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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 11:07 PM) Between Deng, Rose, Butler, and Ellis, there would be plenty of minutes to go around, imo. Especially since Hinrich would have to be going elsewhere. Now if the trade invovled Mrotic or the Bobcats pick, count me out. I was reading RealGM and nitetrain said they were offering Boozer, Teague, and draft picks. Hinrich wasn't going anywhere.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 11:06 PM) When I watch Ellis, I always thought of him more as a guy who would be a solid shooter, if it weren't for the fact that he takes a lot of really bad shots. Statistically though, he probably is what he is, which is a lousy long distance shooter so he probably doesn't help with the spacing. Definitely gives the Bulls one other guy who can create offense (which they'll need against teams like Miami when someone like LBJ guards Rose). Nate Robinson can do what Monta does for a hell of a lot cheaper (with better 3 point shooting to boot). And you don't have to start him or give him starter's minutes on top of that.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 11:03 PM) I like him because he gives the Bulls something they don't really have. Plus, unlike other Bulls fans, I don't give a s*** if Uncle Jerry has to pay some luxury tax. You have a team thats close...pay the f***ing tax and do whatever you can to get the roster better. I'm sick of falling just short. We have a star, lets do whatever we can to continously make the team better. I'd love to see what Jerry Buss (RIP) or Cuban would have been able to do the past two years (knowing they'd have been open to spending money for a championship). Jerry is only spending if it is a total no brainer (vs. just makes them somewhat better). If it makes you better, do the deal...case closed. If it fails, as long as you aren't completely stupid in the money you give out, you can always sell and get other assets, etc. I don't think it's really a money thing. It's more of a philosophy thing. The Bulls FO is just extremely conservative. Any deal that doesn't vastly improve the team just won't be done.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 11:01 PM) Ellis a good player but he is a bad jump shooter. He would not help the Bulls with spacing when he is in the game with Rose. All he can really do is give the Bulls a second scoring option when Rose isn't playing. If anything, getting Ellis would be taking playing time away from Butler. I love the idea of the Bulls FO actually doing SOMETHING that isn't a low-profile signing or a irrelevant trade, but this wasn't what I really had in mind.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 11:01 PM) Artest apparently interested in the Bulls. I assume he'd be willing to take close to the league minimum. Might not be a bad depth move. Nice defender off the bench. For all I know, we do need a good backup for Deng. Because we know Thibs won't play Snell much.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 10:53 PM) http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/22877...uit-Falls-Short WTF - The Bulls were the frontrunners from Monta? Get the f*** back on the phone GAR/PAX. Figure out a way...pay the f***ing tax. Monte is an excellent fit for this squad (assuming he can play within the offense and Thibs can teach him some defense). He should really allow the Bulls offense to spread out and I'd anticipate he'd get a lot of open jumpers with Rose. He could also get some minutes at the back up point and gives the Bulls two solid ball handlers. Wonder who the Bulls were trying to trade? I'd much rather have Nate.

This was a pleasant surprise. I swear, every time I check the Sox score I expect them to be losing. This is just one of those seasons. *Sigh

6 hits tonight. Get that value up Alex.

Google finally decided to release the new Maps app for Android. http://db.tt/qoJ3cveT As someone who just moved and uses Maps a ton, this is great. I can really put the new traffic features to work.

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 01:38 PM) Oh Lord hahaha Rodmans custom hummer. Tits.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 8, 2013 -> 10:42 AM) Jaws has ranked his QBs from 32-15 so far and still no Cutler. That's encouraging. What if he's not even on the list? Jaws likes Cutler, that much I do know. They should have Gruden do one of these lists. Everybody would be #1.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 6, 2013 -> 04:18 PM) Smith is spectacular when he plays to his strengths (he must realize he's not a perimeter shooter). And unless you're going to flip Noah, Asik makes zero sense. Obviously.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jul 6, 2013 -> 01:08 PM) I kinda doubt Houston would be interested, Gibson is an $8 million non-shooter that's not really an impact player. Josh Smith or Ryan Anderson make a ton more sense. Maybe if both of those fall through. Gibson/Dwight would be pretty damn good defensively, though that'll hurt the spacing. Edit- Just read on rotoworld that Anderson/Asik isn't happening according to Marc Stein, so maybe slightly more possible. Kind of funny how things have switched after one year. I definitely would have taken Gibson at this time last year, but Asik had a solid year. Now that the Rockets are starting to run out of options. This is the time for the Bulls front office to do something. I think LMA + Asik is better than Boozer + Noah. Not too much better, but it's definitely an upgrade.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 6, 2013 -> 03:41 PM) I'm kind of hoping Monta joins the Pistons. That'd be great. So. much. chucking.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 6, 2013 -> 03:45 PM) Quin speculation time: What if Dwight asks for his buddy Boozer? That'd be fun. Please Dwight. I hate you, but this would make me love you.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 6, 2013 -> 02:29 PM) Josh Smith to the Pistons. 4/56. The Pistons now have the most athletic front-court in basketball (and that's not even including the freak of nature that is Tony Mitchell). Josh Smith is all sorts of bad IMO. It's a good thing the Rockets didn't get him. Now let's flip Gibson for Asik.

So with Omer wanting out. Any chance the Bulls can swap Gibson for him and then trade Noah for Aldridge? Oh wait, this is the Bulls front office, they aren't creative.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 6, 2013 -> 07:04 AM) That's highway robbery. I really wish we can replace Boozer with Millsap.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jun 30, 2013 -> 10:33 PM) I was messing around with my old laptop and discovered that the CPU isn't soldered to the motherboard and is removable. After taking a look around, its an Intel Mobile HM57 chipset. It has an i3 380m processor. The socket can support an i7 2630qm. Would the i7 work with that chipset since it's the same socket? If it's the same socket, it should work. Don't take my word for it though. I've never messed with mobile CPUs.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 30, 2013 -> 07:20 PM) Dual-booting Ubuntu alongside Windows 7. Had to do some funny business just to get a single partition available, but it will have to do. My HP laptop came with four partitions already: C:, boot, recovery, and HP Tools. Got rid of HP Tools to make a 50 GB partition for Ubuntu. Might have to drop that recovery partition someday to have a swap partition, not sure. I'm a total newbie to Ubuntu/Linux OS's, so I'm having some fun and some frustration getting acquainted with it. Swap partition is for virtual memory. It should be about the size of how much RAM you have. If your computer is fast enough, you should just run a VM. I do a lot of my development on Linux VMs. It's too much of a hassle to dual boot. Unless you're compiling Android ROMs or something, you probably shouldn't go through all the trouble of partitioning, installing, etc.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 30, 2013 -> 12:46 AM) http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...review-download If I am reading this right, you can download this Windows 8.1 Preview for free, even if you don't own Windows 8? And why is it called Preview? Does this imply once the finalized version comes out the "Preview" version will no longer function? I am just wondering if I should stick w/ Windows 7, or give 8.1 a shot. I don't know about Win 7, but you can definitely get it for free if you have Windows 8 (a legit copy).

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 29, 2013 -> 10:22 PM) On the forum I go to, they love their phones and carriers so much they would say something like, "this is great, they just took the time to work out all the bugs!" What forum is this?

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 29, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) One is coming in late July 3 months too late.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 29, 2013 -> 03:56 PM) Walking through their salesfloor is like stepping back to November of last year. Yeah, they're either late with new phones (S4) or they don't carry them at all (HTC One). They must think their coverage is so good that they don't need to try.

Why would anyone want Jeff Keppinger?