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Imagine that. Was he driving slow? I remember when I used to live in Chicago and saw MJ driving around, he would always be going twice as fast as everyone else.

What in the [expletive]!? Wow.

everyday Bears have a long history of being screwed out of draft order. Sometimes its the meaningless win. Often it is the dreaded strength of schedule.

Gotta be the 2 favorites. Miami with Peyton throwing to Marshall and probably Reggie Wayne again would be pretty nice. They already have a decent defense, solid OL at 3 of 5 spots, decent run game. With Arizona, they'd just be basically trying to re-create the Kurt Warner success. Sucks for Kevin Kolb though. Would they really spend that much on the QB position? Can't really trade Kolb with that contract. Can't really cut him without knowing if Peyton can take a hit. I'm not sure if it sucks for Kolb. My thinking is more that Kolb sucks. I can't believe 2 teams in the past few years, the Eagles and the Cardinals, actually handed this guy a starting job. Yeah, I can't think that a 3rd team would be too interested in making this mistake again.

I think the article is ridiculous. The Bulls are a team led by a guy who isn't even 24 and have had the best record in the NBA for the past 2 seasons. They've really had 1 playoff run. The Jazz or the Knicks never had the best record in the league, and Ewing, Stockton and Malone had many more seasons coming short. Didn't both teams make the finals only once? After years and years in the playoffs? Zuba probably thought that the Mavs of last year, the Piston teams with Rip and Chauncey, and perhaps the championship Spurs teams were in basketball hell too. How about letting the Bulls lose a few before declaring that. Of course the Heat are the favorite, but declaring them an unstoppable dynasty before they even win 1 lousy championship? Didn't everyone kill LeBron for joking about this? And which Bulls fan wouldn't want Dwight Howard? I'm pretty sick of the talk too. If it happens, great. But its not going to. So I wish the damn media would shut the hell up about it.

It'll be interesting. I think either Arizona or Miami makes sense, and a healthy Manning makes either of them pretty good. Imagine Larry Fitzgerald with Peyton Manning throwing it to him. This is a great opportunity for Peyton. If he wins a Superbowl with another team, he cements his legacy. Anyone who thinks the Colts screwed him over is smoking crack. They had no choice, and besides the huge check he wasn't getting anyways, Peyton is better off.

But who's our SG? Come on. Still not good enough to beat Miami.

Not that I wouldn't do that deal, but who's our backup center after that trade? Hedo by default. Or Taj. We'd have to coax Rasheed Wallace or Etan Thomas out of retirement. Or we give them two number ones instead of Omer. I wouldn't miss Korver all that much. We'd miss Deng's D, but does having Howard make up for that? More importantly, does that trade make us better than the Heat? Not that I wouldn't do this deal, but its certainly not worth it if he's a rental. And would he re-sign?

Perhaps Theo didn't like the idea of hiring a Cub icon as it might compromise his ability to exert his influence. Perhaps he just felt that Sandberg wasn't very bright, or wasn't great manager material. Perhaps he didn't like other aspects of Sandberg besides his views on fundamentals and bunting- ideas that were strongly criticized by many people here. That's all I meant. What's so hard to understand about that?

With this and the bunt tourney, I'm beginning to think that Dale Sveum is going to become everything people feared that Ryne Sandberg would be, but I'm willing to give it a shot. Welcome to Dale Ball. Exactly what I was thinking. Bunting tournaments, running out everything, fundamentals. Wasn't this what people criticized Sandberg for? Maybe Theo's rejection of Sandberg had more to do with him being Sandberg and less to do with his ideology. I'm also willing to give it a shot. Fundamentals can't hurt. Especially when guys aren't rampantly juicing and jacking 50-60 HR's any more. I say let the GM worry about sabermetrics. I'm OK with the manager pushing fundamentals.

Yeah. He said he "respects MLB's objections". Like an innocent guy who got put away for 10 years would say he respects the criminal justice system. No innocent man would say that. If it were me and I were innocent, I certainly would not be saying I respected anything about the MLB. And I'd love to hear any plausible explanation for his innocence besides intentionally planted evidence.

Chicagosports.com headline: WRs Bowe and Royal on Bears GM's radar. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0225-bears-chicago--20120225,0,7162786.story We are so ending up with Eddie Royal. Sweet. :banghead:

Really? So leaving a urine sample in the fridge overnight rather than shipping it can up the testosterone and cause synthetic testosterone to be detected? I'm sure this can be tested pretty easily scientifically. Let's take a thousand urine samples and stick them in the fridge and see what happens. The only possible way Braun is innocent is if the someone planted the evidence. Hmm. Reminds me of the OJ trial. You weren't on the jury by chance, were you?

Yeah, but everyone still knows he's a cheater. He's lost in the court of public opinion, which is pretty important. You find someone with 10 kilos of cocaine, you know he's a drug dealer, regardless of whether the evidence gets tossed due to a technicality. So the Brewers win a few more games. The Cubs aren't going anywhere this year.

...wait, what? Count me in on that trade. Huh? Where do I sign? Lakers can't be that dumb.

Sheesh. Not too long ago Deng was the untouchable piece of a possible Kobe Bryant deal. Then he went to being a huge mistake. And now he's regained his value again. The Bulls biggest weakness is another offensive option. Don't get me wrong. I love Deng. But if the right deal came along to improve the offense I'd definitely trade him. But I just don't see it happening. Thibs loves him too much.

All 5 without Rose, Deng or both. With Rose and Deng they are 6-1 against +500 teams. (@Lakers, @Clippers, Grizzlies, Hawks, @Celtics, @Orlando. Loss @Atlanta) Oh wait, I thought Rose is overrated because the Bulls are so good without him.

I don't agree with this. I don't think we can beat the Heat in a seven game series (as currently constructed), HCA or not. A lot of people give the Bulls no chance. Whatever. [Dennis Green voice] If you want to crown them, then crown their ass. Let all the pundits talk about how LeBron is going to defend Rose and take him out of the game..blah blah blah. They beat us if 5 games last year, but the Bulls gave games away. If the Bulls had even one guy who could occasionally make an open jumper, it could've been very different. Even with Rose not playing great. I mean, Korver was bricking shots like Chris Dudley. Let's see what happens with one deep playoff run under their belt. Nobody on the Bulls had been there before. They played well defensively, but they played uncharacteristically bad offensively. Give them another shot or two before writing them off.

Never thought I'd say this but I actually feel bad for Wes Welker. He's taking so much crap. It almost seems like he's taking more crap than Kyle Williams, whose mistakes were way more boneheaded and had a bigger impact on the game. Boston fans. It's not like that was an easy catch.

Can't believe some people are still harping on the non-fumble by Bradshaw. Clear as day, he was moving backwards when he fumbled it. How can they even argue with it. It was a tough way to lose, with the Giants catching some breaks. But they were good calls. The muffed punt and the Bradshaw non-fumble. Why is the Bradshaw play keep getting mentioned? Is it because I'm in the Bay Area?

What a horrible way for the game to end.

The Knicks losing is good for basketball. All this talk about superstars moving to big markets so only big markets can compete. Funny. I guess that Amare and Carmelo just aren't as good as they think they are. Perhaps it is possible to build an instant winner with superstars, but I doubt anyone will be able to pull of what Miami did anytime soon. LeBron and DWade are 2 of just a handful of players in the league that actually deserve a max deal. Giving max deals to players that are just very good and not elite is going to bite a lot of teams in the ass. Most championship teams are built with the right mix of players and depth, including role player and stars.

I'd take Giants +2.5 and Pats -7.5. Let's see if what happens if the Niner's don't force TO's. Of course, Eli is always in danger of throwing picks and Bradshaw and Jacobs can fumble with the best of them. But I still like the Giants. I'll take the Pats -7.5 because I the Pats can score on anyone, and the Ravens offense is atrocious for a team that's supposed to be a SB contender. And their D is not up to where it was in prior years.

Considering he just won the [expletive] MVP award, I'd say it's easy to see. You've gotta be [expletive] kidding me. I've got news for you. Bulls fans don't vote on the MVP. And MVP has never meant the best player. It's an award that Steve Nash has won back to back, and Michael Jordan has lost.

I'll agree with you on one aspect of what you're saying. It's a team sport. That's why its really hard to reliably judge players based on stats. But since there's only 5 guys on the floor at once, its also pretty damn reasonable to judge a lot based on wins. It's funny that stats guys who feel Rose is so overrated will point to how good a supporting cast he has. Deng, Noah, Boozer, Taj. Yet LeBron's supporting cast of two other top 10 stats players and a handful of very solid role players including Chalmers, Miller, Anthony, Haslem, etc. is just horrible. That's what's laughable. To me, its missing the forest through the trees. the very fact that you call mike miller and joel anthony "very solid role players" lets me know that you're not ready. Really? So you casually ignore everything else I say, ignore the fact he has DWade and Bosh, and attack the contention that Miller and Anthony a solid role players. Therefore, argument is over. You sound like a politician. And for the record, Miller made tons of huge shots last year in the playoffs- more than just about any Bulls seemed to be able to do, and Anthony kept abusing Noah and Boozer like they were little girls. To me, if individual stats cannot accurately predict wins, then they are not reliable. Hollinger and stats people should just go back to the drawing board. Because there is something missing from their formula. But instead of possibly acknowledging that these stats could possibly be wrong, people think of every explanation to explain how the individual stats, which can't possibly be wrong, can explain how the team performs. Hence the ridiculous assertions that the DRose has the best supporting cast in basketball, and LeBron's supporting cast is average at best.