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  1. UMFan83
    Per ESPN (via RealGM) the MVP will be announced on Tuesday which pretty much means either Rose or Kobe is winning it because they like to present it before a home game and the Bulls (and Lakers) are at home Wednesday.
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    Cubs looking for their first 3 game win streak of the year and a series win over the DBacks. Casey Coleman stands in their way. At least it's not James Russell.
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    Derrick Rose tests positive for PEDs. Edit: just kidding, looks like Thibs won COY. Awesome.
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    Playing so well how? Defensively? No. Running the Hawks offense? No. That is what the Hawks need from their PG. And I'm not even mentioning the fact that Crawford is playing 30 minutes a night, so there's almost no way that the Hawks could be just as good with Crawford playing 35 minutes a night and Hinrich playing 0 vs. Crawford playing 30 and Hinrich playing 35.
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    If they start Jamal at PG, they really don't lose much overall. Jamal is playing really well. What? 3.2 APG Jamal Crawford is going to run the offense and adequately defend Derrick Rose? Losing Kirk is huge for Atlanta because he does several things that no one else on the Hawks can do. Crawford works best for Atlanta because he is a great scoring option off the bench, not because he can step in and run the offense. He isn't going to adequately defend Rose, but isn't Atlanta the worst offensive team left? They need offense and Crawford brings. I just don't think they lose anything in the end. Crawford does not run the offense at all. He's a scorer. You need someone to bring the ball up the court and initiate the offense. According to 82games.com, in very limited spells, the Hawks were -45 when Crawford acted as a PG. Crawford can not do that. Crawford can still play 30+ minutes coming off the bench if need be. He is a mediocre to below average defender as well. He's perfect as a bench player, not at all as a PG. You are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole here.
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    Preds and Canucks in 2OT. If Nashville wins, the Canucks will have scored just 6 goals in their last 5 games.
  7. UMFan83
    If they start Jamal at PG, they really don't lose much overall. Jamal is playing really well. What? 3.2 APG Jamal Crawford is going to run the offense and adequately defend Derrick Rose? Losing Kirk is huge for Atlanta because he does several things that no one else on the Hawks can do. Crawford works best for Atlanta because he is a great scoring option off the bench, not because he can step in and run the offense.
  8. UMFan83
    What an odd comment for a Bears draft thread.
  9. UMFan83
    I'm not a fan at all of the QB, but people were talking about drafting BPA after the 4th round, so the BPA was apparently a QB and people hate it.
  10. UMFan83
    Oh yeah I forgot Hunter got cut.
  11. UMFan83
    Yay we won. We really won. Kennedy threw a shutout with 10Ks against the Phillies in his last start so let's hope he's not that on tonight. Garza is still somehow looking for his first Cubs win. He is hoping Starlin can commit less than 3 errors tonight.
  12. UMFan83
    LOL true
  13. UMFan83
    So weird to see "Memphis vs. Oklahoma City" as a playoff matchup. 10 years ago, the thought of having the NBA in both those towns was ludicrous.
  14. UMFan83
    I love this pick. He will be a solid contributor as soon as this year, and this was a position of need with Tommie gone.
  15. UMFan83
    I know thats crazy. It feels like that series has happened like 5 times before but it hasn't.
  16. UMFan83
    And Tice was the pissed off Vikings official quoted in that article that mentioned Newsome was the one who screwed up. Good job Jerry A. That's awesome. I hope that's really something they planned. I doubt it but maybe just maybe.
  17. UMFan83
    He may have integrity (or had), but this is the 2nd year in a row the Bears were involved in an embarrassing draft gaffe. Remember last year and the James Starks pick was a bit unusual and gave the Bears bad press, albeit smaller scale. Both were honest mistakes but Angelo has to get everyone on the same page. Either way, its not really that big of a deal anyways.
  18. UMFan83
    How is that ironic?
  19. UMFan83
    Only lost 4-2 after the 1st inning.
  20. UMFan83
    You mean early season? I don't blame them for deciding that their core probably wasn't going to win a title and tried to shake things up. But it obviously left the team worse off. I wonder if they just assumed that Howard was going to stay when they made that trade, because whether or not it made them better now, it's not a deal that brings the kind of players you want to stick around for. I don't think Howard will be shipped off this offseason, but it's gonna be a big story and I think Orlando will listen to offers. If he goes to the Lakers, I'll die a little inside.
  21. UMFan83
    It's hard but I was able to watch a lot of the 2 games last night but only because they were game 7's. With the Hawks making it to the conference finals 2 years ago (I didnt watch much of that SCF except game 7) and the Hawks winning it all last year, it was the first time in 3 years I watched playoff hockey with the Hawks already out of it.
  22. UMFan83
    So we have 4 series left to be decided. All of them are 3-2 Atlanta/Orlando LA Lakers/New Orleans Memphis/San Antonio Dallas/Portland Rank the 4 in how likely the team that's down 2-3 will come back to win. I'm gonna say... Atlanta/Orlando - I think Orlando will come back and somehow find a way to beat Atlanta. Dallas/Portland - I think Dallas will win the series, but I think Portland has a great shot of winning game 6 so they are up here. Memphis/San Antonio - After last night, I definitely think San Antonio has a chance to ride that momentum to a series win. At the same time, Memphis has been in every single game and I just don't think we'll see San Antonio ever just take over the series. Although the hardest part is closing out the series, Memphis didn't exactly choke last night. It hit all its FTs in regulation and forced SA into really tough shots (Ginobili's almost 3, Neil's 3 from 3 feet behind the line). LA Lakers/New Orleans - I don't think NO will beat LA, but then again, NO has been surprising all series. I'll go out on a limb and say 2 of the series feature comebacks. Orlando and either Portland or San Antonio.
  23. UMFan83
    I gotcha now. My escapism is blaming Sharp for not finding some open space in the goal when he had a clean look on that PP. That and blaming Campbell for trying to walk to the net and gently place it in the goal instead of shooting it when he had a clear path. Reminded me of the BS Versteeg used to pull.
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    He's a point a game player, one of the top 5 passers in the league, who hasn't even entered his prime yet. People who are saying that just started watching the Hawks last year. Not saying that as a slam against them because I want the NHL to have as many fans as possible, but his skill-set is extraordinary and under no circumstances do you shop him. And some people were saying he disappears when the going gets tough. What the hell game have they been watching the past few years? He's got over a PPG in the playoffs and, oh yeah, scored the STANLEY CUP WINNING GOAL. People are dumb. You've gotta be [expletive] kidding. I hate people. That's insane. I think Kane will be even better than he has been when he matures a bit. I don't necessarily believe that his maturity is holding him back, but that there is another level he can reach. Trading Kane would be the biggest mistake this franchise has made in some time.
  25. UMFan83
    Wow. I know it's still only April, but those ERAs for our rotation look pathetic.
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