Banedon

Brooklyn Nets new logo. Minus the blue tape, obviously. http://nbcprobasketballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/original.jpg

I would rather watch a skills compitition than the Pro-Bowl. I don't think an NFL skills competition would draw much audience, to be honest.

You don't say..... http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/nba-ratings-improved-season-185805096.html

Not that I've heard, but it's probably because he's still not signed, and its draft day. Some people would rather trade him than deal with a potential hold out.

Yeah, but really there's no way they could have known it would fall that way.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/jayron-hosley-vontaze-burfict-failed-drug-tests-nfl-scouting-combine-042512 On that topic: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7819621/ncf-oregon-ducks-deny-drug-culture-eugene-espn-magazine 27% of college football players smoke weed. Not surprising at all. But before games? Wow. That blows my mind. I mean, watching football would be fun. Maybe even the idea of playing football is fun. But actually playing real football stoned? Wow. You would think you'd wanna get amped up for a game, not relaxed.

I know the NBA schedule was sorta squeezed in there and all, but really, who thought scheduling the last day of the season up against the first round of the NFL draft was a good plan?

Gah, I can't wait for the playoffs to start.

http://www.journaltimes.com/sports/basketball/bucks-beat-udrih-will-pick-up-million-player-option/article_87078668-8e98-11e1-9647-001a4bcf887a.html

Somebody paste these quotes up in the Bulls locker room, plz.

Wow...Thibs taking his foot off the throttle just a bit?

From the Estonian league playoffs....

Punishment for Saints players involved in the bounty scandal will come as soon as today, and Goodell doesn't sound forgiving.

What a chicken [expletive].

Why are we calling it the championship series instead of the Finals?

Does anyone have a picture of these throwbacks? They're awesome. http://c-product.images.fansedge.com/46-23/46-23959-Y.jpg I have a Hester one, myself.

Yeah, count me in the crowd pointing and laughing at the Canucks.

I wonder if Asik is dinged up. He's worn a shoulder pad thingy for a few games and barely played tonight.

http://www.csnchicago.com/basketball-chicago-bulls/bulls-talk/Did-ankle-taping-further-Roses-injury?blockID=693194&feedID=10332&awid=9037224312838277866-914

I'm not trying to bag on the Pacers, cuz I think they've been very consistently good all season, and really have flown under the radar. But I dunno, I just don't find the team all the compelling. That could be completely unfair, as I haven't watched them much this year at all. But I feel like the Bulls have developed a rivalry with both Boston and Miami over time that just isn't there with Indiana. Yeah, there was the playoffs last year, but as competitive as they were, I don't think there's a "rivalry" to speak of there.

Have to beat the Pacers. All bets are off if the Heat don't win out.

I might be crazy, but I think I'd rather play Boston than Indiana. I know Boston has played well lately, but I think I'd still rather see that series than playing Indiana again. In a vacuum, I'd probably rather play Indiana. But the idea of Boston making things tough for Miami or even bouncing them intrigues me. Did you mean that in a vacuum you'd rather not play Indiana? The but confused me since obviously if you get Indiana, you get the benefit of Boston playing Miami too. That wouldn't be an either/or. Both teams have been playing well down the stretch. Since March 17th, Indiana is 16-4 while Boston is 14-5. Boston obviously has the wealth of playoff experience as a group while Indiana's new guys are the only ones with significant playoff experience (West, Hill, Barbosa, Amundson). I'm trying not to be a homer, but I'll say Chicago would want to avoid Indiana for one big reason. Both Boston and Indiana have roughly equal chances of upsetting Chicago (if push came to shove, I'd say as I did last week that Indiana has a little better chance against Chicago while Boston has a little better of a chance against Miami, but that's irrelevant to this point). But with the Bulls having so many guys already with nagging injuries, having such a bruising series against Indiana would be a huge detriment to the Bulls being healthy going into a potential Miami series. Hopefully not from anything dirty, but those will be highly physical contests between two long, physical type teams. Playing Boston might give just as long of a series, but the wear and tear from those games will likely be less. Honestly, I'm not terribly afraid of losing to either Boston or Indiana if the Bulls are at full strength. Obviously a big "if". For me, we've seen the Bulls vs Indiana series last year, and I didn't find it to be so compelling that I want to see it again.

Well this is just awesome news....

I might be crazy, but I think I'd rather play Boston than Indiana. I know Boston has played well lately, but I think I'd still rather see that series than playing Indiana again.