Balta1701

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:03 PM) I should also point out that it was fun watching Rip and Korver on the court at the same time, offensively. Though they didn't run the plays like they should, it puts great pressure on the opposing wings having to chase two guys off single and double screens at the same time. The important thing for me on this is that it puts Deng on the bench for a few extra minutes a game.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:05 PM) Couldn't agree more. Always seems like KW gives up a fortune to get "his guys", but then he gets significantly less in return (at least since the Garcia trade to Phil). That's a reasonable complaint on the Santos trade. Not here.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:04 PM) I would have thought they could have gotten more... Surprised ATL didn't get more involved in CQ. This one is true. It is definitely surprising that Atlanta wouldn't make a run at him at this price. They must really be committed to their youth movement, to the point where they don't want anyone blockign those guys.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:03 PM) Pretty underwhelming, especially when you consider how we could have dealt him at the trade deadline last year for a much better package by all indications. If there was a better deal available then it should have been taken. I don't know that there was one, but any rational GM had to know that the odds weren't in their favor holding Quentin in terms of him staying healthy for the rest of the year.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 02:00 PM) We still should have gotten something of value. I'm sick and tired of getting nothing for our guys, with our best hauls ever being merely "fair value". Carlos Quentin was 50 points in OPS away from not being offered arbitration this offseason.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 01:51 PM) Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez Color me underwhelmed. They're Warm Bodies, and Carlos's salary gets absorbed. Like it or not, he had to be moved, and he didn't have a whole lot of value after getting hurt again.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 01:47 PM) HIs career FG% is 45%, and he is currently just over 43%. For 4 games I would say he is doing about average. I di like the fact that the other team does have to pay attention to him, because when they have left him open, he has made the shots. THAT alone is something the Bulls have been lacking for a while. He's been great with a certain set of shots, stuff near the baseline, but he's seemingly unable to hit a wide open shot farther out on the court. I think those 2 will even out.

This had to happen. Thanks for 2008 Carlos!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) I think Mark helps other pitchers as well. His approach is the best in baseball. Perhaps in baseball history. Get it and throw it. Move the ball around. IMO Sox should have paid him. The good news is, we kept the pitching coach around who can teach the same approach for much less money.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 01:26 AM) Well, the unathletic Bulls kicked the high flying Clippers ass tonight and made it look easy...BTW, where's J4L? The Clippers have zero ability to play basketball in the half-court. They play "Give the ball to Paul or Blake and stare". It was bringing back painful memories watching it.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 01:44 AM) I agree that Rose sometimes shoots too many 3s but he's improving and if he ever gets a consistent outside shot, he'll be virtually ungaurdable.I don't mind him trying to improve his long range jump shot. He's actually looked quite nimble in getting the ball in the low post in the last couple nights.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 06:15 AM) Jesus.. Very efficient game from him as well. 10+ FT is what I love to see from him on a nightly basis. And Thibs is now getting hard on the refs to try to help out.

Hamilton seems to get an open look on almost every play but he keeps missing that unguarded midrange shot.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 30, 2011 -> 11:50 PM) Rose played great that half, as did Griffin. Hamilton is getting a ton of wide open shots, but it seems like he can't string together a few consecutive makes. Bulls bigs didn't do a great job on defense there until the end, Funk and king had some good calls on that. Get Griffin to slow down at all and the whole clippers team freezes up and they settle for a bad jump shot.

Good recovery after that openin spurt. Now the question is whether the bulls have the legs to play 2 more quarters at that intensity.

Whoever is running WGN tv's scoreboard has been drinking.

Nice to see both rip and kyle on the court together, just so that Lu actually gets to sit this year.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 30, 2011 -> 11:07 PM) It's called give it to Blake and hope something good happens. I've seen this script before. It's like they hired an old bulls coach. And there's Stacey's line!

I feel like the clippers have no half court, set offense at all.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 30, 2011 -> 07:32 PM) Yeah, that $1.4M for an OF who provides good defense at all 3 OF spots, and crushes LHP (the same LHP that Adam Dunn went 6-for-94 against last year) would probably cripple this team. Last time we signed that guy, his 1.7 WAR and $7M value as a backup really blew up in our faces. Brent Lillibridge would like you to notice the similarity between his numbers last year and Andruw Jones's.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 30, 2011 -> 06:37 PM) Accck. I wanted Jones back. He was an incredible steal when we had him. Things the White Sox continue to not need in the least: 1. Outfielders 2. Right hand hitting Outfielders 3. Right hand hitting outfielders who might belong as backups.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) <!--quoteo(post=2528211:date=Dec 29, 2011 -> 11:24 AM:name=LittleHurt05)-->QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 11:24 AM) <!--quotec-->How about that blatant travel by Wade on his game-winning shot last night? QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 03:34 PM) Aw come on, that's Wade signature move, just like LBJ's three step spin move... (green text) QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 04:09 PM) Welcome to the NBA. They let stuff go all the time. The league offered up a detailed explanation of why they say the no-travel-call was correct.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 30, 2011 -> 04:03 PM) A lot has changed in 4 years. Even though the rise of the Super-PAC has clearly made a huge difference in Iowa, the one thing it really hasn't done is produce anything close to the level of spending that the Obama/Clinton/serial adulterer race did in Iowa in 08.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 02:41 PM) So the alternative is authorizing them to direct debit your account? Or the alternative is "6 hours of bad publicity".

I kinda hope this does happen...because it'd make it darn near impossible to pass the bill, and it'd be an incredible sight to behold.