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  1. UMFan83
    Jesse Rodgers sums up the issues surrounding the Hawks in this series nicely:
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    Kelly Dwyer's theory is that with it being the playoffs, the other teams are finally matching the Bulls intensity that they've been bringing all season. That was supposedly the same argument against the Skiles Bulls. It's so weird and rather annoying to be angry at the play of a team that has won 11 games in a row and 16 of 17.
  3. UMFan83
    ok ombudsman ryan, we've had enough, Bulls fans need to be senseless homers today. Take your mocking and logic to the NBA playoffs thread.
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    Not a horrible comparison, but at least that Bulls team got themselves to .500 that season. I would think the Hawks-Celtics series would be a good comparison, except the Celtics blew out the 37 win Hawks badly every game that took place in Boston. Game 1: In Boston, 23 point win Game 2: In Boston, 19 point win Game 3: In Atlanta, 9 point loss Game 4: In Atlanta, 5 point loss Game 5: In Boston, 25 point win Game 6: In Atlanta, 3 point loss Game 7: In Boston, 34 point win What a weird series. I guess SSR should understand being a heavily favored team that struggles against a 37 win team at the very least.
  5. UMFan83
    It's not just power-hitting outfielders. Between Girardi debuting during the tail end of 1989 and Soto playing a game in 2005, who was the best position player to come up through the Cubs' system to actually play for the Cubs? Doug Glanville? Corey Patterson? Ryan Theriot? Gotta be Kevin Orie!
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    imagine the endless mocking we'd get if we traded for him. Prior, Wood, then Peavy.
  8. UMFan83
    Both Rays fans are in love with him. Quite the fan favorite.
  9. UMFan83
    Actually, I think he did play about 1 minute. He made a very brief appearance in Game 1 and another one tonight. Really? Must have been very brief as I dont remember seeing him in there at all. Indiana hasn't really attacked the paint that much this series, so I don't think Asik is a good matchup in this particular series. If we win this series and go on to face Orlando, you can bet we will see a lot more Omer.
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    I've always found it funny that in a normal win, teams come out and calmly shake each others hands like its no big deal. But in a walkoff win, they celebrate like they just clinched a playoff spot every single time. There's nothing wrong with it of course, but I would expect something in the middle.
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    Those are just the more glaring examples. I heard a funny comparison to Campbell's performance this playoff series. They described him as Pavel Bure masking as a defender. I think Campbell was a better fit for last year's team that he was for this year's team. Huet we thankfully ridded ourselves of, but it would have been nice if we could have had a player of value on the team with his cap space that could have fetched a decent cheaper option to help us this year instead of simply jettissoning his contract to Finland or wherever he went. Maybe that means we don't match Hammer's offer sheet, who knows. The contract essentially gave us less options this offseason. The point was that Tallon's moves that caused us to strip bare the depth of a championship team, are part of the reason we weren't that good this year, but at the same time, that blame, to me, is excused because any scenario where you win a Cup is good enough in my book. Yeah but relative to CT? Oh no doubt. He singlehandedly derailed the Blackhawks season and doesnt even realize it.
  12. UMFan83
    At least their trolling is amusing. That's a million times better than the unintentional trolling by some in the cubs game threads. Agree completely. I don't mind it at all. Keeps us Bulls fans levelheaded with someone to call us out on our homerism.
  13. UMFan83
    http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=7757 Just an article about the London game. It says that if the lockout isn't resolved by August 1st the game will be played in Tampa assuming the lockout is over by that point. It also says the schedules will be released tomorrow at 6pm CST, so I guess the NFL is going ahead with business as usual.
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    I love how imb and ssr take turns trolling this thread. It's made for some fairly entertaining reading.
  15. UMFan83
    i remember reading in baseball prospectus that brett jackson might become the first homegrown outfielder to put up a .270 equivalent average (now i think they're calling it true average) and 15 home runs since - billy williams! that's not exactly a high bar to clear; 15 home runs is mediocre for an outfielder and .270 is just a shade above average. to have not developed an outfielder like that in 35 or 40 years is just appalling. Agreed. Most of their rather shallow list of successful position players that have been brought up have been infielders (Grace, Palmeiro, Dunston, Soto).
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    besides "catches hit 8th, dude"? No, not really.
  17. UMFan83
    It's mind-boggling how a top five defenseman the last few years became an average joe overnight. Kane had a slow start but had a great second half of the season. Hossa had a pretty bad stretch midway through the year but him and Sharp were really the only good forwards at the start of the year. He really picked it up around the President's Day game against the Blues too. I think it's very obvious that Toews ran out of gas at the end of the season as well. Just rest up in the offseason. I don't think we should be pressed against the cap this summer, so hopefully Bowman rids the trash and gets some decent 3rd and 4th liners in here. I thought I remember reading that we would have some difficulties with the cap this year. I can't remember specifics though. It's obviously awesome that the performance and award bonuses come off the cap though. We already resigned Seabs so that was going to be our most pressing issue in the offseason. Someone smarter than I will have to do a breakdown after this miserable season concludes itself. I guess I could go to capgeek, but I 'd rather someone do all the work for me.
  18. UMFan83
    Yay, I win! That said, after someone pointed out how Psycho beat us at the rim in the previous game, I am thinking we should stick with what we did in game 1, and if he starts to hit those shots again, then get up in his face and make him beat us at the rim. I bet not even the biggest UNC fan figured that one day relatively soon we would be obsessively discussing how to stop Tyler [expletive] Hansborough.
  19. UMFan83
    No, not even close. The 1995-96 Bulls went 72-10, 14-1 in the playoffs, and then tanked a couple to win at home. MJ just wanted to win the title on Father's Day because he's such a swell guy I bet he got his dad some nice seats for that one. You heartless bastard.
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    No, not even close. The 1995-96 Bulls went 72-10, 14-1 in the playoffs, and then tanked a couple to win at home. That has GOT to be a conspiracy theory. Well, it's a bit suspect that their two worst offensive games of the year just happened to be those two games in the NBA Finals, after they blitzed a terrific Seattle team three times, and then coasted to victory again in game 6. The Bulls lost 3 games all that year by double digits, and the third took a lights out offensive performance by the Knicks combined with bad offensive game from both Jordan and Pippen. And they were still worse offensively overall in those other two games. It's a moot point, though, because the Bulls won't go 16-0 in the playoffs (even if I predicted it). Meh, the Sonics won 8 less games than the Bulls that year (2 more than the Bulls this year). They beat the Bulls in the regular season. They had the best defensive guard in the league (besides maybe MJ). It doesn't seem impossible that with their backs to the wall and on their home court where they had an almost identical home record to the Bulls (38-3 vs. 39-2), they hold the Bulls offense down and get 2 pride saving wins. I know your post is mostly in jest but still.
  21. UMFan83
    I always thought Jordan forced the series to go 6 games as a thank you to David Stern for letting him back in the NBA after his suspension.
  22. UMFan83
    No...but it would be a lot closer.
  23. UMFan83
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bolland can't be this year's Kim Johnsson if he actually comes back.
  24. UMFan83
    And they did that a lot in the 3rd and 4th quarter by bringing Hibbert out to the 3 point line to defend when Thomas or Gibson were in. Wasn't exactly a trap per say but its intent was to make it hard for Rose to get around 2 guys.
  25. UMFan83
    practice? PRACTICE? How in the hell can I make my shooting better by practicing?
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