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  1. BigSlick
    Damn nice to have him under control until through 2013. A lot of people are already bemoaning the fact that we wont be able to re-sign him after the contracts up, but I'm not so sure its a bad thing. Remember, he's someone that came into the league at age 25, and he still has a limited offensive game. Very valuable player to have, but if someone in 2013 comes around and wants to give him starter money and a long deal, I have no problem at all with that.
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    Well it makes me sad about Demetri Mccamey...he's not a bad guy, he just regressed heavily as a player. I dunno, it happens, he has a very odd mindset, and I don't think Weber is blameless in this as well. Jereme Richmond...well yeah he brought this all on himself. I don't see how it's Weber's fault that McCamey decided in January that he'd done enough to get drafted and then coasted for 3 months. Should he have benched him more? It's hard to hold a coach completely blameless for a guy not being motivated. I'm not saying the majority isn't on Demetri, because at a certain point after 4 years, it's on you, but with the lethargy his teams have shown when not lead by a fiery player like Frazier or Brown, it's worth questioning. I knew when I said "I don't think Weber is blameless" that it would be construed as me laying an inordinate amount of the blame on Weber. Thats not the case. But its clear something is wrong with the whole Weber regime when an off-hand coment from one of McCamey's cousins (..."hey maybe you should drive to the basket more!") has more sway with his playstyle than the friggin head coach.
  3. BigSlick
    Well it makes me sad about Demetri Mccamey...he's not a bad guy, he just regressed heavily as a player. I dunno, it happens, he has a very odd mindset, and I don't think Weber is blameless in this as well. Jereme Richmond...well yeah he brought this all on himself.
  4. BigSlick
    oh thank god we didn't get Singler
  5. BigSlick
    So basically, this off-season (if there is one) will basically be: 1. Go after Howard as hard as possible and failing that, (which is nearly certain) 2. Get a 2 guard with any credentials whatsoever Also contemplate very deeply how much money we have tied to Noah and Boozer for the next 5 years
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    Dwight Howard is close, depending on how you view defense, what metric you pick
  7. BigSlick
    im glad that between the bulls playoff run and the exceedingly low expectations of the cubs this year have distanced myself from caring, because that last 2 games would have infuriated a previous years' 'me' give up 7 runs and lose and not a single one is earned? really? really.
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    It doesnt matter what the subject is, you can count on Whitlock writing an overly contrarian, bad article about it.
  9. BigSlick
    Nice to see the Bulls back to owning. Also nice to see Rose with his burst back. Maybe Bernstein wont proclaim the sky falling anymore
  10. BigSlick
    that rondo gif is a treasure
  11. BigSlick
    please pound the pacers and have the orlando/atlanta series go 7, thanks god
  12. BigSlick
    This playoffs is only 2 days old and its already looking highly competitive
  13. BigSlick
    i despised Noah when we drafted him and hated the pick (what another tyson chandler?! god damnit) its completely understandable that every other fan base hates him, but like he says: thats ok, i got my friends
  14. BigSlick
    No one else even deserves a vote, honestly. A decent chunk of the media still seems bent on Pops though. Honestly, I'd say Thibs is definitely more deserving of CoY than Rose is of MVP. Well yeah, because Thibs actually deserves his award. Just curious, but who's been more valuable to his team than Rose this year? I just want to point out how much I hate that line of thinking for MVP awards. Do you see it get drudged up in Baseball MVP debates? well sometimes, but by morons. But in general, what difference does it make when Albert Pujols cracks 49 homers for the Pirates of the Cardinals or the Braves of the Yankees? His value remains constant, I don:t care what the nebulous *for his team* nonsense means
  15. BigSlick
    that absolutely blows my mind this season has been fun
  16. BigSlick
    SCA-LA-BRI-NEE SCA-LA-BRI-NEE
  17. BigSlick
    the 'average fan' and people who watch basketball are on such different universes that its not worth the effort to try to draw conclusions from whatever limited relationship they actually have i dont care what Sarah Spain says in the Red Eye
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    Yeah, no. no there are a ton that think he's going to win the mvp (and he will) but these are not the same things and i guess it needs to be said along with Sponge, i need not count the meatballs that dont really watch basketball anyway Yeah, no. no there are a ton that think he's going to win the mvp (and he will) but these are not the same things There's a ton who think it is. I don't know why we're going to pretend like the average fan isn't going to be That Guy. It's the same whether it's baseball or basketball. who cares about them
  19. BigSlick
    there are very few bulls fans that actually contend that derrick rose is the best player in basketball
  20. BigSlick
    BTW just saw the highlight of Omer rejecting Kevin Love. My goodness, he took his manhood away.
  21. BigSlick
    Determined to make things as annoying as possible, Boozer has a great game without Noah in the lineup. Here comes the articles about how their chemistry is messed up and how there can only be one in this town.
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    Case in point: Michael Jordan. Tiger, Ali, Ruth, etc., etc.. I'm wary of Pujols because he's so great yet apparently also a great person. He must be hiding something really horrible. Didn't he speak at a tea party rally or something? Or La Russa dragged him to one, which of course makes La Russa that much worse
  23. BigSlick
    I can't tell if this is good or bad for college basketball. I guess the whole sport is kinda not really sure where to go now. I'm not going to say it was 'easy' to tell that something insane like this years tournament was going to happen, but anyone with an eye on college basketball knew that the field was so very weak this year, and it as certainly possible that a lot of upsets were going to go down in the tournament. As nice as it is to have all these upsets and the insane craziness of it all, it feels like we need those constant faces, the powerhouses, to stay around for the sport to remain relevant. People just don't want to watch VCU - Butler match ups. And while its satisfying to see these big time programs get what they deserve, the more and more they deteriorate the more ignored college basketball will be.
  24. BigSlick
    I thought we only owed him 6 mil this season, after the Mariners picked up 5.5 of his 11.5 salary? If I had to guess how this plays out, Hendry is probably trying to trade him right now but wont find a taker. He'll probably push Cashner into the pen and let Silva start a few times. Those starts wont go well, we'll cut Silva, and try to move Cashner back into the rotation but probably give him a minor arm injury in the process of stretching him back out. We'll watch Coleman get pounded for a few weeks until Cashner is ready to start pitching again. Cashner will be ineffective and an MRI will show a tear in his elbow. He'll miss the next year after Tommy John surgery, and be stuck in the pen permanently after that, as he "couldn't handle a starter's workload." On the fringes of playoff contention at about 6 games back, we'll trade for Paul Maholm for the stretch run. We wont give up too much to acquire him, but Hendry will resign him to an overly expensive contract in the offseason. Probably about 3 years, 18 mil. Yeah this sounds about right. I want them to cut Silva just to prove that MLB Gm's know a little something about sunk cost.
  25. BigSlick
    I know, it really is weird how few Orlando games are televised nationally. As usual, theres going to be a difference between the person who should be MVP and the actual MVP award winner
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