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  1. UMFan83
    Cubs need to win the next 3 games to have a winning home stand. Let's get errrr duuun.
  2. UMFan83
    That can't be a good sign if you are associated with the Knicks. I understand James isn't going to tip his hand on what his decision is, but the fact that James seems to be pretty much a robot during the Knicks presentation, is not a good sign. "the dude just sat there. he didn't even say bye when he left." Was he sleeping?
  3. UMFan83
    I agree with the latter part of your post about reloading, but I don't know if I can predict next year. Obviously we're a playoff team with our top lines, and we've kept the D mostly in tact, assuming we keep Hammer. But considering how close the margin of error was in the Vancouver and SJ series....we won out with our depth. We could have lost both of those series last year...now all that depth is gone. I don't think I can predict how well we'll go until midway through the year.
  4. UMFan83
    I know you're kidding but that's the last thing the Hawks need. Trade all our depth and get a top line player. We would have been fine just shedding buff and versteeg from our top 4 lines and replacing them with prospects. But now we're really starting to getting into areas where it will be really tough to replace our depth. Dammit Toews, why'd you have to be so awesome in the playoffs?
  5. UMFan83
    Some guy in my office, who pretends that he's into hockey because he doesn't want to be called a fair weather fan even though everyone knows he couldn't care less about the Hawks in March, started a conversation with me about NHL Free Agency. Surprised I said "oh yeah, what you do think is going to happen today?" This guy got all excited that I wanted to hear his insights about hockey and said "I'm pretty sure I read today that the Hawks are going to get Kave-latchuck (his pronounciation). That's why they traded Buff...so they could get him". I stared at him for a second, and then turned around and went back to work.
  6. UMFan83
    WTF??? http://store.nba.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2804337&cp=2834601.2836124.2710386.2482948.2806548 http://store.nba.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4055669&cp=1421535 Computer programmer making a joke or the Bulls letting the cat out of the bag early?
  7. UMFan83
    You're complaining about somebody starting your game thread? Almost all of them are up the night before the game. Just giving Fred crap. I don't give 2 shits to be honest.
  8. UMFan83
    Jake, how do Pirate fans feel about embarassing the Cubs just about every game this year?
  9. UMFan83
    Does that 55.2 figure include all the injury exemptions that the Hawks were supposedly going to capatalize on that was going to save us? I don't think the Hawks had to trade Versteeg. I think Kris made that decision for them when he had that awful rap during the parade.
  10. UMFan83
    Not fair, other posters have posted their game thread 30 minutes before the game starts, and I get usurped several hours before?
  11. UMFan83
    Bucher is a moron. This morning on ESPN 1000, he said he would consider the Bulls offseason a success if they sign Joe Johnson and nobody else. I thought that quote was attributed to KC Johnson. That is moronic either way. Trade Salmons, Tyrus and Hinrich, renounce Miller, Murray, Warrick and Law, sign Johnson. Yay?
  12. UMFan83
    It will be nice to not have Versteeg holding onto the puck way too long and turning it over next year. That said he did have one of my favorite goals of the playoffs in Game 2 against Vancouver.
  13. UMFan83
    Cubs have now gone winless in their last 11 series. They are now at a 69 win pace this year. The 2006 squad won 66 games. If you think about it Lou's managerial stint with the Cubs has mirrored Dustys. Both made surprise playoff appearances their first season after losing 95+ the year before. Both actually had their best teams their second season and finishes with better records. Of course Lous was much better and made the playoffs. The next year the team played around .500 ball and the bottom fell out the next year.
  14. UMFan83
    Another fun stat. Against the other 29 MLB teams, the Pirates have been outscored 204-400. Against the Cubs, the Pirates have outscored the Cubs 46-31. By using pythag formula, the Pirates are playing at a 37-125 pace against the other 29 teams, and a 109-53 pace against the Cubs. Gah.
  15. UMFan83
    I will now only refer to the Cubs as "the punchless Cubs" until further notice.
  16. UMFan83
    I think it's actually a scale ranking the goalies by how much the Blackhawks own them. The higher the tier the more we own them.
  17. UMFan83
    Who would actually enjoy it a little on the inside if the cubs blew it in the 9th here?
  18. UMFan83
    I'm trying to think of opportunities to go over the luxury tax in the past where the Bulls let someone go or refused to play someone to avoid it. The only scenarios I can think of off the top of my head are not resigning Gordon which would have put them over the tax. But in that case you can argue that the Bulls were doomed to mediocrity if they had resigned Gordon, and it's the biggest reason we are in a position to get LBJ and Bosh. The other time is all of last year the Bulls straddled the lux tax line and JR wouldn't make any small moves to get over the tax. There were a few times where they could of and needed to due to injuries and whatnot and didnt. But I understand that and respect it. Why pay tons of extra money for a team that's not contending and is playing for next year.
  19. UMFan83
    I recall reading something a while ago where Reinsdorf said he would have no problem paying the luxury tax if the Bulls were championship contenders. Yeah but saying that and doing that are different things. I'm just playing devil's advocate though. I believe that he will no problem, especially when a global superstar is on the team.
  20. UMFan83
    Thanks Rnny, I knew we could count on you.
  21. UMFan83
    Does Reinsdorf go to Akron with GarPax, Rose, Noah, and Thibodeau? Someone on RealGM said that's whats happening. He'd better because if he doesn't come that sounds a bad message to LeBron. JR knows how much this will mean to his franchise and the money making opportunities....he'll be there.
  22. UMFan83
    It just seems weird. So Pat Riley tells Wade, "hey, go talk to Bosh, and show him these numbers. This is what we want to offer him. Also I wrote up some of our plans, how we want to use him, a basic outline of our offense, as well as how we plan to proceed as an organization over the next 5 years. Make sure you take notes about what he says and bring it back to me." Now obviously I think him doing that is tampering, but its hard to prove it as long as the wrong people don't get ahold of the plans he gives Wade to show Bosh. And even then you can't prove they weren't what Riley typed up to give to Bosh after 7/1
  23. UMFan83
    did they address the news articles that reported days ago that lebron was spotted in NYC on Thursday and again Saturday night and that multiple people reported seeing Wade at the cubs-sox game on saturday and supposdely all week in Chicago? I'm not saying that makes it possible that they flew to Miami on sat morning and made it a point to be spotted in public in other cities later that night. Just wondering if thy actually addressed these reports.
  24. UMFan83
    I don't know the exact details but there is a tread 1-2 pages into the Bulls forum that says that due to out of state taxed when players are on the road, you'd only be saving like 37k by going to Miami because I think a large majority of the income taxes are federal. I'd like the thread for you but I'm in line to take a pic with the Stanley Cup right now (I'm a name dropper). Just go on bulls realgm forum and you'll see the thread within the first 3 pages.
  25. UMFan83
    Yeah there's a cap hold that would prevent the Heat from signing the other 2 guys then Wade.
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