Sammy Sofa

Does Lebron have a history of plantar or any injuries, for that matter? Sometimes you need to know your personnel. Its obvious that THIS team has looked worn down in the playoffs. Unless you just agree they're not that talented, with or without Rose. The bottom line is the team, as constructed, didn't come close to beating Miami in year 1, then has been injury-riddled since and over matched in the playoffs. Change is needed. Plenty of it, if they want to be a legit title contender. The lack of Rose (or Rose+) and Thibs' focus on defense looked FAR more glaring than the team looking fatigued. And if you're arguing fatigue due to how they play the season that's one thing, but the injury theory has been debunked time and time again. Plantar is either something you can play on or can't; resting doesn't help it. The teams that actually take it easy in the regular season are the ones that can afford to because of how well they're constructed; most teams simply have bad stretches or just aren't very good to begin with. The goal should be to improve the team so you have the luxury of being like the Spurs; just playing guys less thinking that's going to be the trick to get further in the playoffs is faulty. That only really works when you have guys of the talent level who can just turn just turn it on and off and still likely kick ass.

It gives you a roll of the dice that you won't be able to get aside from wooing a big FA name to your team. Now if we're talking about a small market team like the Bucks, rolling the dice is the ONLY way that they can improve their chances winning a NBA title. What is your surefire answer? There is no surefire answer, but seeing what you have in Rose, trying to bring over the Euro guy and building in addition to that is sure as [expletive] a better gamble than tanking for a longshot draft pick (especially since likely would have meant Thibs not being here and horrible years by key players). The only way a tank pick is anything close to a sure thing is if you knew you were getting one of the top 3 picks AND if your horrible year had actually been the result of everyone intentionally being terrible as opoosed to just actually being terrible/fired/injured/traded.

Most of the picks in the top 8 in any given year aren't going to do anything to fix "basketball hell." Tanking is not the surefire answer so many here want to desperately convince themselves that it is.

That was easing people into the disconcerting condition known as tiny-face. I specified tiny-face last week. I am planning to hold a telethon later in the year.

Juts seems more like the usual "the Bulls were played too hard in the regular season," which hinges on the idea that the Bulls just suddenly hit a wall and collapsed in the first week of the playoffs or seemingly acts like nearly every other team treats the regular season as nothing and the Bulls are just pointlessly playing out of their minds/over the heads. This isn't rocket science; playoff basketball is a different beast and the Bulls, yet again, were missing at least one vital, critical piece to be able to go anywhere.

Hey, one of the KKK's Super Dragons or whatever the [expletive] was just caught with a black male hooker; even racists lust for forbidden fruit.

It's not even an aversion so much as it was practically impossible to begin with given how shitty so many other teams were and the crapshoot nature of even getting a pick making taking worth it. You've got people talking about tanking the season like the Bulls would have been a lock to land another Rose instead of realizing what a [expletive] nigh-impossible miracle that was in the first place.

Rizzo has small-face YES. First I give us "doom boner," now my whole "Rizzo has a tiny face" thing is catching on.

Hollllllllllllly [expletive].

The concern is largely based in how it looks on camera, not whether or not Joe Schlub in row 17, seat 46B can see the river.

They wanted a river view http://www.sports-venue.info/sitebuilder/images/Great_American_Ballpark_1-566x375.jpg Hahahahahahhaah! Oh, Derwood.

Why? He basically had a private conversation with his mistress that she recorded (knowingly or not) and took public (likely without his consent). I believe in most situations, a person's political/religious/social views shouldn't necessarily be grounds for something along the lines of termination of employment or expulsion or fines, especially if those views are kept private, out of the public, and out of the workplace. It wasn't like he said all of this at a press conference or at a team meeting. So what? Just because someone isn't saying it doesn't mean it's not impacting their life and the decisions they make. It's not like people are getting punished for not liking pickles or voting a certain way; again, it's really not all that difficult to not be racist or homophobic or xenophobic.

Of course you are.

Why?

Why? Because it was the smart thing to do and bit us in the ass? It was never going to happen. They would have had to fire Thibs to make it happen, and even then it was an uphill battle with the crappy teams around them. Couple that with how it's a crapshoot as to where you end up in the top 5, and how often not even all of the top 5 picks are worth it and it was a complete pipe dream. It would actually have been harder for the Bulls to end up with the #1 pick than winning the whole damn thing.

Next person that mentions tanking for a draft pick is getting kicked in the dick.

Oh snap.

Yeah..... but Kyle's done with Barney, eh? Everyone is.

Bold opinion. Castrowned.

Or one could simply, y'know, NOT seriously say that. Plus this old bag isn't being punished for things he said 15 or 20 or 30 years ago.

[expletive], just speak like you're a decent human being.

You know who didn't give a [expletive] if it was a private conversation? Hitler. He was remarkably chill in the one secretly recorded conversation that exists of him. [expletive], you are weird.

Who gives a [expletive] if it's a private conversation? The anti-logic behind that is so stupid; just because it's private doesn't mean it's a horrible thing to say/think. If it gets out, hey, you're fucked.

Apparently it is against the law in California and the girlfriend may face legal issues because of it. But what is the NBA supposed to do? "Sorry, players/fans/fellow owners. We know Donald Sterling is a racist POS and have proof of that but because the proof obtained by TMZ was recorded illegally we have to pretend that Sterling really loves black people." People are already saying things like RW said on my Facebook feed. Generally the same people who supported the Duck Dynasty and Chick-Fil-A goofs. Supported duck dynasty how? I don't get this. A guy has been fined 5mln due to the contents of a private phone call he had with his girlfriend. I'm some right winger because I think that's [expletive] up? Not a right winger, but just kind of a spaz; as had been pointed out, the NBA isn't a state or a country, so whether or not taping the call was illegal should have zero weight when it comes to what kind of punishment they issue. The statement was made public and now he's paying the price. I mean, it's really easy to not get in trouble for saying racist things.

I don't know where you've been these days, but I'm assuming it's somewhere with a lot of cheap, powerful booze.