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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 12:46 PM) I'm really excited for Taj's growth Dude's 29 f***ing years old and a whopping 4 months younger than Joakim Noah - I don't think people realize that. He's going to get about the same minutes he did last year. What growth, exactly, are you or anyone else expecting?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 12:46 PM) Gibson + Snell + Picks. OMG WHERE DO I SIGN HERE'S KEVIN LOVE TY TY TY - said no one in Minnesota

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 10:37 AM) This thread was actually goin good....Sigh. If Wiggins is involved and they (The Wolves) think he's gonna be a star, what can you do? If the reports of the trade offer is true they're putting forth one helluva effort, much like they did with Melo, and I can't fault them for not getting it done, Well, this is the same front office that sat on their hands many a time before preaching team and playing it safe. This is the same front office that didn't go after Kevin Love until after Andrew Wiggins was already on the table (despite the fact that, for the right offer, he was highly available while they were trying to pry a player away from his hometown and the biggest city in the country and offering $50 million less to do so). There's plenty of blame for the front office, here.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 09:37 AM) At this point you'd be trading 3 bench players for a top 10 player in the league. It's a simplistic way to look at it but it also makes you realize how much of a no brainer it really is. win That said, the deal isn't happening.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 12:28 PM) Robert Mathis got 4 games for taking a PED masking agent that was on the banned substances list. Look at it how you want, it was prescribed by a fertility specialist and he got off it after his wife got pregnant.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 10:29 AM) Plaxico Burress got 4 games for shooting himself, and Brandon Marshall was fined 25K for wearing the wrong color cleats Ray Rice was suspended 2 games and fined 58K for beating his fiancee unconscious and dragging her into an elevator by her hair. Totally makes sense Robert Mathis got 4 games for taking clomid to raise his sperm counts so he could have a child.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 04:11 PM) Sounds like Cody pupped out on it this week. I hate HOHs who pass up big moves because they don't want blood on their hands. Cody is in a strong alliance that would've had his back. And Caleb stalking Amber is so legit it's scary. Sometimes they edit things a certain way, but nope. I will say, I'm glad I missed this post. Can you either use spoiler tags or wait to post spoilers until they've aired a day later for BB? If I'd have read your post above, I'd have enjoyed that episode a lot less. This is one of the best seasons of BB ever.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 04:11 PM) Sounds like Cody pupped out on it this week. I hate HOHs who pass up big moves because they don't want blood on their hands. Cody is in a strong alliance that would've had his back. And Caleb stalking Amber is so legit it's scary. Sometimes they edit things a certain way, but nope. Cody is a b****.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 07:01 AM) Report to Camp Day! Jay :wub: :wub: :wub:

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 07:09 PM) And he embraced Vick and Tebow, possibly the two biggest distractions of all time. And didn't his kid off himself while largely being ignored by dear-old Dad?

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 06:51 PM) I don't think he is. I think I know what he meant. It's ignorant coming from a black man who was probably in a similar position before though. QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 06:57 PM) I have no clue. I try and ignore the ignorant. Kinda funny back-to-back posts here.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) From what I understand that wasn't their initial offer, their initial offer was Taj/Snell/Picks. Mirotic is different now that he's actually here, and 16 and 19 became a player the wolves apparently covet. Which I can see Saunders falling in love with a smart 4 year college player. I was in, and now I'm out. Wake me when Love's in Cleveland. I'm not getting sucked into this s*** again.

Top comment on Reddit is really insightful and smart: This is really close to their initial offer of Taj, the rights to Mirotic, and their 2014 #1 picks. I don't think this news is new at all, it's just being spelled out in a different way (by Minnesota) to put a match under the ass of Cleveland.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 02:09 PM) But he also left because their front office/org was so inept. And he went to a team that was completely f***ed as well, so much so that they had s*** on their roster save an oft-injured Dwyane Wade and Michael Beasley. It's just the fact that three studs in their prime decided to win a ring together and picked Miami as the inept franchise of choice. It's Cleveland. We have that going for us. Something has to go wrong, right?

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 10:56 AM) It'd be cool as hell if you were in a men's league game with Kane, especially if you played with him. I'd be trying to play the game of my life, and pass him the puck as soon as I got it. However, if you were on the other team it'd be awful. Not only trying to cover him, but I'd be afraid to get near him. It'd be a lot of ole defense. "Steve49083485 from Soxtalk accidentally went knee to knee with Blackhawks star Patrick Kane in a men's league game, who has a torn ACL." I was never a physical player. All finesse. Kaner would have been wanting to be on my line so I could raise his game. :-P

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 01:52 PM) It really bothers me still that the cavs were allowed to fail so miserably into championship consideration. That does suck, but their franchise player got stolen by a bunch of turds from Miami, so whatevs.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 01:48 PM) Man it would be awesome to stick it to Lebron by foiling his plan to get Love AND hopefully dominate his Cavs team for the next couple of seasons. We all know that the above scenario will never happen. LeBron will get his way.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 01:27 PM) I understand that, but exactly how does cutting the auction short help Minnesota? What helps Minnesota is getting the most they can for Kevin Love. If they like the offer, then they take it. If they don't, well, they don't.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 01:18 PM) This trade cannot even become official for a month if it is as advertised. So how you fill out your 12-15 guys IMO is pretty irrelevant. I could understand the Bulls putting a deadline on it, I just can't see them enforcing it. It's not like there are a bunch of these types of guys available. And if the Bulls think Love to Cleveland is inevitable, they might as well play along to help Minnesota extract everything they can from them. This whole 30 days thing is moot. Deals get done before they can be made official all the time. LeBron's "decision" four years ago happened before he was even officially traded to Miami. They can come to terms five minutes from now on a contract that's executable 29 days from now.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 01:10 PM) Good. Bulls have nothing to lose here and everything to gain. Although I have a question...if the Bulls couldn't get Melo the 96 million dollar max even with moving Taj, how are they going to sign Love to a max deal next year? Just hope the cap number goes up enough? No, the rules are different for your own players, at which point once he's acquired Love becomes "our player". They'd easily be able to extend him at a number that works for both sides. You can go well over the cap when extending your own players.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 01:08 PM) Maybe he did, but to think if Minnesota came back a month or 2 from now and said they would make the deal, and Gar says it's no longer on the table, is laughable. This is where the Bulls' front office would have the upper hand. They've done nothing in the past many years that says they like to make risky moves. Saying there's a deadline is very real with the Chicago Bulls' front office.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 12:59 PM) Sun-Times Basketball ‏@suntimes_hoops 6m Per source: Forman put a deadline on TWolves response so that there isn’t this back-and-forth playing the Cavs and Bulls against each other. Forman be like "get outta my miiind" You f***ing rock, bro. And I'm not even exaggerating.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 12:44 PM) Once I start a show, I don't want to to read the book until I'm done. Or vice versa. Like to keep it to one medium at a time. Of course. I randomly read the book three years ago, whenever it was a hot release. It was ok.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 11:09 AM) I'm still watching, but more out of curiosity for where it's going with the plot. I have zero idea. Could turn into some scifi thing, who knows. I read the book, so I already know.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 23, 2014 -> 12:25 PM) McBuckets can't be traded for a month. Yeah, but agreements can be in place and deals finalized in a month.