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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 10:03 PM) Why does a point guard have to be "pass first"? Is there some book that proclaims this? If Chris Paul or any other point guard considered "pass first" had Derek Rose's physical tools, I highly doubt they would be considered "pass first". Rose isn't bad at dishing the ball, but when he gets to the rim, there's no reason for him not to put it in. I guess its just like Jordan's first few years when it was pretty obvious to some he was probably the best player they will ever see. Others found fault in everything he did. Rose is the best PG in the game hands down. NO would take Rose for Paul straight up, even if their contracts were exactly the same, in about half a second. Every team in the NBA would take Rose in a swap of point guards in half a second. Because it's generally felt around the NBA that teams with scoring first point guard's don't necessarily win in the NBA. Of course a lot of that depends on the talent surrounding him and how they are coached (and obviously Rose doesn't have to worry about those 2 points). However I'd also say in recent times, you find a lot more scoring first point guards in the NBA nowadays (which is probably why guys like CP3 are so valuable and held in such high esteem). Especially when there are so many selfish "me first" players in the NBA today. I'm not disputing that Rose isn't the best PG in the League this season. I'm just saying if Chris Paul had the same athletic ability as what Rose did (which he probably did 3-4 years ago), if I was building a team, I'd probably go with Paul.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 08:54 AM) Ahhhh I started to read that and I shouldn't have. I like going in virgin.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 02:39 AM) What is a "pure" PG? I find it hard for anyone to argue that there is a better player that Rose at the PG position, period. Pure or impure (whatever the hell that means), there isnt another PG you would take over him if you were starting a team. Pretty much a pass first PG with an excellent A:TO ratio. For instance, Paul averages 10 ASS's and 2.5 TO's a game in his career, so that's a 4:1 A:TO ratio, while Rose has 7.8 ASS's this season and 3.5 TO's a game (so that'd be about a 2.25 to 1 ratio). I have no doubt that Rose is the best scoring point guard in the NBA, but Paul is better at the other aspects of point guard play.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 12, 2011 -> 10:43 PM) Agreed completely. And I actually hope Rose can reach Paul's 07-08 levels. People forget how incredible he was. (many would argue Kobe took his MVP) Was that the season NO made the Conference Finals? If so, I'd agree with that because Paul's basically dealing with a pretty similar sort of supporting cast now (except when Peja was decent).

Mass Effect 3 spoilers; Also lostfan I agree with your thoughts on the Arrival DLC, was pretty average unfortunately. The locations weren't great (too many same sort of levels indoors), and it wasn't as long as the Shadow Broker DLC, and the story wasn't as interesting. Also the lack of a real boss fight, when it doubt we'll just chuck a Heavy Mech at ya.

Saw Foo Fighters live in 08, they're fantastic to see live compared to other Rock Bands for sure. Best of You, My Hero and Learn to Fly probably my 3 favourites.

Pretty sad day for me hearing this. Not really much of a Wrestling fan anymore, but Edge has been my favourite ever since he was in the Brood, and I've basically followed his career pretty closely from that point onwards. There was a rumor about a month ago that he was going to retire, but that was going to be at Wrestlemania next year, so obviously that plan went out at the door when he saw the surgeon again. I wasn't sure for a while if he was ever going to get over the hump, but what he did with Lita was actually the best thing he did for his career. It gave him massive heat as a heel, and became the top guy on Smackdown from about 05-06 onwards. I'm glad he's giving it away now before something really bad happens injury wise. Reading a few pieces today, it sounded like WWE's plan was to turn Christian heel at WM and have him feud with Edge, but that wasn't able to happen. My guess is they'll have Del Rio vs Christian at Extreme Rules for the title.

Before this season I would have taken CP3 over Rose for sure. But CP3 has got big time issues with his knees, and we all have seen what happens to a PG when you lose your quickness and can't beat anyone off the dribble (Agent Zero). Right now I'd probably just lean towards Rose, although I think CP3 is a better "pure" point guard.

Losing by 3 without Dwight is a pretty decent effort from us. Still the Bulls had 21 TO's so I'd be surprised if that happens again. Hedo and Arenas also need to shoot much better from the floor. Ryan Anderson is a wildcard though, if he can shoot as well he did today. Stretches out the Bulls interior D quite a bit.

2 Aussies finish in the top 3 and we still can't win. Schwartzel birdied the last 4 holes though, there's not much you can do bout that.

Walk is probably my fav song from the album so far. It's pretty good, but a lot of the songs are very similar. I'd give it 7.5/10.

Good start for the Hawks so far, 3-0 up after the 1st period.

Yep, a lot of eyes are gonna be on Tiger this w/e, will be interesting to see how he handles the pressure. Rootin for Geoff Ogilvy myself. So many Aussies have choked at the Masters over the years (cough Greg Norman), it'd be nice to see someone actually not do that and win it.

Hollinger's argument is basically that Rose doesn't deserve MVP because he only shoots 33% from 3's, 44% from the field (down on his prev. seasons) and wouldn't look good defensively playing for any other coach / team (since the Bulls have got a great interior defense), all which impacts that PER that he does. Rose will definitely win MVP though, but I think Thibodeau coming in as coach has made more of a difference than anything to this team. If VDN was still coaching this team, they're probably a 4th or 5th seed at best IMO.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 10:37 PM) I hope Rose can average about 8.8 apg over the last 4 games to get to 8 assists for the year. I know he doesn't care for stats, but he would only become the 5th player in NBA History to average 25-4-8 in a season. The other four... Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and LeBron James. Oh, and looks like Ricky Rubio will be in Minnesota next season. I wonder what Minny's asking price for Johnny Flynn would be if that does indeed happen. Teams that need a young PG, could get him for a future 1st rounder maybe? That's something I hope Orlando would consider for instance (considering Nelson's almost 30, Arenas is much better as a 2 guard at this point as his game in Charlotte showed).

Rondo's also been quite average since they traded his best friend in Perkins as well IIRC. Wonder if the Bulls will consider resting Rose down the stretch?

Dwight's tech wasn't rescinded so he'll miss the Bulls game on Fri. Think its a blessing in disguise for us really as he needs as much rest as he can get before the playoffs. It'll giv us a chance to c how we fare without him against the Bulls.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 5, 2011 -> 02:59 AM) Omar Epps was terrible. I did find Willie though. He's going to be busy. Was that because Black Thunder White Lightning was so bad?

Denver has far better movement of the ball on offense without Melo. Melo is simply a player who'll shoot the ball 20 times a game, only make about 45% or so of his shots, and he isn't a plus defender. I'd call him one of the more overrated superstars in the NBA for sure.

Well no complaints about the offense for 24 hours at least. Obviously not the best day pitching wise, but a win is a win. Hopefully it's a good sign for the season ahead.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 10:52 AM) The Sixers made the finals once in '01 and never came close after that. Lot of similarities b/w that Sixers team in 01 and the Bulls this season I reckon (and I don't mean that in a bad way).

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 10:49 PM) Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC comes out today. Downloaded it before work so it's waiting for me when I get home. Bring on Mass Effect 3. I think I read you play as Shephard by himself in this DLC, no companions to help out. Interesting if true. Hoping for a nice cliffhanger at the end of it.

Dwight got another technical tonight, debatable to say the least, hopefully it gets rescinded tomorrow. Melo finally had a good game, not really a huge suprise though, since we struggle to guard really good wing players and have Nelson, Redick and Q-Rich all injured. The Earl Clark had to guard him for 17 mins and fouled out.

How to sell Vince Carter in Free Agency; http://www.bballbreakdown.com/?p=5

Looks like we could have Bulls vs Magic and Celtics vs Heat in the Semi Finals barring any upsets.