Sammy Sofa
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You're looking at a bad team with them. You're making up these ridiculous scenarios to justify propping up things that are probably waaaaaay down on a FA's list of what is going to make them decide for or against a team. The most important things is that Bulls are a big market, they have the money and they have a good young core with Deng, Rose, Noah and Gibson. They'll hopefully have enough money to sign a big FA and also another impact player. They'll have their draft picks. Trust me, shedding some average players that causes a team that is bad right now do worse when it's obvious that this is happening just to make room for GOOD players isn't going to drive away the FA's. You're being paranoid over this.
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That would be pointless. You're not going to budge, but you're vastly overstating the difference between the Bulls now and a "gutted" Bulls minus several average at best players. They still have their most important players, which is what's going to matter most to anyone they sign besides the money.
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And it's not nearly as huge a difference as you make it out to be.
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And what I'm saying is it's ridiculous to act like the same thing is going to happen now. FA's aren't going to suddenly tun on the Bulls because Salmons and Hinirch (hopefully) and Tyrus are gone.
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So the Bulls have to trick the FA's into thinking they have a good team? Because they don't have a good team. So if you really believe what you're spouting, you're cruising for a letdown since the Bulls are not a good team. They managed to get hot at the right time last year and faced a beat up Celtics team. They're not good, and they weren't good. They're mediocre at best.
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Fantastic job with 8 points, Kirk. Really, great job.
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Rose still not nearly getting the calls that he should.
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i mean, i'd prefer they make the playoffs, i just dont really care because it seems so futile. they aren't coming close to a title so it just feels so meaningless to me. plus outside of rose/noah and maybe deng at times, this team isn't that likeable. hinrich is annoying, salmons was annoying, VDN is an idiot, tyrus is a douche, etc. when i check the scores, i'm much more concerned with the performance of deng/rose/noah than i am with the actual score. i want to win a title, and i dont believe that anything that happens over the rest of this season (other than trades) increase the likelihood of us coming close to one any time soon. i'm really excited for the offseason. Same here. It's not like I'm rooting for them to fail, but I'm not living and dying with each game like they have to make the playoffs again this season. I think people acting like the Bulls have to do well to draw in the FA's are WAY overstating that theory. It's clear that Bulls do have young talent that will work well with an added superstar. Pay him his money and he'll be here.
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Tyrus will likely be moved, but it's not like that makes a difference money-wise since his deal was up after this year anyway, right?
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One of these days you will finally understand that this is not a good team. yeah, i really couldn't care less. funny how i've been checking boards constantly over the past few days to see what they can do at the deadline, but i barely check the scores of the actual games. what this team does right now is really extremely meaningless Pretty much, and that's been my expectations going in. It was obvious why they opted to not bring Gordon back and that this would basically just be a placeholder year at best until the FA fest. I want certain players on the team to do well and continue to develop, but anyone acting like this team playing poorly like it's some kind of travesty or heartbreaker simply is not paying attention at all. That said, I will be filled with furious anger after the deadline passes and Hinirch is still on this team. It's appalling how many wide open jump shots he misses.
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One of these days you will finally understand that this is not a good team.
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Oh he's turrible now. So why would they opt to re-sign him instead of going after the other FA's? For the same reason they signed a slightly above average Luol Deng to $70 million. I don't want them to get sign McGrady, but I wouldn't put it past the Bulls. I would, because it would require him to outplay the FA's available. He won't. Quite frankly, it's a stupid conclusion to think that such a scenario is likely to happen.
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Oh he's turrible now. So why would they opt to re-sign him instead of going after the other FA's?
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You do realize how bad he's been, right?
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What the [expletive] are you talking about? What are the wrong reasons for wanting expiring contracts and draft picks?
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Get fucked.
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I hope Geo isn't dying: http://www.boysofspring.com/journal/4366089598_40e3273f18%5B1%5D.jpg A better SS even at his age than Goatee McTinygreed is right now: http://www.boysofspring.com/journal/4365336171_8a45011772%5B1%5D.jpg
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... Think about it for 2 seconds. It has nothing to do with what anyone thinks he can still do as a player. I assume you are talking about an expiring contract. But what are the chances that the Bulls don't actually end up signing a good free agent and then just go ahead and resign McGrady in the offseason if they make a trade? That would scare me if I were a fan and they were talking about trading for such a guy. There's a million things the Bulls could do stupidly in the offseason. Right now I want them to just dump contracts. I highly doubt they'll resign McGrady given his obvious decline and how shittily he'll probably play the rest of this year. Yeah, the Bulls are run by morons, but McGrady would have to have a pretty incredible turnaround for the front office to look at him as opposed to all the other much better names that are going to be out there.
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... Think about it for 2 seconds. It has nothing to do with what anyone thinks he can still do as a player.
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They can easily "suck" for the rest of year. It's not like one of the top FA's will opt to not sign here because the middling talents of Salmons and Hinirch and co. are gone and helped keep the Bulls barely afloat. The better FA's will realize, "hmmm, I'm an amazing player...they have an amazing player in Rose...then they have two good role players in Deng and Noah...and they're likely sign someone else to bolster everything up." That's plenty to work with and very appealing with a big pile of money.
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Probably not too much of a drop. It might be as huge as it was when both WGN and the number of Cubs' games they showed were at their national peak, but Chicago is still a major city and you have a ton of established Cubs fans out there that are going to pass that on to their kids if they haven't already. Between being able to watch them on their own network and listening to the games through things like satellite radio, you're not likely to see too huge a dropoff in terms of the Cubs being a national team.
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Re: Wang a Nat
Sammy Sofa replied to biittner77's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Jesus Christ, going from the Yankees to the Nationals is brutal. -
Jason DuBois again?!?!
Sammy Sofa replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
It's not like we have awesome OF prospects who are sure to be highly productive in a 2-week bench stint. Dubois has had marginal ML success in the past and isn't a butcher in the field (to my knowledge) so bringing him up for a short stint due to an injury would be ok. There are preferable options, I'm sure, but not significantly so (unless I'm forgetting somebody). If Hoff doesn't make the 25 there's a much better option right there. -
I can't wait until next year.
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Re: Damon to Tigers?
Sammy Sofa replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He's had nagging injuries the last several seasons (note how often he's had to DH since going to the Yankees) and now he's on the wrong side of 35, much less 30. Given that he's an outfielder, and not a very good one, that makes him not the best option for an NL team with a limited payroll at the moment unless he was willing to come REALLY cheap and accept a bench role.
