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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:46 PM) His first year with the team, no. But then they made an exception. Chicago Bulls coach Scott Skiles, who would not allow center Ben Wallace to wear his trademark headband last season, said Monday that the team has decided to make an exception to its team rule and let Wallace wear the sweat-stopping accessory during games. The return of the headband was endorsed by Wallace's teammates, Skiles said. "We still have a no-headband rule," Skiles told reporters. "I just left it up to the guys who have been here if they wanted to make an exception for Ben. I was fine with it. They were fine with it." I had no idea the Bulls had a no headband rule, why is that?

I was gonna talk smack to the posters here who were whooping it up after Mexico got eliminated but decided to take the high road. Decided it was enough just knowing you guys got thoroughly outclassed.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:10 PM) Belgium scares me more than Argentina Not me, they don't have Messi. Hell, Di Maria and Higuain are better than anyone in Belgium, IMO.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:10 PM) Belgium scares me more than Argentina Dude, I would've LOVED Mexico playing Belgium instead of the Netherlands. You guys are overrating Belgium a bit here.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:07 PM) Obviously we have to get by Belgium first but if we do we can absolutely beat Argentina. We certainly wouldn't be the favorite, nor should we be but they've been vulnerable every game they've played. This knockout round has shown us that yeah, it's possible that any team can beat any team but the soccer powers eventually win out. I would be shocked if any team that's never won a WC before (obvious exception being Holland), is in the Final Four. Brasil vs Colombia, gotta go with the home team, Brasil, that's one Final Four finalist. Germany vs France, they've both won WCs before, I like France. Netherlands vs Costa Rica, CR is a nice story but their journey ends there. Give me Holland. The winner between Belgium and the US will lose to Argentina which sets up a Netherlands vs Argentina to get the last of the Final Four. Like I said, the soccer powers eventually impose their quality on the rest of the field.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) I really want to f***in win today. We can beat Argentina. Lol

Great, my wife can breathe again.

All these games in the knockout round have been nail biters, great WC so far.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 12:28 PM) If that were the case, he never had a need to become a free agent. I had read that Phil Jackson wasn't going to offer him the max, so this is just a way to leverage NY into paying him the max. According to that article, Dolan has no problem offering Melo the max but PJax does.

I know alot of you guys are hopeful about Melo joining the Bulls, I'm not. IMO, Melo cares more about money than titles. He isn't going anywhere and he'll get the max in NY. I'm not hating on him, I just don't believe he'll leave money on the table for a shot at a championship.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 12:06 PM) Bulls apparently tried at one point to trade up for their 2nd round pick, Bairstow. Also reports that other teams tried to buy him from the Bulls with some pretty significant offers. I think he's got a chance to be one of those 2nd round picks who makes it. I think a lot of people slept on him because he was a late bloomber at a less prime time school. Guy put in a lot of work (went from 210 to 240) and seems to have an NBA body as well as some nifty moves around the basket. Also supposedly a very PHYSICAL player which goes into our style. Seems like a Thibbs type pick. Not expecting a lot of minutes from him but think he's got a chance to be a solid rotational player in time. The Spurs would make him into a contributing player on a title team

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 11:31 AM) I don't even think it is illegal for Riley to tell Wade (who was under contract) what his current plans were and the fact that the club was working on making a push. Wade could have came and said all kinds of stuff and probably still wouldn't have been illegal. Wade acted in his own interest based upon information available to him. Presuming no contract figures were discussed / passed along, it was presumably completely legal. Not sure what is wrong with that. In this case, this would be FO and players (all under contract) coluding to opt out and take less money on prearranged deals. Much different scenario, imo, and very much illegal per the terms of the CBA. I'm no expert on the CBA but I thought you couldn't talk to another player (LeBeta) who was under contract with another team? Isn't that tampering?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 11:29 AM) But we are all angry about it and claim it was unfair. If the league isn't going to do anything about that, then we'd be dumbasses if we don't do it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) Players are allowed to do what they want. Front offices are not. There is a clear distinction there. Welcome to the NBA. I have a hard time believing Riley wasn't aware of Wade colluding with LeBron and Bosh.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 11:18 AM) Meanwhile we are all cheering on Noah to collude. The Heat did this and nothing happened to them.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 10:28 AM) Everyone gets posterized. Hell, it happened to me in intramurals in Carbondale. Lol I know that, all I'm saying is the word poster gets thrown around too much, in my day, what Pippen did to Ewing was a poster. Nowadays, if you flash by a dunker and are almost within camera view, that's a 'poster'... Just had to get that off my chest, back to the subject at hand.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:36 AM) <!--quoteo(post=3009202:date=Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:32 AM:name=Buehrle>Wood)-->QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:32 AM) <!--quotec-->I wonder if Carmelo knows who Taj Gibson is. That's hardly a poster on Taj, what a reach...I guess defensive players should just run the opposite way lest they get 'posterized'.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 07:10 PM) The salary cap crunches have basically said with LBJ wanting near max money, there was no way Lowry would be able to go to Miami. Even with him taking a discount, it would be unlikely without it being a significant discount. LBJ is going to eat into a lot of their flexibility if he truly takes more money. Lol, I read somewhere that LeBron is just trolling teams into thinking they can obtain his services so they have to gut their rosters to create max cap space, then he'll quickly re-sign with the Heat at a huge discount so they can pick up the best players that were let go...I know that scenario is highly unlikely but I thought that was funny.

I saw on another basketball forum that Kyle Lowry, one of the Heat's top of their wish list guys, has reportedly agreed to stay in Toronto. That's great news for the EC.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 02:25 PM) I'm gonna keep my original prediction of a final of Germany v Netherlands. There's no way it's going to be an all European Final, IMO. European powers have been struggling with American teams, and not even against the best teams. I think a Brasil Argentina Final is more likely.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 02:01 PM) Pau Gasol is said to be visiting the Bulls....Not sure what to think of this....I suppose if they have to trade Taj for Melo he'd make some sense.. No thanks

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 01:28 PM) http://thechicagohomer.com/2014/06/30/derr...-chicago-bulls/ Rose finally made the call.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 08:21 AM) KLM under fire for tweet celebrating Netherlands win over Mexico http://i.cbc.ca/1.2691451.1404079844!/...dios-amigos.jpg That's it, never gonna fly with them

Ticos are cold blooded

Talking about last minute goals, all three CONCACAF teams have given up very late game goals, the US vs Portugal, Mexico against Holland and CR vs Greece...dat concentration