Balta1701

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 17, 2013 -> 03:20 PM) No. Games missed doesn't have anything to do with PER. Not that he missed many games those years, I believe. He missed about 10 games in each of those years if I'm counting the lockout year right.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 17, 2013 -> 03:11 PM) Kevin Love finished 4th and 5th in PER in '11 and '12. (Just so I make sure I'm following stats, that doesn't take into account how much time he missed as a negative the way WAR does in baseball, right?)

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ May 17, 2013 -> 01:45 PM) If you're saying that Cardinals sweep was in 2005 you're wrong. The third game of that series the Sox won 1-0 on a solo shot by Jim Thome who obviously wasn't on the '05 squad. 6/20 STL W 20-6 Vazquez (8-4) Mulder 39,463 45-25 2nd, -2.0 6/21 STL W 13-5 Buehrle (8-4) Marquis 37,897 46-25 2nd, -1.0 6/22 STL W 1-0 Garcia (9-4) Reyes Jenks (21) 39,509 47-25 2nd, -0.5 Look at those attendance numbers... Not referring to the Cardinals sweep there, referring to the streak the Sox had where they had the lead in every game to open the season.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 17, 2013 -> 01:16 PM) Eh, throw last year out of the window. His hand was completely f***ed up in the few games he managed to play. However, the year before it's not like he was hitting 50% of his shots - and we know Rose doesn't shoot a high percentage. That said, with Love in tow, Rose could possibly improve his shooting percentage - if he decides he wants to get on the court, of course. On "Whether or not Love could be effective"...I'll defer to the god-man that is coaching that team. If he thinks he'd be a good fit next to Rose, by the end of the year, he'd be a good fit next to Rose.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 17, 2013 -> 01:17 PM) Might as well add Mark Reynolds to the mix while we are at it. He was the best move of the offseason so far.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 17, 2013 -> 10:27 AM) I posted that 3 days ago, Balta. Last night they started specifically saying that when the emails were given to CBS by Congressional Republicans they were told directly that they were quotes.

So yeah, someone altered/forged email quotes re: Benghazi! and gave them to the press to spark this new round of "Scandalous!", and "crickets chirp in reply".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_symbiotic_relationships

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 17, 2013 -> 09:22 AM) Also, consider this... his ITP condition has a lot to do with blood makeup and body chemistry (had a family member go through something similar, almost killed him). If you were him, even if you wanted to consider enhancing that way... wouldn't you be pretty worried about, I don't know... dying? Seems like he is the last guy who would want to be putting harsh chemicals in his bloodstream. Good point.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 17, 2013 -> 06:17 AM) Are we sure the White Sox would trade Dunn for Upton now...? No, we're not sure. Not because of anything dealing with his performance right now, but because Upton has $70 million on his contract while Dunn has $25 million.

Btw, I know he has to "stay alive" for a bit first, but does anyone know whether Deng plans to have the wrist surgery he avoided last year?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ May 16, 2013 -> 06:21 PM) Timing was a huge factor in that trade as well. If KW had spent all offseason f***ing around trying to get full value out of Carlos Lee then JD would have signed elsewhere (JD had another offer on the table), he wouldn't have gotten a lead-off hitter, Vizcaino would have been missing from the pen so he'd still need another reliever, etc. and he wouldn't have had the same kind of payroll space to maneuver. That trade opened up KW's entire offseason, and the offseason as a whole, even discounting the WS title, was a ton more productive than any extra bit of value he could have gotten out of Lee. The absolute best quality of Kenny & any good GM is being able to work quick and make moves without being scared of making moves. But at the same time, Nestor Molina says that the worst quality of Kenny was also working quick and making moves without being scared of making moves.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 16, 2013 -> 06:20 PM) The pick was the main thing he brought up when discussing assets for Love. With his salary, Deng almost certainly has to be involved in that deal as well. Yes the Bulls have Butler, but at the very least, Lu's been something of an enormous asset since Thibs took over.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 16, 2013 -> 06:09 PM) So much bad, non-science related math going on here. Four beers in four hours can have a vastly different effect on two men of same age and size. The body is a wonderland! Which is worse...rough estimates for alcohol processing by a normal body, or quoting John Mayer?

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 16, 2013 -> 06:00 PM) If his math is correct, mine wouldn't be. I'd be at .005ish. You're right, I read the hours/beers numbers backwards.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 16, 2013 -> 05:53 PM) You guys living in CST and EST, do you hate these late west coast games or is it nice to be able to watch it late without distraction? Hate. Have to get sleep, miss 2/3 of most games.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 16, 2013 -> 05:38 PM) So what does it mean by "redistribution" and what's the starting point? Everything was the commons at one point until people started making claims to land. How did these soft-bodied elites get this power if the size of your biceps was a controlling factor in more physical times? We nerds invent arrow.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 16, 2013 -> 04:58 PM) Having no idea what they'll add next year, I'd be happy with a Rose/Butler/Deng/Taj/Noah starting line-up, with Hinrich/Boozer/Belinelli/scrub/scrub leading the 2nd team. If we're going to keep Boozer, put him in a spot where he'll be most useful, and that's with a guy that can set him up like Hinrich. He sucks with Rose. I'll never find the link but there was an argument on one of those advanced stat websites earlier this year saying that Boozer's scoring drops a lot when Rose is in the lineup but his efficiency shoots up as a consequence...basically, most of Boozer's bad shots become possessions where he doesn't take the shot. He scores on some of those bad shots, but the team is better off with someone else taking them.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 16, 2013 -> 05:10 PM) Yes, but it'll never happen. Agreed. Once they did the deal, one out of Hinrich, Love, Noah, or Rose would constantly be hurt. And Butler might die after 17 straight games where he plays 48 minutes.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 16, 2013 -> 02:28 PM) For an average adult male, one drink (one beer, one glass of wine, or one shot of 80 proof liquor) raises your BAC by about .02. Your body can metabolize at a rate of about .015 per hour. So 4 drinks in 2 hours would put you around .05. You should be good. The more you weigh, the less your BAC goes up with every drink. I weigh around 240 and if I drink at a rate of 1 drink per hour, my BAC will not keep escalating. QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 16, 2013 -> 03:19 PM) I do no more than a beer per hour, usually less, if I know I have to drive. Plus a cut off of about an hour before as well. So I guess if I'm going to be somewhere 5 hours, I can have 4 beers and no beer the last hour. According to your breakdown (and others I've read before), this is perfectly fine. But most of all, just go by feel and logic. I know when I've had a touch more than I should have, and I'm still nowhere near drunk. If that's the case, grab a ride, call someone, wait another hour or two, whatever. Just to point it out...if the new NTSB recommendation of 0.055 was followed, both of these cases would be right on the border of legal intoxication.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 16, 2013 -> 01:41 PM) In 2014/2015, the Bulls have under contract: Rose: $19 million Noah: $13 million Gibson: $8 million Butler + Teague: $3 million Boozer: $17 million. Deng and Hinrich have both expired by then. If we assume the salary cap is ~$60 million by next year, that could leave the bulls with $42 million of cap space taken for 2014/2015, plus maybe $1.5 million more for this year's draftee. If Boozer is amnesthetized at that point, the Bulls couldbe $10-$20 million under the cap and able to offer a large deal to a free agent player. Maybe not a max deal, but could be close. They'd also be able to use some of that space for their European monster we've been waiting on. Oh, and Lebron James, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade are all free agents that offseason if they want to be! (player options).

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 16, 2013 -> 01:31 PM) Only if they take Boozer in the deal. Get that guy out of here. He's had some great games, and has great skill, but he's one of the dumbest/most annoying players I've ever watched. Edit: speaking of Boozer, can someone explain to me why it makes more sense to amnesty Boozer next summer instead of this summer? If you're going to wait until his last year, wouldn't he become a pretty valuable trade asset (expiring contract)? Why would you amnesty him other than to save paying another year of his salary? In 2014/2015, the Bulls have under contract: Rose: $19 million Noah: $13 million Gibson: $8 million Butler + Teague: $3 million Boozer: $17 million. Deng and Hinrich have both expired by then. If we assume the salary cap is ~$60 million by next year, that could leave the bulls with $42 million of cap space taken for 2014/2015, plus maybe $1.5 million more for this year's draftee. If Boozer is amnesthetized at that point, the Bulls couldbe $10-$20 million under the cap and able to offer a large deal to a free agent player. Maybe not a max deal, but could be close. They'd also be able to use some of that space for their European monster we've been waiting on.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 16, 2013 -> 01:08 PM) If drunk driving is a no-tolerance crime, I don't see how you could allow any sort of justification into the discussion. It's irrelevant. Then again I ask, do you think the system currently setup is working well? Because it does exactly what you ask for. Significant punishments, financial and emotional, for people who are caught. They get the lecture you demand they get, they get the moral disapproval you demand they get. Maybe you want more mandatory jail time when someone is caught DUI or something like that, but basically, I take it you think the current setup is fine.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 16, 2013 -> 01:06 PM) Welcome to the world of evaluating 16 year olds. How much can you really tell from a kid that age? He probably won't get shorter...

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 16, 2013 -> 12:23 PM) Oh please. The vast majority do. And even alcoholics had to start somewhere. Some knew they had alcoholism in the family and still chose to drink. Playing the "oh it's an addiction" card is a lame attempt at justifying stupid behavior. If you're an addict, go get help. Try to control it as best you can. You're right, my statement shouldn't have been in absolute terms, but my statement is still accurate for the vast majority of people. If you have one drink, you can control how many more you have when making a decision on driving later in the evening. My family has alcoholics too and if one of them got a DUI I wouldn't say "oh, well I guess that's OK because you have an addiction." I'd still blame them for making a dumb decision, which was my original point. It's not the alcohol, it's the person. And you'd be fully within your rights to blame them for making a dumb decision. That just can't be the basis for a rational policy discussion.