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QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 11:41 PM) Thats all you got Slav? I put them in bold to show the large difference in what I was saying about him and his three point attempts, not because I was trying to "help my argument" its facts. When your shooting 39% and your FG% is 41% obviously there is more to that (wow.. like taking 8/10 of your shots from 3 perhaps is it... hmmm). And take your hyperbole crap out of here. I never mentioned Kerr, Barry or Allen in the "same sentence" in fact I was saying I would love Kerr or Barry to somehow go into the past and come back 10-15 years younger to help us (or for NJ to trade Morrow here). Your acting like I said Rudy was as good as those guys as a shooter who were both 41% and 45% respectively. (simply ridiculous BTW) And I was showing Allen's career 40% as an example of your ridiculous post about Rudy's 39% being "not that high." You said it, live with it. The only "semi" comparison I made was from Kyle Korver since he is now with us and had a crazy year from downtown last year. Already late for that... but Rudy broke the three point record for Rookies as in.. most 3 pointers made during the regular season. And BTW, I agree with you he has been overrated by Bulls fans... ALOT. That doesn't mean though that he's garbage. When did I ever say he was garbage? I don't think I've said anything even close to that.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 11:41 PM) Thats all you got Slav? I put them in bold to show the large difference in what I was saying about him and his three point attempts, not because I was trying to "help my argument" its facts. When your shooting 39% and your FG% is 41% obviously there is more to that (wow.. like taking 8/10 of your shots from 3 perhaps is it... hmmm). And take your hyperbole crap out of here. I never mentioned Kerr, Barry or Allen in the "same sentence" in fact I was saying I would love Kerr or Barry to somehow go into the past and come back 10-15 years younger to help us (or for NJ to trade Morrow here). Your acting like I said Rudy was as good as those guys as a shooter who were both 41% and 45% respectively. (simply ridiculous BTW) And I was showing Allen's career 40% as an example of your ridiculous post about Rudy's 39% being "not that high." You said it, live with it. The only "semi" comparison I made was from Kyle Korver since he is now with us and had a crazy year from downtown last year. I guess I just don't get your point. He's a good, but not great shooter. A majority of his shots are 3's. All I'm saying is that I don't think we'd be dumb to not go get him. But we certainly would be dumb if we overpaid for him. And I said same breath, not same sentence.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 11:08 PM) If 39% from three point range isn't considered "that high" especially when usually 40% from three is considered "good/very solid" than I would hate to see what "that low" means from your end. And Rudy's 41% from the field is there why? Because that's all he did was shoot threes in Portland's system. Of his 6.8 FG attempts, 4.3 of them were for threes. 4.3! and in his career, of his 7.5 FG attempts, 4.7 were from threes. Anyone's FG% would be low if they were taking nearly every shot from distance. Dude lit the lamp in his rookie year setting the rookie record. He was also better used when he had his Spanish PG distributing and was more spread out in Portland's playbook. Just for comparisons sake, Korver is a career 41% (lower than that before his ungodly year last year) three point shooter. Of his 5.4 FG attempts 2.1 were from three point attempts when he shot the best FG% from three ever. Last year it was 7.2 FG attempts, 3.4 from three. Hell Ray Allen is a career .396% (pretty much 40%) three point shooter. His three point attempts last year was 5.0 and he had 12.2 FGs attempted. Rudy has nearly equaled him in three point attempts while not even shooting more (overall, 2s 3s, whatever) than Ray. In other words, he has been used very poorly/incorrectly in Portland's system. If Steve Kerr or Brent Barry wants to hop on a time machine and come back 10-15 years younger to play for us, than I would be all for it. Or if New Jersey hates Morrow because he shoots too good, then cool beans, we'll take him. Putting numbers in bold won't help your argument. I like Rudy. I don't like that he takes a ton of 3's but isn't elite as a shooter. Antoine Walker also had a majority of his shots be 3 pointers. That doesn't mean he's a good shooter. I just don't want to overpay for Rudy. And putting him in the same breath as Ray Allen, Steve Kerr, and Brent Barry is just wrong. Allen is one of the best pure shooters ever amd Kerr shot over 45% from 3 in his career. And all 3 had field goal % over 45% for their career. And this might be a dumb question, but what records did Rudy break as a rookie?

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 04:26 PM) Keith Bogans right now is our second SG off the bench, plus Thibs likes him alot. (wanted him all off-season) And yes Rudy is that talented. If you get him, he SHOULD be starting. Got your sniper in Rudy, slasher in Deng, post up man in Boozer, and garbage putbacks by Noah, and Rose does what he does which can help his drive and kick game. Plus Brewer can be subbed in late (more energy consumed as well) to guard SG/SF late in quarters. I wouldn't call Rudy a sniper at all. I like him, but he seems to be pretty overrated. A high percentage of all his shots are 3's, and he doesn't hit them at that high of a clip, 38.7% in his 2 seasons while shooting 40.6% from the field as a whole.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) Becks was 0-21 right? I know I was there for his first hit (vs. A's I think), but I don't remember his "streak". I thought he started 0-18 before getting a hit.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 01:18 PM) Except Rudy is so talented that he might end up becoming our full-time starter. He probably could, but you also signed Brewer telling him that he was going to start. If you get Rudy, you let the best man win.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 02:55 AM) I waste way to much money on drunk food I seem to want Mexican food EVERY SINGLE TIME and I waste way too much money. There's a place called Taco Bob's (which is now closed, shockingly) and of course the local Taco Bell. At the moment, I'm preparing for welcome week, which will also include 3 21st birthday parties.

Chris Carter, who the Sox traded for Quentin, is 0 for his first 17 in the MLB.

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 15, 2010 -> 04:16 AM) Bulls need to stop f***ing around and get a deal done for Rudy. Let them have Charlotte's pick + if thats what it cost. This team is set for the future... and are in win now mode. They need every piece they can get that fits with Rose especially with D-Wade's super team around. Hopefully Gar/Pax doesn't blow it. Keith Bogans... yikes. (good defender though) Keith Bogans is going to receive very limited playing time. People who are begging for all these secondary role players need to realize that there are only so many minutes to go around. At the SG/SF positions, you need to divide 96 minute between Brewer, Korver, Deng, Bogans, Rudy, Johnson and even Watson. Getting Rudy isn't really vital for future success, and getting yourself into a bidding war won't help. Ya, he's exciting to watch, but he's also inconsistent and has been complaining about playing time. Overpaying for him would be an incredibly dumb mistake.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) About time we had a fishing thread. I don't go a whole lot, but I do go to a lot of local lakes looking for bass. I'll probably head out to Lake Shabbona in the next few days. If anybody wants to have a really good time, I recommend salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. During the fall you can catch them off shore. Ever power line for coho in the spring?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 10:38 AM) I'm just concerned because of Ozzie's relationship with Freddy and possibly a level of overconfidence in his son-in-law. Fixed.

Hawk just came.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 07:45 PM) I don't think we'll ever understand how crippling the Peavy injury was to our season. I've been saying it for a while. Losing Peavy hurt us a LOT more than people made it out.

Man, tonight is a great reason why losing Peavy hurts BAD.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 07:33 PM) lol anyone going to say Game Over yet? It is now. And I'm out.

Getting ready to change the channel.

Great start to a "big game" Freddy.

Oh snap. Season 5 of Dexter and Season 2 of Eastbound and Down start on the same night! Sept. 26!

QUOTE (J.Reedfan8 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) Haven't been in about 4-5 years, but prior to that, it was a tradition for my uncle and I when I was a kid. Always went to Michigan or Ohio to fish with my uncle and his friends. I know how to fish, but have not done so in years, so it'll probably be like riding a bike again. I can name a few lakes I've personally liked to fish in. Please share. And what did you fish for?

QUOTE (WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 04:22 PM) About time we had a fishing thread. I don't go a whole lot, but I do go to a lot of local lakes looking for bass. I'll probably head out to Lake Shabbona in the next few days. If anybody wants to have a really good time, I recommend salmon fishing on Lake Michigan. During the fall you can catch them off shore. Ever go powerlining for coho in the spring?

Any fisherman here on SoxTalk? I haven't been able to go out as much as I'd like this year, but we just got a boat (old 15 foot Lund boat, fiberglass, with a new 25hp Mercury outboard) that I've been working on and I plan on hitting the Rock River hard for catfish soon. Been hitting up a couple local lakes but haven't had much luck other than a ton of bluegill and white bass. Was in Myrtle Beach on vacation last week and caught a ton of pinfish, which are basically ocean bluegill. But I also caught a small blacktip shark which was really cool.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 01:37 PM) What comment on his performance have I said that you disagree with? This is a Tyrus Thomas situation all over again with you. You're over-critiquing Jackson because you love(d) Hudson so much. If you can't admit that, then I don't have anything else to say. I don't see you analyzing and counting how many great and mediocre and bad innings Danks or Buehrle or Floyd or Garcia have pitched.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 10, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) If we're going to take on a good chunk of salary and give up a back of the rotation starter under our control for 6 years, then I want the guy to pitch like an ace. If we're going to count on this guy down the stretch to be the difference between a long playoff run and missing the playoffs, then regardless of the results, I'm going to look at where he's locating things, how effective his pitches are, what he throws that gets hit, what doesn't get hit, and when those things change. You guys, justifiably, got to be hard on Hudson even if he showed good stuff in his outings because he didn't produce results, while I tended to focus on what he was actually throwing up there. I'm focusing on what Jackson is throwing up there right now. The raw stuff is there, and his fastball control has been better than I expected, but based on his first 2 starts...I'd say he threw about 7 great innings (last 4 innings of game 1, first 3 of game 2) and bookended those with 2 sets of 3 average to below average innings that he had to get through on guile. All I'm saying is that you aren't being fair to him.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 01:10 PM) Depending on the D-man Bowman will bring in to play the 5th/6th spot, I give Stan a B+ on the off-season. He was faced with a terrible situation, and was able to keep the core almost all intact by keeping 19-88-81-10-36-2-7-4. The only move I was actually upset about this off-season was letting Ladd go. It terms of Niemi, I said on the first page of this thread Niemi wasn't as large of a priority that others were(Hjalmarsson), and if Tucro was actually signed at the 1.3 figure, and they bring in another capable body into the mix because of it, I'm 100% fine with the decision. I agree with EVERYTHING in this post, especially the part about Ladd.