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Looking great so far.

ROFL! Almost #2 for Frolik.

Who had Frolik with the first goal? lol

Locking this to avoid confusion.

Playing the role of Susannah Collins is Chris Boden tonight. Serious downgrade in looks.

Foley sure does love to talk about hit stats.

It doesn't need to be said. It's clear as day. It's his teammates that deserve respect. Not Rose. It doesn't need to be said, but just in case, that's about all you've said for 3+ pages of this thread. Because you keep pretending it is inappropriate to say it. I think it's been excessive in this thread, yes. There was probably more talk about Rose during the game last night then there was about the actual game going on. But whatever, if people wanna be that pissed at Rose, that's fine. Whatever. I'm done with the discussion.

It doesn't need to be said. It's clear as day. It's his teammates that deserve respect. Not Rose. It doesn't need to be said, but just in case, that's about all you've said for 3+ pages of this thread.

It took 5 whole minutes for someone to make a Rose comment after that.... I'm disappointed.

Put Sammy in the HoF!

Who do you bump to make room for Garza when he's ready?

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Iman Shumpert has been terrible compared to the way he was pre-injury. With the exception of 3pt shooting, every stat is down from pre-injury. Rose is taking longer, yes. But the point is for him to be able to come back and not have to be a shadow of the player he was pre-injury. Will that actually happen? There's no telling of course, but if him taking a little longer to get right...what's being hurt by that? Maybe the Bulls are out of the playoffs a round earlier than they would have otherwise? You're getting back to ridiculousness here. Comparing Rose's ACL to Nate Robinson's flu symptoms? Yep, that's the same. None of the guys you listed are dealing with an injury of the severity that Rose's was. And frankly, I'd rather that Deng had sat, maybe gotten surgery to get his wrist right. I'd rather that Noah had sat for longer and not tried to play through his plantar fascitis, so we could have gotten more of 100% Noah instead of some of the gimpy games we've gotten. Playing through injury isn't always the right move. I will agree with you that the PR aspect of all of this should've been handled better. Reggie, of course, should shut the [expletive] up. And both Rose and the Bulls should've allowed more for the possibility that he misses the season right from the start. But the vilification is way WAY over the top. Rose didn't kill anyone, or rape anyone, or wreck his sportscar on Lakeshore, or whatever other endless amount of stupidity that athletes are forgiven for. The only difference is that he hasn't been back on the court yet, to do all those great things that make people forgive athletes' mistakes. As soon he does, all this will be forgotten.

You're just assuming so much though. Who says he made up his mind not to play? Maybe he didn't. You don't know, I don't know. Your rage and indignation at the whole thing is just so funny. He's a 24yo superstar that wants to take the time to make sure his injury is fully healed, and that he is back at the playing level he wants to be at. I'm perfectly ok with that, and if anything, I respect him more for not caring what fans, talk radio, or columnists think he should be doing. He's doing what's right for him. Yes, what they say in public and what they think may be very different, but you're presuming to know what he's thinking. And of course the Jordan comparison was ridiculous, like I said it was. But the Rose discussion in this thread has been far from level headed, so I thought I'd throw out a bit of hyperbole too.

Not really. It's crap that it will all be forgotten by next March. People will support him, because he's a really good player who plays for the team they support, but to pretend like Rose and his people have handled this properly and haven't dicked around the club, his teammates and the fanbase is [expletive]. Rose and his brother and team deserve every single bit of criticism and scorn they get. Nobody should be bigger than the club. I rattled off the Chicago sports figures who got torched for far less serious idiocy, but if Rose were a soccer player in Europe he'd be persona non grata with the team and its fans for a very long time. Honestly, your posts are going to be one of the primary ones I look back at next season. Who the hell cares what Rose's perception would be if he were a soccer player in Europe? You wanna make silly comparisons, lets do it. Michael Jordan skipped a season and a half so he could play minor league baseball. Rose can't miss a season to get his ACL to a place he's comfortable with? Sorry, but Rose really doesn't have to be concerned about your feelings, or Joe Internet's feelings. He knows damn well that fans are fickle, and that as long as he comes back and plays at the same level or better than he was at, they'll be back on his side. I think the perception that he doesn't care to play is important. Frankly speaking, he's being a terrible teammate right now. I wonder if any free agents will want to play with him. I love that fans like to call him a terrible teammate, while his teammates and even his opponents all say exactly the opposite.

Chris Broussard says more things:

I think everybody is aware. If they were then they shouldn't expect them to go away. I don't think anyone does. Wanting and expecting are different things.

The Rose handwringing is hilarious. Some of this is going to be funny to look back on next season.

I still think they should just play a recording of Harry singing it, but I don't feel strongly about any aspect of it.

Please, stop "teaching" us about stats. We're all well aware of how they work. Honestly.

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@NickFriedell Jimmy Butler on how sick veterans Luol Deng and Taj Gibson look "They look the same way they do every day. Lu is dark skinned, Taj is bald"

Apparently the Nationals trainers tried, and failed, to save a cameraman that was having a heart attack. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/nationals-trainers-help-save-cameraman-life-following-heart-000514143.html

I hope it stays that way and the series goes 7 games. I'm torn between my hatred of the Canadiens and wanting to see a Bruins-Pens match up in round 2. Of course, the last thing anyone wants is a Caps-Pens ECF so go Ottawa. I can't decide if I want the Blues to win so the Kings can stop being overrated, or if I want the Kings to win cuz screw STL.