UMFan83

You are not allowed to have an easy win Cubs

That's exactly what I thought. My first thought was "idiot fans overreacting to a fly ball" then it was "well it's going far but it was hit high enough to be caught" then it was "wait why is the OF stopping and looking back, maybe he's trying to deke out Fowler or something" then "wait that's a no doubter holy hell!"

If only it was oppo we would have to call Gilby "Dongrodamus"

Holy [expletive] that swing would have produced a lazy fly ball for 95% of all MLB batters

This is another one of those things where there's nothing wrong with what he said but probably a dumb thing to say to the ravenous media. Of course I could be hearing this quote way out of context as well.

I also saw Adrian Griffin mentioned

They traded for him that deadline. Came along with Grabow For two guys who I can't remember who mostly took up some DL space. Oh, and some throw in low A guy. Who played in the all star game for us last year. We had to actually give you something of value this time after giving you garbage for Aramis.

My memories of 2009: -That 3 game sweep over DeRosa, Wood and the Indians. I think 2 of the 3 games were late comebacks, and one of the games was won by a walk off walk. Also young Indian Luis Valbuena hit 3 HRs in the series. -The Cubs running over Houston in late July/early August. In one of the games (that I was at) Soriano hit a walk off grand slam in the 12th inning. -Getting destroyed by the Phillies in a series, with the Cardinals winning every game during the stretch. Hmm that's about it. It was a lost year. I have a similar lack of memories of the 2005 Cubs, a similar .500ish team coming off back to back exciting seasons and headed for a 90+ loss season the next year.

I don't hate the guy, but there's no excuse for losing this series. And there's really no excuse to get blown out by a team without Irving for three quarters and with LeBron off for most of the night. I won't miss his stubbornness. Hopefully Hoiberg can at least coach a little bit of offense. Pretty sure the Hoiberg thing has lost almost all steam. So is there a current favorite? Also any chance we trade Thibs and get a pick? Thibs record as a coach is outstanding and there was talk of New Orleans having interest in trading a draft pick for him. The biggest frustration about last nights game for me was in the 3rd Lebron had 4 fouls, why didnt they try to force him to foul out. Are you serious? LeBron got his 2nd foul (I believe) early in the 2nd quarter and proceeded to be untouchable for the rest of the quarter. There were 3-4 times I thought LeBron could have gotten a foul called on him, 2 obvious ones and none were called. The Cavs were so unconcerned about LeBron being in foul trouble that when he received his 4th foul midway through the 3rd, Blatt kept him in the game and he proceeded to play the majority of the remaining minutes. LeBron is not going to foul out or even pick up a 5th foul too early in a playoff game. I don't necessarily think refs are trying to not call fouls on him on purpose, but you can be damn sure officials are always aware of how many fouls he has in the game. No one wants to be the ref that forces LeBron to sit from foul trouble and swing a playoff game in the opponents favor and be all over ESPN the next day. /tin foil hat

I don't hate the guy, but there's no excuse for losing this series. And there's really no excuse to get blown out by a team without Irving for three quarters and with LeBron off for most of the night. I won't miss his stubbornness. Hopefully Hoiberg can at least coach a little bit of offense. Wait...Every piece of garbage on the Cleveland roster could have hoisted the ball behind their backs from thirty feet with their eyes closed last night and the ball would have swished through the net and Thibs should be fired for losing that game? I get that they lost to a team that basically had no star power on the floor last night, but everything they threw up there in the second half miraculously went in. It is what it is. Tip your cap and move on. I think the concern is that the Cavs only scored 94 points last night and the Bulls couldnt finish within 20 points of them.

2 of your significant decisions listed are not decisions at all. They've already been made. Thibs won't be back and Jimmy will.

Yup. He might trade solid players for pennies on the dollar to stay under the tax to keep Butler but he will definitely resign him.

Hinrich with 0 points, 0 rebs, 0 assts and a -29 in 20 min.

I remember when Thibs teams guarded the 3 point line really well. Granted the Cavs are inexplicably hitting some tough shots but they are getting a lot of open looks. Just let LeBron get his points and stop throwing help at him. He always finds the open shooter. You have one of the best defenders in the league guarding him. Let him go 1-on-1 and he will get his 30-35 points but won't be able to find their many shooters open Also maybe GarPax will take this as a lesson that they need to surround their stars with shooters. Ok Niko didn't work out (in terms of 3 point shooting), Thibs refused to play Doug/he wasn't ready. But damn you have Dunleavy and then who? Maybe Butler and maybe Brooks. Look at the Cavs. They get James Jones and Mike Miller on minimum deals, and manage to get Shumpert and JR Smith in season, while the Bulls struggled to get any spacing with Dunleavy injured a long chunk of the season, killing the offense with opponents clogging the lane

Are we the only ones seeing this [expletive]? I just have never seen reffing this bad. God I hate bitching about the refs but I mean seriously

God this sucks

it must be nice to be Lebron. When he gets 2 fouls he actually gets more aggressive because he knows he's not going to get another one called on him unless he's really obvious.

Starting to melt down. Win or lose I can't wait for this series to be over im sick of seeing what seems like 75% of their 3s swish in

Good I'm having a hard time not sounding like a homer and ripping the refs. It's obvious they don't want LeBron to have his 3rd foul

That was the greatest week ever. The week before was the first time the Cubs had shown some semblance of vulnerability (lead got down to 1 game going into that series I believe) and they just came out and blew Milwaukee to kingdom come. Lead actually got down to 0. And on the Sunday they were tied, the day before that fateful Brewers series, they fell behind 5-0 against Florida, while at the same time the Brewers were up 4-1. The Cubs ended up coming back and winning 9-6, the Brewers gave up a 7 spot in the 5th inning against the Astros and lost their game and instead of being down a game with no momentum going into the series, they were up a game and proceeded to sweep and have a 5 game lead, never to be relinquished again.

Yeah I was trying to be level headed for the most part and saying the right things. It's a young team, several players adjusting to the majors, tough schedule, bullpen injuries, etc. There will be ups and downs but as long as the Cubs are improving steadily over the course of the season, we are in good shape.

Yep, they almost had that last year, but instead got LA-NY. If I remember correctly that didn't get good ratings. Average rating of SCF since NBC took over: 2006 (CAR-EDM) 1.8 2007 (ANA-OTT) 1.2 2008 (DET-PIT) 2.6 2009 (DET-PIT) 3.1 2010 (CHI-PHI) 3.4 2011 (BOS-VAN) 2.7 2012 (LA-NJ) 1.8 2013 (CHI-BOS) 3.3 2014 (LA-NYR) 2.8 The NHL has really lucked out by getting its best US markets in the finals consistently over the last several years. I think teams like DET, NYR, PIT, PHI, BOS, WAS, MTL, TOR, CHI give the NHL a sizable ratings boost. Putting 2 together is great. Teams like LA, SJ, VAN, STL give them a moderate boost, and the rest of the teams hurt the ratings. If my theory is true, 10 of the last 14 SCF teams fall in the big boost category, and 3 of the other 4 in the moderate category.

Yes but does that mean he's the best player or does that mean LeBron was half assing it through the regular season after playing 16 playoff series over the last 4 years? The playoff numbers would suggest the former, but gun to my head I think LeBron is still better, but its close. A lot of people don't realize just how great Davis's season was.

You really think somebody else is going to be better than LeBron before he hangs it up? Yes. In about 1.5 seasons he will have played more minutes (regular and playoffs) than Michael Jordan. In about 3 seasons he will have played as many minutes as Kobe if he never plays another minute. He will slow down at some point...in fact he already has. He can still put up peak LeBron performances, but not at the rate he has in the past. If you look at his advanced stats in the playoffs his numbers are lower than they have been in pretty much his entire career.

where did he say the bulls were done up 2-1? I ask because there were no B+B shows in between games 3 and 4.