miami instantly flooded, I could see the Bulls having a legit shot if these things happened: 1. Rose takes a major step forwards from last season and stays healthy 2. Thibodeau is as good of a defensive coach as we've hoped 3. Boozer and Deng stay generally healthy. It would have been a fun season to watch. i mean, s***, you really only would need 3 to be healthy around playoff time, playoffs should be a lock. Even with Kirk gone, I think we'll at least be as good defensively as last year. And I feel like with BOozer on offense, Noah can really focus on being the best D player in the league next year.

Glad Asik's finally a bull. I really like that addition. Ugh, such a fun team to watch. I have to say, i respect this roster GarPax is putting together. If there was ever an underdog team who could win it, i think it would be dabulz

yep. embarrassing. But these 5 plays won't break the whole season, remember that guys!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111110001010101010101010111

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 08:12 PM) I know PER isn't everything, but here's my case. I'll give Wade, James, and Durant as above Bosh. Paul...well, I hold injuries against people more than others do. He could come back and put his name right up there. then again, DR1 could take a step forwards this year and do that too. Last year though, if we're talking what other player I put in my top 4 ahead of Bosh, you can fire Kobe at me, but between him already missing 10 games last year and the fact that when I watched him, he was not the same dominant force that he was in the previous years...he's stepped back enough for me to drop him out of my top 5. I think the best player on the Lakers right now is Pau Gasol. The only other one I think legitimately belongs up there is Howard. And between Howard and Bosh, it's a question of defense versus offense. Howard has a bigger body, Bosh is more athletic. Howard is ridiculously bad on offense for his skills. At the very worst, I'd be willing to call it a tie, but I think Bosh is just lesser known because Orlando has done a better job building around Howard. I'm fairly certain that there is a better chance that howard becomes much better offensively than bosh becoming much better defensively.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 07:55 PM) I know that because of the douchey mcdouchersons down in Miami, this roster probably won't win the Bulls a title, but I still like what I see. Its gonna be an entertaining and competitive basketball team that could make it at least a little bit interesting come playoff time. I'd rather be in NBA hell with this team, then tank the next few years, just to get rejected by FAs and still be a bad basketball team like the Knicks are. i mean, the title season for the celtics saw them go to 7 games in their first two series in the playoffs. SO who knows.

hahaha

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:24 PM) Which contract? James for $30 million or Boozer for $28 million? I think reality as I see it is that James for $30 million is actually just about a fair deal, given that he's worth something like $200 million in additional franchise value and revenue to a team. The top guy in the league is probably worth that much. Kobe's probably been worth $30 million a year to the Lakers over the last decade. But beyond those 2 guys...there's maybe 1 more guy in the league who's a $25 million a year level player, and that's Wade. The rest of the players, except MAYBE Howard, belong at or below the current max salary level. But what would wind up happening without a max salary is that guys like Lebron and Wade would get deals that are fair for them unless they decided on this Miami party BS, but just as teams now are dumping crazy money on Tyrus Thomas, Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay, etc., teams would wind up bidding up Carlos Boozer and Luol Deng up to $20 million in order to make sure no one steals them, and those salaries are already killers even at lower levels (look how badly having Deng and Hinrich to pay has hurt the Bulls even though they've been somewhat productive). It's not guys like Lebron and Kobe getting Max deals that has put the NBA in such financial trouble. It's guys like Thomas getting $10 million a year. It's guys like Deng getting $11 million. It's Joe Johnson and Carlos Boozer getting max or near-max deals. It's Gilbert Arenas getting a max deal, it's Zach Randolph making near max money. It's paying lower tier guys big money so as to tread water that is killing these teams. You land a James, your revenues go through the roof. You land a Boozer for the same money as James, and suddenly your cap is a mess and you're forced to pay the luxury tax to hang onto your backup SG, you finish 4th in the league every year, and you have no idea how you got into such a mess. Sure, I get that, but has any sport really solved that problem? In my perspective it's enhanced in bball because you aren't allowing the market to actually set for the superstars. Since no one really knows what james/kobe are worth, then it makes mores sense to tilt forward than backwards. No one is going to accept "well, lebron only gets 18, so you should get 18". Lebron gets 18 b/c it's capped. I feel like teams have no leverage in that sense, they want a player, and the salary cap in the nba is more like tetris than any other game, add to that that it's not that difficult to move a bad contract because expiring contracts are gold in the NBA.

i'm pretty sure if it was a free for all with a salary cap, you would've seen the money be very high, and each team could've afforded only one and this circus would've never happened.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 04:13 PM) The Draft? I'd respond to that with 2 points. First...if you keep the Bird rights, then Cleveland could have kept upping the ante until no other teams left. Miami could offer him up to the salary cap but no more, then Cleveland could counter with a $30 million a year offer, and frankly, for Cleveland, he'd have been worth it. Second...if you keep the cap in place, I think it makes it more likely that a smaller market can afford a guy like that, because even a team like the Grizz, if they could clear $25-30 mil in cap space, would suddenly have the opportunity to dump it all on one superstar and win the race for him. The problem of course would wind up being that 5 teams would clear max space and somehow the Bulls would wind up paying Carlos Boozer $28 million/year. but quite frankly, considering the amount of players on a basketball team, and the amount of revenue teams make...i just don't see how that isn't a reasonable contract. There is already a cap. That should dictate. This is a stupid system.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 05:09 PM) But if you don't impose the max deal there's no way Cleveland ever gets a guy like Lebron. how do you figure?

if there is a sport that should not impose a max deal in addition to a salary cap, it's basketball.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) Before moving to the burbs a couple of months ago, my fiance and I always went to the Duke of Perth. Awesome all you can eat fish n chips deal on Friday (mon or wed too I think), decent beer selection, really good scotch, and a cool atmosphere. A good place to go with friends and talk, not be bombarded by loud music. Also, relatively few douchebags (normally none), which I find is the key to a good bar. They do have good fish and chips, but I have a vendetta against the manager. I would stay out of Lincoln park all together for bars.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 03:12 PM) the financial incentive of the 6 year max deal with the home team. and if there was no max deal?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 13, 2010 -> 02:48 PM) why is it his fault? he made the system more difficult for these types of things to happen. how do you figure?

if we had the pitching numbers we had in june for april/may, i'm pretty sure we'd have 2005's record. /end obvious statement of the year.

everyone in missouri when i lived there thought hawk was awesome. Haterz gonna hate.

it's disgusting. kill yourself david stern.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 08:56 PM) And look at the guys that were on those teams. The Celtics had Garnett, one of the best defensive players of the last 15 years, the Knicks had guys like Ewing, Oakley, Camby and Kurt Thomas, all of whom were damn good interior defenders (not to mention the Knicks led the league in defensive efficiency the 3 years before he got there), and the Rockets had Yao, who is in the top-10 in active career defensive rating and around the top-30 in defensive win shares even with all of the injuries (admittedly the Rockets work is a bit more impressive). There's no question he'll help, but you need more than just Noah to be an elite defensive team. so you can list one person on other teams as the sole reason that team was good on defense, but then you list one person on the bulls team (who is a great defender) and qualify it saying that's not enough. Maybe in Thibs years working with great defenders, he learned how to get the most of that talent. Because frankly, there is more to the celts great d than garnett.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 12, 2010 -> 09:11 PM) I really think Redick is actually on the upswing. He'll be a real nice asset, imo. Does he make us a championship team, no, but he makes us better and gives us an even better shot at being a top 3/4 team in the East. Dan bernstein was reading the vegas odds on the bulls on friday and they were shockingly good. It sucks that adding a 20/10 player and 2 sharp shooters to your team still feels so empty. F the NBA

400 is a hell of a drug

I think another edition of: why the heat will be awesome is that teams with great players tend to make pretty avg. players look much better than they are. Pretty much every guy in the NBA can just hit a shot unguarded. What makes these players so special is their ability to hit extraordinary shots with dudes bumping and putting their hands in their face. But when you have 3 great scorers on the floor at the same time, you are going to get a lot of great looks because teams just can't focus you.