SouthSideRyan

It's a good way to create a story to get the rookie that doesn't know how to handle the media to give a controversial quote about a controversial player. Sportswriters can kiss my hairy ass.

So maybe we shouldn't have wasted all that time having Jake Fox playing 1B and DH in AAA this year?

there's a lot more to this story than what you're thinking. no way was he forced off the team, there's just no way. And it's not no way man, we wouldn't do that to a kid. It's no way man, he was going to play 15+ minutes per game and would be our best returning defender.

impressive. tracy smith, aleks maric, sean may. kind of makes you wonder why he went where he did, eh? That's a huge difference in rebounding percentage between Blair and the others. yeah, but look who they are. not exactly bill walton, shaquille o'neal, and tim duncan. Yeah, but nobody is saying that Blair is Walton, Shaq, or Duncan Hawkeye seems to think he's all 3 rolled into 1.

Ping, trust the guys who are unhealthily obsessed with Illinois basketball. 1. Jordan got actual minutes this season. 2. Jordan was entering this season as 4th on the depth chart of a 3 guard offense. 3. Again, Jordan was given a scholarship 6 months ago. 4. Illinois had a full '10 class before giving Jordan the scholarship. 5. Illinois will play this season with 12 scholarship players. 6. Bubba Chisholm will be a walk on for the Illinois basketball team this year. 7. Jeff Jordan is a better player than Bubba Chisholm. 8. There is no limit to the number of walks on you can have(if there is, it's certainly higher than 2.)

That is not a good pick.

I think I take Calathes here assuming at least one of the guards is gone.

Man, I like OKC's draft quite a bit.

I like him a lo, I thought he wasn't supposed to go til 2nd round though.

Right, having Michael Jordan involved with the U of I program was an awful thing. I with Jeff would have kept playing, but understand him not wanting to do so. He probably wanted to keep playing but there wasn't room for him. It's a polite way of saying, "we have someone better than you but we need that back to get him, you're probably better off leaving gracefully." Every team does it, it's just funny how some sugarcoat it as it's better than getting cut. Also, you're lying to yourself or for some reason I can't figure out a Jeffrey Jordan fan b/c he wasn't very good. If I was an Illini fan, I would be pleased that the scholly might go to someone more useful than someone who's there b/c of his father. What limited action he had that I seen, he wasn't very good. Do you have me foed? No, should I? What you said was completely different than that phony statement was that made to the press yesterday about wanting to concentrate solely on academics. I'm sure they told him what you said as far as needing that scholly for another player, but what was said to the public was different. Jeff Jordan had a scholarship for 1 semester at Illinois. You'd have to think Bruce Weber is some sort of raging buffoon to give a guy a scholarship midseason and then realize 4 months later, holy [expletive] what'd I do that for, he's a walkon!!! Time to yank his scholly, embarrassing him enough that he won't walk on anymore, and to finish my dastardly plan, I'll only use 12 scholarships in the '09-'10 season.

I like Calathes, Mullens, and Young here depending on need.

Nobody [expletive] cares about these guys' families athletic history.

Baaahahahahhaa

Good pick.

A lot of weird Mullens hate in here. BJ Mullens will be a better pro than Dejuan Blair.

Hansbrough sounds like a buffoon. Dick Vitale is a buffoon.

Right, having Michael Jordan involved with the U of I program was an awful thing. I with Jeff would have kept playing, but understand him not wanting to do so. He probably wanted to keep playing but there wasn't room for him. It's a polite way of saying, "we have someone better than you but we need that back to get him, you're probably better off leaving gracefully." Every team does it, it's just funny how some sugarcoat it as it's better than getting cut. Also, you're lying to yourself or for some reason I can't figure out a Jeffrey Jordan fan b/c he wasn't very good. If I was an Illini fan, I would be pleased that the scholly might go to someone more useful than someone who's there b/c of his father. What limited action he had that I seen, he wasn't very good. Do you have me foed?

5 Guys. In & Out is definitely good, but the burgers aren't as big or filling as the ones from 5 Guys, plus the 5 Guys' fries are worth it by themselves. The In & Out fries are just typical fries. In N Out fries are not typical fries.

I dunno, by giving Jeff Francouer a 33M bonus at the end of the year?

What makes you think Jackson can develop even mediocre power?

It just goes against everything I was taught as a kid.

Fernando Rodney isn't that good. Neither is Zumaya

Fernando Rodney isn't that good.

That's a stupid bet. I'm sure someone said the same thing about the Diamondbacks and Marlins when they were expansion teams and being terrible. I forgot we're cursed or whatever stupid [expletive] you're basing this on

That's a stupid bet.