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Most teams still wear their colors at home right? Does that mean the Bulls are going to wear white almost every game? I like the white jerseys at home too but not at the expense of rarely wearing the red jerseys.

Technically, they traded Elton Brand for Chandler and picked Curry... so they never really had a chance at Gasol, since the Clippers owned the 2nd pick. And from what I read in "Boys Among Men" by Jonathan Abrams (about the prep to pro generation) Krause only made the deal for Chandler after Gasol was picked at 3 and he knew he could pair Chandler and Curry Never knew that, thanks for sharing. I always assumed that the trade was made before the Clippers picked and the Bulls asked them to take Tyson

Panama could still get there if the come back but they’d have to win 3-1 to pass us on GD. Looking like a very good night for us. Mexico and Canada tie as fo Costa Rica and Honduras. Panama losing with 20 minutes left so as long as they don’t win, we pick up 2 points on everyone close to us. You’d have to be a pretty badass squad to score 3+ goals in the second half on the road to erase a 1-0 deficit.

Well as crappy as the start to this cycle was, US will be at the top of the table after 5 matches due to GD.

Random thought but I just realized that 4 of the Bulls starters either went to USC (DeRozan, Vucevic) or UCLA (Ball, Lavine). Kind of random

I know it’s Jamaica at home but this team looked legit as hell tonight. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen this team consistently attacking with confidence and basically toying with their opponent.

I THINK I REALLY LIKE PEPI

I love you too Pepsi

I hope so, that who playoffs was so weird and felt fake (also because of the neutral sites and lack of fans until later on). People on twitter always joke about the Dodgers Mickey Mouse Championship but it really does feel like that. It doesn't feel like the Dodgers won a legit World Series last year. I don't love giving the Dodgers credit, but honestly I think most of the mickey mouse stuff last year made it harder for them to win, not easier. But I do think they probably need to win another one to fully cement their status as an all-time group. And while they're certainly not in trouble, I do think their contract situation is about to start getting sticky enough that they're no longer going to waltz to 100+ wins every year, so this is likely their last best shot. I don't doubt that it was hard. Maybe I'm using Mickey Mouse championship in the wrong way. The whole season and playoffs just felt....fake. I'm not sure how else to describe it. 60 game season, a bunch of fairly big rule changes, no fans in the stands which made the atmosphere eerie much of the time, temporarily expanded playoffs that put several mediocre teams in the mix, outlier performances from players due to small sample size, playoffs all played at a neutral site after the WC round. I'm glad they had a season and I did get some enjoyment out of it, but it just never felt like a real season to me. If the Cubs had broken their championship drought that season, I would have felt like the drought was still ongoing afterwards. The fact that the Dodgers won the World Series is something I've had to remind myself about several times even though I watched most of the series.

Also, one thought I had about the proposed playoff expansion - If this was in place for the 2020 season, do the Cubs still do their sell off or do they add even though they were a .500 team? Not that I loved watching the entire identity of the Cubs change overnight but this is why I hate playoff expansion, more mediocre teams making short term decisions to sneak in as a mediocre team

Yeah. Unfortunately, I think the 2020 COVID playoffs were a preview of things to come. Luckily pretty much every one on both sides have rightfully poo poo'd that. I think the expectation should be this idea that was floated a few years ago https://nypost.com/2020/02/10/mlb-plotting-playoff-expansion-with-reality-tv-twist/ I think the players will try to keep it to 12 teams, but this is what the owners want. So if even they're wanting to cap it at 14 I think we're safe from last year's nonsense coming back. I hope so, that who playoffs was so weird and felt fake (also because of the neutral sites and lack of fans until later on). People on twitter always joke about the Dodgers Mickey Mouse Championship but it really does feel like that. It doesn't feel like the Dodgers won a legit World Series last year.

That's only a concern with the road games. Also I thought someone mentioned last time that the Paramount+ thing was a one off and future games would be on CBSSN. Stupid premium streaming services.

And unfortunately, I think they have the advantage against the Belt-less Giants too. At least the Dodgers are without Kershaw and Muncy

Please for the love of God let Pujols walk off the Cardinals to eliminate them. I don’t ask for much.

A big problem and yet not surprising one bit

Did management tell him to do this or he’s gone? No reason to say Dalton is QB1 when healthy and then change your mind on Wednesday. The injured #1 QB is still our starter when healthy is coach speak. I don't see any reason to think Nagy had to be dragged kicking and screaming into making this decision. This was always the plan. Dalton was going to get some games, they were going to draft a guy early, depending on who that guy was is how many games Dalton would get. Fields was one of the few that could make this decision come earlier and once he was the guy it was only a matter of time. All that hand wringing for nothing. But hand wringing is one of my favorite pastimes

Did management tell him to do this or he’s gone? No reason to say Dalton is QB1 when healthy and then change your mind on Wednesday. Not sure but he also spoke glowingly about how much he enjoyed not calling plays on Sunday and how it made him feel connected to all 3 phases of the game. Given the difference between Monday and today, it seems pretty clear he was influenced to dramatically change his direction

horsefeathers YEAH

Was updating this in the Offseason Tread but screw it, we had a Theo Speak thread so here is the Jed Speak thread Jed's giving his EOY press conference: Wow getting rid of Borzello? https://twitter.com/crawlyscubs/status/1445782424793845760 https://twitter.com/Michael_Cerami/status/1445781965781700614 https://twitter.com/crawlyscubs/status/1445782941016084492 https://twitter.com/crawlyscubs/status/1445784290210435089 https://twitter.com/crawlyscubs/status/1445784857196392454

Jed's giving his EOY press conference: Wow getting rid of Borzello?

The Yankees aren’t even in my top 4 most hated teams in the playoffs Its funny knowing that there are adults old enough to drink that know nothing else than the Red Sox dominating the Yankees. How much the rivalry has flipped from October 2004 to now is crazy. The Red Sox completely own the rivalry now in terms of events over the last 17 years. It's what I was hoping the Cubs were on the verge of doing after the NLDS win over the Cardinals but doesn't seem to be trending in that direction.

How would we be able to afford him? 31 year old pro bowl CB would be great if we were contenders.

I don’t care if it was preseason, that was fun as hell.

Rizzo and Schwarber both homering in the first game all but confirms that these players will play out in the most painful way possible. Something like Lester pitching a CG shutout in game 7 of the World Series with Kimbrel giving up the game losing HR

I would imagine more 6th rounders make their teams' practice squad then the actual roster their rookie year, as Newsome and Graham did. I honestly wondered that when the moves were made. Looks like 27 6th rounders from the last draft have played in the NFL this year and 17 have not. I forgot the 6th is one of the rounds with all the extra comp picks. The previous year 31 have played in the NFL and 4 have not, but I don't feel like going back and seeing which started the year on the roster and which haven't played until this season. I just thought those particular decisions were odd since we needed a KR and were super thin at DB and we cut a KR and DB. I guess they weren't ready yet.