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QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 01:14 PM) Could be...Just speculating... Bosh supposedly being offered a max deal by Houston.....Should that happen does anyone know if they'll be able to afford Parsons? He's been my plan C after Melo/Love for awhile now. I think they are able to match whatever offer Parsons gets, whether they're over or under the cap. The thing is, if they give Bosh $24 million a year and match Parson's $12 million offer, they'd be $5 million over the luxury tax. Also, signing Bosh is dependent on the Rockets' ability to get rid of Lin's contract.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 12:55 PM) That has La La written all over it...Happy wife, happy life right? I feel like the La La angle is a bit overplayed. They're rich as hell, they can fly to wherever the hell they want when they want. Just because Melo would play somewhere else doesn't mean they have to move there and stay there permanently.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 12:44 PM) But the Lakers and Knicks doing the same thing doesn't suggest that? I don't see the appeal in the Lakers at all. They suck. Kobe and Nash can't stay healthy. Gasol's not that good anymore and he might not even re-sign. Julius Randall's a nice piece, but he's a rookie. They don't have a center. So yeah...great roster. Even NY's a better situation. Oh and they also don't have a coach right now. Why the hell would you join them?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 10:43 AM) I read that to mean that his agent is telling the Cavs to get ready for the potential, not that it's going to happen or that Lebron even has any interest. LeBron's agent represents LeBron...?

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 10:36 AM) Walt that's been on their website since the decision? Are you kidding me? Surprising, I know.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 10:26 AM) Broussard is a fool. His reporting has been absolutely tragic. It's not only Broussard. Woj wrote about it. So did Sam Amico and a few other writers not named Broussard. It could be LeBron playing games again, or he might actually be returning for real. Who knows? But it's a rumor that has legs.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 10:14 AM) Steven A's report is the first one that worries me. I could very well see Bosh headed to Houston and Melo in Miami. Or there's those reports that LeBron's going to Cleveland...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 06:45 AM) Those are good days. The following two days usually are sore as hell, though I feel fine right now. I did bruise my heel though, so that might suck for a week.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 6, 2014 -> 08:57 PM) Sale deserves it more than Lester and Darvish, is the problem. Definitely more than Scott Kazmir. Great story and all, but there's way better pitchers in the AL. Sale's one of them, along with Kluber and Richards. You can make an argument for Keuchel as well. Hell, we should be pissed that Q didn't get a mention. 3.20 ERA and 2.88 FIP, 8th most fWAR in the AL among pitchers. The A's already had 5 all-stars before Kazmir. His inclusion seemed unwarranted. BTW, I actually think Lester and Darvish were good picks #2 and #3 respectively this year in fWAR. I was actually unaware of how good Lester's been this year before I looked his stats up just now.

The AL's final vote players are all pretty damn good, almost all extremely deserving. I'm not sure how Keuchel, Sale, Richards, and Kluber didn't get on the team. I guess part of it is just how stacked the AL is this year. It's actually hard for me to objectively vote for Sale since guys like Kluber have almost similar numbers, but a much higher innings load. I think Sale's going to get in anyways since a few guys who pitched on Sunday won't be able to play in the game.

I did nothing but play softball today. Woke up at 745, first game at 9. Played 7 games. The last one ended at around 830. We won the tournament though, so it was worth it.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jul 6, 2014 -> 10:40 PM) All I know is he made it seem like this could take another week to play out. I'm sick of this s***. I doubt teams will wait that long. Once July 10th hits, players are gonna start signing.

I actually hope LeBron goes to Cleveland. It really evens out the East a little bit and I feel he'd be better in Miami than in Cleveland.

Neymar out for the rest of the tournament with a fractured vertebrae. Not looking good for Brazil.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 4, 2014 -> 05:20 PM) I can't believe people are buying into this Broussard stuff. KC Johnson reported Rose and Melo talked for 20 minutes. The whole freaking world knew Melo was going to be visiting the Bulls all day, yet Rose was shocked. Broussard is full of s***. Some reports that the Bulls might have a trade worked out w/utah for Boozer. Where did you see this?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 02:15 PM) No one is really saying this. But there should be an understanding that there is a decent number of people who abuse the system and that instead of saying "whelp, they deserve it!" we should be figuring out ways to stop the abuse. Welfare was meant to be a short-term crutch, not a lifetime entitlement. Not a "well, i'd prefer to do this, not that so gimme gimme gimme." That's not what I see when I see conservatives complaining about government handouts. I have absolutely no issues with getting rid of loopholes that enable people to abuse the welfare system. It's made for people who are legitimately in need of help, not free-loaders. I don't want to support drug addicts who spend their welfare checks on...well...more drugs. I don't want to support people who can work, but don't feel like it. However, it's my belief that those are in the minority of people who do receive welfare and that they're probably not getting enough money to live a great lifestyle. The problem I see is that conservative media likes to give extremely broad statements about government-aid. It's usually some anecdotal story about how so and so got this much government aid and we should all be pissed off about it and THANKS OBAMA! So of course, the base relays this type of sentiment and it leaves an impression that conservatives just hate welfare. Not just welfare for free-loaders, but welfare for everyone. To on-lookers who aren't conservative (a decent amount of the country, according to the previous two Presidential elections), this can leave an impression of conservatives being selfish and hypocritical. It's selfish because, well, imagine a guy making 6 figures a year (conservatives usually have more income) kicking a homeless person to the curb and telling them they can't have food stamps and that they should just stay poor, stay hungry, and deal with it. It's also hypocritical because a huge amount of the conservative base is Christian and one of the pillars of Christianity is charity and welfare. Talking about welfare in generic and politically-designed catch-phrases isn't going to help the overall debate and it's not helping the image of conservatives. While you may think no one is really saying we should get rid of welfare, almost everything the conservative media throws out there (*cough Fox News) says they don't want any welfare. I find the same problem with Liberterians arguing for smaller government. That's fine and all, but if you get rid of the entire government, who the hell is going to build the roads and teach your kids? There won't be a real discussion about any of these issues until people stop talking about them in such broad and generic ways.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) Melo + Pau is not good enough even in the East. Not even close. Gasol is not the same Gasol he was a couple years back. Melo can continue to enjoy early playoff exits. Bulls without Rose could probably beat them. Yeah, the Knicks would still be a bad team with Pau and Calderon. Less sucky, but they're not getting out of the conference with that team.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 09:53 AM) Statistically, more people receive government support then any point in time in the countries history. Now I'm not sure if that is adjusted as a % of population so it trends better historically or not but that was a stat I saw about 6-12 months ago in a journal article. I have a real hard time believing that the percentage of people receiving government help right now is greater than it was during the Great depression. It's probably the overall number, which is extremely misleading since we have 3x as many people now in this country.

Lowry re-signs with Toronto for 4 years.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 09:51 PM) MLS can be entertaining. I'm excited about Orlando City joining MLS next season. They just signed Kaka yesterday. And with the new soccer specific stadium being built for the start of 2016, this is really the perfect time for me to really get into MLS. Kaka is still playing?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 03:01 PM) Hayward averaged 16, 5 and 5 last year on a s***ty team. Butler averaged 13, 5 and 2 without 2 of the Bulls' best offensive players. I'd give more money to Hayward too. Both had pretty much the same shooting efficiency last year. Butler's a much better defender. If you thought Butler couldn't shoot last year, Hayward wasn't any better. 41% overall, 30% from 3 compared to Butler's 40% and 28% from 3. Not sure I'd be willing to give anywhere near max money to a guy like Hayward. He's shot better before, but that was when he wasn't taking 13 shots a game.

QUOTE (bshah723 @ Jul 2, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) Hayward's max is only $14M in his first year. Total of 4yr/63 mil deal. 15.75 a year. Year 1 - 14M Year 2 - 15.05M Year 3 - 16.18M Year 4 - 17.39M Total - 62.6M High but not a what you think of when for when its a MAX DEAL. Hayward's not a $14 million/year player. I think I understand why an exec said Butler could get the max now. If Hayward can get a max, I don't see why Jimmy Butler can't.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 05:42 PM) In retrospect Green maybe should have subbed earlier instead of Wondo. He is young and raw but he may be the most technical player on the ball the US have. At that point I think the US was still playing for pks if necessary. Johannsson probably would have been better than Wondowloski.

We had so many chances to equalize. That set piece on the Bradley free kick was beautiful, yet we couldn't capitalize. Execution is what hurt both Belgium and the US in this game. Belgium couldn't execute at all until they scored their two goals even though they had around 20 chances. The US had 4 golden opportunities at the end of the game and only capitalized on one and it was by a 19 year old who wasn't even supposed to play. There's no reason Wondolowski should have missed that shot at the end of regulation. Dempsey and Jones also had incredible opportunities to put in an equalizer. The US team is definitely improved under Klinsmann, but we're not quite there yet.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:16 PM) Rumor: Miami Heat Chris Bosh will sign 5 year deal starting at $11m/yr. Dwyane Wade 4 year deal starting at $12m/yr. (Source: John Canzano) If so, kudos to Bosh, who is actually valuable, to take that significant of a pay cut to make it happen. That will give Heat enough money to bring in Lowry +. Wow, that is quite the paycut for Bosh... He's really sacrificed his career for DWade and LeBron.