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  1. WrigleyField 22
    I don't see any deal that nets us Aldridge or Love, right now at least. Strange as it sounds, teams just don't wanna trade offensively competent big men until their back is against the wall. The Thomas Robinson update is interesting. It would be a team that like TRob more than the 20th pick, but the doesn't have cap space, a TPE, or expiring to meet Houston's needs. Then they have to have something that has guaranteed salary, is more attractive than the #20, and is likely to be combined with something else. Most obvious guess is as extension onto a Deng deal. Cavs don't meet the criteria, but I think the Cats and Wizards may, depending on how much truth there is to the Deng for lotto pick rumors. With all that being said if TRob is part of a larger deal I think it will have to be a 3 team trade and not separate deals. So needless to say it could fall apart. Also if it involves Deng I wouldn't be surprised if it was contingent on an extension which derails any deal before it even starts. If nothing happens, Bulls take Hardaway Jr at #20.
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    That might be the best thing ever Not that Chicagoans weren't doing that post game, they just had 17 seconds on fresh material to use....
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    Deng's contract isn't bad now, it's the new deal he'll get next year that could really suck.
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    I wonder if he gets early FA like Cespedes got. I'm down though.
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    The absolutely marginal increase in the odds of winning right now (and the relatively meaninglessness of that at the moment) does not even begin to balance out the long-term benefit of getting Castro to maximize his potential. If management thinks he needs reps to do that, then he should be in the lineup every day. One extra day, even if it was every few weeks, will have no impact on his long term development from a reps perspective. Until Cody Ransom comes crashing back down to Earth, we might as well try to give ourselves a significant upgrade every few weeks in winning baseball games.
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    Well I'm not sure days off will have any impact, but you can at the very least make the argument there are other guys who would help the team win more than him right now. So sure, bench him.
  7. WrigleyField 22
    I just can't see Lebron losing game 7. Oh well, good try Spurs. On the positive side, the Heat can remain the evil empire.
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    Is the whole DFA process different than it once was? When we got Edmonds he passed through waivers, and then we signed him for the minimum and he was still being paid by SD. Did they just flat out release him?
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    This is a pointless exercise. If you are trading two top 50 prospects you are doing so for an established player, not someone in low-A, no matter the pedigree.
  10. WrigleyField 22
    Why can't we move the 600 OPS SS to make room?
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    I don't wanna learn to spell this
  12. WrigleyField 22
    7 PM ETA: 6 PM Central Time How many rounds tonight?
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    I think the agent has a lot to lose by letting his client back out on a deal. And the player still has a ton to lose if they can't get picked equally as high (and isn't next years draft supposed to be better?)
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    Wouldn't they have a verbal agreement prior to the draft? Seems that would mitigate the risk considerably.
  15. WrigleyField 22
    A commanding 5-3 series win.
  16. WrigleyField 22
    Is there a red wings board I can go troll? It's the only thing that would make me feel better.
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    I think 90% of screens at the top of they key are fouls, but based on how they're called no way that was. Still, suck it Bron.
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    I don't mind it but the Bears have been a little too loose with retiring numbers. Including two guys who earned it primarily by dying and another who played a whopping 5 seasons with the team. You can probably cut the Bears list in half and it'd actually be a good list. For great, but not once in a generation players, you can have an unofficial moratorium on the number for several years. Halas, Payton, and Butkus would all be locks for me. Sayers, Grange, Nagurski, George, Luckman you could make strong cases for. McAffe, Turner, Ditka, and Singletary could be "moratorium" guys to me. Add Urlacher to the list. Hewitt, Piccolo, and Galimore are off completely for me. Have an award ala the Brian Piccolo Award if you wanna honor a player who dies.
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    They didn't announce anything really, but James Anderson took 50, which hasn't been worn since Singletary. So it had not been handed out for like 20 years. I suppose it is still possible Anderson will switch for the regular season once rosters are cut and other numbers become available. I wonder if anyone took 54 yet, and if not how long it'll take.
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    Bears are retiring Ditka's #89. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000206062/article/chicago-bears-will-retire-mike-ditkas-no-89-jersey Singletary's unofficial retirement was lifted this year. I guess no chance he gets his retired.
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    Who cares how tall a guy is to the top of his head anyways.
  22. WrigleyField 22
    Rod Beck?
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    There's the fact that you're capped to his rookie scale amount, but there is also a limit to what you can pay towards the buyout without it counting against the cap. Under the old CBA I think it was 500K. Each year of the CBA that figure increases, but a small amount, 25K maybe. So you're looking at a small figure still. So you really need at least MLE money to match his current salary going forward and covering the buyout.
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    It's just so hard to envision any team changing. Black and Red seem to have the upper hand just because you'd effect the least number of teams. If you we're totally going from scratch though I think you'd have to just go with the Chicago flag's colors and play up the Chicago thing. The teams would just need different identities.
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    I don't think you extend Wood, but just by virtue of team control you are kind of penciling him in as a starter for the next few years.
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