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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 01:27 PM) Shields gonna drill Papi Make sure he's not the leadoff hitter.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) There is Boston reporter tweeting about eh game and made the comment the Eaton must feel good about himself bunting against a rookie 3B. I dislike people from Boston even more now. lol this isn't beer league softball. Who cares if he's a rookie?

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 01:28 PM) Hawk wishing line drives off knee caps *facepalm* Hawk officially DGAF.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 01:16 PM) Meatball city this inning. Also noticing how there's a minimal difference between his fastball and changeup now. About 5-6 mph. I'm not sure how he went from being pretty decent in his first 10 starts to this. It's gotta be something wrong with his mechanics. The velocity on the fastball is fine.

Shields is lucky that high change didn't get hit out of the park.

Shields getting squeezed a bit according to Gameday.

Holy s***, is that a scoreless inning from Shields?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) So since Monday, Jurgen Klinsmann has gone from 40-1 to 1-3 to become the new manager at Southampton and Ladbrokes is reporting that 95% of the money they have taken in the past two days on that prop has gone towards Klinsmann. Interesting. Interesting indeed. So if this does happen, who's the replacement?

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 09:35 AM) Yeah but how much of that is because Harden wouldn't pass him the ball? I actually think he makes sense for the Bulls if it's not a max contract and if Dwight agrees that he's only getting 10-12 shots a game (and he's happy with that). His focus will be rebounding, defense and passing the ball out to shooters. The problem is he's a walking bag of drama. Not sure I want to watch that unfold over the course of several seasons. The only problem is that I see him getting the max from someone.

At least you'll know if the game's over within the first 2 innings.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jun 23, 2016 -> 09:19 AM) Anyone think the Bulls go after Howard? I'd just keep Robin Lopez. I know Dwight had a limited role on the offense last year in Houston, but I honestly don't think he's the same guy.

I know Jose didn't pitch well tonight, but this is long overdue.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 05:42 PM) I get it, it all makes sense to me, but it's still tough to swallow. Derrick Rose is the star player I grew up admiring. I was 8 when he was drafted and I remember it like it was yesterday. Just be glad you didn't grow up admiring Kirk Hinrich.

Arrieta definitely isn't as sharp right now.

And Ireland go through! The British isles has had all of its teams in the tournament go through to the knockout rounds. I just want to see England go out before the 3 other countries. It'd be hilarious.

QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 03:06 PM) I was playing Quantum Break on the Xbox One and it was a really solid game, but the difficulty jumps up an order of magnitude on the final boss. It's not actually that it's hard, it's that it's f***ing cheap and your whole strategy you've been doing the whole game doesn't really work anymore. After about 15 tries (where it makes you re-load a cutscene to boot) I rage quit. Tried again that weekend and I got it on the 2nd try. huh. I started playing Uncharted and I beat the game and got the gold trophy for all the treasure in about 6 days or so, there's 2 other gold trophies you can get if you beat it on Crushing difficulty so I tried that. I got past a couple of levels but... yikes, the AI rushes and flanks you and does headshots if you pop out of cover. That last boss fight was a bit confusing for me at first. I kept getting killed out of nowhere and then I realized he sends out orange waves that kill you on contact. Then I started running around whenever he was bout to use it and beat it pretty easily.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:55 PM) By the way, isn't Calderon a free agent after this year anyway, so it isn't like we added some long term deal there. Lopez is the one longer team deal we took on (Grant will be on his rookie deal) and at 4 / 54M and given where the cap is going, I don't actually think his contract will be viewed as horrifically (as it currently stands, so if the Bulls wanted to, they could move him). This deal kind of puts the Bulls in the spot they could make a run this year to sign someone big (and have good role players plus another star in Butler to surround them with) or they could potentially move these pieces to other teams and free up more space for next year if that is the strategic direction they go. I'd argue on the open market this year, Lopez would get at least the 4/ 54M offer he signed last year, if not more. With the higher cap, definitely. He's coming off a similar season in NY that he had the season before in Portland.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) LOL its crazy to think someone gave him that long of a contract. Lopez is actually a decent center. The Knicks also ran out of people they could sign last year, so they probably gave him a bit more than what he deserved.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) Here you guys go, here's the great trade that had to be done. http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=jd95om7 Check out that sweet money transfer. Lopez at $12 million doesn't seem that bad after you consider the new salary cap. But yeah...having him for 4 more years does suck though.

By finishing third Portugal might have actually saved themselves. Instead of playing on the good side of the bracket with Germany, Spain, and Italy, they play on the side without as many powerhouse teams. They do get Croatia in the first game though, so it's no easy task by any means.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:30 PM) This was not the right move. Lopez and calderon are signed to multi year deals. This was a garbage move by a bunch of terrible executives. This is a terrible trade. They just wanted to get rid of Rose. I think this was pretty much that. I don't think a lot of teams wanted him honestly.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:27 PM) Derrick Rose has been traded by the Chicago Bulls. This was the right move, but boy does it sting. I can honestly say that I have never loved a sports athlete more than I did Derrick Rose. The cruelty of injury followed by some less-than-stellar reports of his off the court life sure soured his career, but man, this KID COULD GO UP STAIRS and I'll forever remember the excitement of his MVP season (youngest in the history of the NBA). The Bulls came 3 wins from the NBA Finals that year. Good luck in New York, Derrick, and good riddance. Such a sad outcome to what at one point seemed like a storybook career ready to take off. Yup. I can't blame the Bulls for doing it, but to see a Chicago guy like Derrick moved because he's fallen so hard due to injuries is pretty damn sad.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:28 PM) lol, i'm dumb and confused robin for brook lopez. I'd be ecstatic had we gotten Brook Lopez back.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 22, 2016 -> 02:17 PM) K.C. Johnson ‏@KCJHoop 3m3 minutes ago The Bulls are sending Derrick Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 2nd-round pick for Robin Lopez, Jerian Grant and Jose Calderon, per source. Um wow...

Team got starstruck and decided they'd play without their balls.