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this is exactly what people talk about when they say that the players have given up. There's no arguing that at this point. At this point I just hope they let him coach the next 2 games. They're at OSU then Iowa at home. At this point you would expect them to get destroyed at OSU. Iowa might have a shot at their first win in Champaign in like 30 years. Nah, keep him on board until after the Michigan game please.
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1, but he also wasn't usually the smallest guy on the court and able to be neutralized by a bigger, better athlete during crunch time. Right. You can't win a championship with a stud point guard and a bunch of role players. The only way we get pass the Heat is Lebron doesn't play and Wade plays like crap. Or our role players play out of their minds. C'mon guys you all know this. Rose doesn't even come close to match up with Lebron or Wade. All we need is health and a little bit of luck. No one even really knows how good the Bulls will be with a healthy roster because they've only played 5 games with it. I say a little bit of luck because the Heat would be favored in the series, maybe 55-45%, so if we get a little luck we turn the tables in our favor. But by no means is it impossible.
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I mean the Bulls played bad but the Nets, who are 28th in the NBA in FG% were unrealistically hot, especially from 3. I think they were like 9-16 from 3. Also Deron Williams is raping the Bulls with 21 points and 7 assists with 5 three pointers. Normally we'd have Derrick out there motivated to embarrass another rival PG but he's stuck with the longest case of back spasms in NBA history.
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Can we please stop with this. you have the power to make it stop permanently. (and to fdb) -
So this would make the road trip 2-6-1. Fairly disastrous but obviously a good end. Still not sure what to think overall.
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hey depaul loses whaddya know?
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Thank God, I don't have to bother watching the rest of the season. Thanks CC.
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Are you talking to yourself?
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DePaul is quite annoying. Here is the halftime score in their last several games: DePaul 34 Notre Dame 34 Result: Loss by 8 DePaul 43 Marquette 40 Result: Loss by 13 DePaul 38 Cincinnati 36 Result: Loss by 8 DePaul 31 St. Johns 30 Result: Loss by 16 DePaul 24 Rutgers 29 Result: Win by 5 Of course they are up 42-32 at halftime against Louisville right now...any doubt that they lose?
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Latest Bracketology has Michigan as a 3 seed, Illinois 3rd to last team in, playing in Dayton and Minnesota and Northwestern the 2nd and 3rd teams out respectively. Also, the Bracket Matrix is getting a long awaited update tomorrow, so that should be interesting.
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Use to indulge heavily in high school, now I never touch the stuff out of personal preference, but throughout I have carried my belief that it should be legalized. Its really good to see the progress they've made for marijuana reform over the past decade or so, and I hold the belief it will be legalized to some extent across the country in my lifetime. I would like it completely legalized and regulated, but I guess I would be ok with decriminalizing it so its just a fine for small amounts. Just seems like a waste of time to go after harmless pot smokers.
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Theres a crapload of people around Wrigley tonight, and the lights are all on, and they are bringing lots of stuff inside the park. I thought maybe they were installing the LCD tonight, but they are actually filming a commercial I guess. I know, cool story.
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Thanks for posting that link MrWood. All night when I've gone through northsidebaseball.com it tells me that the domain has expired.
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Bulls record last year after December 4th against top 4 seed in both conferences (Miami, Boston, Orlando, San Antonio, LA Lakers, Dallas, Oklahoma City): 12-0 Bulls record last year after December 4th against playoff teams in both conferences: 24-6 This is a big reason why I just do not care that people are bringing up the Bulls having trouble beating over 500 teams. When healthy, the Bulls last year won every single big game and beat almost every playoff caliber team we faced. While last year is last year, the Bulls obviously had a young team and the only big differences in players are switching Bogans and Thomas for Hamilton and Lucas. If the Bulls are healthy I am quite confident we can beat every team at any arena in the NBA during the regular season. In the playoffs I'm only slightly less confident as we did struggle at times against lesser teams with the playoff style of play and then met our match. Last year I was so paranoid about getting recognition from the masses (I wouldn't be the power rankings guy for nothing) but this year I just don't care. PS I know some people tend to call out when people use convenient cut off dates to make favorable statistics, but considering the Bulls had 8 new players out of the 12 that had a role on the team, I feel comfortable allowing them a month to get their stuff together.
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I see. So when is the cut off for "it's recent enough to be relevant"? I'm going to guess right around the time Illinois went to the National Championship game? Anything before that doesn't matter, right? How long do you get to hang your hat on that exactly? This post is just embarrassing. I was told "almost every big ten team has been more successful [than Purdue]". I responded by stating that they have the most Big Ten Championships and a winning record against every Big Ten School. Than I'm told (paraphrasing) "that doesn't count". I'm just trying to get the rules right here. So you tell me, has almost every Big Ten team been more successful than Purdue? The rules are that if a majority of your titles are several years before the shot clock is invented, you can't brag about having the most big ten titles. It's why a lot of stats are qualified as "In the shot clock era". It's barely the same sport without the shot clock. Unless you want to brag about your teams ability to stall.
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Look at the scores of the games Purdue played in their 1932 title season to show why bragging about most big ten titles when a majority are before 1940 and the shot clock is stupid: 28-21 26-23 21-28 31-17 34-19 53-18
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Most Big Ten championships except 60% of them are from before 1940. So yes Purdue was king back when they had to pause after every basket to remove the ball from the Peach bucket.
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I honestly think that rumor is complete BS. I was mentioned on a radio show in Toronto or something, and from what I read it was more of a suggestion/speculation kind of thing. Of course the 24/7 media we live with has brought it into the news cycle and suddenly we have to discuss it as if it is on the table. I like Ryan Miller but it just doesn't make sense. Unless we draft one and bring them up, I am not a big fan of trading or really even signing a big name Goalie. It's kind of like giving big money to a closer. Granted goalies are more important than a closer, but you can live with an average goalie just fine if the defense in front of him is good, just like you can live with an average closer if the team can give him bigger leads to work with. Of course the problem is that the Hawks defense is in shambles, but I'd rather not trade someone like Kane for a band aid.
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Ah, you are right my bad. The timing of their injuries is strange. Rose missed a few games, the last of which was on 1/21, the game where Deng hurt his wrist. So Rose was back and Deng was out until 2/4 against Milwaukee. After one game together, Rose's back became an issue in the next game and has been out since. They've only both been healthy together for 14 out of 32 games this year.
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Yep, and the Bulls at full strength are worse than the Warriors. 2 game sample size > 1 :)
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All 5 without Rose, Deng or both. With Rose and Deng they are 6-1 against +500 teams. (@Lakers, @Clippers, Grizzlies, Hawks, @Celtics, @Orlando. Loss @Atlanta)
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Ok so the Bulls without Derrick Rose and Rip Hamilton are roughly as good as the Celtics.
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LOL I didn't even realize the Hawks are 0 for their last 20 power plays. I have never seen such a streaky power play in my life, except the streak only goes from average to terrible.
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They were talking a lot of Hawks on the Score last night an one of the things they said was worth thinking about. They speculated that the asking price for potential trade targets has probably gone up during this losing streak. They believe the other team gains a lot of leverage. I am not sure how much I buy that. If we're looking at an impact player it's highly unlikely the Hawks are the only team interested so the market isn't going to be set by the Hawks alone. That said if the Hawks are targeting a 3rd pairing defenseman on a team that doesn't have to unload that player, you bet the Hawks are going to have to give up too much. Other teams also know the Hawks have a ton of young talent and will be trying to snatch as much as possible for them. At this point I am not even sure if we should bother. I don't think the Cup is much of an optin this year. If the Hawks play like this or similar all year it's going to be more than 1-2 moves away from contending. I'd rather play it conservative and see what we can do in the offseason. At some point very soon you have to get really agressive or watch your core sit around and get older but with the supposed core all locked up you can afford to be patient at least this season assuming you have a plan to take the next step in the offseason. Next February I don't think you have that option.
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Ps I'm now certain they renovating the RF bleachers and eventually installing that LCD. I walked by there last night and the whole area is blocked from view and there are nets hanging on the outside under the overhang to prevent debris from falling. The lights have been on at Wrigley the last 2 nights and there are portable lights particularly focused on the RF bleachers. Hopefully we can get an interior view as I'd love to get a preview of the finished product.
