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whoa, probably a goal tend, but whoa

come on

Bayless should be way better than he has been in his career. He's clearly talented.

Haha wow Rose was pissed

I thought that shot of Tim Meadows at the UC was Don Cheadle. Because you know how all actors look alike

Well the Lakers will get their crack at Dwight first. Maybe they won't have the cap space by the time Blake is available. Although if you talk to 95% of Lakers fans they don't think they need Dwight because Bynum is clearly better.

Hahah, I only heard about that a couple weeks after the fact. It's just too perfect. The downside is that Blake is already getting fitted for a Knicks or Lakers jersey

He's too busy enabling Donald Sterling's sociopathic behavior

Rose is shooting over 85% from the line on much higher volume than he's ever done can u believe it imb

No Noah again?

Lol at doumit

Jesus christ soriano

Good AB

Big sequence by KT there.

Why was half time so long

From what I can tell on the TV, "That Guy" at the UC is some douche who's more enthralled with his Blackberry than with the game and the spectacular player in front of him.

It's not that he thinks Rose is terrible at defense, he just thinks Thibodeau should get all of the credit for any defensive improvement, and Rose should get none. That's a little absurd. Problem is, there isn't a really good way to determine how effective a player is defensively. Going by straight defensive rating, Boozer is in the top 10 (along with the rest of the team, practically). Going merely by the difference in team defensive rating when a player is on the floor vs. without, Rose is the worst defender in the NBA, and Howard is in the bottom 10. No, the problem is that the award is subjective and this dude took a stand a long time ago and now has to search out ways to make it seem right. That compounded with the fact he is the inventor of a decidedly flawed statistic that shows Derrick in a negative light give him little choice but to make his stand. The problem is also that we Derrick Rose fans are super, giddily annoying and when someone presents opinions that are anything but completely positive, they get a lot of attention from us in the form of page views and more generated discussion. Seriously, we Rose fans are almost intolerable in our devotion and even though he deserves the positive attention, from a rhetorical perspective, we cause a lot of people to form adversarial opinions based mostly on how over the top we are. Completely agree. I read that Daily Dime Live chats on ESPN.com and almost every day, there is a long Derrick Rose discussion, and half of it is people ripping on the bloggers for "dissing" Rose. Love me some Rose, but I can understand the backlash. This is what vexes me about all you guys in the Chicago area who basically think the Bulls are a bit of an after thought in town. They seem like a pretty big deal to me! Every day I hear some story about the Bulls and DRose on some national outlet. Way more than I basically hear about the Bears.

I agree w/ slick I mean there's definitely some overlap between people who say that and the Ryan Theriot slobknobbing types but no one that anyone should be listening to actually says that.

Derrick Rose is a blinding brilliant light from heaven.

Is that John Hollinger?

Really, he's an idiot because he was wrong once about a pick 3 years ago? I'm pretty sure he doesn't feel the same way now. If you remember, it was a pretty even 50/50 split on who the best player in the draft even was that year. Sure, the Bulls chose right, but let's not pretend it was a slam dunk. His statistical tools are very offensive-skewed, which he fully acknowledges. It's a measure of efficiency, which says more about how effective a player is than simply looking at points per game, or even field-goal percentage. Sure, it'll overrate a guy like Paul who never takes a chance on anything, but overall it's a pretty accurate evaluation of how good a player is, at least offensively. His column today was about the MVP race, which he does every year. He says in the column that the MVP always goes to the best story, rather than the best player or even the most important player, and he doesn't think that should be the case. He says Rose is easily the best story, James is easily the best player, and Howard is easily the most important player. If he had a vote, he'd vote Rose in the top 5, but not to win. I think it was more of a 50/50 split on the day of the lottery and something closer to 25/75 to Rose by draft day.

In any case I hope Lebron wins MVP. He's been playing out of his mind and extra motivation never hurts.

Hollinger is an idiot. He thought taking Beasley was a no brainer and never acknowledges that maybe his statistical tools arent all that great. Basically he thinks because he takes his numbers as seriously as a SABR guy that he can capture a basketball's value just as well.

Hollinger was spewing his impotent nerd rage all over Rose in his chat today.