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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) Anyway, as good as this Warriors team is (and they're f***ing good), it just goes to show you there is a certain amount of 'luck' that goes into winning it all. I still believe that a healthy Thunder could've beaten them in round 1. Not having to go through the Spurs at any point was another blessing (the Spurs would've dusted the Rockets). And then, of course, the Cavs. This could've been an all-time great finals. The Warriors don't have to apologize for anything. They beat who was put in front of them. But it could've been A LOT harder. I still wonder what would have happened to Thibs and the team if David Blatt was caught calling that TO.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 08:30 PM) 2001 Sixers? It's close but I'd take the '01 Sixers. Mutombo was pretty beastly in that series and was the DPOY and Eric Snow was a better PG than Delly.

For years we defended Rose and his lack of assist because of a s***ty supporting cast. Well look at how Lebron is passing the ball with what would be the worst supporting cast in NBA Finals history.

Sheamus is probably the worst choice to win it, yes Kane included.

Eaton playing too deep vs. the lead off guy.

And the expectation that he would be the best player and quickest riser in the draft.

Not sure if they have signed or have agreements with their top 10 picks before signing Sangri and Comito. It's interesting that they went overslot with them before reports of the top 10 pick signing came out. They also must expect Fulmer to sign for slot or less, much different than the Rodon situation last year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 4, 2015 -> 01:32 AM) I know Fred's a very very nice guy. But I just can't see how anybody can honestly think he will do better than Thibs. Just as I don't see how a sane person would think Donovan could possibly do better than Brooks. When you fire a coach you are supposed to upgrade. If I were the Bulls ... I'd have hired Brooks or Van Gundy or Larry Brown. Brown is healthy despite his age. If I went college ranks (Brown technically is college) I'd have gone Krzyzewski who might want to end his career in Chicago or Self over Hoiberg. Even Roy Williams. He might want to bail out of UNC with the sanctions coming. He might not do better than Thibs in the short term, but in the long run, I could see him being a better coach for this team than Thibs. For as good as a coach Thibs was, he had his flaws, and I think we would always be good with Thibs, we just won't get over the hump with him. You may not get a better coach with Hoiberg immediately, but at least you get one that should get along with the FO and won't cause any off court distractions. P.S. definite no to Van Gundy or Larry Brown. They aren't upgrades to Thibs both in the short term and long term.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ May 25, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) See, I completely disagree. The only person in that group who is showing real signs of development is Danish. He is the youngest guy in the Southern League and performing pretty darn well overall. I am not concerned about Adams due to his age relative to the league, but undeniably, he is not performing as well as we probably would've hoped. Hawkins continues to flounder in my opinion. He doesn't walk enough to justify his high strikeout rate. Thompson ditto. Tim Anderson will never be a solid major-league baseball player if he cannot walk. He is not hitting extra-base hits like he should and his defense continues to be suspect. Anderson's ability to be a solid major-league baseball player is entirely tied to his offense and right now I am not seeing enough of a progression there to be any more optimistic about his future. There is still plenty of time, no doubt, so I'm not completely writing him off at all. But you would like to see a little bit more progress. I am very disappointed in the progress this year of our minor-league system. We simply cannot develop offensive talent. It's a shame and it's terrible for future. So far this year in terms of legit prospects, I am only pleased with the progress of Guerrero and Danish. Prospects are what they are. They do not all pan out. If you look at your BA Top 100 list, only 20-30% of them end up having a decent ML career. That percentage is even less with your org top 10. Honestly, if only Rodon, Danish, Micah and Trey pans out as starters from our top 10, and you get a couple of lower ranked guys like Coats, May and Guerrero turn into quality reserves, that's a pretty successful system right there.

Did Hawk just say Avi plays great D and could be a 40/40 guy? GTFO lmao

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:57 PM) The Bulls wouldn't have won 6 in 8 in the 2000's western conference. And MJ was the consensus GOAT before he even tied Magic in the ring department. Let alone Kareem and the 'great' Bill Russell. Your definition of dynasty is unimpressed, especially since it spans over 16 years and Duncan is the only holdover on that team. I don't want to pull out the numbers for you again, but the Bulls were much more DOMINANT in the RS and PO than the Spurs during their "dynasties". They probably won't win 6 of 8, but I don't think 6 of 10 is unreasonable (assuming Jordan would still take 2 years off). And I wasn't using rings as an argument in between Lebron and MJ, but you're suggesting one more ring would put Lebron over MJ. The whole argument itself is just plain silly.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:42 PM) Well, at least we didn't lose to LeBron as much we lost to the Cavs role players. The Bulls on paper were the deeper team but goddam they destroyed the Bulls, outplayed and outhustled them. LeBron had an off series, shot miserably and turned it over a ton, KI was for the most part a cripple, no KLove a JR Smith out two games and still they got humiliated. Way to show up for Thibs. They have to fire Thibs, Bulls have zero excuses for not beating Cleveland. He can take Hinrich with him wherever he ends up. Not too late to change your prediction of Bulls beating Cavs in the ECF isn't it lol. As you point out, we didn't face Love and a fully healthy Kyrie. I wish I was wrong on picking Cavs over Bulls in the preseason AND mid season, but man the past 3 games have been hard to watch, and just another s***ty ending to another high anticipated season.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:37 PM) lol. don't get mad at me. And I said IF they won it this year they would be. Not that they were. Try again. Yep, winning 6 championships instead of 5 over the course of 16 years would make them the greatest dynasty ever, just like Lebron winning 3 'ships instead of 2 would make him the greatest player ever. The margin within your rankings must be reallllly tight.

QUOTE (Boogua @ May 14, 2015 -> 09:38 PM) This ended up not being the case considering how poorly Mirotic and Brooks played. If the bench and depth actually showed up this series it wouldn't have mattered that Lebron was the best player in the series. Lebron has been the best player in a few series and has lost. Same with Jordan and other all time greats. Our 2011 bench mob played like crap as well. This trend isn't a fluke. Why? Because bench players are what they are, they get exposed in the playoffs, especially when other teams are running their starters out there 40 minutes a game. Just look at how Niko was exposed for his pick and roll defense and rebounding, Taj was exposed for his inability to be a consistent scorer, and Brooks and Hinrich reverted back to nothingness.

Just like how he said 3 weeks ago Spurs were greatest dynasty of all time. His hyperboles are getting lazier and lazier, he isn't even trying anymore.

Just goes to show you AGAIN that having the best player wins the series. Bench and depth can't be your only strength in the playoffs.

NSS would certainly be disappointed. Didn't think his injury was career threatening, so this is a shocker.

Of course it was all Lebron coverage on ESPN after the game today. Heck, even after Friday's game, half of the coverage was still on Lebron and the Cavs.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ May 10, 2015 -> 06:03 PM) https://vine.co/v/emDVlBtrJO2 You can give the Bulls the ball game based on that.

I guess it's poetic justice. I thought Lebron was fouled before the ball went out of bounds but no call, then he hit the game winner on the next play. Same way the ending of Game 3 played out with Rose.

Game.

Poor Alvarez. He might need to learn a new position if he wants to move up anytime soon. Rondon/Peter and Anderson/DeMichele are firmly entrenched at higher levels.

I wouldn't wanna face the Wizards in the next round. That Otter Porter Jr kid seems like a matchup nightmare already.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 8, 2015 -> 09:36 PM) I would call that an exercise in madness and futility I would have said this should be the game of the year, the intensity and the finish is certainly worthy, but the lopsided, despicable officiating completely tainted the game.

It might be a worthwhile exercise to re-watch this game after and count how many calls Lebron got in his favor for being Lebron.