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Ugh, what a blown chance by Wondo there. That was it.

Ugh, losing Johnson really hurts.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:45 PM) And he's nowhere near the douche Wade and Lebron are. From what I read he lays low and quiet off the court. I don't really have a problem with LeBron. He's a douche but by athlete standards he is pretty harmless.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 02:18 PM) I've come to root for Bosh. Seems like he gets all this hate but he's been extremely unselfish in everything and is still an excellent player, imo. I can't stand Wade though. The only one of the big 3 that I dislike is Wade. There is just absolutely nothing likeable about that guy.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 09:47 AM) I agree; That is the way to an instant winner. People seriously undervalue Taj. Note: I know he is not 24 too. I know he's gotten better each and every season and when he gets starter minutes he's been extremely productive at the 4 and well worth his contract. He really isn't all that different of a player as he was when he came into the league. He has become more assertive on offense which is helpful but his efficiency on that end hasn't really changed much during his time in Chicago, his rebounding was actually worse last year than his rookie year, and the rest of his numbers are pretty similar.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) I personally think Taj is underrated. He never received consistent minutes with Boozer here, but when Boozer was out and Taj started, he was nearly a 20/10 guy (granted he played a ton of minutes those games). Add that output to his elite defensive abilities and if starting, he is definitely a very valuable player. If I am the Bulls, I am trying everything in my power to add Melo while keeping Taj. If you add Melo, Taj's defensive versatility can really help compensate Melo's lack of defense. He's a good player and great defensively but he is mediocre offensively and not a great rebounder. He is a really solid piece but he shouldn't be untouchable.

Really fun game so far. Each team has had some great chances and it seems like it is just a matter of time before one of the teams finds the back of the net.

Nigeria just missed striking first. Emenike was offsides by maybe a half body length.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 09:34 AM) I do. I also remember when people hated the whole recruiting thing...If that's not him it's not him, players aren't obligated to recruit players...Melo knows he'd like to play with him, and Noah has been in his ear. I don't have a problem with Rose not recruiting other players as long as his camp shuts the f*** up about his teammates if he isn't willing to recruit other top players.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 30, 2014 -> 07:38 AM) I almost want to say, it's soccer and anything can happen but I can't see powerhouses like France and Germany losing today. I could see Nigeria upsetting France (although it isn't likely) but I definitely can't see Algeria knocking off Germany.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 29, 2014 -> 07:11 PM) Mercy. Didn't the grown men who grew up with Trannys, myself included, basically say no to these movies after a half hour of the first one? Who are these 100s of millions, I've never heard any of my peers say, "go check out Tranny3 bro. Epic" It is stunning. I'm no movie snob but those movies are absolute trash. I really don't understand why anyone would continue to pay to see those in theaters.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 01:42 PM) To be honest, I'll have to go through about 20,000 comments on blogabull and I don't even think it was linked so let's just pretend what I said is not true. Ha. Fair enough.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 01:09 PM) Based on some metric somebody said showed that. Hmm. I'd like to see that because guys who are solid defensive players almost always get at least some steals and block shots.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 01:13 PM) And McDermott did indeed test better athletically than people thought he would but that's where you have to watch game film. He plays below the rim and doesn't blow by any one on dribble penetration. He's going to have to use his smarts and angles(which he's better at than anyone I've ever seen) to get his shot off and score in the league. I agree with this. The combine type athletic testing is helpful but it doesn't always show up on the court and it never did for McDermott. It obviously wasn't at the NBA combine but Tyler Griffey always measured out as one of the most athletic players on Illinois during his time there but obviously he never showed any athleticism at all on the court.

This is a pretty great review of Transformers 4. I'm definitely not seeing this in theaters but I may watch at some point out of curiosity to see just how awful this movie is.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 27, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) This made a lot of sense, and his rotation d was above average. Based on what? Creighton was a horrible defensive team and McDermott gets no steals or block shots. I didn't watch them as much as some on this board so it could be true but there doesn't seem to be much evidence that McDermott played any defense at all.

So can someone explain OKC's strategy. They have zero outside shooting surrounding Durant and Westbrook and you have solid interior players so you draft an interior player with your first pick and then a wing who can't shoot with your second pick? Dumb.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 05:25 PM) not when it first came out... my family and I watch the siskel and ebert reviews... they may have change their mind afterward. just as another movie > I went saw it and loved it. I took family and friends and after 4 or 5 times the theater was barely filled. the actor was nominated and won the award... I can't remember if it was best actor or supporting actor. the movie was usual suspects and Kevin Spacey was the actor http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/star-wars-1977

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 11:07 PM) Paxson's first draft was 2003. 2003 - Hinrich. No good today, but he was a really nice player for a long time. There wasn't anybody obviously better that went later. Good pick. 2004 - Gordon at 3 and Deng at 7. The only player I could have really criticized them for passing up on by taking Gordon at 3 was Deng, who they got at 7. Duhon in 2nd round was a rare contributor from that part of the draft. Great job here, considering the only great player in the draft went 1 overall. These guys and Hinrich turned the franchise around. 2005 - No first rounder, traded this first rounder for Luol Deng. Brilliant deal as we were picking 21st in 2005. 2006 - The big whiff: Tyrus Thomas. Made worse by the fact that we got essentially nothing in return for moving down two slots because Viktor Khryapa never had any real semblance of value. This is a big, big mistake. Moved from 16 to 13 to grab Thabo Sefolosha, which was a good enough move. Nice player and later spun him off for another mid-first pick. 2007 - Joakim Noah at 9. Arguably the second best player from this draft, more conservatively 3rd (making Al Horford better). Both those players were selected earlier. We got this pick by trading Eddy Curry and Antonio Davis to NY, getting Mike Sweetney, Tim Thomas, Jermaine Jackson, the Thabo Sefolosha pick the year before, and an option to swap picks with NY (we did - moved from 23 to 9). Great deal, great pick. 2008 - Derrick Rose. If you complain about this one, you're just being a dick. The only other players you'd want from this draft are Westbrook, Love, and Brook Lopez. Westbrook would be the most defensible pick there in hindsight, but indefensible at the time and this is not to mention the time it took for Westbrook to remotely compare to Rose. We also took Omer Asik at 36, a pretty excellent 2nd round choice. 2009 - James Johnson at 16 and Taj Gibson at 26. Johnson qualifies as a miss, but the fact that we traded him for a first rounder is noteworthy. Jrue Holliday, Ty Lawson, Jeff Teague and Taj Gibson are the main players to fret about not getting at 16. Gibson is an awesome selection at 26. Not wanting a PG at 16 is rather forgivable as well. 2010 - No picks. Our 17th pick, which was used on a foreigner that hasn't come over, was traded for another foreigner that hasn't come over, and we traded that guy with Kirk Hinrich to Washington. These are the hazards of going for the big name players. With that said, there really isn't a player worth a s*** taken at or after 17. Lance Stephenson in the middle of the second is the next best guy after Paul George at 10. 2011 - Jimmy Butler at 30: great pick. We traded our 28th pick for Nikola Mirotic. Jury's out on him, but the very fact that Chad Ford says he'd be a top 6 pick in today's draft makes that sound like a pretty good deal and a wash at worst. 2012 - Marquis Teague at 29. I won't call it a "whiff" given the expectations for a 29th pick, but no positive points here. Best players we missed (that we know of so far) are Draymond Green at 35 and Khris Middleton at 44. 2013 - Tony Snell at 20. I don't want to make too many proclamations about this given how little sample we have for him or anyone else, but I don't yet feel too bad about anyone else that got by. To Tony's credit, he has at least not yet ruled out the possibility of him becoming a decent rotation player. He could go either way IMO. It's a pretty good run IMO. Given the overall success rate of first round draft picks, we've done pretty damn well. One big miss, but several big hits and we didn't f*** up our biggest opportunity when we picked first overall. You can say what you want about it being obvious in 2008, but if you let 30 teams draft there you wouldn't have had 30 Derrick Roses. Countless examples of #1 overall picks being pretty much s***ty ballplayers or paling in comparison to players taken later. I agree with a lot of this but Iguodala has been a clearly superior player to Deng and Gordon and he went after both.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 10:04 PM) We weren't taking 2 US picks. We were either taking one guy and then stashing a Euro player or trading the pick anyway. Bulls are really high on McDermot and I still don't even know if he stays in Chicago or not. All I know is he was a great scorer / shooter in college so could be a nice 4th or 5th starter (good scorer off the bench). Maybe he turns into more but the options were always having the Bulls get 1 guy who would end up being on a roster this year. I don't like the idea of trading in these situations either and would have rather just made who the Bulls thought were best at the two spots too but I do have faith in the Bulls scouting. They took Anthony Randolph back in that deal so they didn't save money and they could have taken two USA players.

I'm assuming the pick has a ton of protection but the Magic traded a future 1st to move up 2 spots? The f***?

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 07:04 PM) Woj has spoiled every pick so far.....think I'm gonna unfollow. You should no better than to go on Twitter during a draft if you don't want spoilers.

Well if Embiid stays healthy the 76ers just got the best player in this draft. That Noel/Embiid frontcourt could be amazing.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 04:54 PM) Lol at Russia. What an embarrassing tournament. They were pathetic. Just a remarkable lack of skill in the final third for them during the tournament. Their crosses and corners today were jokes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 26, 2014 -> 03:01 PM) I like my make-believe violent movies to have depth and meaning! I don't think it is unfair to have an expectation that the movies aren't complete s*** in every way imaginable like the last two Transformers were and this one apparently is. Even the action scenes in those movies aren't entertaining because Michael Bay likes to do the quick cuts every 3 seconds.