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Really hope Snells game translates, he's been fun to watch. The reports of him adding 10 pounds of muscle is very apparent.

I thought the game was at 10 boooo

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 12:47 PM) 23 Americans on board. That's not what I've heard.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) 72-90 .293 50 HR 118 RBI 16-4 2.69 ERA Tank, Beckham, Alexei and Danks all traded Sox get s*** for Beckham and Tank. Get one really good, one good and couple low A guys for ARam and Danks Going to see CWS at DET in 2 weeks. Sale pitches a 2 hitter. so only 19 wins in games not started by Sale the rest of the way?? 27-39 overall?? Sure hope you're wrong.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 05:58 PM) Man, what a great deal. Boozer as 3.25M is a bargain, imo. Agreed....Wonder what he would have fetched on the open market....At least 5M I'd say.

Lakers get Boozer

Im a fatty....Any idea what sizes they'll have....Gotta have 2x right?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) Let's get those predicts on-line! Whatever you want to throw out there... Sox final record Abreu final line Sale final line Who gets traded Who do the Sox bring in Any odd ball predictions etc Sox final record- 80-82 Abreu final line- .295/.355/.635 45 120 Sale final line- 15-3 2.10 ERA Who gets traded- Beckham and Dayan Who do the Sox bring in- Near mlb "prospects" Any odd ball predictions- Avisail comes back mid August and rakes. Sox play above .500 ball in those 30+ games he's back.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 02:54 PM) Just saw a tweet that cavs willing to include Wiggins. So long "wide open east", you were a fun 1 week. Sigh. At least Irving and Love aren't that great defensively. So if Rose/Pau/Niko/Taj should be able to get theirs offensively.

His first 11 starts last year were pretty fun.....

Moises Sierra has earned the #4 OFer position just based on what he brings to the dugout. And dat arm helps too.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 10:42 AM) I think key to the season after Rose is Butler. It's a contract year. I think everyone assumes 37% shooting Jimmy Butler is the real Jimmy Butler, but if he reverts back to the year before, shooting 38% from 3 and 45% overall, that's a huge huge help. His shot has always been so flat thought inconsistency seems likely. Agreed. Jimmy and/or Snell have to emerge as reliable 3 point shooters. I have faith in MJD/DMD to get theirs, but I highly doubt we'll ever see them on the court at the same time, so having a 2nd reliable shooter out there will do wonders for this team. If neither of those 2 can get it going from beyond the arc we might be seeing a lot more of Hinrich at the 2...Which I personally don't think is THAT bad of a thing. Great D and a somewhat solid shooter from beyond the arc.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) The thing is nobody gives a damn anymore what they accomplished in the regular season. They're definitely improved, no doubt but we'll have to see just how much. That's fair enough. I was just responding to to Balta saying they're not "deserving" of winning the East. With a healthy squad I don't know how you can say they aren't deserving. With Thibs as the coach, how hard he makes people people play, and the additions they made, they absolutely deserve to be in the picture.

QUOTE (PorkChopExpress @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 09:33 AM) I thought I read somewhere that in the clubhouse (where it matters) his teammates were calling him "El Oso" as in "The Bear." I thought that was perfect. And then everyone can always say, "Sometimes you eat the bear, and, well, sometimes the bear eats you." Yogi Oso has a fun ring to it.....Even though it sounds Japanese.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 09:03 AM) I didnt know Booby Gibson and Mo Williams were still in the league. I thought they faded out when Lebron left cleveland in 2010 Lol, Mo Williams has had a pretty solid career since 2010. He was Lillards backup in Portland last year. I'm not so sure about Gibson. He's listed as a FA but wan't in the league last year after some legal problems. Just looking at some of his 3 point percentages he probably wouldn't be a bad add as the 3rd PG.....He's probably a guy they could pick up off the streets if need be though.

MAYBE if he were left handed..but he's not, so no.

Ya, they can have Stuckey and his career 28% shooting from beyond the arc. Being able to shoot the 3 should be a priority for whatever guard they sign. Looking through some players available after Ray Allen there's not much left as far as SGs with range goes... PGs though, Sessions, Mo Williams, Aaron Brooks, and Booby Gibson are out here....I'd be happy with any one of those guys.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 09:14 PM) Carroll is a nice long man, he can handle it. Hector being demoted has kept his IP total down, we'd be able to get 5-6IP/game out of him for the rest of the year easy. Maybe he doesn't work much deeper than that, but that's what Coop is for! Also our team is garbage, there's holes all over this thing. I don't mind opening them wherever so long as there is at least a little bit of youth and upside to plug in there. KW & Hahn should like Hector still, he is a grinder on the mound with a football mentality. Santiago is only 2 years younger than Danks so that's not really getting that much younger. Santiago shouldn't have to have his innings limited at this point. If he was any good he'd be throwing 175+ innings after throwing 149 the year before. Coop has already worked with him. I'd be fine trading Beckham and some minor leaguers or something like that but you either get something valuable for Danks or you keep...Not trade him for a guy who more than likely ends up in the pen.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 07:50 PM) Are the Angels taking on all of Danks' salary? If so, the return doesn't matter. I'd take the ghost of Chilli Davis. How much do you expect the Sox to spend in FA this coming up offseason? A straight up salary dump of Danks would leave the Sox with a salary of less than 30M dollars. (20M if they trade Lexi) Sox simply DO NOT have to trade Danks because of his salary.....At least IMO anyway.

Sox don't need to do any kind of salary dump. DAnks contract isn't restricting them from doing what needs to be done...So no, Danks>>Santiago

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 03:33 PM) A healthy Bulls team is absolutely deserving and I don't see any reason why the Cavs wouldn't potentially be deserving. Absolutely...I think some people are still wrapped up in the loss of Melo and thinking the result of it is an underwhelming/undeserving Bulls team. Like others have said, this is a a Bulls squad that went 33-16 after trading Deng, now they're adding Rose, Pau, Mirotic, and McDermott to that team....They should be really really good....if healthy

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 03:18 PM) If both teams are healthy the Bulls and Cavs are probably your two finalists in the East but when pg death happens who knows... You shut your mouth sir!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 01:59 PM) What the Pacers are has nothing to do with what the Bulls are. I'm aware. Just saying it could be a whole lot worse...Well really just poking fun at the Pacers.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 16, 2014 -> 12:38 PM) I always wonder how much Deng's wrist (and the fact that he did not opt for surgery) impacted his wrist. Well his 3 point shot certainly wasn't there the last 2 years. Last 2 years combined he shot 31%. Maybe the only thing that changes if Deng was still here is they would have traded for Lavine or kept their picks and added Harris or Hood....

Meh this team played better when Deng was traded last year. I think I'd much rather have Dunleavy and DMD get the minutes at SF just because they actually have an outside shot.....Deng shot 27% from 3 with the Bulls...yikes.