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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 10:04 AM) Didn't Kobe drop the Bulls name before? Keep Gibson and Noah, if Melo is serious, one could be included in a sign and trade, but Melo on the Bulls is slim to none. If only Kevin Love was a FA this off-season. He would have made a ton of sense.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 11:32 PM) Some cool stuff at CES: Pebble is releasing Pebble Steel, a new, much-less-dorky-looking version of their pretty great smartwatch. They also announced Pebble 2.0, a major update to its operating system that includes its own appstore. Their most notable new partner is ESPN, so checking scores on your watch will be pretty easy. Each watch will come with a leather and metal band. Samsung announced another line of tablet updates, finally making their Tab line non-s***ty while releasing a much larger Galaxy Note 12.2. I just bought a Note 8.0 and would have liked an update to that, though I really am fond of what I have...most of my beef is with the plasticky, rounded build of the whole thing. ASUS had a quite well-received presentation, rolling out all kinds of new s***. I'm intrigued by their Vivotab Note 8 (did I mention I like the 8 inch size for tablets and really want an active stylus?), which has the much-improved Bay Trail Atom processor, runs full W8.1, has a Wacom active digitizer, and also comes with a free full copy (not a trial) of Office. $299, awesome Their new ZenFones look very interesting as well. They have Zen 4, 5, and 6 models which correspond to size. 4 looks like it will be great in the budget part of the market. The ZenFone 6 has one particularly interesting feature - "PenTouch," a feature which they say allows you to use a pencil, pen, or anything like that on your screen as if it were a stylus. Sounds awesome if implemented well, but who knows. I'm still waiting for active stylus/things like this to be implemented in non-enormous phones. And finally, they announced the Transformer Duet -- a 13 inch convertible (detachable screen to become a large tablet) that runs full versions of Windows 8.1 and Android. No virtualization. You press one key to switch over, which they say takes 4 seconds. I think Android needs some work to take on this size and functionality, but the option to dual-boot may get enough people to jump on board that they get the development needed to make it work. TBH, I think W8.1 is a big enough step that it may squash some of this competition, particularly from the mobile OS side. Intel confirmed that they will be making a line of chips meant to support dual OS, which suggests this will be a thing the industry tries to implement further. Samsung finally got rid of that stupid menu button on their tablets. It's about time. I still don't get physical and capacitive buttons on Samsung tablets, it makes me cringe.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 12:52 AM) By far the most important aspect of this imo. You know, if they really want to get into the lottery, let Bynum play.

Well, this will definitely help our chances of getting into the lottery.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 12:32 AM) Deng also apparently turned down a 3 for 30 extension deal last week. That's a pretty low ball offer IMO.

I'm so glad they traded Deng. Unfortunately, that first round pick might not get to us this year. Sacramento is pretty bad.

The Niners should have had a huge lead after the 1st quarter, but couldn't finish drives when they got within the 10 yard line. Kaepernick's legs were the reason the Packers lost this game.

That was almost blocked.

Devon House has been holding Crabtree the whole game. He finally got called out on it.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 06:05 PM) You guys are a bunch of whiners. They havent called anything on either team all game so get over it. You take what you get, but don't act like that holding call was somehow fair to the Packers.

Wow, how could you not call a holding on that play? It's the only reason Rodgers didn't get sacked.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 05:09 PM) Are you kidding? He has box seats next to the press box, fully heated, for his entire family What about his fellow firefighters?

Andy Dalton's really choking in the second half.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 5, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) Absurdly conservative play calling by the Chargers in the first half. Well, they've won a lot of games that way. Ryan Matthews is pretty good when healthy. It sucked for me in fantasy because Rivers was a pretty bad fantasy quarterback down the stretch since they only threw the ball maybe 20 times a game.

QUOTE (G&T @ Jan 4, 2014 -> 11:26 PM) That's actually a credit score issue. You've opened the line of credit and closing it will only hurt. BUT the impact may be negligible and might recover quickly since it wouldn't impact you length of credit history. If you aren't making any major purchases that require your score to be at a certain level any time in the next 6 months, then probably close it. First thing to do is check your credit score and see if it is helping your score. If so, you may want to keep it. You can also call them to cancel. More likely than not, they'll waive the fee.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 11:37 PM) Being on national TV helped people know who Donald Glover was, not Childish Gambino. He did that all on his own. I still to this day only know of 1 person who watches both community AND listens to Childish. Everyone else either knows him as Troy from Community and had no idea he raps, or they know him as Childish Gambino and had no idea he was an actor or a comedian. I'm a big fan of all his different careers, and I still don't even watch Community. Not saying anything about the show, I'm just saying he separates the two (or three) careers pretty well. Yeah, but we're not talking about Donald Glover as Childish Gambino, we were talking about Donald Glover as Donald Glover, the actor. And as an actor, Community made him famous, which also aided his popularity as Childish Gambino.

Last year's draft hasn't really yielded anyone good. MCW had a hot start, but he's come back down to earth now. He's around .500 for TS% and 100 for offensive rating. Surprisingly, the guy who's been the most efficient player in the draft is Tim Hardaway Jr, with a .586 TS% and a 114 offensive rating.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 3, 2014 -> 11:40 AM) @MattSpiegel670 I've got a source I trust on the official cap hits for the Jay Cutler contract, & the numbers are not as they've been reported/listed. SOURCE: The official salary cap hits for Cutler are as follows: ’14: 11.8 mil '15: 15.3 ’16: 16.8 ’17: 18.3 ’18: 18.8 ’19: 22 ’20: 23 SOURCE: Cutler contract calls for a prorated bonus of $10.8 mil for each of the first 5 seasons, adding up to the $54 mil guaranteed total. That's definitely a pretty good deal for next year.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 09:40 PM) Well, I knew who Donald Glover was back in 2006, from his Youtube sketch comedy group. I just knew him as the guy from the bro rape video. If he wasn't on national TV nearly every week the past 4 years, a lot of people wouldn't know who he is.

Damn it Bulls, stop winning.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 09:28 PM) Community had very little to do with his popularity. I wouldn't say it had very little to do with it. Did you know who Childish Gambino was in 2009, before Community aired? Community definitely helped his popularity.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 08:37 PM) I think the only reason Cutlers totals got out is because of BMarshall. Marshall's probably known for a while now. I remember reading he told reporters "Jay will be back" after the Packers game.

So Community was pretty good. I thought it was funny they had Troy make fun of himself (Donald Glover) for leaving in the middle of the season after Community made him pretty famous.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 06:09 PM) This Cutler deal now gives me the chance to laugh at all my Bear fans friends who laughed at me when Romo got paid. Romo's deal nearly looks like a bargain compared to Cutty's deal. They're more or less getting the same amount of money.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 02:18 PM) Samuel BlackwellThe Halas Holla...We Bleed Navy and Orange Jay Cutler in 5 years with Bears: 101 TDs, 75 INTs, 83.1 rating. Bears QBs in 5 years before Cutler trade: 82 TDs, 88 INTs, 69.7 rating. Yeah, and this is why a lot of people defended Cutler. Life without Cutler sucked a lot.