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Oh you doubting Thomases! edit:This post was meant to follow J4L's...

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 12:53 PM) Please refer to post 8011 Well, he did say the Packers wouldn't win the North the next 3 years and I took it as hating because you can hardly predict what will happen next year let alone 3 years from now...and my post was also tongue in cheek. I'm not getting on him for his 49ers homer posts, let him be, it's not every year your favorite team plays for a title. But anyways, I'm not his lawyer so whatevah

Come on guys, give SOXOBAMA a break. So he's all giddy about his team's chances at winning the SuperBowl, is that so bad? If the Bears were in the SuperBowl right now, we all would be posting stuff like he is. Don't take it so seriously, sheeeeeeesh

We have enough defense, we need offense in the draft.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 11:54 AM) Who's hating on the Packers? Its an opinion. Packers D sucks they have no running game will lose 2 Wr's (Jennings and Driver) But their offense is so good that even a little bit of improvement from their D and they are SB favorites again next year. The Vikings have a bigger hill to climb, they have a decent D, great running back and average QB at best. If the Bears can mantain their D and improve our O, we have a better shot than the Vikes but GB should be favored to win the North again.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 11:41 AM) Why is that? Hating

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 11:37 AM) Aaron Rodgers. What separates him from Favre is not turning the ball over. Rodgers almost never throws it to the other team. He has only had one of passes brought back for a TD. It was in his first year, I think. He only averages 9 INT a year over his career. Prime Favre was a beast, killed us almost every time from the early 90s to the mid 2000s but yeah, I agree with your analysis. Rodgers just doesn't give you a chance at a pick. A really intelligent QB. It's just so unfair that you guys go from Favre to Rodgers Even Majkowski (hope I spelled that correctly) and Dickey were decent QBs before Brett. OTOH, had we drafted Rodgers, we probably would have ruined his career by now

Speaking of Favre, GoSox05, who in your opinion is/was the better QB? Prime Favre or current Rodgers?

Don't know if it's been mentioned on American ESPN (I get Latin America's edition down here) but if the 49ers win on Sunday, a team of each NFC division will have won a SB the last four years. New Orleans from the South, Green Bay from the North and the Giants from the East. Excuse this post if it already has been mentioned ad naseum on ESPN, which I imagine it has but just in case it hasn't...

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 01:47 PM) full contact link? NM, found it

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 11:12 AM) I love everyone hating on SOXOBAMA for going to a bunch of events. Let the dude have his fun - he clearly isn't on Facebook to brag about these things so Soxtalk is his outlet. I'm just busting his balls a bit, but yeah, dude is living like a high rollah.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 29, 2013 -> 02:35 PM) Media Day was pretty crazy... I got the chance to meet several Niners players. Also, Ed Reed is such a great guy.

Ha, RZZZA left with a bang. Dude loved trolling, won't be missed.

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 12:18 PM) I sold a 49 merc for a good profit, that is how I was able to buy Super Bowl tickets. Coincidence?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 27, 2013 -> 04:02 PM) I feel like I go into some kind of trance whenever I watch Kevin Durant play. I've watched at least 20 Thunder games this year. And I stop whatever the f*** I'm doing, including masturbating, when this 24-year old man is on my flat-screen. He's having arguably the single greatest season from an offensive efficiency standpoint the game has ever seen. f*** all that the game is easier for wings/guards, etc. Some of that's true. But there's certain aspects of the game today that dwarfs the 80's/90's, let alone the garbage 60's, when Bill Russell was a beast (scouting, athleticism, etc). I can appreciate how supportive/enthusiastic most of the Bulls fans here are. I can also appreciate what the Bulls have done this year without their superstar. But at the end of the day, this league belongs to LeBron and Durant. They are so much better than everybody else else in the game today, it's not close. Both the Heat/Thunder aren't going anywhere for quite a while. Too bad we couldn't land a Rose/Thibs back in 2002 when it would've mattered. I can see them battling each other for the NBA title a la Larry's Celtics vs Magic's Lakers the next half dozen years.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 08:32 PM) ...and boom. ...goes the dynamite! I never understood the "players today are bigger, faster and stronger than in MJ's era" argument. As if Jordan played 50 years ago. Yeah, sports medicine and modern nutrition and sports science has helped modern players in those areas but humans don't evolve every generation, that's just crazy talk. If you look at the top 20 NBA players today and compare them to 1990's top 20, you ain't gonna see a difference in size, strength and speed. As if Carmelo Anthony is a way superior athlete to Scottie Pippen, for example. lol

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 03:27 PM) Because now the league has 6'10" freaks like Kevin Durant who can run with anyone and score from anywhere past half court. Baloney Gimme a prime KAJ over Durant anyday. A great center is the anchor of the defensr, grabs rebounds on the O and D and if he got offensive skills, is the most offensively efficient position. Even in today's game, if KAJ were 18 years old today, GMs would be chomping at the bit to draft him. and to JFL, I know you hate Russell, no one mentioned him here, lol

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 03:00 PM) I said that players progress. One generation is better than the one before it. Explain the lack of quality big men, if every generation is bigger and faster, then why no 7 foot freaks of nature like Shaq. Wouldn't we have a plethora of big men? Prime Dwight Howard can't touch KAJ, Shaq, the Dream, DRobinson etc.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 01:15 PM) I think we can all agree that Derrick Rose is better than both MJ and LeBron James. We finally agree on something. Oh and...KLove>>>all

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 12:58 PM) Even as a massive MJ fan, and someone who really doesn't like LeBron, the ONLY place that MJ is better, is his killer mentality. LeBron is bigger, stronger, faster, a better shooter, and a better defender. disagree

I like LBJ, let me get that outta the way but it'll be interesting to see how LBJ adjusts his game when his big physical advantage goes away as he gets older, MJ was still the best player in the league when he was in his mid 30s because he honed his offensive skills to compensate his declining athleticism. Let's admit it, LBJ doesn't have the greatest footwork in the post, he's getting by on brute athleticism, can he upgrade some of what he lacks right now when he won't be able to out jump his opponents?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 12:47 PM) I'm also taking into account his vastly superior physical skillset. MJ's fundamental skills>LBJ's physical skillset Kinda like how Hakeem the Dream fundamental skillset demolished Shaq's physical skillset in the Finals.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 12:27 PM) LeBron does have the physical skills to be better than Jordan, but you're right, at least up until now, mentally can't match him. Not to say he won't someday, but right now, no way. If LeBron ever gets near Jordan's competitve nature, it will be pretty close. LeBron is unstoppable. When he decides to take over games it's like a high school all american vs. 8th graders. I agree, he's got the physical skills and we saw him defeat his metal demons last year but we've yet to see if he can bring it yaer after year like the greats before have. Most likely he can but it's not gauranteed he will.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 12:24 PM) Predictable drivel. Whatever. I was fortunate enough to have seen prime Bird, Magic, MJ, Shaq and so forth. LBJ isn't even dominating on Shaq's level. Dude's only got one ring, let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet. LBJ had one great playoffs run. MJ had half a dozen...let's see if he can put together a few before we atart calling him the greatest ever, SMH.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 12:12 PM) The big difference is that LeBron's size would make him a much better defender of MJ. The extra couple of inches and long arms would be huge. We are talking prime MJ vs prime LBJ, prime MJ blows past LBJ if he gets in his grill, if he steps back to take away his drive, MJ, one of the greatest mid range games ever, will drain wet jumpers all day. MJ was unguardable, LBJ isn't stopping MJ...and you can forget about LBJ blocking MJ from behind, he was one of the greatest finishers at the rim.