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QUOTE (T R U @ Feb 27, 2011 -> 03:04 AM) AKA he would have lost more than a couple million had he been bought out most likely He's due $25 million for the next two seasons. The buyout would have been $16 million I think (I'm not sure on this figure, could be $9 million as well). The Bulls can give him $3 million to play for the rest of the year. So he would have lost $6 million. Plus, you have to consider that all of that is up front and not over a span of two years.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 06:57 PM) No. Explain please. What Knightni said + 775.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 05:15 PM) Do we know how much of that money he has left? Financial management doesn't seem to be a strong trait in many NBA players. Those masks Rip wears must be very, very costly. lol As long as he's somewhat responsible, he should be swimming in money.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 05:06 PM) Maybe he saw that Chrysler Super Bowl commercial. Detroit is unique alright.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 04:54 PM) I'd personally rather have "a couple million". So would I. But he's made his money already.

Ugh. Looks like Rip doesn't care about winning anymore. If he did, he would have accepted the buyout and signed with a playoff team. He would have lost a couple million in the process, but you'd think players would want to be a part of a winning team instead of rotting in Detroit.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 26, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) I see what you did. Thar.

lol @ Bobby's comment about how the White Sox called him just to show the fans that they tried. Outside of a few, I don't think anybody wanted Bobby back, especially for $6 million per.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 25, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) better wait to see if the returns from Florida are legit... That poll just shows that there are very few Heat fans, even in Florida...

Bulls apparently offered Brewer + three picks for Mayo. Got turned down.

God why didn't we trade Gibson for Mayo. WHY?

The more and more I watch Taj, the more I want him traded. Asik's size is vital and he's been huge on defense today. Defense is playing well again. Heat only had 14 points that quarter.

f*** you Chris Bosh. p****.

Amazing how well the defense is playing when Boozer is not in the game...lol

I'm assuming they're having a hard time adjusting to Noah playing D...or something like that. Makes no sense, but the defense has been horrid these past two games.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 04:32 PM) Puljols is the better hitter. However, from the position stand point the better defense at a more important position would probably win out. I'm referring to the whole career not just as the players are today. As far as the WAR goes, I still think it's an invalid stat. It makes for good discussion and is probably the best attempt to compare players over different eras and comparing the value of pitchers and position players. However, as a way to compare position players to position players in the same timeframe, I'm not a big fan from a statistical point of view. Positioning is actually one of the things that WAR does the best, IMO. Its gray areas are defense and the concept of replacement value (not consistent in every system).

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 04:26 PM) Gerald Wallace is a sweet pickup for Portland. Wonder if the Bulls thought of that. What's the point? They'd have no where to play him. That's unless you want Deng at the 2.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 04:11 PM) Rodriguez is close enough that I'll take his offense with good to great defense SS or 3B as opposed to Puljols at 1B. A-Rod was once a great defender. He's pretty mediocre now. Pujols' defense hasn't regressed as fast since he's a 1B. Plus, WAR takes positioning into account and A-Rod has a a 1.5 win advantage every season from positioning alone. He had a 2 win advantage as a SS. Yet Pujols still has a higher WAR count in the past 10 seasons. I think that should say something about Albert's offensive and defensive abilities.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 03:59 PM) I would disagree with that. I would take Alex Rodriguez, KenGriffey Jr. and Barry Bonds before him and that's just position players. There are a number of pitchers i would probably put ahead of him as well. Depending on your definition of modern area Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle and Roberto Clemente were all superior players compared to him. He's definitely been the best player in the past decade. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...=2001&ind=0 A-Rod is close and Manny is close offensively, but Pujols bests those guys by a decent margin.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) Oof. I could not disagree more with this statement. We couldn't beat them without Anthony. I don't like our chances when he's there. I certainly do hope they're not our first round matchup.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 03:12 PM) Talk about a completely unprovable and most likely wrong statement. From all reports, teams wanted ASIK. But hey you probably would have said that Minnesota was crazy for trading Mayo for Love. After all Mayo was a superstar in the making, Love was just a solid big man. Just about everyone thought Minnesota was crazy for making that trade.

Officially staying put: http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post...-move-for-bulls *Sigh...

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 02:27 PM) I think Mayo isnt starting because of stats like 75% from the free throw line and 40% shooting from the field. You can blame a coach or system all you want, but a great player will put the ball in the hoop in any system. Maybe if his stats were great but his numbers were low I could buy it, but his stats are bad so I can definitely see him not playing as much as last year. Mayo's not a great player though. He's a a slightly above average player with the potential to become an all-star. If you deter his development by sitting him in favor of Xavier Henry and then freakin' Tony Allen, I don't know how that's going to help him. Mayo's rate stats as a starter are much better than when he's on the bench. He's shooting 41% from the field and 41% from 3 when he starts, in comparison to 37 and 31 percent off the bench. I can't find the TS% or eFG% of the games where he starts without actually calculating it myself, but just eyeballing it, they're a lot better than his overall numbers this year. Benching him has really screwed his game up. This was a great buy low situation. To evaluate him just based on how badly he's played coming off the bench isn't fair to Mayo.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 24, 2011 -> 02:23 PM) Awful trade for the Celtics. I don't get how adding a combo 3/4 possibly that won't start and getting rid of a very good defensive C possibly improves that team. Especially since they just made it easier for the Heat to match up with them. Plus, the O'Neals aren't exactly the healthiest duo of big men.