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1) horsefeathers yea. Don’t love DD, but he fits well. Gives your offense a different element and his ability to get to the line is much needed with how infrequent the rest of the starting lineup does. 2) I’m 99% sure Zach cannot be offered an extension now that we are operating over the cap. But we can offer the biggest contract next year and I have no doubt he stays. 3) the bulls are the only NBA team with 3 qualified players in the top 25 in PER last year (Nets would have if Durant played enough to qualify). 4) any confirmation if we signed Caruso with the MLE or TPE yet? I’m hoping TPE as there are still some FAs out there that could help solidify the roster with the MLE.

Defense. Edit: also Arc put up a -0.1 VORP (0.9WS) and Caruso 0.6 (2.4 WS). Not sure what stats Arc was better in.

Huh? Maybe his defense is, but they’re offensive games couldn’t be anymore different. Lonzo shoots 38% on high volume from 3 and Simmons has shot like two 3 pointers in his life. With Zach and Vuc having such high usage rates, I prefer a PG who can play off the ball in the half court. Lonzo’s vision and passing ability on the fastbreak is really good and should be fun watching him get out in transition with Zach and PW.

Do it. 4/$84

I kind of think there’s a decent chance Rizzo signs a 3-4ish year deal. I have a hard time seeing Baez or Bryant coming back, though.

I’m guessing they go Nico/Nick middle infield for a couple years till Hernandez or Howard are ready (2024?). Can Madrigal play anywhere else?

Agree and I didn’t expect to feel this way.

Hahahaha. I’m not watching another Cubs game till after the deadline. Gonna allow myself to have that as my final memory of the core.

You COULD make it work, but getting a wing (or 4 if keeping PWill at the 3) is probably a priority over Rose. However, Rose Lavine Lonzo PWill Vuc Not a bad 5 to close out games if PW takes a nice leap. Lonzo has enough size to make it work.

Recent new team names: -Kraken -Football Team -Golden Knights -Pelicans They all sound bush league until they are around awhile Yes, an old post. But felt the need to state that Kraken was dope from the beginning.

When’s the last time we didn’t have a game thread? Fred would not be pleased.

We don’t deserve Craig Kimbrel

This post aged well. :) EDIT: Post was made Sun May 08, 2016 7:46 pm and can be found on page 1. Well, horsefeathers me

Or abandon starters

Who the hell can tell the difference between some of those shades of color?

I'm really glad to see Roberts still having the spin. Guys like him and Steele that turned into spin monsters in the last 18-24 months you had to worry if they were just Spider Tack-ing. And yeah, the pen looks to be a huge strength for the foreseeable future. I'd love to get Leeper up after whatever roster-shuffling happens around the deadline. I already feel good about our young LH relievers currently in the majors, but with Nance having been (presumably) a Spider Tack guy and Wick being (presumably) dead we don't have a current young RH guy that I trust in any sort of high leverage situation. Has Nance’s spin rate fallen drastically? I know the results lately have been bad.

Very impressive. A month ago many were proclaiming this their favorite Cubs team in years. We had taken over first place and were 2nd in the NL in run differential.

Oof

Yes because we NEVER can best Kershaw

Today is 6/26. We will probably lose. At least it’s Alzolay day tomorrow.

Pujols in particular looked way overmatched. Second to last pitch to Smith, Kimbrel just stared at the bench after he let go of it. He knew Smith had 0 chance. That was great. I missed the first batter where he walked him on 4 pitches, which is unbelievable to me with how the last 3 batters went.

I've been kind of assuming they'll be a playoff team next year. Probably wrong of me but LaVine has improved every year so far. Him and Vuc for a full year will be enough for a 6-8 seed IMO. Williams improving and I have faith they'll get a PG. Lavine is kinda recruiting Lonzo, but he won't be cheap or without options. I do think AK will pull off something. My bold prediction is a trade for Malcolm Brogdon. Sent from my SM-A115AZ using Tapatalk As a Pacers fan reading this you piqued my interest. What do you think the Bulls would be willing to give up? My only warning is that even though I may want to go backwards a little bit, the Pacers don't, and their hiring of Carlisle makes that even more clear. They won't make a deal unless they think it makes them better next year. He would be a great fit with the roster. I wanted him pretty bad when he was a FA 2 years ago. Not sure what it would cost, but I think I’d rather have Lonzo as I’m assuming he’ll cost less in a S+T than Brogdon will in a trade. Salaries would probably be pretty close. I think Brogdon gives you more offensively as a primary ballhandler in the half court, whereas Lonzo gives you a little more defensively. I think Lonzo being younger and showing improvement over each of the last 2 years gives me some confidence that he may get better moving forward as well. Regardless, I would love either one. Both will improve the defense (could it get worse than Coby?) and both can play off the ball and shoot 3s at a good percentage and volume.

It's a really weird season. Lots of injuries due to short offseason for some plus the condensed season. If LeBron and AD are healthy, or maybe even if Klay doesnt miss the entire season, you probably see the usual suspects winning in the playoffs. If Kyrie and Harden are healthy, they almost certainly get past the Bucks and continue the superteam trend. But maybe we're headed to an age of parity similar to the mid-70's NBA. The Raptors winning the title is still incredible to me and now seeing 4 teams left that all have 50+ year championship droughts including 2 teams that came out of nowhere without top 10 players...just really unexpected for the NBA. I actually wouldn't be surprised to see the superteam thing go away in a couple years. Could have LeBron retiring, which is a huge reason for superteams (him orchestrating some and some being created simply to beat him). Especially if the Clippers and Nets fail to win again next year, and you have the Bucks, Suns and Hawks all in the final 4 teams without superteams. I think you could see players taking the opposite approach and getting with teams where they are the unquestioned star who the team is built around, because the last 3 years has shown (Warriors injuries, 76ers, Clippers, Nets, 2021 Lakers) that a superteam falls apart if all the stars aren't healthy and/or playing at an elite level. The depth just isn't good enough because it has to be depleted to get stars. I don’t completely disagree. But you think a non-superteam could handle losing their only star and competing? Regardless if your star(s) aren’t healthy in the playoffs, you’re not going anywhere. Brooklyn lost 2/3 stars and still almost got past Milwaukee. It’s all luck on health.

Not the same level, but Fowler for Valbuena