Wilson A2000

No, I'm not. I played basketball; I know how floor spacing works. I said earlier on the page that I'd probably go for the Deng & Noah trade. All I was responding to was the idea that Melo was currently a top 5-7 player in the NBA, right now. As good as he is at scoring, that's pretty much all he provides, elite as he is at it. You played basketball so you know how NBA floor spacing works? I'll quickly tell you how it works - move everybody out of the way and let Anthony whup his man. He is not a bad rebounder. Only Gerald Wallace had a ton more as a SF last year. Deng and LeBron, the only other two ahead of him, were only half a rebound a game ahead. Now that the Bulls have a top-5 rebounder in Boozer, he will be cleaning up. If Noah somehow stays and the trade is made, you have two of the top-seven rebounders and you don't need Melo to do that. Now Melo's defense is suspect, but I wouldn't doubt Thibodeau could help turn that around, especially on a team he really wants to be on. So you probably would trade Deng for Carmelo straight up? Any GM in the league would make that trade within one second without a second thought. I hope Bulls' fans don't fall into the trap that because they like a guy personally and are familiar with him that somehow his value to the team is increased more than it should be. The fact is that the Bulls are closer to a championship with Carmelo Anthony, even losing Deng and Noah, than without him. I think they can compete with any team in the league if they make that trade.

This is as stupid as the "We're not trading Luol Deng for one of the 10 best basketball players of all time" crap the Bulls pulled last time a potential huge trade was discussed. Joakim freaking Noah is not untouchable! I hope they are just saying this to start bargaining high because they think they can keep Noah and still swing Melo.

Actually, it's Todd, not Tom. Nice catch. I really don't think Todd Ricketts would need a disguise.

Now the named and faced Tom Ricketts is going to be on Undercover Boss at Wrigley http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/cubs-owner-todd-ricketts-stars-in-undercover-boss.html

I don't blame Ted for not calling out Lovie and Jerry if he hadn't said anything before, but he pretty much did at the end of the season press conference in January.

Great interview on 670 with Ted Phillips. Some nuggets: - Forbes thinks the Bears should be worth more, but Phillips prides the organization on being the NFL's leader on the web. He also pointed out they are most popular with social media sites and their radio numbers. Hahahaha! Why didn't the Bears build a rectractable roof stadium and increase the capacity of Soldier Field? That would have been a cash cow if the Bears could share in the profits with the park district. - Said Lovie and Jerry aren't on the hot seat and won't necessarily be fired for missing the playoffs.

Brady agrees to an extension. $75 million, with $45 guaranteed. http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/27353/report-tom-brady-agrees-to-extension

That was a complete pass. I just never saw it hit the ground from any angle.

I think it was something like $1,200 for his Independence Bowl jersey. I wonder what he'd get for a BCS bowl jersey? Can't football players on scholarship still take out student loans to live off for some extra cash? Why don't players just do that, especially ones like AJ green who know that they are going to easily be able to pay it back? I know they can't get loans from private companies and pay it back through their NFL signing bonus, but student loans are legal right?

The #1 gets the easier of the opponents. Just like the NCAA tournament. The better you are, the easier the opponent you earn.

Because he will be a free agent and you could totally lose him. If Denver isn't going anywhere, trade Melo so you don't have to pay his salary for 2010 and get something in return. What is Denver going to do with Nene if they get Noah? Oh and don't let Joakim stand in the way of this thing going down. I love the guy, but if they want him don't even give Noah a second thought.

He isn't as good, but the money that LeBron and Kobe gets is not crazy high.

Wow Castro! http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/09/08/cuba.castro.communism/index.html?hpt=T2

Anyone watching Soderling and Federer? Soderling had a chance to go up a break when Federer's forehand landed on the line and was called out. Soderling didn't give it much of a return and Federer challenged the call. He won it and the chair umpire decided that Soderling had a good enough shot at returning it and awarded the point to Federer because Soderling's return was hit out. Federer went on to win the game. Unfortunate for Soderling but this is going to be a good match. Pretty windy also.

The Bears are a better team than last year. But the league is getting better as a whole which could result in a better Bears team actually losing more games than 08 and 09. The Bears haven't had good draft picks the last two years and that can really slow down a team in a league where you get better through the draft and not through trades. Plus the Bears have a tough division and have to play the NFC East.

I'd put him in right away. Manning is a nickel at best. Lovie keeps him in there because he is his little pet and wanted him on the team in the first place. Manning is just bad. Danieal Manning has played better safety this preseason than Chris Harris. Granted, Harris is playing out of position at FS. But he hasn't tackled or covered well this preseason. Manning hasn't been anything special in coverage, but he has been a solid tackler. Maybe so, but I am pretty confident Harris is a better football player and will demonstrate that week 1. That is unless Harris' ability has really fallen off the last few years. I haven't seen him enough in preseason to make that call (he was terrible against AZ). If Harris is playing out of position, put him back in his regular place and get Wright in at his regular spot.

It was absolutely stupid on his part. He is going to miss the South Carolina game and the Arkansas game barring the appeal. The suspension seems a little excessive. I don't know what it is with Georgia players this year, but there have been 8 or so arrests and now this one, the biggest one of all. If this causes him to lose just one spot int he draft (Mel had him 4th), he could lose millions. There were rumors that he took out an insurance policy ($50,000/$1,000,000) and that his dad lost his job and was unable to pay the premium, but I'm not sure if he sold the jersey to cover it.

I'd put him in right away. Manning is a nickel at best. Lovie keeps him in there because he is his little pet and wanted him on the team in the first place. Manning is just bad.

Any chance Major Wright could be a SS? Wright and Harris seem to be the best tandem or safeties talent wise. I think he could be. He loves to hit in run support. I think Harris at SS and Major at FS makes the most sense at the moment if Wright can get up to speed coming off the injury. Also on this http://www.chicagobears.com/team/depthchart.asp it says Kellen Davis is the backup TE while Manumaleuna and Dez are the fullbacks. That's kinda weird isn't it? Is there any chance Harris and Wright are the starting safeties vs the Lions week 1?

Any chance Major Wright could be a SS? Wright and Harris seem to be the best tandem or safeties talent wise.

Is the depth chart out yet?

Is he worth 3 games? Who knows, but Revis is THAT good. You obviously need a great team to win. While Revis didn't let a receiver he was covering get 100 yards last year (and he played against the best of the best), Manning picked apart the rest of the Jets' secondary en route to winning the AFC Championship even though Revis' man was shut down.

The Tribune said the Bears "may have lost their quarterback of the future." What? Anyway, Cincinnati picked up LeFevour. But seriously, what is Dan Pompei thinking?

I think he is trying to act like Belichick without Belichick's mind for football and without the foundation of players he has. Belichick thinks that his system will make pretty much anyone good (but it didn't work like he wanted it to last year). But McDaniels isn't smart enough to do that. You just can't get rid of Cutler (who is much better than Cassel) and Marshall and think that your way of running a football team is going make up for those guys. That's in addition to the recent moves.

I saw $3M, did I miss something?