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QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 09:02 PM) Time Alexi sits a day. HA!

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 09:04 PM) 14 errors in 88 games for a first baseman is quite high, wouldn't you agree? For a big league 1b? sure. For a minor leaguer who had 75 games out of high school before this season? totally uncalibrated.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 08:57 PM) Barnum has 14 errors on the year at first base. Pretty obvious he's not a good fielder. On the bright side, maybe this helps explains some of Anderson's errors. You're actually projecting the long-term defensive development in an important way for a guy who has played 156 games above the level of "high school"?

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) Remember when Cleto fluked a low ERA for a while with the Sox and people were saying he was the next closer No, I vaguely remember Robin thinking that though.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 08:43 PM) I don't know if it has always been, but Melo's official website thisismelo.com has red and black borders right now. Cached version as of June 10, 2014. Appears red and black to me.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 08:30 PM) I have a feeling Saladino or Semien will be taking over his utility role next year. He's just not a big league hitter. If you were really trying to develop him he should probably have been in AA this year. It shouldn't surprise anyone that he's not yet ready to hit big league pitching.

That is much, much higher than I'd have intuited.

Damnit. Stupid NBA. I just realized I'm only going to be living 3 hours from Cleveland and if Melo goes to Chicago that makes driving to Cleveland for a Bulls/Cavs game a reasonable thing to do. Which means it's not going to happen even more so.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 05:20 PM) 200 pages and the season hasn't even started yet. lol We're less than 30% of the way to the length of the 2010-2011 thread.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) Does Carmelo actually do endorsements in NY? That could potentially counter some of the cost of living stuff. Then again, winning a title = more endorsements.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 12:14 PM) Yeah, and I didn't mean to imply that it was limited to politicians, but all over the spectrum. Like the gaystapo going after anyone that opposes gay marriage with personal attacks, trying to get them fired and so on. There is just this need to 'destroy' your 'enemy' on a personal level instead of just winning the idea or issue. Wow.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 04:07 PM) I don't get it. We won't get a player of his quality at the vet minimum. Makes total sense as a 3rd string PG. Limit his minutes, keep injuries to a minimal, and that is an effective back-up right there. Not to mention just a really good guy to have on our bench and in practice. Let's just be honest though, we're all picturing him getting 25 minutes per game.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 03:45 PM) This is why keeping Gibson is huge. If we have to trade Gibson and Mirotic doesn't come over or pan out, we'd be without a power forward. When we have to give big money to Jimmy next year, we won't have any space or the MLE to spend on a second big man. Why wouldn't the Bulls have the MLE next year?

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 03:43 PM) I believe the Bulls could be in the position that Houston is right now with Parsons. As a RFA they can go over the cap to match an offer IF that's something they wanna do. Sets up for a lot of things to potentially go wrong though. First that means you can't extend Butler this year which he might not like. Second it sets up the possibility of a poison pill contract forcing the Bulls to lose Butler. Third, it requires the Bulls to still have cap space after Butler's cap hold as an RFA. Finally, it requires there to be someone available on the market next year to go after as a FA. Oh and for a full max deal the cap would need to reach somewhere in the range of $68 million.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 03:42 PM) Le batard: "Oh my god, they have our first round pick!" Hahaha Seriously? Like Unprotected?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:52 PM) I'm not sure of next year's available money. Next year the Bulls could have available money but to make that happen they have to allow Jimmy Butler to become a restricted FA and also not do anything else long-term this offseason other than Mirotic. Seems fairly unlikely.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) Actually wouldnt be the worst case scenario, give Rose a year to play and see how this team works, then take another swing before trade deadline or next year. The Bulls will have far fewer traceable assets then thanks to Boozer's contract being removed.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:44 PM) My only fear is Melo decides to stay with the Knicks just after all the Bulls other options dry up. IMO, get ready to face your fears.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:32 PM) I always see this and think anesthetized That is the point. We'd be better off with him unconscious.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) That's not my question. My question is why pick up Boozer in a sign and trade with pretty worthless draft picks and other crappy pieces , allowing the Bulls to give Melo more money and use an exception for a guy like Mirotic, when you can still get Boozer's expiring contract at the amnesty auction if that is some attraction, and you force Melo to accept less money and one of your rivals won't be able to make other moves? IMO, the only motivation Phil should have accepting Boozer is if you give him something really good to go along with it. Not something mediocre. And I think draft picks at the bottom of round 1 are mediocre. The team picking up Boozer would not be able to get him as a full valued expiring contract, so yes the Bulls would have to give the Knicks something useful to go with that to make it happen.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) As far as using Boozer for a sign and trade. How does it work if Boozer is amnestied and another team picks him up at a reduced rate? If it still is counted as an expiring contract, Phil really doesn't have much motivation other than to do the Bulls and Melo a solid, which makes no competitive sense, if he can just pay Boozer a good sum at the amnesty auction, still have it expiring on his books but Melo would have to take less, and the Bulls would have fewer tools to work with. It's not like the Bulls adding Melo is going to make future draft picks very attractive. So unless they are including pieces like Mirotic or McBuckets, why do it? When is Butler's contract up? He's going to get paid. I don't know if Phil would really want that either. If Boozer is Amnesthetized, his contract does not count at all against the salary cap for this year. He could not be used in a sign and trade at all. The Bulls would pay him whatever on his contract is not picked up by another team and that would be the end of it. There is no way to do both an amnesty and a sign and trade.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 10:41 AM) Which is why they can't take Boozer back in a deal. They are a 3 time offender of the repeater tax and the Luxury tax payments are something close to $70 million I believe. That's insane. I don't know what the final number is but reports earlier said the tax level could rise to $77 mil this year.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 10:36 AM) Knicks current salary without Melo: $59 million, $6 mill above salary floor. Someone said the floor was up to $56 earlier.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 10:29 AM) I think the crap would be unattractive except they have been so horrible about giving up draft picks (and may continue to need to dump them to get rid of more crap contracts) that picking up that sac pick and another 1st from bulls might be worth it. One thing worth noting is that the Knicks without Anthony are pretty close to the minimum salary line. They'd clearly like to remove a couple contracts like Calderon or Smith to clear 2015 space but they can't do that unless they take some salary back.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 08:30 AM) I don't think the idea that politics have gotten more personal really stands up, anyway. When was the last time members of government dueled each other or beat each other on the floor of Congress? Politics and campaigns were plenty personal even back at the founding of this country. Andrew Jackson's wife is a pipe smoking woman of ill repute.