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SouthSideRyan

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  1. FLOPPPPPPPPPPPp ETA: That said, it's Verdell Jones more than 3 feet away from the basket, you should be playing the air ball, not the block.
  2. As I said, I haven't seen too much of Indiana this year, but I have a hard time imagining that it's vital to the Indiana offense to feed Zeller in the post when the brow is guarding him.
  3. Zeller's not even Indiana's best player. Get off your storyline Dick.
  4. This is not the best team in the country.
  5. 29 turnovers in 24 minutes
  6. Flopping like Dukies
  7. It's been middle 30 minutes of UI/St. Bonnies ugly
  8. Is the Cubs prospect Starlin Castro? Is the Reds GM Dave Littlefield?
  9. I'd take him as a 12 minute bench guy. Boston could use all the depth it can get. 4-5 games/week is going to kill those geezers If Rivers is smart, he'll be comfortable being a 6 seed, but I'm guessing he's not and KG winds up with a season-ending injury.
  10. DANIEL MOORE SIGHTING (Talking to myself)
  11. I'd take him as a 12 minute bench guy.
  12. Holy hell how is that not a foul on somebody??
  13. Hahhaha, Roy Williams at UNC is one of his examples for coaches who are identified with a program? We're ignoring the 15 years he coached the gypsies now?
  14. I think Vitale just suggested Papa Zeller package his seed.
  15. Hahaha, that was really obviously off IU 4 white guys on the court for IU btw
  16. This is a terrible game.
  17. I'm not sure Kentucky could look sloppier.
  18. http://www.gobearcats.com/allaccess/?media=273285 Mick Cronin's reaction to the fight starts around the 3:30 mark.
  19. Thanks garbage 3 pointer. [expletive] Duke
  20. Ryan Kelly is the stiffest stiff that ever stiffed.
  21. [expletive] Plumlee is 2-11 from the line.
  22. The .368 happened to be in the PCL, and was 35 points better than he'd ever done before. I just don't see the OBP ever coming around for him.
  23. Exactly how do you see the Cubs acquiring two impact bats and two impact arms without trading Garza using the Cubs' system? Do you think they have the pieces to obtain two of those impact players via trade or is it more likely three signings and one trade? I can't see two impact players being obtained with Cubs' prospects without absolutely emptying the system. I do agree that this will probably take two years. Just one through a trade, and probably not until after the draft next year, after it's been restocked somewhat. We'll have 4 picks inside the top 100 next year, counting the 2 supplemental picks. It's why I'm advocating spending as much as we can on IFA between now and then as well. Take full advantage of the opportunity to restock as possible. Adding Jorge Soler, if we think he's a potential star is very important. Even if we give him a 5 year deal for over 20 mill. Maybe look at Anelki Garcia Speck, this Concepcion kid that's 19, the Korean pitcher represented by Boras, the Dominican pitchers left unsigned from last year's July signing period. And anyone else that may have an impact. I'd love to see 10 or 12 mill spent doing this. It'd make it a hell of a lot easier to trade off Szczur or McNutt or Baez or whoever else, if it nets us an impact guy. Because we'd have guys in the system looking like they'll soon be able to fill in around the impact guys we're spending heavily on. Because starting with the draft next year, it really seems like it's going to be much harder to build a system quickly. And for us to sustain longterm success, it's just as important as signing the bigname FA, as far as I'm concerned. A lot is going to have to go right in a very short amount of time in this scenario. Not only are the Cubs going to have to sign a few of the top IFA players available, against stiff competition, but those they sign have to show that they are worth the money they received the next two years. They are going to have to draft well and get those guys they drafted to sign. The system is going to have to have a number of guys step up and perform at a high level. They can't afford to have more than one or two of their top players to go down to a major injury. They have to find a match with a team that has an impact player available. Finally, they have to be willing to pull the trigger. I'm not going to say that this can't or won't happen, but it would be much easier to see this type of thing happening if the Cubs' system was currently a top two or three system. You don't need a top two or three system to acquire a star. You basically need a system that isn't bottom two or three.
  24. I trust Zeller wouldn't get in foul trouble in Bloomington, but to be honest I've seen maybe 10 minutes of the 2 schools combined this year, so I have no idea how clunky and foul prone Zeller is and how much contact the brow draws down low.
  25. It's simplistic but if Zeller gets in foul trouble, IU is getting defecated on. If not, maybe just peed on.
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