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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 11:52 AM) Isn't the Charlotte pick this year? Yes. If they stand pat with their picks I want Lavine and Clarkson then Jordan Bachynski in the 2nd. That's assuming we have Taj/Mirotic or Love/Mirotic at PF next year, if that doesn't happen then I want Lavine/Payne/Deonte Burton and hope to take a stab at that 7'5" monster outta New Mexico as a UDFA.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 10:24 AM) I think we should stick with the nickname Abreu likes, Pito. I dont hate el cañón, but i dont love it either. I think Hawk is forcefeeding it too much Meh, that's his thing. Cubans are weapons apparently. I'm just waiting for Nieto to be called el granada (grenade) or something like that. "Nieto throws a grenade down to 2nd to catch the runner stealing...That's why he's El Granda"

I don't really get the hate for el cañón. We knew it was coming after the Cuban Missile and Tank nicknames, but I guess if you don't like em all then I see the hate.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:14 PM) Jeez, it was an obviously sarcastic sentence about someone who's red-hot but has struggled overall. I'm pretty sure I said the exact same about Tyler Flowers when he was going through his streak. You did, and I gave you s*** for it....But low and behold Tyler Flowers now sucks. I'm starting to buy into the fangraphs stuff. De Aza has been awesome this month.

De Aza very quietly splitting .375/.426/.583 (1.009 OPS for those who don't wanna do the math) in June.

I'd be a little shocked if they didn't, but I can't say 0% just because the Magic and Wolves don't HAVE to trade Arron or Love, Melo sounds like he wants to stay in NY, and I don't think it would shock anyone if Lebron and Bosh stay with the Heat..... They can't force these things to happen..... I'd say 15%

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 04:38 PM) when did he say that? http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/chat/_/id/49859 How is he viewed as a talent evaluator?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 11:05 AM) Like I said before, Bosh is like the perfect plan C in case Melo and Love are off the table. The Bulls have enough in cap space to get him outright as a FA if he opts-out. Indeed. I'd then throw Taj and #19 to the Magic for Afflalo. Rose-Afflalo-Butler-Bosh-Noah looks very intriguing to me.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 09:12 AM) Or Danks already "peaked" again over his last 5-6 starts...his peripherals have merely caught up with him and we're stuck with the 4.5-5.25 ERA version for the next couple of seasons. There's that very real possibility. Usually, a Danks quality start has 3 runs given up since 2008...of course, there's times when he's given up 0-2 runs, but a lot more of the 6 IP/3 ER variety because of his high pitch counts. Thing is, it wasn't just his last 5-6 starts, it's been all season, as evidence by the 11 QS. He's been "feast or famine" all year. In an eventual Sale-FA-Q-Rodon-Danks rotation he'd be the 5th starter and I'd take a guy that can give you 6/3 the majority of the time all day......But that said, if they can get back another starter I'm not apposed to trading him. I also don't see what the problem is in having 4 lefties in the rotation. I can't find the stats, but are players typically better vs RHP or LHP?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:56 AM) Danks: 4.34 ERA 1.393 WHIP 8.8 H/9 1.0 HR/9 3.8 BB/9 6.1 K/9 1.62 K/BB Salary $14.25M & owed $28.5M beyond this season Noesi with Sox: 4.37 ERA 1.422 WHIP 9.5 H/9 1.2 HR/9 3.3 BB/9 7.2 K/9 2.19 K/BB Salary league minimum IMO the ideal scenario is this: 1) Hahn brings in a top RHSP prospect or a RHSP reclamation project ASAP, replacing Rienzo, our rotation post ASB goes L Sale-R Noesi-L Quintana-R New guy-L Danks 2) Between Noesi and the new guy, hopefully in September we're confident in penciling at least one of them into our rotation next year. Hahn still acquires a quality RHSP prospect elsewhere. 3) 2015 rotation eventually works out where it's Sale-Righty-Q-Righty-Rodon, as Rodon takes Danks' spot, and hopefully our 2 righties come from within and are affordable. Ideally we get someone else with Noesi, both do well, and we pick up another quality option or two and have depth issues. Probably not happening though. Meh, I just think the longer you keep him, the bigger the return you can potentially get. I don't think they're hurting for cap room, as evidence by them going after Tanaka. I know you and other will point out that it's been luck, but I still think Danks 11 quality starts(only 16 pitchers have more) is a "big deal".

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:49 AM) Whatever happened to the greatest draft ever? Teams are trying to dump draft picks just like any other draft. It's really deep with talent. If you're not picking in the top 5 trading down and picking up multiple picks seems like a smart thing to do.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 07:57 AM) http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-am-l...-draft-edition/ I think I'd prefer the 9th + a player than to get the 16th + 19th for Affalo. Depends on if a Marcus Smart type of player falls down that far though I suppose. Kings are said to be taking to teams about the 8th pick, I believe the Bulls are one of them....Perhaps they can work out a 3 team deal? When you say 9th + a player what type of player are we talking here. If the Bulls do get the 8th pick who would you want to go with it for Arron? Bulls fans, if they did get the 8th, would you rather trade it for the proven Afflalo, or take a "risk" on a guy like Stauskas/Harris/Lavine, which would also give them more cap flexibility.

I'm the lone Danks vote. Someone said a few days ago that he has more value to this team than any other team, and I believe that to be true. Unless they trade another piece for a ML ready or near ready SP I'd prefer we keep him. Even if they do add a FA SP next year that still leaves them with FA-Sale-Q-?-?, if I had my way it'd be something like FA-SAle-Q-DAnks-guy like Paulino/Noesi who isn't Paulino/Noesi. Then that 5th guy eventually gets replaced by Rodon. I think the longer we keep Danks, the more valuable he becomes.

I have no idea what it means but, Fangraphs pitch value says Davis is a pretty bad change up hitter. -2.5 vs a 9.4 fastball rating (2.5 vs 26.2 last year), so I have no problem with trying to put him away with the change up...just didn't work.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 03:53 PM) The Bears have collected quite the bunch of Safeties. I hope they start M.D Jennings and Adrian Wilson. Jennings looks to be the #3 FS at this point. Vereen has been running with 1s and when Conte comes back it's said that those 2 will split time with the 1s. So Vereen/Conte at FS and Wilson/Mundy at SS looks like will be the true battles come camp.

Jeff Dickerson ‏@ESPNChiBears 30s #Bears have signed former Pro Bowl safety Adrian Wilson. Worth a shot.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 02:29 PM) Two things in play here. It will have to be a team that Love is willing to resign with. That limits the field pretty greatly. Secondly, with Klay Thompson seemingly not on the table, what better offer is out there, with a team that Love will resign with? Ya, was just going to say with Klay off the table they might be able to get it done. I assume GS might offer up Barnes and Lee, which is a better offer player wise, but when you throw in the 2 picks that might be tough to choose between. EDIT- Guess they wanted Barnes and Thompson not Thompson and Lee.

Uhhh....I guess I wish we signed Tanaka....Or I guess if we're talking minors here, I wish we drafted Joc Pederson in the 10th round of the 2010 draft.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 10:55 AM) If Melo opts out, wouldn't the Bulls be hesitant/unable to offer max money? They are cap stuck and need to move guys in order to get another big contract. They'd have to make some moves first of course, hopefully in the next few days before the draft.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 09:13 AM) I don't care who put out the report. SOMEONE needs to get their ass on the phone and recruit out of that family. Especially if you want to go public and comment on the roster at various points, you really should be doing something to help it. If you aren't going to help then STFU. They (Rose and Love) have already talked about playing together years ago. They work out together. I doubt their desire to play together has gone away.. Lebrons girl posted something about Cleveland on instagram...Looks like the big 3 might be breaking up.

I thought this Renaldo fellow was supposed to be good? (This is the first soccer match i've ever watched start to finish)

http://instagram.com/p/pjEVkeDCxW/# A sign? (Those are apparently Pippens kids BTW)

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 02:08 PM) Exactly. It was like, "Oh we missed out on the big ones, we freed up and have all this money...um, here Boozer. See! We spend!" The question is did they have enough money for Lebron, Wade, and Bosh? Those 3 obviously wanted to play together, they've said it many a times. Then after that it was Lee, Boozer, or Joe Johnson(though I believe he was signed before the decision). If you thought they should have got Lee over Boozer, that's fine. Boozer was a 2x all star at that point though. I understand hating having to settle for him, but hating him as a player is a little silly IMO. (And yes I realize I said I was done with this, but I can't resist =p)

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 01:26 PM) Why does this bother you so much? The Bulls the last 10 years have been linked to every star player there is and have acquired none of them. Until it actually happens of course we're all going to be skeptical. Again, I guess I'm just focused on the last 4-5 years. I admitted that I didn't watch a whole lot of Bulls basketball when they were awful, call it being a bad fan if you'd like, but I admit it. Over the last 4-5 years I just don't see what they could have done differently. I always read that the Heats big 3 had planned to play together for a few years before it happened, did the Bulls have the money for that to happen here? Are fans really upset they took Boozer over Lee? They were virtually the same player and Boozer had made the All Star team twice. The only other rumor I've heard the last few years was Noah for LMA....People here don't wanna give up Noah for Love. I've just been loving all the rumors over here and then I come on here and see some of the s*** posted and it just irks me....You guys have your right tho so this will be my last post on the issue...I will continue to post rumors tho....

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 01:06 PM) Call me when they actually are able to add a star, without being lucky in the draft. Until then, it is all bs. What's your number? ...I mean Boozer was a 2x All star before they signed him, so technically I'd say they already did 4 years ago....But ya I'm done with all the Debbie Downers.