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Going into next season we can't bank on competing on the condition that Rose would stay healthy again, that would be throwing the season away. We ABSOLUTELY need another starter caliber point guard. I am looking at Brandon Jennings to be that guy, who's coming back from an Achilles injury himself. But he has developed into a solid starting point guard and is excellent at running the pick and roll. He will be a good fit next to Gasol and Jimmy. Since Detroit now has Reggie Jackson at the point, I think Jennings could be had for Taj, and he could easily play 25-30 minutes a game on this team, whether or not Rose is healthy. Rose/Jennings/Hinrich Butler/Rose/Hinrich Snell/Doug/FA signing Gasol/Niko/1st rounder Noah/FA signing/1st rounder I think this team is good enough to reach the ECF with or without Rose.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 11:35 AM) Thibs was rumored to be gone after this season, barring enough public pressure to bring him back. Meaning he had to get the Bulls to the Finals... or win them... No DROSE, No Finals... HE GONE I don't buy it. We have overachieved in EVERY season Thibs was here, given the deck of cards he had to work with. He is also excellent at developing young talents, oddly enough. He shouldn't be replaced because of our lack of success, he should be replaced if there is a better replacement out there.

Same s*** keep happening to this kid. He's one of the best individuals in basketball, always grounded and treats everyone with respect. Grew up in one of the worst neighborhoods in Chicago and struggled through so much to get to this point. I just don't understand why it has to be Derrick Rose. I feel for him.

This crowd blows.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) What's the point of doing that? Make sure the uni fits? Sam Hinkie probably forgot to pick up his suits as he was anxiously driving MCW to the airport in Philly.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 03:29 PM) I'm working under the assumption Bryan knew what he was doing there. Maybe he didnt. The problem with this is that is that the handshake was not well received. It brought the most heat Reigns had all night. Luckily for WWE so far since the Rumble, their live crowds have been in front of southern/non smarky crowds. He still wasn't over as a babyface regardless. I'm wondering what his reception will be next two weeks in Pittsburgh and New Jersey. I don't see that going well but we'll find out. Didn't watch the PPV yet, but from the sound of it, it was a good match. I'm a bit surprised he still got so much heat from it.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 26, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) I personally wouldn't have a problem if it ended up with Reigns eliminating Bryan at the end. If Bryan and Reigns puts on hard fought battle for 10 minutes, that would have put the fans at the edge of their seats, because the match could have went either way. If Reigns beats Bryan convincingly at the end, Bryan comes back in the ring to shake Reigns' hand to endorse him, everyone goes home happy. The issue at hand is there was nothing convincing about the way Bryan was eliminated. Come on, you have one of the most over superstars of all time eliminated by a tackle from Bray Wyatt midway through the match after being out of action for half a year? I think the fans wanted to see more than that. This was what I said after the Rumble on how they should have handle things differently with Bryan's elimination and Reign's winning. It seems like WWE went down that path to patch things up, albeit a month later. Reigns vs Lesner for Mania isn't looking that bad after all, especially with Lesner possibly retaining. I think that night in Philly, fans wanted nothing short of DB winning the Rumble, but outside of Philly, Reigns for mania isn't really poorly received.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 07:03 AM) i am going with the info that another poster posted about the tv deal via his post with a link. there were 2 incomes from the tv deal, 1 was in the 130 mil and the 2 is in the 60 mil. i didn't understand it, but it was in the link. i believe it was caulfield12 who found the link. I really want to see the source behind this. $190 million annual TV deal would put the per game revenue at ~$1.2 mil per game. Last I check, we are getting $650K per game from CSN televised game this year.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) That was actually a question I had here. He has an MLB deal, does this only have implications in terms of dollar amount, or do you also have to keep them on the 40-man for the year? Has to be on the 40 man, I presume

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 22, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) and this offseason, the fans finally found out how much money JR and owners have to bank. the tv money imcome alone is 190 + mil a yr. the salary of the sox is 120+ mil a net profit of 60+ mil and the income from the fans, concessions, commercial leasing etc.... adds to that profit margin. the sox have several areas of concerns, 2 of Garcia and Eaton who are a health concern backup ---- Bonifacio Jose A, has to be healthy ---- backup LaRoche chris sale ---- backup ??? rodon and in a playoff race, how bout those innings oh i forgot how important another backup for that infield is so they went out and got beckham. how bout a backup for the catcher---- ??? the bench.. thompson, jb shuck those players really strike fear in the opposing pitchers. this team can really build something special and can keep it going. You should really fact check this. Only 3 teams top that figure with their TV deals. We are far from that figure.

Russell Westbrook is ridiculous. 21-8-17 in just 27 minutes. The Kanter trade might be the move that puts them over the top.

I am not surprised by this. We also just let a dude name Dinwiddie out play our franchise player

A convincing win and resting their starters for tomorrow would be nice. Let's hope they don't play down to their competition.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 05:01 PM) Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 1h1 hour ago The Chicago Bulls are a VERY significant contender for Kendrick Perkins too, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Contenders? Meaning there are teams bidding for his service? LMAO. If you put Perkins PER of 7 together with Kirk's PER of 7, you will get a slightly below league average player.

OKC managed to get get Kanter, Augstin, and Kyler for Reggie Jackson and Kendrick good-for-nothing Perkins? Sam Presti strikes once again.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 05:06 PM) The main issue I have is that the Bulls spacing was horrendous. You had a player who was dominant at driving in congested spaces being forced to do that the whole game, and he did. Deng was decent from 3, and Korver was great but mostly 2nd unit then. You had a bunch of players who all required being close to the hoop. Give him the Dunleavy Bulls and 2010-2011 would have at least 5% better FG shooting. That would put him at 50% shooting for that year. That is a bold statement that really couldn't be backed up, and with Rose's style of play, I highly doubt he will ever shoot 50% from the field, injured or not. For the Thunder, Roberson couldn't shoot for his life and Perry Jones who started with Durant out was also a bad shooter. As a team, They are shooting 32.5% from 3's this year. They definitely aren't the Warriors, Hawks or Spurs. On the other hand Bulls in 2011 shot 36% from 3's, and Thunder shot exactly same percentage last year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) But if he had to do it on a nightly basis, his efficiency wouldn't be nearly as good. Contrast that and give the MVP Rose a guy the calibur of Kevin Durant, and watch what his numbers would do. Efficiency will go down but raw number will certainly go up. He was something like 30-6-8 with 3 steals without Durant. Plus, if he he had to do it for a prolonged period of time, it's not hard to imagine he would make adjustments. Either way, I don't think it's fair to say Player B couldn't be better than Player A because Player B isn't the best player on his team. By that logic, 2011 Rose is better than Kobe from '98-04 and Pippen in all those years when he played with Jordan. Playing with another superstar certainly factors in the argument, but I don't think it invalidates the argument.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) Why? Because it is true? It is much easier to be good when you have an even better superstar attracting attention. I would swear to this day that Scottie Pippen wouldn't have been a Hall of Famer if he hadn't of played with Michael Jordan. No. Because the post you quoted specifically compares Westbrook this season to Rose in 2011. Thunder without both Westbrook and Durant this year are just 5-11, but with Westbrook and no Durant they are a respectable 7-4. Let's not forget he plays in the Western conference as well. Westbrook has certainly proven that he's capable of leading the team when opportunity presents itself.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) twolves reportedly considering buying out Kevin Martin I wanted KMart at the beginning of the season, but imagining KMart and Brooks's defense coming off the bench made me puke a little.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) Westbrook also has Kevin Durant. Who was the second best player on that Bulls team during Rose's MVP year? The Durant thing is really getting old. Durant missed a ton of games and IIRC Westbrook has the highest PER of all time in games without Durant this season so I say he's doing just fine on his own.

It's really hard to rank him relative to other other leadoff hitters as there aren't many pure leadoff hitters today. Trout, McCutchen, Gomez, and Ellsbury are definitely your best leadoff hitters when they are leading off full time. If you are only looking at the full time lead off hitters, there's only a handful of them; Revere, Hamilton, Gordon, Span, Jose Reyes, are guys on top of my head that I would put over Eaton at the moment. It's also hard to rank him based on half a season of sample size, not to mention rank him as the best in the league. FWIW, he fared extremely poor in Fangraph's BsR (baserunning rating), which combines uBR (baserunning excluding stealing bases) and wSB (value from stolen base). Let's see how he does in his second full season.

Whether you're talking about suits, shirts or regular wardrobe, fitting is absolutely crucial. Never wear clothes bigger than your size as that just looks sloppy. I am 5'9" and 170. A slim fit 15.5 x 33 shirt from Brooks Brother fits me perfectly. Even when I am wearing a regular Express or CK shirt, I get many compliments from female friends because they like how well my clothes fit on me. Fitting is definitely a small change you can make to look more clean without throwing big bucks on your wardrobe. Another classic rule of thumb I think Shack touched on is owning a navy blazer, they are extremely versatile, especially for those who travel for work and have to pack light. When wearing navy, I always go for brown accessories not dark, it's definitely puts a more trendy touch to it. Also, try to color match your shoes, belt, and wristband of your watch. I don't like to spend too much on any items of clothing, as I like to experimental different styles and colors and pair with different accessories. If you're the trendy type of guy, cuff links and pocket squares are your friends. They are easy to wear as there aren't too many rules around it, and when your wear them, people would definitely take notice.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) Another sleeper item that is pretty valuable-metal collar stays. Throw away those plastic flimsy pieces of s***. Truth. I switched over to metal collar stays years ago. They give your collars a much neater and cleaner look. You can get them on Amazon for like $10-15 too.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 05:37 PM) Yup, Rose totally coasted and barely gave any effort his MVP year............... Yup, MVP Rose was the best player in the league and did absolutely no wrong......

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 05:05 PM) People forget that during his MVP year and the following year, Derrick Rose was god damn near elite defensively. His problem was playing down to competition, but when he wanted to he was a nightmare for opposing PGs. This years Westbrook is close to MVP Rose, but people are really forgetting how damn good he was, even when he couldn't buy a call to save his life. I disagree. He was bad his first 2 years. Under Thibs he was better, especially in fundamentals and 1 on 1 situations. He still got caught by screens too many times and often times his man loses him when playing off the ball, definitely don't think he was "near god damn elite". If you only numbers this year, Westbrook is better than MVP Rose by a good margin. His per 40 minutes number is a ridiculous 32/8/9. If he didn't miss a good chunk of time, he'd be a strong candidate for MVP.