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A 10 second count. Jesus they are bad.

Hey Groce, run a f***ing play. Starks has been shooting great but the 3-4 dribble turnovers this half have ruined any chance they have to win this game. Give the ball to Rice. Get it out of Starks' hands.

Morgan. Why the f*** does he have a scholarship.

Rice needs to be a ball hog and go off. Too much foul trouble.

Nunn in a funk.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) I think you missed the point entirely. I wasnt saying Hoiberg was Steve Kerr, I was saying comparing Hoiberg to Penny is the equivalent of comparing Hoiberg to Kerr. Both make 0 sense. Ah, my bad. I skimmed your post and saw the comparison... Carry on.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) Lindsey Adler ‏@Lahlahlindsey 2h2 hours ago Schefter says he’s been working on the Dez Bryant story since September "http://national.suntimes.com/nfl/7/72/702314/dez-bryant-video-confirmed … ON ESPN Radio Chicago earlier today he refused to answer a question about whether it was criminal. On twitter some guy supposedly in the know says that it's a domestic incident with a young woman in a Walmart. The video is surveillance footage and the Cowboys and TMZ are in a bidding war to buy the tape.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 04:21 PM) IMHO basketball is the sport where players win championships, especially NBA. Not to mention, how can someone compare Hoiberg to Brad Penny. Hoiberg never even coached in the NBA. If you want to make random comparisons, why not Steve Kerr. Hoiberg and Kerr are both white guys who played for the Bulls, so they gotta be the same right? And even then, is Kerr a "good coach" or does he just have a good team. Outside of Popovich, I really just dont see most NBA coaches as being game changers. Kerr played under Phil Jackson and Pop, two of the best coaches in the history of the game, he was a broadcaster for 5-6 years, he was a GM for a number of years...I mean, he's been in and around the NBA for the last 25+ years. Hoiberg can't say the same thing. The knowledge base is completely different.

Is Lawson available? edit: ha, google'd him and got this: http://www.blogabull.com/2015/2/25/8107663...oiler-ty-lawson Will never happen.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 02:39 PM) I know that. And Floyd was Krause's fishing buddy for a few years. It was so well known they were waiting for a time they could tell Phil to scram, Phil referred to Tim as "Pink". Other than the roster not having Pippen, Jordan and Rodman so no championships, this is going to be deja vu. I hope Michael Reinsdorf steps in and gets rid of Gar/Pax. Hire someone with some stones. This put the blame somewhere else is getting old. The Bulls roster is filled with players who get hurt. Happens every damn season. Who is responsible for the roster? They are the ones who should be held accountable. When Hoiberg becomes the coach, Noah will still miss time. DRose will still get hurt. Jimmy Buckets will have something happen. Taj will still sprain his ankles. They don't have a roster that will stay healthy. What does it take to get that through Gar/Pax skulls? You make an interesting point about all the injuries. Not sure I'd let Gar/Pax go, they've done a really good job drafting. Not really their fault that the players are getting injured. However, maybe the medical/training staff needs a shake-up. Deng was always injured with something. Butler seems to be always suffering from some nagging injury. Jo has had several foot/knee issues. Rose, no need to say it. I'd blame the medical staff before Thibs and the nonsense argument that he overplays guys.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) I have to say, I love Thibs, but I don't think he's a transition coach. The bulls are about to head into a weird couple of years. They'll still be good, just not great. Butler is, seemingly, a borderline to solid all-star player. You have Gasol at least one more season. Mirotic is only going to get better. McDermott hopefully makes a leap like others before him. I wouldn't call that a transition because they'll still be top 3-4 in the East. They just won't be serious contenders. And they'll pick outside of the lottery. And they'll be forced to upgrade via free agency which hardly ever pans out for them.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 01:51 PM) The reason I believe in Thibs player development (and some of this was probably Adams too, he may developed players faster) is that when they finally show under Thibs, it really hasn't been a fluke. I believe in Snell now. I don't htink he's 20ppg, but the idea that he could be an NBA 3 and D guy was laughable. NOw he plays like a longer clone of Dunleavy. He makes fast decisions with the ball. It's awesome. He's super long and athletic too. Physically he has the tools to be a really good role player. The fact that he can shoot the three so well is just icing on the cake at this point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 01:42 PM) So much of this has become basically a meme. These guys play as much as they demonstrate they should be playing. Watching Douggie play this year, I can't see how anyone could realistically argue he should be playing more for a team that is fighting for a high playoff spot, or was until last night. Mirtotic is still developing an offensive game, but is a terrible on-ball defender at this point. There are so many situations he still hurts you in as well. Thibs finds spots for him when he can, but he isn't ready to be a 30-40 minute a night guy, especially when you have Taj, Jo, Gasol all in front of him in some form. I think the only guy you can realistically say deserves more playing time right now but isn't getting it is Moore. He was fantastic for the 1-2 weeks that he played significant minutes. I'm going to be really upset if Kirk gets 25 mpg and Moore is stuck on the bench.

Somewhat related: I don't really understand this: Isn't that pre-crime? Have you done anything wrong by planning to go support terrorists without actually supporting them yet? edit: ok, looks like there were some actual plots: http://mashable.com/2015/02/25/brooklyn-ar...om-Tw-main-link

Hopefully the fact that he has no idea when this re-injury occurred will help him mentally. He kept driving and jumping as usual in the Bucks game even though he had to have the tear already.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 11:37 AM) Are you using any calorie counting programs? I'm down about 25 pounds from 9 months ago. I've stalled a little bit, but getting back on track. The myfitnesspal app worked for me. Yep, myfitnesspal too. Keeping track of calories is helpful. Helps you decide whether to eat that extra ____ or just leave it.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) So the decision to treat the injury by sitting out last year did nothing but waste six months of basketball for the Bulls. It was a long-term decision. If he was 32 with an MCL, at that point you cut it and try to get another couple years out of him. He's what, 25? Still a lot of potential basketball left in him.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) This is his third knee injury. I have no doubt he will come back and play. But the Derrick Rose of MVPness is dead. Heck the All-Star Derrick Rose should have dirt thrown on his grave as well. Now he is just overpaid Derrick Rose. Let's just hope Reggie didn't spend all of Derrick's money on SAT study guides. Eh, I'd call it 2 and a half. This is a common re-injury on a meniscus repair surgery. If he had torn is ACL on that knee, in addition to his other ACL tear, sure, i'd call him done. But in reality he's had one ACL tear (with no other issues) and one MCL tear with a complication. Seeing how Westbrook has looked this year after the same re-injury/complication, i.e. better than ever, I'm not ready to close the book on Rose. I think the Bulls should move forward as if he's just a nice piece and not the franchise player, but that doesn't mean Rose can't get back to that level.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 11:31 AM) I agree with most everything you said, however, I've long pointed to 2016 as the year Rose regains his all star status (and that is still in reach if he can come back and play this season, imo). I think the worst thing for him would be not getting back this season and having a long off-season. If he comes back and plays this season, he can have a normal off-season, played in at least a decent chunk of this season, playoffs, etc, and be in a position to move forward in 16. The piece I don't understand is how is Rose's injury a nail in Thibbs tenure? What did Tom do to drive or lead to this injury. The Bulls and Rose couldn't have been more conservative with Rose (since his initial injury) and this is what has happened. How can a finger for any of these more recent injuries be put in Thibbs direction? Rose isn't playing heavy minutes. In fact, he's largely been babied since his first injury. I'd argue he might have been better off had they pushed things more (look at Westbrook). All this said, lets not forget that the reinjury of the meniscus is relatively common and not overly serious (look at Westbrook). If you want hope, you at least have Westbrook to look at. He's better than ever. Ha, you read my mind.

Thinking more positively: 1) I dunno why we're assuming that this is it for Rose. Sounds like this small tear was not so much expected, but common enough to be a legit possibility. Westbrook had it too. McDermott had a small tear in December that was snipped and he's back now. I think what dooms Rose is that he has s***ty knees, not this re-injury in particular. 2) I don't know why this would be the end of Thibs. Are you just assuming if the Bulls get knocked out early that would be the Bulls' excuse to get rid of him? I don't think that's a winning argument. Everyone knows that when healthy the Bulls are a title contender, and have been every year Thibs has been on the bench. Bad luck has kept him from taking the team to the Finals. I still think giving up on Thibs would be one of the dumber moves (in a long list) that the franchise has made.

Bologna and peanut butter on a sandwich thin About a cup of raw carrots About a cup of raw cauliflower Some pine nut hummus About a cup of fresh pineapple. I've had a variation of this lunch everyday for the last 2 months. I started a new years resolution diet and have actually stuck with it for 2 months now. Down a little over 18 lbs.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 06:39 AM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack This would an example of a terrorist attack which was random but certainly not random in the targets selected...any non-Muslims, or at least anyone who couldn't quote from the Koran/Quran. Actually, the more that you think about it, even though it seems random to people in the mall, strategically targeting upscale shopping malls and/or hotels (like the Mumbai attacks) is anything but random. http://news.yahoo.com/al-shabab-threatens-...TI3XzEEc2VjA3Nj Al Shabab threatening US/Canadian/UK malls, and countermeasures being taken. To echo what Tex has already asked, what difference would it make if the President stated tomorrow that "we are at war with radical Muslims who are misinterpreting the Koran for their own nefarious/terrorist purposes"? Maybe you would say we shouldn't imply a war, but then what terminology would be aggressive enough to satisfy? And actually make a difference? In reality, "boots on the ground" really hasn't made a significant difference in Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan or any region of the Middle East. Most would argue things are no better, and probably worse than they were 20-25 years ago. That Egypt, Libya and Iraq were better off. Others would mightily disagree, depending upon their agenda and political perspective. http://news.yahoo.com/jon-stewart-giuliani...-130217052.html This debate between Stewart, O'Reilly and Guiliani's camp illustrates the issue. So if Obama is responsible for ISIS/ISIL, etc., then what should he have done differently? Print more to money for yet another ground war in the region when the U.S. economy was just starting to turn around? Then he would be accused of blowing up the budget and running even bigger deficits by the fiscal hawks/Tea Party. What would Rand Paul do? I want him to call out the fact that they are targeting specific types of people. That what they're doing is not random, like some crazy person who goes on a killing spree. They are deliberate in what they do. They have a vision and goal for what they're doing.

QUOTE (Tex @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 04:45 AM) It's complicated because you treat religion like race or nationality, something that you are born with and can't change. I don't believe that. People are lead into religions all the time, and away from them. Christians convert to Judaism, Jews accept Jesus, and as we have seen, some people move from Muslim, to something not Muslim. Religion is a belief and when you stop believing in that religion, you stop being that religion. That doesn't seem complicated to me. When you distort a religion to the point you no longer believe in the mainline principles of that religion, you should not be labeled with that religion. Yeah, and they REALLY believe in their religion. This isn't some made up religion or some Joseph Smith version of a religion, it's just the Islamic religion to the extreme. And they're taking a lot of "judgement" calls of the religion in ways that most of the Muslim faithful ignore (I say mostly because a lot of Muslims still treat women terribly, perform executions for apostasy, etc.) Ok, first off you haven't. There are a million ways to explain how this group is targeting other religious people without condemning all Muslims and declaring war on Islam. You're coming from that starting point which is just not part of reality. Second, I've told you before Obama doesn't even have to use the word Muslim or Islam in his statements. He can simply state this group of terrorists were targeting Christians and Jews. They weren't random people who just happened to walk by. Third, stating motive will put cast this group in a negative light, more so than pretending like what they're doing isn't pre-meditated. Would we have attacked the KKK or the Nazi's in our propaganda/PR wars by calling their atrocities merely "random" acts of violence? Or was it pretty integral to paint them as the awful people they were, targeting blacks, jews, homosexuals, the disabled, etc. Perhaps those independent Muslims out there wouldn't be so concerned about the US offending them as they would be terrified of a group that is killing anyone that doesn't think like them, including Muslims for not being Muslim-enough. There is literally nothing to be gained from poo-pooing the acts of ISIS away, as if it's no big thing. If you're going to make a statement about it, make it truthful and honest. Don't be a giant p**** about it. Random is when someone flies of the handle and starts killing people in the heat of the moment. Random is someone in the moment deciding to do something terrible. Random is not something that requires pre-planning, or a willful intent to do something. Are you suggesting that just because a mass-murderer didn't intend to kill specific individuals, his pre-meditated attack on a building full of people is random? Seriously? That's not random. He intended to kill someone in a certain manner. His VICTIM might be random, the act is not. When ISIS kidnaps a group of people, or attacks a synagogue, or a Christian town [again, not random places], that's a specific, pre-planned, pre-meditated act of violence. There's nothing random about it except the unfortunate victims. Under your incredibly strange definition here, 9/11 was merely a random act of violence. I dunno how you can say that seriously.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 10:33 AM) Butler looked like a star, but he's been pretty average recently. It really does suck. We could have probably gotten Dragic or at the very LEAST MCW, whom I think I would have liked for his d. Instead...we're rolling with a 5'10 PG who is a much worse distributor than DJ was. I miss DJ. I think a lot of that was bowing to Rose as Rose bricked shot after shot.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 09:15 AM) They aren't going to rebuild though. They almost have to double down on Rose. He's owed $20 million each of the next two years. They are stuck there. Gasol and Butler will be around. I would look to deal Noah and Taj and see if I can get more scoring to compliment Rose/Butler/Gasol. They can't pay Noah again so they might as well use him as a potential asset. Too bad his value has dropped off a cliff this year.