SpongeWorthy

First of all, there are no "you ND guys." My point had nothing to do with Andy's woe-is-me [expletive]. My point is by not picking Taylor Mays, Poodle shot red flags up all over the place. Were there questions about Mays and his production on the field (and lack of INTs last year or so)? Yes. Were those questions answered very negatively when his own coach passed on him as the GM of an NFL franchise twice in the first round? I'd say yes. I'm not saying Poodle should screw over Seattle if he thinks Thomas is better than Mays. But I do think it's a funny turn of events, especially when you consider the whiny face he pulled out at Sanchez's PC last year. Poodle's all about Poodle. Weis is completely different. He's not the GM. He's not even the HC. I'm certain he told Pioli that he'd prefer JC as a QB. I'm also certain that Pioli made the decision (or the HC did). If they take Colt McCoy in R2 or even pass on Clausen and take a QB in a later round, you have some questions about Weis' opinion of Clausen. But so far, we know absolutely nothing about whether Weis wanted Clausen yesterday or not. Which ignores the fact that Clausen still likely was better off leaving early than not. He extended his pro career by a year, avoided the rookie salary cap, and if by some chance he's really good in the next year or two, he'll likely make more than he would have under his rookie contract next year (assuming he goes through his senior season without injury and with a great performance, despite trying to learn a new system, that prefers a mobile QB, which he isn't). Clausen didn't get screwed by Weis, or anyone. I think Denver will live to regret taking Tebow yesterday, but such is the flukiness of the NFL. So basically, anything short of Carroll drafting Taylor Mays is screwing him over. How extremely convenient for your negative opinion of him.

You ND guys have a weird definition of screwing someone over. Unless Weis was deliberately telling people not to take Clausen he didn't screw him over. And if he was telling his own team not to take him, for football reasons, then he was just doing his damn job. Jimmy Clausen, Brady Quinn, and Taylor Mays aren't entitled to be high draft picks, you know.

So he should F over his current employer by taking a player he thinks is worse just because he coached him in college? That's a huge reach.

Magic and Isiah used to kiss before tip off. The glaring exception that proves the rule. And I think they "only" did that once.

It's pretty lame that there were two days off between games 2 and 3 and now 2 more days off between games 3 and 4.

I don't really mind Lebron dancing around. I wish he, and the rest of the league, would engage in more straight up trash talking though. The zillion hand slaps and chest bumps before tip off between opponents is what annoys me more than anything. The sport has been over fraternized.

OKC will probably get good enough organically with Westbrook and Harden developing. They could use another big but the West in general is getting pretty old.

Best is slim, runs pretty upright, and was hurt a few times at Cal.

Sure you can. We can't even consider guys like Stockton, Barkley, Iverson, etc. in those discussions? You gotta win titles. I can't even think of a guy who was considered the best player in the league that never won at least one championship. LeBron is relatively openly accepted as the best player in the league right now. I'm not old enough to know for sure, but I would imagine that Jordan was too. Did Jordan become a better player in the clinching game of his first championship? It's an absolutely ridiculous argument. It would be like saying a pitcher has to have twenty wins to be accepted as the best pitcher in baseball (and, sadly, wins still hold far too much weight as well). Wins, like championships, will almost certainly come if the individual plays at a high enough level. But, bad pitchers still end up with high win totals, and great pitchers still end up with low win totals. They are team stats. Not individual stats. Jordan was a better player under Jackson than he was under Loughery, Collins, etc. Maybe not a more dominant individual talent, but a player more conducive to winning. And I'm fully expecting Lebron to rip off a bunch of titles. If he doesn't win one (barring some freak injury) it'd blow away the Marinos, Malones, etc. of the world in terms of being a giant black mark on a player's career.

Best wouldn't have made much sense for the Chargers, IMO. With Sproles being the other back you need a guy who can tote the rock a lot and stuff it between the tackles. Best is the sizzle in a 2 back system.

In fact that Alualu pick reeks of a move by a team desperate to skip town. That was like the football equivalent of the spring training invitee list from the first Major League movie.

Sure you can. We can't even consider guys like Stockton, Barkley, Iverson, etc. in those discussions? You gotta win titles. I can't even think of a guy who was considered the best player in the league that never won at least one championship. Elgin Baylor and Karl Malone are the greatest players never to have won a ring. Out of those guys and the ones you mentioned only Baylor was considered one of the greats of all time (I'm talking top 10) and that's because his team was always in the Finals losing to the Celtics plus he was the first high flier in league history. Duncan is considered a greater power forward than Malone almost entirely because he has rings and showed up huge when it mattered while the Mailman was frankly kind of a [expletive] in the clutch.

I missed all the Tebow shenanigans watching the Bulls game so the Tyson Alualu pick by the Jags was the most astonishing thing to me.

Why wait? That's like saying Jordan wasn't living up to the hype for the first 5 years of his career. Just because a player can't literally do everything all the time for their team doesn't mean they're not living up to the hype. yeah, 6 titles didn't do anything for jordan's career. What? I have no idea what your response is supposed to mean. I was pointing out how it's dumb to act like a player can't be great until they win a title. I never said anything about the titles helping or not helping Jordan's career. What a weird, random thing to say. You can be great but you can't be considered one of the greats of all time without at least one ring. I'd argue multiple titles are necessary to get in that discussion. Anyway, Kirk was absolutely unbelievable tonight aside from the two late FTs so if we're gonna even the series up somehow (lol) someone off the bench will need to produce.

Kareem Jackson is definately a better CB prospect then Arenas. I love both, but I think Javy gets slightly overrated because ESPN showcases the plays he makes. The coaching staff have constantly said the last couple of years that KJ was Bama's best CB. Javy isn't rated higher because he ran a very mediocre 4.68/40 at the combine. Combined that with decent cover skills, average athlethicism, and ok hip rotation (hip rotation is very important when you are a DB) and you will see why Arenas is projected in the 3rd-5th rd. KJ is the complete opposite. Arenas is more quick then fast, and IMO, he's prolly a nickleback in the pros. I'm surprised Arenas ran that slowly. I'm sure he can get be a 4.5 type of guy which is fine for a CB in the right system. He does look a little stiff in the hips but it's surprising that a guy who is such a dominant punt returner is just average athletically.

With Ellis, Maggette and Curry, I can see why Morrow could become a FA, but I keep seeing people over on Realgm having wetdreams about this kid but I don't have a clue who he is or why should he be targeted? Because his career 3 point percentage is higher than Steve Kerr's on double the attempts per game. He's an extraordinary shooter...as in there are few players in league history that match him.

I watched a lot of Alabama last year and never did I think Kareem Jackson was better than Arenas. Half the time I saw them play Arenas looked like the best player on the field with Ingram being the best in the rest of the games. Not sure why he's not rated higher.

Outside of James, Bosh and Morrow would be my semi-realistic dream offseason. A low post guy and a sniper would do wonders.

Leftwich is going to be the starter in Pittsburgh? What about Dennis Dixon? Leftwich is a known commodity at this point. He's pretty bad.

At least we get the Jets and Pats at home.

The fact that Ramirez can swing hard coming off a shoulder injury is why I'm not too worried. I figured we'd see a drop off in bat speed but it doesn't seem to be the case. If he's getting bad mechanically to compensate then that would be bad but at least the explosiveness is still there.

What's funny is that what everyone said about losing BG and getting a healthy Deng back turned out to be true to a fairly extreme degree. After the Salmons/Miller trade last year, the Bulls became one of the better offenses in the league but couldn't rebound or defend very well. Now it's pretty much the exact opposite.

There aren't a lot of point guards out there generating more assists on much worse teams, CB. The Bulls are one of the worst offensive teams in the league (27th out of 30 in offensive efficiency, 28th in eFG%). The Bulls are semi competitive because of rebounding, defense, and Derrick Rose.

Cleveland destroyed Atlanta last year and they'll do it again this year if they meet. Orlando I still give a good chance to but come on. No one can stop Howard? Howard can't even get out of his own way on the offensive end a lot of the time.

It's a shame Chip isn't the one calling a potential Fister no-hitter.