UMFan83

horsefeathering Lackey

Not a bad idea. So Curry could get paid $50m a year as a DP, but if Durant wanted to join, the most he could get is $20m or whatever fits in the cap.

You can just go ahead and PM me first before you offer to the rest of the board :)

Dammit 2PM meeting! Really wish I could go, hope someone takes advantage, thanks for offering to the board

I agree he deserves to. I thought he might be a good final vote candidate as well but I think there are a lot of potential position player snubs in the NL so not sure if he makes it.

I know you guys will give honest brutal feedback. I just came up with this 10 minutes ago and posted on reddit, but I didn't really think it through too much so there are a ton of holes probably. Anyways my crackpot suggestion to help with parity (and yes a lot of this is similar to MLB draft allotment rules that we all hate): 1) Eliminate the salary cap. Max contracts will be eliminated but there will be a ceiling if you switch teams because of the below rules 2) Create a "Free Agent Allotment" where each team is given a slot based on last year's standings that determines how much you are able to spend on outside free agents. 3) You can only acquire up to 20% more in your annual "free agent allotment" via trades. Meaning that if you are a bad team you can use some of your allotment as an asset to get better via trade for a middling team that wants more space to sign a FA. 4) Keep the Bird clause, and resigning own free agents does not take from your allotment pool. However, you will have to be on a team for at least 2 seasons as a FA, or be acquired via trade at least 1 full season before FA to be able to use the Bird clause There will probably have to be exemptions so if a team like the 2011 Bulls loses Rose for a year with a torn ACL, they don't have to pick up a starting PG off the scrap heap and make due because they don't have a big allotment. Benefits: 1) Superstar FAs will not be able to just join a 73 win team, unless they are going to take an unbelievably significant pay cut to be there. 2) If you are a superstar and want to get paid your choice is to remain with your team, demand a trade a year before you will be a FA (so the team losing the star gets significant assets), or sign with a crappy team. The first downside I can think of is tanking will still be an issue. If you are a mediocre team, why not bottom out and get a big allotment and go for a superstar. However, that tanking team might be Milwaukee or Sacramento and might now be a destination that previously an NBA star wouldn't consider. The other downside is that the NBA probably doesn't care too much about Milwaukee or Sacramento being contenders or the fact that the parity is somewhat low. Like I said because its a superstar driven league. The best thing that the NBA has going for it is that their best players are seemingly bigger draws than any of the other big 3 sports. The NBA is the 3rd or maybe 2nd biggest league in the US, but their best players are among the biggest soccer names internationally in terms of visibility. Because of this, they NBA can craft superstar driven dramas that keep fans of other teams interested. For instance, it wasn't the Heat winning 4 EC titles, followed by the Cavs winning the next 2. It was LeBron winning 6 straight EC titles. It is what it is, and its never been better for the league, so why try to fix it.

Good NSBB-like article about CT's doppelganger and the results he's having http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/05/skill-not-luck-kyle-hendricks-edition/

I know people criticize the arbitrary sample size stuff but horsefeathers it Addison Russell since June 12 (22 games): .265/.393/.529/.922 Kris Bryant since May 25 (37 games) .288/.392/.697/1.089 Anthony Rizzo since June 3 (28 games) .359/.446/.709/1.155 Javier Baez since June 17 (17 games) .313/.362/.531/.894

All-Star rosters announced at 6 CT (I believe) tonight. Predictions on Cubs All-Stars? I'll resist the urge to predict that one or more of the starters gets jumped, although there has been interesting changes in starters between the last results and the announcement in the past years I believe. In order of confidence 1. Rizzo 2. Bryant 3. Fowler 4. Arrieta 5. Zobrist 6. Russell 7. Lester 1-4 are pretty much locks, 5 is pretty close to a lock (Zobrist will almost certainly make it even if Murphy leaps him as a starter). Russell and Lester are close. Russell obviously has no shot if he is jumped, but since he was leading the final balloting you have to feel slightly better about him making it because of that then Lester.

How does Bryant vs Arenado look now in terms of fWAR etc? Bryant now has a higher OBP higher SLG and more HRs despite not playing in Coors

Good to hear about Bryant but not sure why everyone was worried about a serious knee injury. If there was even a chance that there was a serious knee injury he would not have finished the inning

[expletive] this was supposed to be a RD makeup game

I'll take the under if only because these super teams that come together seem to take time to gel. The heat were around .500 around Xmas their first year and the Love/Lebron/Kyrie group were under .500 in mid January I believe. That and the potential for injuries make me feel more comfortable going under.

The NBA is a superstar driven league. Fans will have interest in the NBA because even though their home team has no shot to ever win a title, they do a great job of building superstar narratives that draw in fans. It's not ideal but they NBA doesn't really hurt because of it. In fact everyone is getting paid with the new insane TV deal.

Durant to GS...

Contender for worst lineup of the year

The blip hasn't lasted that long. The 26-24 record since the 25-6 start has been thrown around but if you break it down its 22-14 (99 win pace) then 4-10. 14 games is not a long enough stretch go draw any meaningful conclusions

Eh all I've read about him is that he's ball dominant (jimmy won't like) sells out for assists gambles on defense and isn't actually all that good anymore defensively and every single coach he's had going back to high school has had issues with him.

I look at it this way, it won't drive away the casual fan who will be like "omg rondo I remember him great job GarPax". The die hards will expect this to fail and will hope it fails so badly the Bulls get a good pick and GarPax is fired. And then there's a small 1% sliver of a chance that against all logic it will work.

Rondo signed 2/28

Willllllllson

Flores raised his season BA from .224 to .255 today

Wow Montero pitching to deGrom

Actually his is discouraging. If his back is good enough to pitch then it's not his back that's causing him to suck. He just sucks

Miggy gonna pitch!