Soriano12

hahaha yeah right Why not? People act like Portland has been a dormat forever.

Portland will win the NBA title in 2 years! Oden, Aldridge and Roy WOW!

Well 9 it is. And I am firmly on the Mike Conley bandwgn. Let it be known!

Boston always get screwed in the Lottery! Portland with a top 3! Wow...they could be contenders fast!

oh well...better draft Conley Pax!

If we don't get a top 3 pick........ the next Chicago Bull Imagine it, Conley takes the ball at the point, penatrates and kicks it to Tyrus for a monster dunk! I have completley changed my stance on the Bulls offseason needs. The future of the Bulls frontline is Deng at SF, and Thomas at PF. Really they don't necessarily need a post scorer(plus TT flashed some low post moves at seasons end) as much as they need a way to score other than the face up jumper. Neither Hinrich nor Gordon will blow anyone off the dribble. Conley reminds me of a young Kevin Johnson.

Do you really need me to give you a gigantic list of players who had a similarly good season in their rookie or sophomore year only to flop afterwards? Once again, I'm a fan of Murton and only somewhat playing devil's advocate here, but let's be realistic. His numbers last year do not mean "there is no reason" it won't happen this year with regular play. No. Because it has no relevance to this discussion. If Murton tonight was named the pernament RF, or LF(moving Sori to RF) I would pretty much guarentee he would put up an 800+ OPS by seasons end. Hell I would wager $100.

Last season he had an 809 OPS and a 365 OBP when given enough playing time. There is no reason he couldn't produce those #s, even surpass them if given a chance to play on a regular basis.

This would be a good idea.......... If you were high!

I just hope the Bulls don't pass on Conley and "reach" for a big man.

Or suc.....ahh..I better not.

Smiley is one of the more underrated players in the game. I'd love him on the Bears.

Smile....there still may be hope.

I've had the distinct pleasure of meeting Ernie Banks in person and talking to him about our beloved Chicago Cubs. It would be easy--REAL easy--for players such as himself to wash his hands of this entire organization given it's track record of winning championships (or lack thereof). When baseball fans think about former Cubs, his is likely one of the first names to come to mind. Would you want to be that guy who's forever tied to 98 years of futility? Yet his optimism is so incredibly contagious it's almost unbelievable. He hit 512 home runs during an era when pitchers ruled the game. He was an all-star at two positions. He was the first, genuine power-hitting shortstop the game had seen. If there's anyone more deserving of a statue at any ballpark anywhere, please tell us who. Congratulations, Mr. Banks! Well said! I realize that most of the posters to sites like this are way too young to remember Ernie and appreciate the kind of player he was. When you've been raised on steroid-enhanced players averaging 45 HRs a year while forgetting about the fans and team loyalty, you just don't get the appeal of Ernie Banks. As you can see by my user name, I've been a fan of the Cubs for 53 years and Ernie was my favorite. I don't think it has anything to do with age. You can be young and appreciate Banks. And you can appreciate Banks without seeing the need for a statue of him, or seeing how this is anything great. I'd much rather they work on improving present personel than honoring past personel. I'm fairly sure Piniella and Hendry aren't the ones in charge of this project. Yep. They are focused on the task at hand. Detroying the present, and future.

Oden. Anyone who says otherwise knows very little about basketball and especially the NBA. Yep. But if the Bulls get the #2 pick, there is no way they should pass on Durant though. I could care less about need. Need should not even be considered when you have a lottery pick in the NBA draft. You draft on talent alone.

If they can find a way to attach a bronze *, I assume so.

I think the Dodgers have pretty much canned the Wilson Betemit experiment

Wade Miller for Dwayne Wade. That's a fair trade, IMO.

Should "grooming" a new closer be a Spring Training Task? Good grief this organization is cluless. :twisted:

Not only will I "celebrate" this staute, I shall make a false idol of it.

Wrong. The Cubs organization is small pathetic running joke for nearly 100 years. The only memories worth salvaging are the individual great players that had the unfortunate luck of playing on such piss poor teams.

Gotta give credit to McDonugh. He is getting alot of things done. We probably would have never seen this on McPhails watch.

yes. long overdue.

This could be a very exciting offense. IMO, the 07 team has a chance to be more talented on offense vs the 85 team. I'm talking overall talent on offense. Of course nothing will ever top Payton, he is the greatest back ever. But Berrian, Moose, Bradley, and now Hester, that is some major talent at WR. Gault was just a burner who sucked going across the middle.

It would be even better if it was Juan Pierre. That would be alot of $$$$. Maybe even a cure already?