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Justified added some real solid actors this year. Detective Quinn from Dexter is a badass.

The Chicago Tribune reports the Raiders have requested permission to interview Bears OC Mike Tice for their head-coaching vacancy. Go f*** yourselves, Oakland.

All aboard the Booze Cruise!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 07:03 PM) Rip is back and in the starting line up. Hopefully he is ready to play. A lot.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 02:13 PM) First 2 packages won't happen. They are both drastic overpays. I don't see why teams would give up much at all for Floyd. He's not even league average. If/when the Sox deal Floyd, there are going to be some upset posters here given what should be a pretty lackluster return.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 02:35 PM) What does everyone think about the 49ers resigning Alex Smith? While I'm elated he has been performing well, his contract price keeps getting higher now? I'd say you have to sign him to a Kevin Kolb type contract, and hope he continues to develop into an elite NFL Quarterback. QBs don't grow on trees, so I guess you just have to hope he doesn't demand too much because he was able to manage games this year. He's in a perfect situation, and shouldn't wish to leave.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 01:10 PM) ............................bills? For someone who is about to enter the real world, you will have your answer very soon.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 01:08 PM) No animosity in that statement.. It was more supposed to come off as disbelief with a hint of ridicule.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:40 PM) Sorry if it seems like I'm trolling. Not at all. Please keep posting. This is good discussion.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:51 PM) Alex threw for 291 yds in the Philly game with 2 TD's Wow, that's an amazing performance.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:48 PM) What are you going to say if Alex leads the 49ers to a championship? The same thing I'd say if Joe Flacco leads the Ravens to a championship. Good team. Congratulations.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:38 PM) People's hate for any team or fanbase will always overshadow their football analysis of that team But I really don't think anyone here hates the 49ers, so that certainly isn't the issue.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:38 PM) We were losing to the Eagles 23-3 and came back to win. Also losing to the Lions by 10 pts and won that game as well. We were ranked 26th going into the season and now we are one game away from the Super Bowl. Alex has had a great season. He's had a good season by Alex Smith standards. However, 190 yards per game and 1.06 touchdowns per game is not a great season no matter which way you slice it. His game has worked with the 49ers fantastic defense. It has not been great.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) Rubio is certainly not a delicate little flower that shys away from contact. In fact, as this season has progressed opposing guards have actually become very physical with Rubio and he hasn't let it take him out of his game. Given the league he's played in the past two seasons, the NBA must seem like playing with a bunch of gentlemen. Yeah, if he can play there, dude isn't too concerned with a little contact here and there.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:29 PM) He's had 4 game winning late 4Q drives this year, 5 including Saturday...... Nice avatar...... Haters gonna hate And now, during a realistic discussion, I am now called a hater. You are absolutely owning up to that which you are telling us you are not. At least you didn't bother busting out a gif on me.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:30 PM) Look at the first 3 peat teams. Do you think today's NBA is more entertaining than that one? Absolutely. I feel right now is a new Golden Age in the NBA, whereas that threepeat team was just outside the last Golden Age.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) There may be a few of you on here that weren't so confident, but most all Bears fans I know, when they win 3 games they are the best team every and are going to the superbowl...... Every fanbase has idiots. As a whole, Bears fans are just as bad as Cubs fans. However, I tend to expect more out of a site I post at than pom-poms and cheers and MY TEAM IZ BETETR THAN ALL posts. That's kinda what you and mrsoxoboma have been doing. However, your team won, and they are certainly the lesser of all the evils remaining the playoffs (the Giants because f*** New York, the Patriots because f*** them, and the Ravens because ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz).

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) There's tons of evidence showing how that handcheck rule changed the NBA. There was a reason that they had to implement it too, obviously. The players could no longer score at a high level under the old rules (due to lack of fundamentals). It's almost comical every time CSN airs a Bulls game from the playoffs in the 2nd threepeat. Every game winds up something like 88-85. The game today is quite entertaining... and guys like Rose (obviously) and Rubio are big reasons it gets more fun to watch with each passing moment. Just sit back and enjoy the evolution of the game.

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 12:12 PM) Yep, they both shot themselves in the foot.......neither one of em got beat. Did everything go wrong when they scored those 32 points? Was it really improbably considering Alex has done it many times this year? How many last second game-winning drives could Alex Smith have possibly led this season? Also, take it easy, this is where the animosity comes in... you act like the 49ers are some indestructible force and anyone who thought the Saints would possibly win is an idiot. Congratulations, the 49ers won. They didn't look particularly good in doing so, but they beat the Saints. They did it! Wooooo!

QUOTE (HeGone33 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 11:59 AM) I'm also pretty sure when the Bears were doing well in '05 and last year, most people had the attitude that the Bears could easily win it all....... I don't run into too many super confident Bears fans. We normally expect something to go wrong. It was 2006, btw, not 2005, when the Bears went to the Super Bowl. That year, and last year (when the Packers were injured/a wild card team due to so many injuries) did not contain a teams as impressive as this year's Packers and Saints. Both of those teams shot themselves in the foot this weekend. The Saints game, in particular, was something to behold, as absolutely everything went wrong and they were an improbable Alex Smith TD drive from winning. Now that those two teams are out, I'd say it's absolutely anyone's game. I wouldn't have given the Bears much of a shot in 2006 against teams like that either.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 11:55 AM) How are we defining "pretty good"? Rose shot 42% from 10-15 feet last year (league average was 40%). He shot 50% from that range in 2009-10, so that'd be pretty good, especially since it was a drastic improvement over his 38% mark from that range as a rookie. In his career (including his 31% mark from that range this year), that'd be 42%, which is basically average. Yeah, we all get it. Rose isn't shooting 50%. He shoots a f***ton, but thankfully the little mix of game he brings is enough to be one of the more dominant players in the game (when healthy). A Bulls fan, by the way, can absolutely adore Derrick Rose, while also understanding the faults of his game. The final package remains one of the absolute most valuable in the game today.

Totally unrelated, but Kevin Love is shooting over 5 threes per game this year? Wow. I've only seen a couple T-Wolves games, Felix, but is he spending a ton of time behind the three point line? It's absolutely insane that he can jack up so many 3's (while hitting 36%, no less) yet still average over 14 boards. What a freak.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 11:27 AM) Caulfield posted it, he just didnt really make it obvious about what it entailed(go figure ) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84273 That's nuts. He certainly could have titled the thread differently!

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id...-team-with-melo Since the celebrated Carmelo Anthony trade 11 months ago, the New York Knicks have won 20 regular-season games and lost 21. That doesn’t sound so great, but it gets worse: The Knicks also lost four straight in the playoffs, winning none. The Knicks didn’t get Chris Paul. Many fans and observers believed getting Melo put the Knicks closer to obtaining CP3, who is known to have wanted to play in New York. (Remember the famous wedding toast.) But by maxing out Melo, the Knicks made that nearly impossible. Now CP3 is a Clipper until 2013 and probably beyond. The Nuggets are winning: They’re 26-12 since shipping out Melo, much better than the 32-25 record they posted with him last season. The Knicks are 16th in Marc Stein’s Power Rankings, and ranked 20th in the NBA according to John Hollinger; the Nuggets are 8th for Stein, 11th for Hollinger. The Knicks have a losing record and negative scoring margin this season despite having played the third-easiest schedule in the league. The Knicks are ranked 22nd in offensive efficiency, even though Melo and Tyson Chandler are posting easily the highest PERs of their respective careers. The Knicks would be seeded No. 8 in the East if the playoffs started today, and would play the top-seeded Bulls. The Knicks don’t own their first-round draft pick in 2012 or 2014, and might have to swap 2016 first-round picks with Denver. Danilo Gallinari, a rising young star the Knicks traded away along with five other players and three draft picks to get Melo, was a local favorite, and he criticized the trade last week, telling the New York Daily News, “I thought we were having a really good season [last year]. … People were having fun coming to see the games. … We had a positive record, the excitement was there.” Maybe it gets better from here. Maybe they solves the chemistry issues. Maybe Baron Davis is the savior. But facts are facts: The Carmelo Anthony Knicks aren’t very good.

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Jan 17, 2012 -> 10:32 AM) Nice to hear. It should be. KW does not have to move him and he is solid. Yup, you certainly can't find a 96 era+ anywhere. They are incredibly rare.