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QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 05:05 PM) I wanna see Nets \ Heat That'll be a tough series for Miami. They had issues with the Nets in the regular season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 01:50 PM) What scout(s) thought it would be a good idea to acquire Paulino? Yes I want heads to roll over that acquisition. A common fan could tell you that was a bad idea. It's really easy to second guess. It was a low-risk, high reward type move. He's being paid $1.75 million this year and he's got a team option next year with a $250k buyout. That's chump change for a guy who could possibly eat 160-170 innings for you (which Paulino still can do).

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 12:50 AM) There were rumors a while ago that Nikola may take less than the MLE to come over. If so, this scenario IS possible: Rose/Kirk/Jimmer Butler/Brewer Melo/Dunleavy Nikola/Taj Noah/Smith Brewer, Kirk and Jimmer would all have to be vet minimums, which I don't see why they wouldn't. You keep a second rounder for possible depth. Other ring chasers. Bench ain't great, but when you have that starting line + Taj, things can happen. I don't think the salaries can possibly work out unless the Knicks only take Boozer in the S&T. It's pretty much a guarantee you'll have to deal Taj if you want Melo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 07:11 PM) Stauskis? Yup. DraftXpress had the Bulls taking him at 16. Their latest mock have him going at 14 (along with a few other sites).

I don't think there's a chance in hell Melo goes back to New York if he actually wants to win. That roster is a total mess. Amar'e and Bargnani are going to get their player options and they're going to be way over the tax and have no draft picks.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 02:49 PM) Nik definitely has the skills, swagger, and wort ethic to be productive in the NBA. GR3...um, he can jump. A lot of mock drafts have the Bulls taking him at 16 with the Charlotte pick.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 03:36 PM) If you get that core together, you can add minimum wage guys to it. People will come here to win. That also doesn't mean you can't add to it in the future, you just can't this year. I get that. The Bulls would be an instant championship contender. But they certainly would have issues in the first year.

MLB.tv just got Chromecast support.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 03:14 PM) After double-checking the FAQ, I was mistaken. The tax-payer/mini MLE can no longer be used if a team acquires a player in a sign and trade in the same season. This changed after 2012/13. So if the Bulls get Melo, there's pretty much no situation in which they can use any sort of exception. Well that's just great. If they do get Melo the lineup would be: Rose, Butler, Dunleavy, Melo, Noah with Tony Snell and Greg Smith on the bench. I'm not sure who they can pickup for the minimum, but that's a very thin team.

Just saw that the Bulls got Greg Smith a couple days ago. Nice pickup. He'd be a good guy to have as a 4th big man.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) They can only use the full MLE if they can stay below the tax line, and that includes the value of that contract. If they give someone the full MLE, they can't go over the tax line for any reason. Otherwise they only get the mini-MLE which is around $3 million. If they opt to try to use cap space to sign Melo out-right, they can't use the MLE. You can't use both cap space and the MLE. Your exceptions are actually used as cap holds until you give them up. So just to make sure I understand: if they get Melo in a S&T, they can still use the mini-MLE?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 12:59 PM) I also download the newest Android system 4.4 via Kies, like the other poster suggested, still the same problem. If I go to the settings menu and try to turn on Bluetooth. I press ON, it says "Turning on Bluetooth..." for about 20 seconds with the ON button dimmed, then it switches back to OFF. Same thing with Wi-Fi, but there it doesn't even say it's looking for networks, just switches off after 10-15 seconds. It might be a hardware issue.

Question: if the Bulls do get Melo in a S&T, do they still get to use their MLE or are they just stuck trying to find guys for the minimum salary?

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) I actually APPROVE of the way Robin used the bullpen yesterday. It was about time he sent a message to the bullpen about throwing strikes, so he pulled people whenever they walked someone even if that was early. The fact that he burned through the entire bullpen that way just indicates that everyone in our bullpen is god awful right now. I also don't think he needed to use Webb right away. Everyone needs to pull their weight in high leverage situations at some point. SOMEONE besides Webb should be able to do it. You have to try at some point. That was 100% on the bullpen's inability to throw strikes. If you wanna throw stones, throw them at Hahn or Coop for this one, IMO. He didn't do that with Cleto. I'm not sure why Lindstrom didn't start off the 9th.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 10:35 AM) I didn't know Leury Garcia pitched last night. How is his stuff? He hit 88 and got a few off-speed pitches over. He actually got the first two guys out. Then the Boston hitters got smart and figured out he couldn't really throw strikes.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 07:04 AM) Jose Abreu created the game thread before midnight. Next thing you know SoxTalk crashes for over 12 hours and Leury Garcia is pitching. That was very entertaining after being pissed at Sox pitchers walking just about everyone. Then Leury walked two guys and they both scored. Figures. Oh well, it was fun and I was laughing for most of that inning.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 16, 2014 -> 08:06 AM) Do you mean they are 0 and 3 against the Cavs? I hope so. We all need to pray to the basketball gods for Raptors win and a Nets loss/Wizards win tonight. No I meant they were 0-3 against the Wizards. That means the Wizards own the tiebreaker.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 11:37 PM) https://twitter.com/MassholeSports/status/4...0693377/photo/1 Yeah, I don't think they ever showed that angle on the replays.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 08:15 PM) Yeah, and then it re-downloaded all of them once I signed in to my Google account. Hmm, so it did re-install the OS yet you still can't get your toggles to work. It could be an app you installed that's possibly screwing with it, but I don't think that's all that likely. Does your bluetooth just not come on at all when you use the toggle? Or does it come on when you set it in the settings menu?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 08:55 PM) Nets may be tanking to get the 6th seed. People speculated they might and they are doing their part so far tonight. If that happens I will gladlyttake the 4 seed. They're 0-3 against the Wizards this year, so all they have to do is lose and have the Wizards win tomorrow to get the 6th seed.

QUOTE (beautox @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 10:53 PM) yeah Also congrats on a check swing call going Semien's way. I had my pinky dislocated once like that and it was absolutely awful. In fact, it's still bigger and more bent than my other pinky.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 10:55 PM) Bullpen deserves much credit! Too bad the umps f***ed the Abreu review up. Oh well it was made up with the error The replays they showed on the Sox feed sucked. I don't think they got a shot at the right angle where you can see Napoli's glove and his foot in the same frame.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 10:53 PM) Even that unproven bum Downs He finally had control and hit 88 on the gun today. Even Veal looked decent.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 09:19 PM) Titanfall and Dead Rising don't interest me a whole lot, but I saw Forza demoing at a Gamestop and was absolutely stunned at how good that game looks. I tried to play, but I think the kinect was freaking out or something because it wasn't responding to the controller very well. I love my PS4, but I'm definitely interested in getting an XBox One if there's a huge exclusive that interests me. Also, I want them to port over the Halo games after 2. I never got to finish 3 and haven't have a 360 after college. I'm sure that's coming down the road at some point. I'm getting all the PS4 exclusives and most of my single player games on PS4. For the Xbox, I'm gonna pick up the exclusives and most shooters. Outside of some of the voice control functions not working, the XB1 is a great media center. I have my TV routed through it and it's nice to be able to watch MLB.tv and TV at the same time and switch over. It'll be even better when NFL season comes around. It kind of sucks there's no NBA League Pass app though.

Johnson's velocity wasn't any better today than in his previous starts, but he was aggressive and he got his off-speed pitches over. Good to see.