lostfan

The Bears aren't a laughingstock like the Lions or the Browns, they are a perpetually mediocre team that accidentally stumbles into respectability like every 5 years

I wish I was a fan of a better team, the Bears give me nothing, year in and year out.

You know, the way people talk about DeRozan they make it sound like he is having an unexpected resurgence after he was lost in the woods playing for the Spurs and there's really nothing in his production that warrants that. Yes, he is playing some of the best ball in his career now, but in SA he was still easily averaging 20+ ppg, same volume, same FG% (actually better), same PER etc. Only difference that I can tell is his team wasn't winning.

I thought the Bulls would get bullied in Denver (of those 2 games on the road trip I thought the GS and DEN games were ones where they had no shot). Caught a break with no Jokic, they took care of business. It's still a young season but they've since answered some of the questions from earlier in the season about their legitimacy.

Running the Lakers out of the gym, you love to see it

The Bulls got their asses kicked by GS the other day but they are really just a terrifying team, they look like the championship version of themselves again. And this is without Thompson

Statements that would have been laughed at a year ago

He's absolutely right about what the problem is here (as I said in my post above I didn't read his full comments in proper context until after I posted that tweet, which is a poor summary) I miss the old Deadspin, they were all over how full of shit MLB management is

Okay so my guess is Boras (because he is Boras) believes there is a competitive balance issue (he's right) but that the answer to that is allowing all teams to spend freely? That's not going to fix the issue - the tanking teams will just keep tanking and keep that money, like they do now

I actually read this story elsewhere after seeing that tweet - that tweet is not a good summary of the issue he was talking about at all because it is framed like he's faulting the Braves somehow. This being Boras though, he's talking about big-market teams spending more money (he doesn't have to say it out loud, it's always implied). I do think that there are some teams that are not even trying to win while they're just cashing checks, and that does affect the competitive balance of the game, but I also don't think his focus here on draft spending limits is going to fix that.

Yup and the Braves straight up beat the Dodgers head-on so... not even sure what he's talking about here.

lol you would make this thread JUST AFTER I put a post about Boras in another thread cuz I wasn't sure where else to put it.

Probably as good a place as any to put this - Boras is objectively good at his job, but every time he speaks on something outside of that lane I wish he'd shut up. The Braves lost one of the best players in the game, they did good at the trade deadline, they got hot and played lights out in the playoffs, no mystery there. They've also made the playoffs 4 years in a row and he's talking about them like they're some moribound franchise

I get why they did this, but I don't like it at all.

This is fucking hilarious

I actually this whole time had just kind of assumed he was a reasonably smart guy, and I don't know where I really got that perception from, but the more he talks the more he sounds like a stereotype. His statements today sound like he's doing some kind of performance art or like a teenager wrote an AI to do an impression that uses as many boilerplate talking points it can fit into one sentence.

What DeRozan's game brings to this Bulls roster reminds me of what Rip Hamilton was supposed to bring to the 2011-12 Bulls, but then just gets me depressed thinking about it. Rip had an impeccable midrange game that would've been perfect as an outlet to keep teams (especially Miami) from focusing on Rose to shut him (and the whole offense by extension) down, since nobody else on the roster could create their own shot. This team doesn't seem to have any of those limitations offensively. Of course, we know it didn't work out that way, Rose and Hamilton hardly ever played together that season, and then it all came crashing down when the playoffs started.

I think there's some legit concern that the refs will end up not calling actual contact by a defensive player, but I really like the rule changes and it's improved the product so defenders won't be spooked into challenging shots or getting in front of a guy driving to the hole. Seeing Harden twist his body towards a defender, bump him, hear no whistle, then awkwardly throw the ball up into the general direction of the rim instead of attempting to score is refreshing, it was probably padding his scoring average by 5-8 ppg just by cheesing the rule exploit. That was hard to watch, I think they took note in FIBA ball watching Team USA have a hard time adjusting to not getting those calls.

They were down big when I was following at work and they scored a few to get within about 11, I figured "oh, they're gonna make a respectable final score of it," went to the bathroom, checked the score on my way out to see they won by 14. WTF.

I remember people (not necessarily here) clowning the Bulls for signing DeRozan but he's been a fantastic addition. Everything you'd hope to get out of a veteran, and he fits right in.

The Knicks looked like they were running away with it and the Bulls got right within striking distance, DeRozan is usually pretty clutch but he hesitated and blew his look

He makes me want to bang my head against the wall when he passes a wide open look (as I type this he just hit one finally)

It's kind of fitting that he got ejected at the end of today's game then isn't it

At least once or twice a game he gets the ball in the corner for a wide open three with nobody within 10 feet of him, stare at the rim for a second, then attempt to dribble forward before passing