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http://deadspin.com/5811983/german-newspap...etto-basketball Some German columnist writes how Dirk defeated ghetto basketball in the NBA. The translations are funny as hell.

They have a long way to go for .500 still. Slow down.

Oh you meant a .784 OPS. He has a .333 SLG against them...that's so sad.

Pierre has a .784 slugging against lefties? lmao what?

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 03:37 PM) When was the last time you had a good feeling going into a series in minny? I can't remember. 2005?

I have a bad feeling about this series.

The new Wii U will feature a custom ATI chip that will be similar to those on a Radeon HD 4870. That's 2-3 years behind, basically. There's already a 6800 series. It's a hell of a lot better than what's in the PS3 and 360 right now, but for a system that will come out in a year, that's bad. Once again, Nintendo chooses to not go state of the art. http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/14/wii-u-gr...h-is-still-pre/

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 01:50 PM) And to continue yesterday's discussion, that means the Heat would potentially have the best 3 active Canadian centers in the NBA to go along with Magloire and Anthony. That is quite the feat. Bill Wennington just jizzed.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 01:15 PM) Rios as leadoff is a bad idea. You need someone who can actually get on base. For some reason, i see Alexei as the best option. That's the other thing. I don't care how you get on base, just do it. At this point, you're looking at a .350 OBP from Alexei and a .260 from Rios. Even if Rios started to hit well, his OBP wouldn't be any higher than .340 - .350. That's just the kind of hitter he is.

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 14, 2011 -> 12:55 PM) BB per plate appearance should have more significance in this case when we are viewing the 2 players. As the ability of drawing a walk between both players are pretty similar. A 2% difference in walk rate in 600 PAs is 12 walks. That'll change your OBP quite a bit. Alexei's average at it right now, Rios is below average. So the difference is note-worthy.

Just let Alexei leadoff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJN9LzRT68...embedded#at=180 rofl parody of Dan LeBatard's speech after the Heat got the Big 3.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 03:47 PM) The ad about Miami winning makes me think that in some 3rd world country Lebron has been Champion twice now, and MJ never won one.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 01:58 PM) Dwight is no Shaq, but hed still be a significant upgrade over Noah and Ive never liked Boozer so Id do anything to get rid of him. The only way the Bulls can make it happen would be to trade Boozer for hopefully something Orlando wants, and then put Noah + picks and whatever it takes. Barring that, I think the Bulls should try and move Boozer for a solid sg, and then use whatever picks they have left to take some shots on guards or forwards. Ideally, if you deal for Dwight you want to keep Boozer. Dwight can probably make up for a lot of what Boozer fails to do on defense and Boozer's a better offensive player than Joakim.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 13, 2011 -> 01:30 PM) Other than Heads and Joecool, nobody on this site thought Humber would be worth s***. And NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY!, thought Lillibridge would morph into a 2009 Ben Zobrist clone. So the haha I told you so bit doesn't fly. That said, the White Sox are in third place. They're still below .500. And they still have a lot of question marks. Let's wait until they're in first place by a few games before all the I told you so's start rolling in. Go look in the Catch-All thread, I had some slight optimism towards Humber, which you immediately tried to shoot down. I did say Lillibridge sucked when he got called up though.

Nice article by Woj: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ap_O...a_finals_061311 Nice burn at the end.

Padres just DFA'd Aaron Poreda. Good thing we didn't hold onto him.

QUOTE (T R U @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 10:19 PM) Ide be interested to see these comments I made as I don't remember being a dickhole in any of them.. the only thing I did was say that I liked the Heat and would be following them as my team now.. I wasn't talking s*** to anyone.. and me saying "well that sucked" isn't a "hater" statement.. believe it or not, not everyone hates the Heat.. why don't you get off the sour grapes of the Heat wiping their ass with the Bulls and relax So you bandwagoned when the Heat got Bosh and LeBron?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 10:15 PM) I made a wallpaper.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 10:09 PM) bet dan gilbert is happy tonight His promise of winning a championship before LeBron still holds true. If the Bulls don't win it anytime soon, I really hope Cleveland does just to make Gilbert's promise true.

This is the best I've felt about a team I have no affiliation with.

Not a good time to miss FTs Jason Kidd.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 01:22 PM) Humber is laboring. Sox need to jump on Moscoso.

Humber in trouble early.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 12, 2011 -> 01:08 PM) Stop making this terrible argument. There's also a difference between saying you're the chosen one (the best) and saying you can do some magic on the court (skilled).