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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 26, 2013 -> 09:23 PM) Is Abrams actually signed on for any more Star Trek films? Few years ago I could swear I heard that everyone was on a 2 film contract. He isn't going to be directing Star Trek films after the one coming out this year. He is signed on to produce the third installment though.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 07:33 PM) Why does Joss Whedon get NO love? He's obviously brilliant and has a massive following If he wasn't directing the Avengers 2 for Disney in 2015 he probably would have been one of the top candidates for Star Wars VII. Also, Disney is going to be rolling in cash that year. Avengers 2 and Star Wars VII in the same year.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 24, 2013 -> 04:32 PM) I dont disagree that Wisconsin is physical. I just think its nonsense to say that Wisconsin is so physical that 1) you are worried about the health of your team so much that you are just "overjoyed" that no one was injured, not caring whether you won or lost (convenient when Indiana hasnt won in 11 games) or 2) that they are so beyond other Big 10 teams that youd forget about Purdue. Purdue fouls on literally every possession. I'm not sure I've seen a team at any level that holds and hand checks as much as they do.

I'm not sure it has been discussed in here but the Walking Dead video game is awesome. I can't wait for season 2.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 23, 2013 -> 09:31 AM) This is no surprise - the worst NBA player is 1,000x better than any s*** amateur white guy from Boston. I wish I could recruit Scal for my Thursday night league. He should try that in Chicago though - D-Rose at age 16 would have smoked him! Agreed. Not surprising at all. I played with guys like Deron Williams and Luther Head when they were at Illinois and their level of play when they actually decided to play for real during stretches of pick up games was unbelievable. It is almost like they are playing a different sport.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 10:52 AM) When Kirk Hinrich goes for 22 against Steve Nash...don't you have to consider putting Kobe Bryant on the opposing team's best backcourt player, whether its' a SG or PG? I mean, what would Rose have done if Hinrich can do that? They don't really have a choice. Kobe has to guard the other teams best perimeter player unless it is a Paul Pierce type that is slow enough where World Peace can somewhat stay in front of him. World Peace doesn't defend well anymore, Nash is the worst defensive player in the NBA, Gasol is incredibly slow and Howard is awful defensively right now and no one on their bench is exactly a defensive stalwart. Some of this is on D'Antoni but that roster was always going to struggle defensively. I was saying as much before the season started.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 12:07 AM) EDIT: Great win again, this is the Hinrich I thought we're getting when he signed. You thought he would get defended by Steve Nash every night? Kirk isn't good, I'm happy he played one of like 3 good games he has had the entire season tonight though.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 22, 2013 -> 12:01 AM) An alien has taken over Kirks body The Lakers are a joke. I don't get it They should be fine offensively eventually but they are built horribly on the defensive end. Nash is as bad as it gets defensively, World Peace can't defend at all anymore, Kobe is mediocre on that end at this point but is being asked to guard every teams best perimeter scorer which will also take away from his offense. Gasol is old and slow and Dwight is a shell of himself right now. They have major issues. And it doesn't help that their personnel is a terrible fit for D'Antoni's offense since they have no shooters and none of their big men are completely ideal for the pick and roll since Gasol can pick and pop but is incredibly slow going towards the basket and Dwight can't make anything other than a dunk. They also have no bench at all.

QUOTE (WHarris1 @ Jan 21, 2013 -> 11:52 PM) Have a f***ing night Kirk. Is Steve Nash the worst defensive player in the NBA? I say yes.

It is remarkable how bad Dwight Howard looks.

LOL at Teo saying he wasn't convinced she was fake until two days ago. If that is the case he is one of the stupidest people on the planet.

The Celtics got jobbed really bad on that jump ball call. Not even close to a held ball and Pierce got fouled a number of times there.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 03:41 PM) Donald Sterling He is an atrocious owner but he never had a team until now that was a legitimate championship contender. Sarver had a legitimate title contender when he became the owner of the Suns and ran it into the ground by being cheap.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) [/b] Not even close. Really what owners are clearly worse than Sarver? He traded the #7 pick in 2004 to the Bulls (Luol Deng) for cash because he didn't want to pay the luxury tax. He came into a situation where he had a team set up to win be a perennial championship contender and ran it into the ground because he was so cheap. His first year there they had Nash, Joe Johnson, Marion, and Stoudemire plus a bunch of good 3 pt shooters so basically a perfect fit for D'Antoni's style of play. They made the Western Conference finals but int he offseason Sarver pissed off Joe Johnson during contract negotiations because he was so cheap so they traded Johnson. They then trade their 2006 first round pick (Rajon Rondo) for a 2007 first round pick that they later sold (Rudy Fernandez). They also traded Kurt Thomas along with their 2008 and 2010 first round picks for a second round pick in order to save money. Robert Sarver being cheap single handedly cost the Suns a shot at multiple championships when his team was set up to be a perennial title contender. How many owners can you say that about?

Boozer is playing better basketball right now than I've ever seen him play. I am skeptical it will continue but hopefully it does. In other news, the Suns just fired Alvin Gentry. Because I am sure it is Gentry's fault that is roster is filled with garbage basketball players, that Sarver being a cheap piece of s*** owner resulted in them selling a bunch of draft choices and letting go of every good player they had. Robert Sarver is arguably the worst owner in sports.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 01:35 PM) Who actually was responsible for Gannon's success with the Raiders, Trestman or Gruden? Gannon was very good the two years prior to Trestman landing in Oakland. His numbers improved a little bit under Trestman but he had already established himself as a good QB. Similarly, Trestman's offenses put up very good numbers his first two years in Oakland but Oakland's offense had already been really good the two years prior to Trestman arriving.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) 8 and 10 in the b10 will get Illinois in. Those Butler and Gonzaga wins are going to be something other bubble teams can't even come close to. It is going to be really hard to get to 8-10 at this point and I don't see it happening, but if they do, that would almost certainly mean they have an additional win or 2 against teams like Michigan, IU, MSU, etc. So between the wins against Gonzaga, Butler and OSU they have in their pocket plus two additional quality wins, there is no way they wouldn't get in at 8-10.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:10 PM) LOL, so bad Groce. Just terrible. Yep. That was brutal tonight. Last two games the team has looked really unprepared, teams have Illinois scouted and figured out, time to see what type of adjustments Groce makes. I'm not sure what you do though since just about every player on this team has major flaws on offense and it is going to be literally impossible to get positive play out of the big men this year. I still think you just have to play Abrams, Richardson, Paul, Bertrand and Egwu together at the same time and hope for the best. I think Henry, Shaw, Langford, McClaurin, and Griffey are all worthless right now and pretty much negatively impact the team every second they are on the floor.

What is sad is that I used to actually get upset when Illinois lost. I just don't care anymore.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 09:15 PM) I like you as a poster, but come on. They are losing by 15 to Northwestern at home and your first thought is to bring up Bruce Weber? My first thought is that Groce needs to start making adjustments now that teams know what this team is running, my second is that Bruce Weber recruited the worst collection of big men I have ever seen and not a single guard that is truly a plus ball handler or passer. He also didn't recruit a single pure shooter. How you pull that off when your offense is geared around passing and shooting is mindboggling. With respect to Groce, we need to start having more movement off the ball while the guards are attacking. There is almost never a cutter to pass to when they drive (not that Paul or Abrams are really looking to pass anyways) you also need to change the action from the big men on the high ball screen, the big men all suck and teams don't respect them so have them set the ball screen and then set a screen for someone else to change up the action and give a new look. I would run more sets for Paul as he is the only guard that I feel can make a shot off a screen right now. On defense they are a mess and that is a carry over from last year. Only real difference is we are much worse on the glass. I'm a big fan of what Ryan does defensively at Wisconsin unless you have a team that is truly athletic enough to pressure which we don't have right now, you also need big men who can clean up mistakes which we definitely don't have. Pull off the pressure and make teams shoot over the top.

So I saw this asked a couple of years ago and didn't give it much thought then but who did more damage to Illinois basketball Bruce Pearl or Bruce Weber? The answer very well might be Weber. Pretty astonishing.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 07:28 PM) I think the media went to manti at first and in the interview with the SI writer manti never once said he met her, because he wasn't asked. Once it comes about then you have to say you've met her and make up a story how so as not to look like a loser who only knew his GF online. The SI writer expressly asked Teo how he met her.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 06:10 PM) Yeah, but we should add here that it would take some serious nads to try and stop that in its tracks. I'm sure he was upset (we'll assume he's not complicit in the fake girl) when someone he really liked died, but the hype was completely invented by the media. He would answer questions about it, sure, but players having a relative or person close to them die happens all the time and it was a media decision to blow it up. It has to be tough to ask to have everyone quit talking you up, especially if you believe that there is an underlying truth in the reports even if it is embellished. Once you know the con happened, do you run to the media and say "Hello, I'm a 22 year old man and had an online-only relationship with a woman who later turned out not to exist. You should all stop talking about that because it will continue to embarrass me." You might just hope the story goes away, which it was probably about to do if not for Deadspin. The hype was invented by Teo. He made the decision to embellish his relationship with his girlfriend (in the best case and was a complete fraud in the worst case) and tell these stories to the press. This situation is almost entirely of his own making.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 04:12 PM) Oh Mr. Klosterman, thank you for always getting it right. Honestly, in my opinion, the best summary of the audacity of public reaction here. I find this story hilarious and its one of my favorite stories ever because there is no real victim. I also love how a large portion of Notre Dame fans are so defensive about this even though no matter what story you believe, it is clear as day that Teo is a fraud at some level.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 02:02 PM) A good comp for Te'o is Luke Kuechly, which is a really, really solid and reliable MLB who might make a couple Pro Bowls. They are valuable players that can help anchor a defense, but they are not game changers like some many of the defensive players in this years draft are If my team was weak at LB (Chiefs are actually loaded there) I'd look to take him in the latter half of the first round. Luke Kuechly is a much better player than Teo.