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QUOTE (farmteam @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) Are those Best Buy Mobile stores popping up around the country yet? I've seen at least one up here, but I know they try things out around here first since they're based in Richfield. As the name suggests, they're stand-alone stores that only do mobile phones. There's been one in Yorktown Mall (Lombard) for like 3 years.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 11:17 AM) The thing that really sucks about Smith is that if he abandoned his outside game, I think he could be crazy good. But he won't. He did - Mike Woodson actually got into his head in 2009/2010 and Smith hit exactly zero threes all season long. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3834/c...pb0VYWhX.sCPaB4 He also shot 50% from the field that year for a PER of 21. Of course, he also hit free throws a bit better then, too. (62% vs 50% this year) The moral of the story is that this is not a guy you want to give a max contract to; but they can certainly take Boozer's contract off our hands.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) Which means it should be easier for him to learn the game than someone like Rose. Rose already knows the game - and I don't think anyone said Smoove was Einstein off the court, either.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 10:02 AM) This season is a waste of a season. The Bulls need to move forward and get younger. They need to do something other than sit on these assets before they waste away to nothing. They have already wasted a season without Derrick Rose that would have been perfect to start remodeling in. Which is what a lot of us were saying before the season started - too bad RZZZZA got banned before we could go down this discussion again.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 09:16 AM) The potential is mouthwatering. Could a coach like Thibs get through to him? If Mike Woodson and Larry Drew can't, then no. J-Smoove wants a max contract - the Bulls can't be giving up assets for a rental player in this season - especially a guy like Smoove who would take forever to learn the system and even longer to carve out a role. If they'd take like Boozer, Teague, and the Bobcats pick, ok, because it's a salary dump - but the Hawks would be better off letting him walk (or taking a deal with Dallas). The Bulls can't afford to extend a guy like Smoove, and they shouldn't - they need to hit a homerun with their next max contract to pair with a hopefully healthy Rose.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 07:35 AM) http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/ken-...toward-deadline That's a really long-winded way of saying that the Bulls would happily give away Rip Hamilton's worthless ass.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2013 -> 07:32 AM) Josh Smith is on the block. Should the Bulls have any interest? No. They don't need a me-first player who has a horrific shot selection and can't hit free throws.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 18, 2013 -> 07:54 PM) Jeannie should be the one running that team. Jeannie should now give her boyfriend the cash and deal he wanted since Jerry refused.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 18, 2013 -> 08:34 PM) Just watched the Downton finale. What. The. f***. I was so pissed, and then weak sauce.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 16, 2013 -> 10:25 AM) It's cool to see the captain stand up for himself, but we don't need something to get broken on a flailing punch, so no more fighting please #19. That's what Bollig and Mayers are on the roster for. Fighting in hockey is already moronic, but to have your franchise player getting punched in the head after missing time last year with a concussion? These guys are all f***ing idiots.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 08:56 PM) Jordan beat Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in 1 on 1. That's awesome.

The Hawks are f***ing sick.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 04:42 PM) lol. They look ridiculous together. She can't be anymore than 25. But she is a major upgrade from sex symbol Juanita Jordan. I know MJ cheated on her about as often as I drink. But why? She was/is hideous. Why marry something so barbaric looking when your MJ is what I meant. Oh man, Juanita looked like a busted prostitute.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 04:13 PM) Oh, and his fiance is smoking hot. I wouldn't expect differently, but just wanted to say it. Yes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) A lot of guys have said he still plays pickup with players on the Bobcats and definitely doesn't embarrass himself. (Yes, insert joke about it being the Bobcats now). You mean like in the quote I posted from the article I linked to like 7 posts up? Thanks. Here it is again. The chasm between what his mind wants and what his body can give grows every year. If Jordan watches old video of Bulls games and then hits the gym, he says he'll go "berserk" on the exercise machines. It's frightening. A while back, his brother, Larry, who works for the team, noticed a commotion on the practice court. He looked out the window of his office and saw his brother dominating one of the best players on the Bobcats in one-on-one. The next morning, Larry says with a smile, Jordan never made it into his office. He got as far as the team's training room, where he received treatment. But no, no one wants to see Jordan playing TODAY.

Michael Jordan - The Best Ever

I really want Braun to be suspended. What a supreme douche.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 02:17 PM) Maybe a similar billboard would have done a better job convincing LeBron to come to Chicago? Where were you then with that point!?

More from that f***ing amazing article I just posted above. JORDAN PLAYS his new favorite trivia game, asking which current players could be nearly as successful in his era. "Our era," he says over and over again, calling modern players soft, coddled and ill-prepared for the highest level of the game. This is personal to him, since he'll be compared to this generation, and since he has to build a franchise with this generation's players. "I'll give you a hint," he says. "I can only come up with four." He lists them: LeBron, Kobe, Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki. As he's making his point, Yvette walks into the living room area and, in a tone of voice familiar to every husband who argues sports with his buddies, asks, "You guys need anything?" When someone on TV compares LeBron to Oscar Robertson, Jordan fumes. He rolls his eyes, stretches his neck, frustrated. "It's absolutely … " he says, catching himself. "The point is, no one is critiquing the personnel that he's playing against. Their knowledge of how to play the game … that's not a fair comparison. That's not right … Could LeBron be successful in our era? Yes. Would he be as successful? No." The announcers gush about LeBron, mentioning him in the same sentence with Jordan, who hears every word. Those words have an effect on him. He stares at the TV and points out a flaw in LeBron's game. "I study him," he says. When LeBron goes right, he usually drives; when he goes left, he usually shoots a jumper. It has to do with his mechanics and how he loads the ball for release. "So if I have to guard him," Jordan says, "I'm gonna push him left so nine times out of 10, he's gonna shoot a jump shot. If he goes right, he's going to the hole and I can't stop him. So I ain't letting him go right." For the rest of the game, when LeBron gets the ball and starts his move, Jordan will call out some variation of "drive" or "shoot." It's not just LeBron. He sees fouls the officials miss, and the replays prove him right. When someone shoots, he knows immediately whether it's going in. He calls out what guys are going to do before they do it, more plugged into the flow of the game than some of the players on the court. He's answering texts, buried in his phone, when the play-by-play guy announces a LeBron jump shot. Without looking up, Jordan says, "Left?"

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Micha...t-left-building "I value that," he says. "I like reminiscing. I do it more now watching basketball than anything. Man, I wish I was playing right now. I would give up everything now to go back and play the game of basketball." The chasm between what his mind wants and what his body can give grows every year. If Jordan watches old video of Bulls games and then hits the gym, he says he'll go "berserk" on the exercise machines. It's frightening. A while back, his brother, Larry, who works for the team, noticed a commotion on the practice court. He looked out the window of his office and saw his brother dominating one of the best players on the Bobcats in one-on-one. The next morning, Larry says with a smile, Jordan never made it into his office. He got as far as the team's training room, where he received treatment.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 09:11 AM) Your browser does not support iframes. AJ interview. I can't listen to it, being at work and all, but I already hate him...IN A GOOD WAY I miss AJ already - and find it hilarious that he said he's excited to play with Neal Cotts again.

Happy Trails, Charles Woodson.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 11:29 AM) Crawford has an "upper body injury" God dammit.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 10:31 AM) Interesting billboard downtown: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/b..._n_2686330.html Ha, that's the exact spot we placed out "Send LeBron to Chicago" billboard. /f***me

America would have a lot more awesome videos if we all adopted the camera in the car thing.