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  1. Tyrant
    Just a note on this, I ended up shelling out for the BP fantasy subscription for the year. What an awesome tool. The player forecast manager is amazing. I'm still not sure how to use everything in it, or how to best set it to my league, but it's really fun to play around with. Good stuff.
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    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_1x1mvb2W23Q/SYdvfL4kPfI/AAAAAAAAAkM/BE-2ZkwOSUI/s400/matt+millen.jpg
  3. Tyrant
    Sounds like pretty much everyone on every message board on the Internet.
  4. Tyrant
    I'll take a Cubs WS title via almost any means, but "Curt Schilling showing up and leading the team to a title" is near the absolute bottom of my preferred methods, right after "The Cubs win the World Series and I miss it because I'm in a coma."
  5. Tyrant
    Actually, what you're telling him to do seems like "If you find yourself in a hole, Mark, just sit there."
  6. Tyrant
    What you said and what UMFan said. After Jordan retired, I was sure he'd be the best basketball player I ever saw. Now I'm not so sure. As a huge MJ fan, that's hard for me to admit.
  7. Tyrant
    Absolutely. I was just using it as a very simple baseline, because I think there are some similarities in their games. I don't think Rose will be as strong as Wade, and he probably won't get to the line as much. But I think he'll be a better jump-shooter and has a better chance at developing a three-point shot. I just wanted to point out that he could have a similar impact as Wade and how, in theory, he and Bosh could be a 1-2 punch to rival LeBron in the East. Of course, Bosh needs to actually come to Chicago first....
  8. Tyrant
    Why not?
  9. Tyrant
    Sign LeBron? Genius! Sign me up. :thumbsup: I think that'd be a great lineup, but I'm not sure how it'd fit into the cap. If they can shed Deng's salary and get a good replacement-player for him in the draft, it might be a possibility. But even still, having two big money guys in Johnson and Bosh, plus leaving room for Rose would be tough. Also, I'm not sure I want any part of Carlos Boozer.
  10. Tyrant
    That's a fair point, yes. But I think if the Bulls can land Bosh next summer, just as he hits his prime, they'll have as good of a chance as anyone. But you're right, any team that has LeBron James in the next 12 years is going to be very good. Also, you never gave me your plan to turn the Duhon, Hinrich, Noc, Garnett core into a championship team.
  11. Tyrant
    Well, when they were healthy last year, they won 56 games in the Western Conference. That's a pretty good accomplishment. And they've had some injuries this year, but are still sitting at 32-20.
  12. Tyrant
    I think you're underestimating how good Derrick Rose is going to be. Just out of curiosity, would you think this team can compete in the East? Dwayne Wade Ben Gordon Luol Deng Tyrus Thomas Chris Bosh You probably would. And realize that in a few years, Rose might be as good as (or possible better than) Wade. Here are their per-36-minute stats from their rookie years: Wade (age 22): 16.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.7 assists, .465 FG% Rose (age 20): 16.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 6.2 assists, .474 FG% So, comparing the two player's first years in the NBA, Rose scores at almost the same rate, but more efficiently. He also distributes better. And he's two years younger than Wade. I don't think he'll ever average 28 a game because he'll be playing the point, but I think it's very possible they'll have similar value.
  13. Tyrant
    Marcel and Chone have been proven to be pretty good (relatively speaking, of course). Oliver is available on fangraphs too. I've never seen it included in any studies, but I think I've heard its OK. I'd ignore Bill James, everyone is over inflated. One word of caution is that Marcel isn't going to be good for younger players will little MLB experience. Of course if you have access to BP, use PECOTA. Zips is also perfectly fine (baseballthinkfactory) to use as well. In the past I've used an average of a few of the better systems. Yeah, I've noticed in the past that James seems to overrate most players. Ideally I'd use an average of a few systems, if I'm feeling up to doing the legwork. Is Zips available in a comprehensive spreadsheet? I've only seen it in a team-by-team format.
  14. Tyrant
    I know I've seen this info out there before, but what are the most reliable projection systems out there if one is trying to get a handle on the upcoming season? I know fangraphs has Marcels and Chone for free. Ideally I'd like to download these (again, for free, since I'm cheap) and integrate them into a spreadsheet. What has everyone else had the best luck with in the past?
  15. Tyrant
    If Rose develops into what everyone thinks he will, then yes.
  16. Tyrant
    so was his back still hurt in winter ball? and is his back still sore now, is that why he still can't throw strikes? wah, wah, wah rich. you fell apart. stop making excuses. Yeah, after all ST started on Sunday. It's Weds. already, start throwing strikes. Well, he IS a major league baseball player after all.
  17. Tyrant
    Salaries have to match in the NBA.
  18. Tyrant
    Partially. But if you look at the good teams, they have several high-quality players around their top dogs. Garnett has Pierce and Allen. Kobe has Odom and Gasol. Duncan has Ginobili and Parker. The Bulls would have had Garnett and..... Garnett.
  19. Tyrant
    Right back atcha. Young cores develop into 55-win teams that go out in the second round every year and draft in the late teens, never getting anywhere. It's NBA purgatory, and the Bulls would still be there if they hadn't lucked into Rose. All right. Enlighten me. It's 2006. You're the GM. The Bulls just finished 40-42 with a core of Duhon, Hinrich, Nocioni, Garnett and Songalia/Harrington. You are without a first round pick in the upcoming draft. You have no valuable player assets to trade in order to acquire talent. Garnett is 30 years old and will begin declining in three years. You have a moderate amount of cap room, but an owner unwilling to pay the luxury tax and notorious for being stingy with the Bulls finances. How do you turn the Bulls into a championship-caliber team before Garnett is 34 years old?
  20. Tyrant
    Ugh. For such a smart group of Cubs fans, you're all really dumb Bulls fans.
  21. Tyrant
    Worth it, worth it, worth it. This will always be a sport where you do whatever you can to get elite players and worry about the dross later. No. Not at all. The Bulls lineup would have been something like Duhon, Hinrich, Nocioni, Garnett and Othella Harrington. Darius Songalia would have been the next-best player. As said, worth it. That's dumb. That's a 40-win team. The reason everyone wanted Garnett was as the final piece to a talented young core. But if the Bulls would have traded the entire core to get him, they would have been just as bad as the Minnesota team Garnett wanted to leave.
  22. Tyrant
    Worth it, worth it, worth it. This will always be a sport where you do whatever you can to get elite players and worry about the dross later. No. Not at all. The Bulls lineup would have been something like Duhon, Hinrich, Nocioni, Garnett and Othella Harrington. Darius Songalia would have been the next-best player.
  23. Tyrant
    This is days old, and I have no idea if anyone ever responded to it, but he never had a real shot at these guys. The Lakers weren't ever serious about trading Kobe; Memphis only wanted cap relief for Gasol, not talent; Minnesota wanted Chandler, Deng, Gordon and draft choices for Garnett, which would have crippled the Bulls. None of those three non-moves were Paxson's fault.
  24. Tyrant
    What does that do for Al Yellon and his Wisconsin Badger T-shirts?!?! http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/2/11/755496/2009-bcb-project-3000-fund
  25. Tyrant
    Despite what we're all hoping from, it's hard to say he's gotten a raw deal in the past, given his behavior. Why? Because he threw some balls and some bats that one time? Since then he's been pretty clean. We can point to that thing with the ump last year all we want, but when you get down to it, the ump walked after HIM, not the other way around. The problem is he throws some bats/balls/coolers/whatever once or twice when he's young and those images get replayed year after year after year. Now all of a sudden he's got this reputation as a nutcase when his true persona seems to be nothing of the sort. Last year he tried to get into the Royals' press box and go after one of their broadcasters for saying things about him. So he's the new Kent Mercker? Who the **** is Kent Mercker?
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