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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:30 AM) No one is saying to move him just to move him, the Bulls just dont make aggressive moves. A lot of places are saying the Bulls assured Deng they wont trade him, I cant find the source and other Bulls writers say that the Bulls have contacted some lottery teams, so who knows. That being said, the lack of creativity from the front office is mind blowing. No, they assured Deng he wasn't going to the Warriors, not that he wouldn't be traded.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:22 AM) And that would be extreme judicial activism. The Supreme Court is supposed to rule on the law, not the consequences of the law. Bankrupting the system should be irrelevant to whether or not parts of the law are legal and whether those parts can be severed. The Supreme Court decides law, it should not decide economic policy. If the Supreme Court was to rule in a fashion that would bankrupt the system, it would be up to Congress, to fix the law. It would be unprecedented (at least from what Ive ever seen) to have a Supreme Court rule that the law is valid, but the economic consequences are so great that the law should be invalidated. Of course, prior to the case being heard, the consensus of a huge majority of legal minds in this country was that striking this law down would be unprecedented judicial activism, and Hell most of them still think that.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 11:17 AM) They could take a risk, I think most fans are wondering how this current Bulls team is going to manage to win a title. Last year it was easy to sell Bulls fans on standing pat and making small adjustments. I also think fans feel Deng is somewhat of a risk and arent sure why the Bulls are seemingly not thinking about moving him while its possible. I've gotten the impression that they've thought a lot about moving him, Deng knows they've thought a lot about moving him, but they aren't going to move him just to move him, they're going to move him if a deal comes along that helps them long term, particularly with the luxury tax line...and teams are going to be loathe to simply help the Bulls out in exchange for Luol Deng.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 08:17 AM) Without the mandate, the ACA cannot stand as written. You either have to strike down the entire act, uphold all of it, or perform a rewrite and just call it a tax. Without the mandate, as written, you'd effectively bankrupt the entire health insurance industry, and the justices know that. To put it in simple terms, no mandate = wait until your sick or on the way to the hospital to buy insurance...after you leave hospital, cancel it. They cannot reject you for pre-existing conditions, so there is no point in paying for insurance until you need it. That won't just bankrupt the entire insurance industry, it will bankrupt the government programs, too...since suddenly the entire country would be on them all at once. I'm with you, you have to strike down the whole act if you strike the mandate, but not because the act can't stand on its own if the mandate is struck, instead because the law itself says you have to. Without that part of the law, the Court could strike the mandate, find the rest constitutional, and leave it to Congress to fix the mess it created by writing this new law. That's totally reasonable. The thing that makes it different is that the law itself says the mandate is integral and cannot be severed.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 10:38 AM) He might also want to stop watching pitches that are right down the middle and start swinging at some of them instead of waiting until he has 2 strikes If this bothers you, then you're also not allowed to enjoy the really good adam dunn home run bursts, because this is who he is.

I thought Roy retired?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 26, 2012 -> 03:52 AM) But to simplify it and ascribe his improved performance more or less to better positioning? I'd say it was that he was healthy enough to "run".

Wow the same lineup on back to back days. Must've been tough.

Come on Gavin.

That's exactly what he should have said, and exactly the right reaction. That's what a fan from each city should do.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 09:32 PM) If TCQ wasn't constantly hurt, he'd start for any team in baseball. But, he's constantly hurt. I'll take my chances with a healthy player. They're both streaky too. Part of the reason he's streaky is...playing through injuries

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:49 PM) You've driven a car that goes 0 to 120 in 4 seconds? I think Toyota had some problems with that....

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:44 PM) Philly didn't want him anymore. And he refused to play because whomever the hell was coaching at the time, I can't remember, wanted him to come off the bench. And so he made a stink, wound up on the inactive list, and was traded a few weeks later. If Kobe Bryant was serious about being traded, that's what he had to do. Otherwise, the Lakers weren't going to move him unless something blew them away, because things hadn't truly come to a head.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:40 PM) Nope, I don't buy it. Kobe didn't get up in front of the world and say , "do something or else" just for show. And this isn't the NFL. When do you ever see guys just refuse to play in the NBA? Like when Iverson did it at about the same time?

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) I agree 100%, the article says the Cubs are still paying him the rest of the 6M he's owed this season. I guess if you're Byrd you have nothing to lose. It's crazy to think a guy like that is making 6M a year, gotta be a Cubs contract So wait...who saves the $2 million on his contract? Boston or the Cubs?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) I've heard that. You said Kobe wasn't serious. He was serious. Could anything have been worked out that didn't include Deng? We'll never know. But don't say Kobe was just woofin'. If Kobe was serious in wanting to get out of L.A. he could have sat out/refused to play. Until he did that, the Lakers were going to have to get a stellar deal to move him. So no...Kobe Bryant Was Not Serious about leaving L.A.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:24 PM) Sorry, you're wrong. Kobe was dead serious about leaving BEFORE Gasol was acquired. He's admitted it. Those in the organization have said as much. But he wasn't going to go to Chicago if Chicago traded away Deng, leaving him the only player left on the roster, and the Lakers weren't going to do that deal without Deng coming back because everything else would have been a joke of a price for Bryant. And Kobe had a no trade clause, so he could genuinely say no...for whatever reason.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:15 PM) Was it ever really revealed how realistic the Kobe deal was and why, if it was a real thing, it fell apart? It fell apart because Kobe wasn't serious about going, had a no-trade clause, and wasn't going to go to another city that had just gutted its roster for him. In the other 2 cases, the Bulls couldn't offer cap relief. They could have offered a better deal for Gasol but without cap help, and anyway, the Grizz were determined to help the Lakers out there,.

QUOTE (soxmaniac! @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:53 PM) Who needs statistics when you have a pair of eyes? Hell, saying the NL is better doesn't even pass the eye test.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:04 PM) Only on Soxtalk would people complain about a guy with an OBP under .300 being moved from the 2 spot in the lineup. And being replaced by...a guy with an OBP of .315 (.310 in June). Whoop! If he's healthy and resumes his .380+ ish OBP work with power, fine, he gets on base it even screws with the Dunn shifting.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 05:09 PM) You mean like when Paxson didn't want to break up the future deng/hinrich/gordon dynasty for gasol, kg, or kobe? Yes, I mean those exact cases where it wasn't the Bulls who pulled out of the deals but the Bulls still get blamed for them.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 04:50 PM) It'd more likely be Utah that pulls out on that deal. They don't need to be paying Andris Biedrins $9 million to be their 4th best big man (5th if Kanter develops). But the real point is...no matter how little sense a proposed trade makes for the other team(s) involved, we always get to blame the Bulls front office for them not happening.

Get the bat shark repellant!

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 02:11 PM) Drive to Cedar Point. Worthit.

QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 25, 2012 -> 01:57 PM) Not the way he's playing right now haha Paulie might need a DL stint to get that wrist right. He needs to be at 100% for this team to compete. The way this division is he can miss 2 weeks and the team will still be in contention.. Of course, if Konerko does need to go on the DL, I know a guy who can play some 1b/DH to fill that spot .