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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 09:26 AM) http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/...trade-luol-deng I sincerely hope this is the FO posturing for a better draft pick/player. Years and years of this pathetic FO has me completely believing that awful f***ing story.

I just can't believe that $36 million dollars in the salary cap era (regardless of how high it's going) was the number that was settled upon - I just still can't wrap my head around it. And like I said. Crawford is average at best playing behind an amazing team.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) From a guys first few starts? Come on man, you know there isnt remotely enough stats to back up either side of that discussion. Just watch the two. Raanta may get there some day, but he's still fighting the puck. Crawford on the other hand was the most valuable player of a stanley cup winning run. Patrick Kane won the Conn Smythe, and rightfully so. Corey Crawford is an average goaltender at best who played behind a stacked roster and continues to do so. It took him almost TEN YEARS to make the big club, because they had no other option. Then they sign him to a 6-year deal at 6 mill per when their main goal should be keeping the players that actually make a difference on the ice. Long-term contracts to even the best goaltenders are a horrible idea, just ask the Canucks. Corey Crawford has become the poster boy of the slobbering, mindless new Blackhawks fan in my mind. "YEAH CROW IS GREAT WE KEPT CROW WOOO GO HAWKS" yells dude who's wearing a matching $300 sweater as his fat f*** wife who are "obsessed with the Blackhawks". Blackhawks fans have become worse than f***ing Cubs fans for the most part.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) Why? He's not as good as Crawford. Please show me the statistical analysis that proves this to be fact.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 01:05 AM) There's also a part of me that thinks the trade market just isn't really in full swing yet. You're thinking like Bulls management. After December whatever when newly signed players can be dealt, most GMs consider it open season and work to improve their chances at winning a championship. Garpax sits on their collective, aged hands and does nothing praying for Lord knows what. They need to deal Deng for Waiters and expiring salary and laugh at the badness.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 12:54 AM) That's two months away. They need to do something now. If Gay can be unloaded in December, so can Deng. I'd subscribe to your blog.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 05:15 PM) 6 of their 9 wins came with Rose in the lineup. Since then they are 3-11 (3-12 after tonight) with losses to the Raptors, Bucks, Magic, Jazz and Hornets (without Davis). They can't score, have zero spacing on offense, and can't finish at the rim. They're bad, bad, bad. They actually won a game without Rose against the Raptors prior to the amazing Pacers victory. But yeah, they suck balls and I couldn't enjoy it more.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 03:48 PM) That dude is Caulfield on crack. Props to anybody who read that whole thing. I only got to "Respectfully, the Pro-tankers just **don’t get it**." and went off.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Dec 13, 2013 -> 12:28 PM) Not sure if there is a thread on this but essentially I'm in a world of hurt. My roommate is the guy from this article. http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20131211/up...town-police-say I need to go visit him as he's currently in cook country lock up but for whatever reason he only has one visiting day and that's tomorrow and per the site, you need to be approved for a visit prior (which they stated takes 3 days). I need to find a new roommate and move his stuff out but I'm not sure what legal issues are remaining. I am currently the only guy on the lease and I rented out my second room as a psuedo rental agreement. I'm sure he's going away for this as he had priors. I didn't do a background check on him which was an egregious mistake on my part but it is what it is. Anyone with any ideas please say reply. Thanks. Jesus. He is fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 03:47 PM) Did IGN do their awards yet? I'm surprised GTA 5 didn't win, I figured it would win every Game of the Year award. ...and rightfully so.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 18, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) Trying to figure out my top 10 albums of the year. Frank Turner Arctic Monkeys QOTSA Kanye Twenty One Pilots Lorde MMLP2 Grouplove Top 8 in that order - that's as far as I care to go.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 03:18 PM) A third of the season is ova, and the Bobcats currently have the 15th pick....Can they keep it up? Any chance MJ might be looking to add a piece? Deng for Ben Gordon would just make too much sense to me. Oh my. Awkward Ben Gordon last second shots would further cement our lottery status. Make it happen, Garpax!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 03:10 PM) Wow. Well, props to Kobe and his team for getting paid. Lakers are f***ed. Ha great point. I forgot all about that terrible contract.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) David Schuster Kobe Bryant has a fracture in his knee....He'll be out another 6 weeks jayzuz

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 02:55 PM) Like I have said before, I do not enjoy tanking, this season is not fun for me. But I get it and I want it, I want this team to be better. Playoffs this year would be an absolute nightmare situation There is nothing honorable about being a 7 seed in a s***bomb conference. It does not benefit fans. It does not get the team closer to a championship. So the team is stuck with Rose. You have to assume he'll come back and be Rose at some point. So you do what the Spurs did when The Admiral went down and suddenly you have the two stars you need. I'd rather spend this year sucking (since the Bulls DO suck) and ship out a guy like Deng who's only going to give us an extra win or two (and hurt our ping pongs) and walk in FA rightfully next season anyway. Anyone who's nuts to think the Bulls would be best suited in extending Luol Deng at the stupid numbers he's thinking with 10 years of NBA and lots of injuries under his belt just "doesn't get it". The guy's a walking time bomb and paying him big money would be the last straw for this management team for me.

QUOTE (Waygodai @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 02:31 PM) Respectfully, the Pro-tankers just **don’t get it**. Yeah, I mean, look at how screwed the teams that wind up with guys like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Damian Lillard, Steph Curry, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose (oh, wait), John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis etc are. It's a good thing none of those teams needed to be in the draft lottery to draft those players. And it's also not like the 2014 draft is supposed to be stock-piled with possible future superstars. Why on Earth would ANYONE be a "pro-tanker" in a season where the Bulls are clearly dogs*** anyway and are without their best player again? Silly, stupid pro-tankers. They don't get it.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 12:32 PM) I would trade Rose for DWade straight up right now, I write this with a heavy heart. DWade is old and injury prone but he can still give you performances like yesterday (maybe another solid two seasons), OTOH, DRose playing like MVP Rose is looking like that may never happen again. Might be overreacting but I'm frustrated as hell. That would be a really bad move.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 11:20 AM) Yeah. Sony always has 12 titles up you can download for free. Usually big pretty big titles too. Like right now Uncharted 3, Borderlands 2, and Dragon's Dogma are available among others. You then get to keep these titles forever even if they are no longer available from Sonys 12 game list. Anyways it's your money, but I said it before, the best part of PS4 for me so far is that it forced me to upgrade to PS Plus. Good info. Thanks, man.

Bernstein's absolutely right - of course.

Deadspin takes aim at Dan Bernstein. http://deadspin.com/derrick-rose-isnt-a-vi...dium=socialflow

Rick Hahn seriously can do no wrong.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 10:52 AM) You'll regret it. PS Plus on PS3 is seriously the best thing ever. Killzone is alright So keep the PS3 to download games I may have missed? Fill me in, yo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 19, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) Today any PG is more valuable than Rose. I'm talking about future value moving forward. This season is done anyway. I'd rather have Rose next year than say a Mike Conley, Dwyane Wade, Eric Bledsoe, Jrue Holiday, Michael Carter-Williams. But sadly, like I said, the list is growing.

Point guards more valuable than Derrick Rose. Chris Paul Steph Curry Damian Lillard John Wall The list is growing by the day. Sad face.