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Er, not sure why we're asking for no spoilers?

I think I'd honestly rather give Davidson a shot than continue watching Conor out there, so I'm good with making a claim here.

Wow LeBron and wow Steph.

LeBron's face just says "Is this what it feels like to be teams that play against me? E tu refs?"

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 6, 2015 -> 09:40 PM) No offense, but the Bulls made a big mistake in hiring Fred. This team needs Tom Thibs more than the clowns in the front office. Sigh.

Damn

I know I'm late but Scott Brooks was a terrible, terrible coach. Greg, stick to college ball.

My guess is Doug Collins and Adrian Griffin will be on staff, which I 100% support.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) For some quick Garpax hate: -Remember how Taj was so important to the future of the team that we forced ourselves into keeping him in the Carmelo hunt and then now are looking to trade him at his lowest value in 3 years? Well, we wouldn't have Niko or Pau in the scenario, so if we had Melo he was needed. Also, Niko and Pau make going for Love a poor choice. Need a big man that can play defense or an athletic wing.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) This is pretty much worst-case scenario for what'd like to see. If this happens, any chance the Sox take Buehler instead of Harris? Or switch to a hitter and take Benintendi or Happ? This is the nightmare scenario for sure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) That seems like a very weak package for a solid player. Decent chance there's not a major leaguer amongst that package. You're right. Throwing in Anderson and a BP arm would likely be a necessity. I also have the tendency to overrate our prospects worth. How does... Anderson, Montas, Davidson, Hawkins and Sanburn sound?

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 11:52 AM) if you can get some value out of your draft picks, that will be very big, whether it involves trading Noah/Taj or not. It's basically the #1 way to remain competitive once your best players are off their rookie contracts Which the front office has been able to do. The only for sure bust in recent memory was Marquis Teague. Noah Rose James Johnson / Taj Gibson No first to try and acquire two max players. Jimmy and Mirotic Marquis Teague Snell McDermott Right now of those nine, five are sure fire wins. James Johnson has turned into a good player, but after he was bad for the Bulls he was turned into Mirotic. Snell looked good when he got consistent minutes last year so you have to hope he can continue that, McDermott has the jury out to the hilariously limited playing time. The good drafting is really the only reason the FO is getting another chance, in my opinion.

QUOTE (AlSoxfan @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) More if needed..I will say I'm not an Anderson believer so yes for whom I believe to be the best catcher in baseball in Lucroy Montas, Hawkins and Davidson would probably be the highest I'd go/still be comfortable giving. Maybe throw in Sanburn or another reliever type arm. I just want to hold onto Danish, Anderson and Adams as badly as possible.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) ^^ nice post. And I'll add the Cubs basically cheated to get where they are. I mean has any major market team ever lost ON PURPOSE for half of a decade, simultaneously signing guys for one year rentals and flipping them at the deadlines? Sure it works when you lose on purpose. I'm glad we've had good teams on paper almost every year since 2000. Losing on purpose is despicable. And there's still the chance it blows up in their face. And the fact that there was no evidence of tampering with Maddon is laughable. Also, only the Cubs could purposefully lose for so long and come out on top. If the Sox did that they'd have to shut their doors. Just ONE throw-in-the-towel season hurt the fanbase pretty bad. Royals games used to be ghost towns. Same for Tampa.

Dayton Moore is an atrocious GM who lucked into last year. That Royals team so overachieved it's not even funny at this point. Kenny has more playoff appearances and a WS title. Maybe he should write a book. That '05 team was masterfully constructed.

Eaton, Melky and LaRoche are all showing signs of life. Avi has been awesome. Abreu has been above average, but we know he can adjust to the league. Conor and Gordon need to start strictly platooning. You hope Alexei pulls his head out of his ass. One of Sanchez or Johnson can figure out how to hit and defend. Finally, trading for a catcher.

Christ. Our fifth starter got a complete game shutout and didn't lose us the game. Be happy. Or don't. But save the moaning for another day. He hasn't turned a corner, but he gave us something positive. Sheesh.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 31, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Twins all alone in 1st place. I have no idea who is going to win this division.

Build that trade value! Hopefully. Somehow. Someway. Please.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 31, 2015 -> 04:15 PM) gasol is obviously awesome and an upgrade but what a ridiculous team structure to have pau noah marc and niko. Not sure why he was even mentioned. The assumption would be Noah taking a drastically reduced role so that he can be pseudo-healthy. C - Marc (34) / Noah (14) PF - Pau (28) / Niko (16) / Noah (4) SF - Snell (20) / McDermott (20) / Niko (8) Ok, yeah, it does look ridiculous. But it'd be awesome. I also just crunched the numbers and it wouldn't be possible. So...whoops. Would need to trade Noah, which as much as that would hurt to see him in another uniform, I'd get over it for Marc. Plus, is there any doubt that Noah would have a return tour a la Kirk, hopefully in a reduced role?

Gordon's D at 3rd vs. Conor's is so night and day.

According to Cowley, Taj was furious about Thibs being fired. If so, I'd imagine Taj will be traded, which I kind of figured anyway. If you can trade Taj and get Jimmy told hold off on offer sheets for a few days, M. Gasol actually is semi-possible I believe.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2015 -> 11:07 PM) Here's why sports are fun and also fun(ny). So I'm reading a batch of articles. Hoiberg is going to the Bulls (unless everybody is wrong) because it's been his "dream" to coach in the NBA. He's giving up a Final Four team to go to Chicago and ultimately get fired (NBA coaches are hired to be fired in 3-5 years). So in 3-5 years Fred either gets another NBA job as part of the revolving door of NBA coaches flipping from franchise to franchise (can you say Alvin Gentry?) or he returns to college ala Tim Floyd's career. Meanwhile, articles are out there saying Hornacek's dream is to coach in college at his alma mater, which happens to be Iowa State. He has an NBA job and gets along famously with his Suns' GM. The Suns have a history of letting coaches fulfil their contracts. So isn't this a nonsequitir?? Hornacek should be happy staying in Phoenix and trying to win a title (though he should dump those Morris twins or at least split them up ASAP). Meanwhile Fred should be happy in Ames winning a national title this season at ISU and being a hero in Ames forever while making a ton of money and having a bit less stress on his fixed-up heart. Both coaches should stay put. ISU wasn't a Final Four team. NBA Championship >>> NCAA Championship. Being a legend in Chicago >>> Legend in a college town. That's probably his thought process.

Did Jose Quintana kill a black cat in a previous life?

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 30, 2015 -> 02:10 AM) They should have given him a day off after he injured it...that magic cure-all day. Just another one of the million bonehead moves Herm Shneider's done to cripple this franchise the last few decades. I nominate this for worst if even remotely serious