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  1. Hes also walking and traveling. Basically i agree its highly, highly unlikely he comes back this season. But ever since I read Dan Bernsteins hack article attacking Rose ive never wanted anything more than for him to come back as quickly as he can and play great.
  2. Chicago to Tokyo takes a polar route and the flight times are pretty negligable compared to LA - Japan. A lot of airlines have that flight out of Chicago. There are tons of reasons to choose LA over Chicago international travel capability isnt one of them. Could be that Mrs Tanaka doesnt like the run support situation her husband would be signing up for.
  3. I know it was a long time ago, but do you remember the last Derrick Rose injury, and how that recovery went? There won't be a surprise return. How about "surprise! I'm not coming back until 2016!!" Well one was an ACL and other a miniscus. I dont known what the recovery time should be. I tore my miniscus and had it repaired and could play after 3 months granted my surgery was athroscopic and i was a slightly less explosive athlete than D Rose. Is Rose on a IR that precludes him from returning? If I were the Bulls and there was a 1% chance that derrick couldnt return, after last year's mess, than id say he was unequivically out for the year. I can still hope.
  4. My direction is snell kirk and all our picks for afflalo and a susprise DRose March return.
  5. Just curious, how can you type, when you don't know how to read? I ASKED if you consider moving Thibs in the offseason, if you can get legit value for a guy that may or may not be a great fit with Rosé. The "nucleus" mentioned would also include Jo and Taj, maybe Jimmy as well. I also laid out the fact we won't have the ability to go get a max player, which is what's very likely needed, in order to put us over the top. No one knows if Mirotic has All Star ability or not, but with the current state of the team, he NEEDS to, if we're to have championship aspirations. Having two fairly high picks, one of which could turn into a top 3, with some luck, would definitely mean more than winning one [expletive] playoff series and then getting our asses drug by the Heat or Pacers. What exactly was I dismantling, by the way? Learn to [expletive] read, then maybe you 'd post something that at least one person on the site could possibly agree with. [expletive]. youre being a huge jerk dave. To get a 20% chance of picking in the top 3 we would need to probably go 12-35 the rest of the way in. We might be able to finish the rest of the year 15-32 and get a 10% chance at the top 3. I think a 1/5 chance qualifies as "some luck". What do you suppose we do to this team, short of dismantling it, that would have it play 12-35 ball? If somebody can answer that I hope we tank. Personally I get a lot of value getting to watch the games, going to games, seeing them win a playoff series and rooting for an underdog win against the pacers or heat in the playoffs; the odds of which are infinately greater than drafting in the top 3.
  6. They keep running Omaha.
  7. Did somebody suggest trading Thibs could help us lose more? Did somebody suggest that a nucleus of Rose, Mirotic and a fairly high pick is championship calibre? Its not. That nucleus isnt good and what a leap of faith for a mystery player and a guy youve never seen play and that nobody has seen play in an nba game. The team is potentially good enough to be the number #3 seed in east this year, and afford us a chance to play 1 or 2 playoff series; and this team by returning Rose, rostering Mirotic, and having FA money from the Boozer amnesty is likely to improve more than any other team in the NBA and immediately contend next year. You really want to dismantle all that for the chance to move up 10 picks in the draft? The NBA draft is obviously extremely hit or miss. And this franchise is pretty bad at getting high upside young players to contribute immediately.
  8. Did somebody suggest trading Thibs could help us lose more? Did somebody suggest that a nucleus of Rose, Mirotic and a fairly high pick is championship calibre? Its not. That nucleus isnt good and what a leap of faith for a mystery player and a guy youve never seen play and that nobody has seen play in an nba game. The team is potentially good enough to be the number #3 seed in east this year, and afford us a chance to play 1 or 2 playoff series; and this team by returning Rose, rostering Mirotic, and having FA money from the Boozer amnesty is likely to improve more than any other team in the NBA and immediately contend next year. You really want to dismantle all that for the chance to move up 10 picks in the draft? The NBA draft is obviously extremely hit or miss. And this franchise is pretty bad at getting high upside young players to contribute immediately.
  9. Why is that defenisve holding and not PI. Its the difference of 5 yards of being on the 1 yard line.
  10. Why is that defenisve holding and not PI. Its the difference of 5 yards of being on the 1 yard line.
  11. I remember here when there was a 500 page thread here about Brian Roberts. That was because (i) people gave a [expletive] about the cubs and they dont anymore because its very hard to care about a team that mathematically eliminated by Easter and and (ii) we had an MLB roster that had such few holes in it that something as granular as a marginal upgrade at second base was extremely exciting.
  12. Id start a franchise around Cam over anybody in the NFL. The guy is an absolute beast. He got rocked on second down then ran for 20 yards on 3rd. If they win and they start doing Wilson vs Newton comparisons im gonna go nuts. Cam is on a different level. Hes already the best college player ever and he could become the best QB in the nfl after these other guys retire.
  13. Id start a franchise around Cam over anybody in the NFL. The guy is an absolute beast. He got rocked on second down then ran for 20 yards on 3rd. If they win and they start doing Wilson vs Newton comparisons im gonna go nuts. Cam is on a different level. Hes already the best college player ever and he could become the best QB in the nfl after these other guys retire.
  14. These protected draft picks are turning out to all be worthless. I miss the days when we could turn Steve Kerr into a top lottery pick.
  15. Look at the 2003 draft and see what was around at the #8 pick vs the #20 pick. The Bulls got incredibly lucky with rose and i wouldnt care to lose for another shot at such an unlikely event. The bulls have a better chance upsetting indiana than getting a top 5 draft pick. They cant clear cap space really. They are gonna amnestly boozer after the season. What else could they do short of dumping Noah? They obviouly wont get any assets for anybody on the team other than Noah look at the horrendous return we got for deng.
  16. Have you guys been paying attention to NBA drafts for the last 10-15 years? Getting the 10 pick as opposed to the 18th pick is very very unlikely to make a much of a difference in the long term and based on how the bulls draft and play young guys it will definately make zero difference in the short term.
  17. I'm loving these games. This squad is gonna get the 3 seed and win a playoff series. I don't know how anybody can complain about that.
  18. These idiots are paid to understand the sport. This is a color man doing a playoff game. Ow the [expletive] does he not understand that getting tackled on the 1 would be the worst thing that could happen there. The punter nearly made a heroic play and New England got lucky to have that safety. Who is the color man here. This guy is a jackass.
  19. I just want this part of everything to be over. The relatively de minimis revenue increase from a dumbass video board shouldnt have anything to do with anything. If they can get it up and make a couple of bucks off it great if not whatever. If they can do this commercial promenade and make some money off it thats great too. They do not need those improvements to self fund. They need to focus on their baseball product. Thats all they need to focus on. If they need to make cosmetic or structural improvements to wrigley than make them. You dont need to wait until you have the "miller lite fan patio" or whatever it will be. They own a roughly $300mln ballpark. If you need to protect that asset by making whatever improvements, than you need to make them. "He has no cash" (which i absolutely do not believe) than he needs to either further leverage or sell the team. I dont believe any of that. I think that they came in with a plan and a conservative strategy and for whatever confluence of reasons either (i) its not working or (ii) its not working fast enough for most fans.
  20. I want to be actively watching games and looking at the division standings at least into July. It would be wise for them to try to make that happen./
  21. Yea we need another 60 win season to evaluate the progress of 8 prospects.
  22. Who was the guy who was selling the injury reports to gamblers? There was a coach who did that was it Nutt?
  23. In all honesty I think bobby Petrino fell in love with that girl. The heart wants what it wants. Didnt the report come out and say they texted each other like a billion times. He must have felt so god damn free on his hog riding through the Arkansas country.
  24. It's not like Bobby Petrino nailed a bipolar woman on the floor of a restaurant during business hours, forced her to have an abortion and paid the team equipment manager to marry her to keep her quiet.
  25. I cant see Mirotic not wanting to play in the NBA relatively soon. However, whereas all the best pro golfers from basically every country move to Florida, Spanish guys seem to favor their residence in spain.
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