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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 11:08 AM) I think he's plenty quick, and that's been proven the last few weeks. His ball handling is absolutely something he can work on. Good players work on it all of their careers. Just like a jump shot, which players routinely become better at as they get older. IMO his ceiling is a poor man's Nash. Someone who's not crazy quick, not crazy athletic, but someone who has a high bball IQ especially with the pick and roll. If you will recall, that type of PG thrives in a Dantoni system. Homeless man's Nash*

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 01:01 PM) Brent Morel is the next next Jose Bautista! If Morel becomes even close to a 30 HR guy and Beckham returns to his projections, we'd have a very, very nice middle of the order punch with Beckham, Viciedo, Morel.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 04:22 AM) Contact customer service, I bet they would do something about that. I sent in a "Report a Problem" but suffice to say this pisses me off. I paused the downloads, but I doubt that does anything. Just have to wait back from Customer Service and if I don't by tomorrow, I'll call in.

I officially despise Apple now. I wanted to download some music I had purchased on my other laptop, so my computer said I had "165 awaiting download," I figured them to be the stuff I have already purchased on iTunes, so I hit "Download now". It then proceeded to start downloading The Complete Led Zeppelin, that I had pre-ordered, but never payed for, 4 years ago as I decided against wanting the item. It charged $100 f***ing dollars automatically. No requesting confirmation or anything. I'm really, really mad.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 03:06 AM) Am I the only one that watched the Heat/Knicks game and thought "The Bulls could beat both these teams"??? Nope.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 03:06 AM) Am I the only one that watched the Heat/Knicks game and thought "The Bulls could beat both these teams"??? Nope.

Steve9347, he is unstoppabull. Also badass. Have a good one my friend

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 12:01 AM) I'm getting sick of the negativity.

2012

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 06:12 PM) I don't know where to start with this... Altering shots? Ibaka? Jordan? Gasol? Bynum? Hibbert? Chandler? Camby? I mean, come on. I love Asik as much as anyone else, but......come on. Omer with Noah's offensive games is better than Bynum? Hibbert? The Gasols? Ok. I used some J4L-esque hyperbole. But Asik is the second best defensive center in the league. Maybe DeAndre is better, but that's it. Ibaka isn't a center, Bynum is good, Hibbert isn't that great defensively, Marc's calling card isn't D, Chandler is good but I take Asik over him, and Camby's heyday is behind him. And I meant all of Noah's offensive game, passing included. I keep forgetting Bynum is actually healthy this year and beasting. Asik would be even with M. Gasol (Pau is a PF) and yes, better than Hibbert.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 05:39 PM) I guess i'm equating "alter shots" with "blocks." Asik's problem is that he has no hands. He should average 6-8 pts a game on put backs alone, but he keeps bringing the damn ball to the floor and getting stripped. Ah. By "alter shots" I mean when someones going into the lane and go towards Asik, they have to take a much worse shot by twisting themselves, getting around him, or fade aways then if another defender was there because Asik would block the shot otherwise. With Gibson they take that risk, because there's a chance he doesn't block it, but then he also does get some very good blocks. And yes. Asik has literally no hands and he always brings the f***ing ball down which is also annoying. Omer with an offensive game like say, Noahs, is the definitive 2nd best center in the league.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) Asik is easy to leave on the offensive side. They'd double Rose off of Asik, and the Bulls couldn't do anything about it. My point being is when Joakim's out, it's very hard for the Heat to score. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 05:29 PM) I like me some Turkish Hammer, but I think Gibson is better than him on the defensive end. It's really too bad that Gibson has lost all confidence in his jump shot. Unless they're dunking the ball, he and Asik are both pretty worthless on the offensive end (except for rebounding). I disagree. Gibson is better with blocks, but Asik just keeps teams out of the paint.

Wait, f***. When does The Show come out? I think I'll wait until OS' minor league roster comes out.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:35 PM) He only missed 1, 1.5 games though. And with how close those last four games were until the last few minutes...that's big.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:27 PM) After seeing what the Bulls did to the trap last night, the only way the Heat us it is with Noah not on the floor. If Boozer can stay healthy, that is like adding a PF because he had no lift last year and Bosh ate his lunch. Well, then Asik is in and when he went down in last years series, that was big. Asik can alter shots better than any center not named Dwight Howard. He kept Wade and LeBron out of the paint at times and the Asik-Deng trap was beautiful on LeBron. Either Noah is in and they can't trap us or Asik is in and we can trap them.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:18 PM) LeBron should be able to shut down Rose. What the Bulls have to do is make an adjustment and have whoever Chalmers is guarding beat them. That is where Hamilton comes in. Yeah. With Rip and Deng healthy, it becomes a lot harder to just tell BronBron "go stop Rose" when Rip and Deng can shoot over Chalmers. Then a trap? Well... Noah can make plays with his passes to one of Rip, Booz, or Deng who would be open. All them can hit the mid-range shot. Deng can get to the hoop. Noah can get putbacks. Sometimes Boozer is a low-post guy. That's not even counting having CJ or Korver in for the 3.

Bulls will beat the Heat definitively if Noah and Boozer continue to click and Rip gets healthy. Like, we gonna see LeBron go... "Man, no one said it was gon' be easy. We had to fight off the Knicks, 76ers, and the Bulls. That's a tough road to overcome for any team and we just happened to get tired. Y'all just making us seem like we're worse, but it ain't easy down here and you all will have to go on with your lives." Then the next week... HEADLINE: LeBron back to Cavs in 2013? Disgruntled star reportedly wants to team with rising star Irving to win a ring.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 01:13 PM) http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds...arrowing_t.html Ouch. I feel bad for Bobby. That's terrible.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 07:01 AM) Hell, you'll even let him get to 3rd base...Lord knows the dude never hit a homer. I lost my s*** here.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 07:36 AM) As much as the old Comiskey was awesome (much like the Old Chicago Stadium was awesome), the new Park, especially how they have renovated it, is by far the best venue we've ever had to watch White Sox baseball in. I am a fan of nostalgia as much as the next guy, but IMO, our current ballpark is really underrated. I love our new park. It's my home away from home.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 09:58 AM) Theo just kicked his dog. Kenny Williams just started doing the Hava Nagila.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:42 AM) Every year is full of what if's. This season, there are more than ever. The team will most likely be incredible mediocre and be about +/-7 games of .500 all season, yet they have the potential to be so much better. Adam Dunn, as we ALL know, was absolute crap last season. How in the WORLD did someone who could be considered the MODEL of consistency, all of the sudden post a .500something OPS? The offense will receive and incredible boost simply by him improving to career averages. Even if they're slightly below average, say 30 HR, 80 RBI, 90 BB, that's a HELL OF A LOT better than 11 HR, 42 RBI, 75 BB that he put up last year. And of course, culprit #2 Alex Rios. When we picked him up in 09, for the most part, people thought it was dumb, yet saw the upside. He was crap in 09 for the Sox, but then came in and was kicking ass in the 1st half of 2010. How quickly we forget that he carried our offense for that 1/2 season by batting 3rd and putting up an an .878 OPS. His career AVG over a 162 game season is a .757 OPS. He posted a .613 OPS last year. Then there's Gordon Beckham. Once the golden boy of the White Sox and the future of the organization, he's done nothing but decline since that awesome rookie campaign. Only 25, he's got tons of time to turn it around though. Pitching wise, there's Jake Peavy. Same story. High expectations, low end results and frequent injuries. Look at the roster and it seems like almost everyone is trending downward. That simply cannot continue to happen. The White Sox need a little luck to contend in 2012. There's no doubt about it. But so much of their luck has been bad recently that it's bound to turn around eventually. I think the toll that Ozzie took on that team, and the entire media fiasco that went along with him, really effected the team much more than people think. Simply dumping him and getting some fresh faces in there will change the atmosphere in the clubhouse like you wouldn't believe. And as we all know, when expectations are the lowest, that's when the most pleasant surprises happen. It's 2012. It's a new season. It's a fresh start. All is forgotten. And it's time to write a new chapter. Expect the worse, hope for the best, and you'll never be disappointed. Sit back, relax, and strap it down. Here's what I'd roll with: LF De Aza 2B Beckham 1B Konerko DH Dunn RF Viciedo CF Rios C Pierzynski SS Ramirez 3B Morel SP Peavy SP Danks SP Floyd SP Stewart SP Sale Being that it's a new season, I want guys to start off with a lot of confidence. You put Beckham in the 2-hole and you tell him he's capable of doing it, so go do it. You make Peavy the #1 SP because that's what he was brought in to do. Give him a shot, show him you have the confidence in him to be the old Peavy. + 25

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 08:41 PM) Noah bout to mess around and get a triple double Done.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) A part of me still wishes they'd do this: Do want

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 01:40 PM) He made the cover of ESPN the mag with his model wife. He looks so different from when we had him. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 02:42 PM) paul hoynes @hoynsie RHP Jon Garland no longer an option for #Indians. Was scheduled for physical Monday, but didn't take it. Minor league deal insurance if we need an extra arm and don't want to rush Molina/Stewart/Castro/Santiago?