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QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Feb 27, 2013 -> 01:08 PM) It worked for Kobe...but then again, it was the Lakers. But yeah, it usually doesn't lead to good things. It actually didn't work for Kobe...what worked for Kobe was whatever back-room deal landed them Gasol for nothing. Without that he would have just been losing with Odom and Luke Walton for the last few years

I just don't want a team with a bickering superstar and FO, with the star claiming innocence while having his "people" make all the public comments ripping the team. Then have that FO panic and make a bunch of stupid moves in a failed attempt to please the spoiled-child superstar. I don't recall that working out too well for the Magic or Cavs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 04:37 PM) Serious Q; do you really think "Rose Recruiting" was going to be enough to overwhelm the bargain with the devil those 3 struck at the olympics before DR1 was even drafted? Could it have hurt? The Bulls have a hard enough time getting any good FA signing, you don't need the star player already here telling the media that "he don't need no help".

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 11:16 AM) I'm guessing Rose is the one telling his "people" to talk to the media, so he doesn't look bad. Then in that case he needs to STFU. He's the one who refuses to recruit, so he's the one who gets stuck with people like Boozer when we might have had a slightly better shot at Bosh/Wade/LBJ. He has 0 right to complain about things like that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 26, 2013 -> 09:25 AM) I'm gonna stand with Rose. It's clear he is working his ass off. He's not Lamar Odom'ing this recovery. I will respect the fact that it can be scary when your body isn't working normally when you are used to nothing holding you back, physically. It might be a different public response than we normally get from athletes, but so what. So long as he is working hard, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. The 1 thing he does need to do is tell his "people" to shut the f*** up talking to the media

I haven't watched much this year...but Dwight looked horrendous out there. Yeesh

Anyone got pre-sale codes to use today?

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 30, 2012 -> 06:46 PM) 10-6. Not a bad season. Playing in the wrong league to be the 7th team via tie That was a pathetic failure of a season.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 07:04 PM) One of the coolest photos of all time Anyone got the video of that HR? Stupid ass MLB and their asinine video strategy.

I had them losing to Houston and the 49's anyway....but not like this

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 11:34 AM) Campbell is starting.... Awesome. Hope Forte and the o-line are on fire otherwise the 83 check downs Cambell drops ain't scoring more than 6 points.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 03:12 PM) There's still been no truth to him asking for coke...just read an article on ESPN that said he's still being drug tested 3 times a week. Yes it CAN happen if he continues drinking heavily, so no he's not out of the woods, but the fact remains it hasn't in 6 or 7 years. If he never walked into that specific tattoo parlor and made friends with those drug addicts there is no guarantee what so ever that "He would have been a drug addict no matter what". Once again, his book is not blaming these guys, his book is telling the series of events that lead to it. I'm the one saying if he never walked into that tattoo parlor we wouldnt be having this conversation. Still bulls***. I and most other people can walk into any tattoo parlor in the world right now and not come out a raging heroin addict simply because we're not stupid enough to try the s***. If it wasn't the tattoo parlor it would have been somewhere else.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 12:56 PM) lol, thank you captain obvious. Meaning the tattoo parlor didn't have s*** to do with it. He would have been a drug addict no matter what, I don't fault him for that. But take responsibility for your own stupid choices, don't blame anything or anyone other than you being stupid.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 12:35 PM) I believe that, if he walked into a different tattoo parlor where the artists there weren't drug addicts themselves we wouldn't be having this conversation. We wouldn't be having this conversation if Hamilton wasn't a drug addict.

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) well ya it's his fault for doing it but what I was saying is if he was not forced out of his support system with his parents then he wouldn't be spending hours in a tattoo parlor and making friends with these guys. He didn't know what to do with his free time when he was forced away from his parents so he had all this time on his hands that he ended up using in a tattoo parlor that lead him to the addiction. before having all that free time he was a family man, all his friends were family. If it wasn't for that gosh darn tattoo parlor, we'd be looking at the greatest baseball player of all time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 12, 2012 -> 12:46 PM) Man between Urlacher and Cutler, the Bears have two of the biggest asshole stars in the NFL. I'll take "asshole stars" as opposed to dirty, DUI, assault, rape, etc. "stars"

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Nov 10, 2012 -> 07:34 PM) I dont have the book on me but it was the year after he was in the HR derby at Yankee Stadium. I recall something about that but dont remember the details, was he just drinking?? He's relapsed at least 2x in the last couple years and probably more than that. No thanks

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 01:58 PM) At least Sox players can win the awards from an irrelevant source that isn't official. (Dunn in '12, Beckham's ROY award in 2009) As opposed to the completely relevant and official Jeter for Gold Glove

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Oct 10, 2012 -> 11:20 AM) All I heard after the White Sox choke job was how fans shouldn't be dissapointed with what was an excellent season, despite not making the playoffs. If fans are allowed, nay, EXPECTED to enjoy a good regular season in baseball, why not enjoy a regular season in the NBA even if you know you won't win a title that year? Thats what I don't understand. So many people here are resigned to the idea that we won't win anything and that fact gets in the way of their enjoyment of watching Bulls basketball. No Sox fan went into the season thinking they were a WS contender or even a playoff team. Bulls fans thought we had a legit shot. MASSIVE difference.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 04:05 PM) Well, at least he didn't b**** about it all year. Unfortunately, he also hit like s***. At least he wasn't our cleanup hitter or anything. f*** being a gamer if you're killing the team

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 06:02 PM) Why don't they make it easier to build bars and restaurants around the park? Are the people of Bridgeport against it? The neighborhood it slowly getting better, but there's just way way too many "unsavory" people to completely revamp it. And even if it did turn around, the stigma will be there for a long long time. I lived 4 blocks from the park for about a year and it was perfectly fine, but west of Halsted and east of the highway = no bueno. Comparing attendance figures for the Cubs/Sox always cracks me up as that's what most sad Cubs fans resort to. My typical reply as that literally ANY baseball team in the league could have been swapped with the Cubbies and the results would have been the same. Cubs attendance is 100% neighborhood.

QUOTE (SouthSidePride05 @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 05:54 PM) There are Sox fans everywhere in the Chicagoland area. And they're the most passionate fans you'll ever find. When they make the playoffs, tickets sell out within minutes, and the fans go nuts. They show up at Midway Airport, 5000 strong, to welcome home the team when they return after clinching a playoff series. Sox fans live and die with every pitch. I honestly think they're one of the best fanbases in all of sports. The problem is, there's just not enough casual fans or tourists who want to visit US Cellular to draw large average attendance figures at home, and most fans would rather save and wait for the best possible game during the season, the ones that will likely draw big crowds, and since that hasn't been happening, the domino effect continues and attendance figures continue to dip. Pretty much this. Take out the "hey we should go to a baseball game!!!!" fans from Wrigley, and they have the same if not worse numbers than us. The neighborhood sucks and it's a pain for most people to get there, not much you can do about that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 3, 2012 -> 02:15 PM) Ozzie doesn't attract fans. Miami has a new park. Its still a sea of blue. The proof is in the pudding. Teams get worse when he manages, and most people are sick of his act. Only on this site does he do that

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 04:40 PM) So other than keeping Sale, Danks and Quintana (who I think you've said isn't that good anyway), what would you do? You say shed payroll... what payroll, and how? And for what? Outside of Danks, the only expensive guys with guaranteed contracts for next year are PK, Dunn, and Rios. Maybe Thornton and Crain fit in there. Do you just give them away? What do you think you can get for them? Trade everyone for blue-chip SP prospects. Despite our entire roster sucking except Sale, teams will be lining up to trade their farms for guys like Rios and Dunn. Cut payroll as close to 0 as possible and start rebuilding the farm so we can make a run in 5-10 years like the Royals and Jays are doing so well at. Bring back Ozzie and fire KW and Coop /Marty&Greg logic

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 2, 2012 -> 11:08 AM) The team collapsed under pressure and has been doing so for 6 years. There was pressure in 07, 09, 10 and 11?