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  1. UMFan83
    Rip had his chance to go here but wouldnt accept a buyout to come here. If he would have accepted the buyout that Indiana offered him (after being traded to IND), he would already be a bull
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    That's kind of cool. Not sure who those players could be though....Aging SGs without rings....Is Jason Richardson considered old yet?
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    http://imageshack.us/m/18/2056/hahawat.png Haha wat? I'm pretty sure that 72% of people didn't pick the Bulls before the series.
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    Still going through that heat thread.... Stay classy bandwagoners
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    Oh and then there is this one guys signature:
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    Hopefully Sunday afternoon. Nope, I believe its already scheduled for 7:30 CT Sunday Night. TNT has the ECF exclusively, so Sunday afternoon games on ABC arent gonna happen this series.
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    I'm guilty of this too at times of frustration, but it's funny how when your team is getting beat, its always the refs fault first, then its the coach's fault, then its all one individual scapegoat player's fault, then its the team "not focused" or "not having enough heart". Only then will they admit that maybe their team isnt as good as the other, at least on that night.
  9. UMFan83
    They would anyway, have you seen the unemployment rate in chicago? Unemployment rate by metro area (as of March 2011) Miami/Ft. Lauderdal/Pompano Beach: 10.9% Chicago/Joliet/Naperville: 8.9% Don't let facts get in the way of a good trolling argument. Dudez, its the stupid midwest AKA rust belt. Everyone is unemployed, including the backwards city of Chicago.
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    Him and Noce had a few skirmishes in the 06 playoff series. In one, him and Noce got tangled up and I believe Haslem was called for the foul and he responded by throwing his mouthpiece, which got him an immediate ejection from the game, and a suspension in the next game.
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    Can't play game 2 till Wednesday cuz Oprah has the UC for 2 days. I think the gap between games 2 and 3 is to allow the West to catch up a bit? Not positive though. By the time we play game 3, the WCF will have exceeded us in games played. that's odd considering our game 1 tipped off hours after the WCF matchup was finally decided.
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    he foolishly went up for the block and gave taj a free throw attempt to go with his dunk and taj looked like he went up just inside the free throw line, i mean, generally, what happens is the guy gets fouled and misses the dunk and has to earn it from the free throw line. taj completed the dunk on one of the best and most athletic players in the nba, got fouled, and had a three-point play. make no mistake, wade wasn't in a helpless position, it wasn't a given by any stretch that taj was going to get to the rim. Wade's response after the game was defiance, saying something like "I havent been drunked on this entire year, so congrats to him. I'll take a 90 to 1 blocks-to-dunked on ratio any day. He was also seen clapping when the dunk was replayed on the scoreboard.
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    Wonder how many besides tonight have been post-Jordan. That was the first time post-Jordan. Bulls also improved to 17-5 all time in the playoffs against the Heat. And 7-4 post Jordan.
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    yeah, i don't recall him getting many good looks at all. Even against Asik on that that step back jump shot. Lebron drove saw nothing as Asik had the footwork and length and then bailed out for a massive step back dribble jumper. Kerr loved that D and i agreed with him, that showed talent on Asik as go ahead and beat anybody with that shot over and over again. I love Asik on D. Dude rotates like a mofo and can actually play one-one-one too. I agree. When I saw Asik switched onto LeBron beyond the 3 point line, I thought the best result of this situation is LeBron missing 1 of 2 from the line. Instead he got a bailout 3, but not because Asik did anything wrong. That was awesome.
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    Lol 2 bases loaded IF singles.
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    Not to pull a umfan but here goes he had 6 points and 3 boards in the first 2 minutes, but picked up the second foul and went to the bench. When he came back in, the Grizzlies defended him with either Battier/Allen+Thabo's man or Battier/Allen+Gasol if Perkins was on the floor and Thabo wasn't. He had no energy when he came back in, and the double teams dominated. Really disappointing performance in a closeout game. Out of curiosity, what is 'pulling a umfan'? Making excuses for a poor performance of a star player? going into detailed minutae to describe a minor point. oh man....tell that to my boss. Whenever he emails me about anything he has to remind me to keep my response to less than 100 words.
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    Not to pull a umfan but here goes he had 6 points and 3 boards in the first 2 minutes, but picked up the second foul and went to the bench. When he came back in, the Grizzlies defended him with either Battier/Allen+Thabo's man or Battier/Allen+Gasol if Perkins was on the floor and Thabo wasn't. He had no energy when he came back in, and the double teams dominated. Really disappointing performance in a closeout game. Out of curiosity, what is 'pulling a umfan'? Making excuses for a poor performance of a star player?
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    I thought I'd read in the past that he wasn't a big baseball guy either. Yup I remember reading that too.
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    Man I didnt even consider that the WCF was between two teams who historically underachieve in the playoffs. One of those chokers is going to choke less and accidently find themselves in the Stanley Cup Finals.
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    so much travelling Are you trying to be the 3rd stooge?
  21. UMFan83
    Nice....11 runs scored using only 3 extra base hits and none of them HRs.
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    I can't pick Heat bulls because I'm too emotionally involved. Normally, I'd pick against the Heat here, just based on the fact that they haven't really impressed me in the postseason, and in general people are piling on their bandwagon right now. Those are 2 red flags I usually avoid. But at the same time, how much of that thought process is my bias against Miami (independent of the Bulls). And of course, if I pick the bulls, I honestly can't tell how much my bias plays into it. So I'll pick the Thunder to close out the Grizzlies tonight and then to lose in 6 to Dallas.
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    I don't think he's taking the rap for Reggie...he seems cleean overall.
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    Went to ticketmaster to try to get seats. Cheapest 300 level seats were $150. Went to stubhub and people were selling 300 level seats for $140 so I bought 2 tickets to game 1 there. I shudder to think what Finals tickets will cost if we win.
  25. UMFan83
    The National League REALLY sucks. The Cubs are 6th in OPS+ and 3rd in OPS. Plus you left out Berkman. that's so weird that they are 3rd in OPS. They are dead last in the majors in walks (and 5 behind the Pirates for 2nd least) and their regular lineup contains just one person with a SLG above .410. They are 2nd in baseball in BA however. This offense is going to continue to be inconsistent until they start taking walks. That's what made the 08 Cubs so successful. It felt like whenever we needed a run, one of the first 2 batters of the inning would reach, most likely via the walk. We just kept drawing walks and kept the starters pitch counts high, leading to more innings for the opponent's pen. When you don't walk and you don't hit particularly well for power, it takes 3 hits to score a run. How many innings do you really get 3 hits in an inning? Once or twice a game if you're lucky.
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