Dick Allen

The one thing I have noticed about when teams rest a slew of star players is it hardly ever happens, if ever, for home games. Last night there was good reason for Love to be out. You could justify Irving being out, but Lebron? He was pissed he wasn't playing. Scheduling these big nationally telecast games on a second night of a back to back for a team is on the NBA. But, if they played in Cleveland last night, Lebron would have played, so it's BS he sat. Play him 24 minutes. Many times it's his only trip to town. People pay a lot of money to see him. It also shows just how unimportant the NBA regular season is, it is basically an 82 game money making exhibition season.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 18, 2017 -> 02:19 PM) Trump still does not understand how nato works and thinks that countries pay money to the US. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/...088518339612673 And since he wants to up defense spending in lieu of taking care of the sick and hungry, other countries already know there is no need to contribute more. His dick measuring exercise cost him any leverage getting other countries to contribute more.

Twins new GM is hoping they can avoid the long rebuild others have gone through. Uh, they have averaged over 94 losses a year the last 6 seasons.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 17, 2017 -> 02:35 PM) Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price Trump’s head of the Department of Health and Human Services traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms. A source says Bharara was overseeing an investigation. The White House didn’t immediately comment. It's one s***show after another. Do I have the wiretap story correct? Trump claims it was on Fox News, after saying he read it in the NYT. Fox News also claimed the Brits were involved. When they complained, the WH backed down, agreeing they were not involved but the report despite no evidence anywhere was correct, Trump was wiretapped. How does this end? They will never have any evidence.

Trump reiterating Obama wiretapped him. The guy will never admit he's wrong which is dangerous enough. But for someone who makes as many obnoxious false claims as he does and the position he is in, its craziness.

If words didn't matter, why the outrage over "basket of deplorables"?

What's his news conference about? The proposed budget? Health care? Or is he just going to pat himself on the back for launching an investigation into whether or not Obama wiretapped him, and everyone can put their fears aside. He did not. Just like he took credit for "ending" the birther movement.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 17, 2017 -> 12:05 PM) I dislike the Farmer/DJ combo a lot more than Benetti. Farmer seems so monotonous and DJ is just boring. I think what this thread proves is a team's PBP guy, with a few exceptions, is pretty much like the President. Half love them, half hate them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 17, 2017 -> 11:31 AM) Trump supporters love Obamacare so much they think it's Trump's plan. Pretty scary the woman was a teacher. And the other one, just wow.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Mar 17, 2017 -> 10:44 AM) Can't Trump just take a bullet for the team and pay for private security out of his pocket? Yes, if he's as rich as he claims, it's peanuts to him.

Does anyone else find it odd that the White House gets it's intelligence info from Fox News? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/white-ho...-111400428.html

I like Hawk and Jason. One thing they have got to do is if they continue with Sox math, and I'm not on Twitter so I don't participate, they need to allow for more than the same guy winning every time. OK dude, we get it. You know all the players numbers and have 3 Ipads set up to BR to get all the answers. Once you win, you should be ineligible to win again until the next season.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 17, 2017 -> 12:00 AM) What was the last truly great Hawk call? I'm thinking "ALEXEIIIIIIIIIIIII, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" It was all Kansas City Specials from there on... Sacks packed with Sea men was pretty good.

Something changed. He seemed really happy with the situation at the end of last season. So either it is a health issue with himself or maybe his wife or someone, I am thinking maybe his eyesight, or something hit him. Maybe he realizes the team is going to suck and it won't be pretty for a few years. Whatever it is,I wish him well.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 03:27 PM) Senate starts hearings next Monday. Things move at an incredible pace in Trumpworld, but these sorts of things usually take time to unfold anyway. Yes, but it was in the news all day every day. Then it just sort of stopped. Maybe these new Flynn findings bring them back front and center. I really wonder how long it will take people to realize they voted for a con man. Maybe never. A Mexican woman in my office voted for him. I would think that would be impossible, but she loved the Apprentice.

You didn't hear too much about Russia once Trump threw out the wiretapping claim. He's a lying fool, but his methods work. Now he's saying wiretapping means a lot of things. He specifically tweeted his phones were wire tapped.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 02:15 PM) Tucker Carlson just told trump "the counties that voted for you will do far worse under your plan" and trump replied "Oh, I know" He's doing everything he said he would do. Gotta go up to maybe a 9/10. If I agreed with it all 10/10. Trump is the goods. Make the rich richer, the sick sicker, maybe get into a nuclear war or 2. Dump raw sewage in rivers, screw the environment, frack everywhere, we don't have enough earthquakes. Keep people out of the country that don't have the same God as you. Make America Great Again.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 02:32 PM) He'd recruit well, especially in the midwest/indiana area and that would hurt Illinois, but for the most part he still hasn't gotten the results to match the recruiting. I think he would recruit Indiana well, maybe better than anyone has ever done. The rest of the Midwest I am not buying. Is basically having your pick of Indiana's best enough to get them to where they want to be?

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 02:18 PM) http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/04/03/ber...-lying-at-ucla/ So Alford can't be believed but the lawyer for the victim is a neutral source? And, unfortunately, many innocent people agree to plea deals. Alford was lied to. He believed his player. You can't fault him for that. The only thing that killed Alford in Iowa wasn't that the kid did this, he basically did it again. If he didn't have the second problem, he still may be coaching the Hawkeyes. Dan Bernstein, the guy who talks about female sport's reporters chest sizes as the moral police is a bit rich.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 01:56 PM) He's already recruiting it better than Crean was, he stole Wilkes (who loved Indiana but not Crean). He didn't exactly land the big Indiana fish when he was coaching Iowa. But IU would be a different story. I personally think if they hire him they will be a lot happier the day they do than at any other time during his tenure. As an Iowa alum, I thought his hire was going to be the greatest thing, but it was more mediocrity, and I don't blame him too much for the Pierre Pierce stuff. He took the kid at his word and stuck up for him. Turns out he gets burned badly. I don't know if he would have done the same had Pierce not been probably his best player. But coaches sticking up for their guys usually isn't frowned upon. If he didn't take his side and Pierce was being straight with him, he would have been crushed for that as well.

Alford has an alum problem at UCLA. He will never be good enough there. He is royalty in Bloomington. I could see why he would leave. I would love to go to Carver Hawkeye Arena for an Iowa/Indiana game if he made the move.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 01:38 PM) More details have emerged on Flynn's Russian payments Some vetting process the Trump administration did on this guy.

If Gar/Pax uses this injury as the reason the Bulls missed the playoffs, everyone should cancel their season tickets.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 16, 2017 -> 12:04 PM) When do we start the DWade memories thread? To me it would be good riddance. He's still a decent scorer, but for a guy who doesn't give much defensive effort, he had no problem calling out others. He clearly isn't going to lead the team to a championship. The only reason IMO he would stay, and the only reason he came was the payday. All that other stuff, please. He would have signed with the Bulls years ago.

Wade is out the rest of the season with a small elbow fracture. They did say regular season. I can't see them making a playoff run. Jimmy is hurting and will be doubled.