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A Micah scouting video uploaded not too long ago by BA. Of course, the dude made a blasphemous mistake by call him a Cubs prospect.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 09:09 AM) Wheeler and Guerrero are interesting. Mitchell is too but look at his walks. And why do people still seem to forget that the heart of the White Sox pen was taken out early on with the two most likely closer candidates, Jones and Lindstrom, going down early? Few bullpens in baseball could take that without struggling. I dont think the guys we lost are very good either. So it just says that collectively, the bullpen is the weakest link of the team.

@paugasol · 4h It hasn't been easy. After meditating it a lot I've chosen to play with the Chicago Bulls. Looking forward to this new chapter of my career I guess Gasol to Bulls is a done deal. Just need to wait for amnesty of Boozer to finalize. Hurry GarPax, next move! We need to go make an offer to Lance Born Ready, he's been getting offers for 5 year deals at $9 mil per, we should be able to fit that in our cap space.

Trey is striking out at an Hawkins-esque rate. Still young, but definitely some serious flaws he needs to fix.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) If this was 3 years ago, I would have been really excited about Pau. But he's just not the same player he was in his prime. Not even close. Pau hasn't been that much better than Boozer in the last two years. Bringing Mirotic over should be nice though. We finally have something on this year's team we hadn't had the past few years: depth and lots of it, especially in the front court. I'd love to keep DJ for the BAE as well. He'll be a nice security blanket for Rose and can come off the bench as some instant offense. We've always relied on our bench too much - Nate, Augustin, Bellinelli, Taj, the bench mob from a few years ago. We need superstars, multiples, and healthy. We still have the same issue as we did in 2011, we do not have an additional scorer who can create his own shot. This is sad.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 12:50 PM) Ya...Bulls clearly should have moved all their salary BEFORE they even knew they were getting him....Brilliant. They did all they can do, there were reports that they had trades lined up to get Melo his money, it just didn't happen....This isn't xbox man, this is real life. If those reports were true and Bulls can offer Melo close to the max through a S&T, then shame on Phil for not making the better basketball decision by doing the S&T to clear up cap space and rebuild. Signing Melo for $25 mil a year when you have no young talent and draft picks build around is not going build you a winner.

Let's move on to Lance Stephenson. I don't think there is much of a market for him at this point, so maybe we can sign both him and Gasol and still come away a stronger team. The character issue is there, but perhaps playing with strong character guys like Noah, Jimmy, Rose, Taj and playing for Thibs will set him straight.

Regardless, Gasol is an upgrade over Taj and Mirotic offensively. I think he would be a bargain if they sign him for less than $10 mil per. Boozer and Noah used to be injury prone, the Bulls training staff has kept them relatively healthy the past couple of years. Signing Gasol means we will need to give up Taj in any S&T with Knicks. I wonder who we will bring in as a backup defensive big to fill Taj's shoes, because running both Gasol and Mirotic out there will be atrocious defensively.

How can Melo sign directly with the Bulls before we even amnesty Boozer? Unless he's talking about a S&T which we haven't heard that Phil is willing to do yet

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 05:54 PM) Houston now too you would think. I think they have to match Parson's contract by tomorrow, which takes away their cap space. Unless they work out a sign and trade with the Mavs.

Bosh is both a winner and loser in this Lebron decision. He probably received $40 million more compared to what he would get if Lebron stays, but he will be playing for a second round exit team instead of a Finals appearance. While Wade is clearly the loser of the situation. Also, we can pretty much rule out Wade coming to the Bulls now that Riley is pretty much giving every other team the finger.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 05:05 PM) LeBron has always come off as insincere to me, extremely fake. Maybe it's because he flops on the court so much. There is even a chance that he didn't write the essay himself. It's something could be easily written by his publicist to forge a better narrative about his return to Cleveland and make amend to some of his critics and haters.

If Wade takes the MLE to come here after turning down this player option of $40 mil +, he's the dumbest person on the planet.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 12:21 PM) If lefty Rodon is awesome but righty Rodon sucks, can righty Rodon be sent down to AAA while lefty Rodon remains on the Sox??? I am all for left handed Rodon starting the game and right handed Rodon closing the games

Fun fact, in 3 of the 4 years Lebron left Cleveland, they had the number 1 overall pick. They finished with the best record in Lebron's last year, and will likely finish with a top 3 record this year.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 02:54 PM) Since it was me, and Quinavry to a certain extent, that were arguing with Steve and TRU, I just want to be clear in what I believe. Of course if you put LeBron on the current Cavs team, and if you include Love, that means they most likely won't have Wiggins because I read that the TWolves would ask for Wigs, they would be contenders right away, but I don't believe they would be unbeatable. They would be a very young team with no playoff experience and a coach with zero NBA experience. When LeBron went to Miami, he had a FMVP in Wade and another All Star player in Bosh, and they were surrounded by vets. The whole thing was supervised by Riley, the situation in Cleveland is a whole lot different. They don't have that kind of championship experience. That's the reason I said it would take the Cavs a year or two before they become unbeatable if their younger guys mature and turn out to be the players they're projected to be. I wouldn't trade Wiggins for Love to be honest, it could be just a rental and I really do think Wiggins is going to be a star in this league. It takes a team to win, the Cavs will flourish with today's greatest player but I'm not buying the notion that they can't be beaten in their first year or two together, especially considering the franchise, coach and youth of their team. Somehow that get's translated as having a venemous hate towards LeBron though when I never even questioned his status of today's greatest player, it's his team and coach I'm questioning. After all, it does take a team effort to win. They wouldn't be a lock to win the Finals. A seasoned team like the Spurs and a coach with experience like Pop will destroy them in the Finals.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 07:11 AM) http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23420...rade-For-Boozer Sources indicate that the Chicago Bulls hope to pursue a sign-and-trade with the Los Angeles Lakers involving Pau Gasol and the expiring contract of Carlos Boozer. The window to use the amnesty provision on Boozer officially started on Wednesday night. By trading Boozer in a deal for Gasol, the Bulls would keep their exceptions to target players such as possibly Nikola Mirotic, Trevor Ariza, Shawn Marion, Kirk Hinrich and Ramon Sessions. It is unlikely that a deal with Gasol would be longer than three years. Gasol is reportedly considering the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs and Lakers in addition to the Bulls. Via K.C. Johnson/Chicago Tribune Not sure if Gasol and Ariza will be an upgrade over Boozer and Deng we had for the past 3 and 1/2 years. I'd rather target Born Ready and another backup defensive big rather than Gasol to give Mirotic more playing time

#9 is definitely real, it crosses my mind every time I see Sale pitch

Tyler Flowers deserves to stay for a couple more weeks after making this video. http://m.mlb.com/video/v34430919/top-10-th...140709_27538916

Sale has retired the last two batters prior to Pedroia, his PC as at 107 at that point, I don't think anyone would have complained if Robin left him in there for one more batter, even if he eventually gives up the run. Simply put, I would leave Sale in 10 times out of 10 in high leverage situations over this bullpen, if his pitch count is under 115

I don't think Melo cared about winning all along. It's either that, or the Bulls' pitch totally bombed. Even if he wants the max or close to the max, the Bulls should be able to accommodate for it, if Melo tells the Knicks he wants to go to the Bulls for the Max. Something like Boozer, Dunleavy, Snell, trio of garbage contracts, and Hinrich (S&T as well) and picks, for Melo, JR, and Prigioni will help the Knicks reload for next year. That would put Bulls at about $77 mil for 10 players. Not great, but we can make more trade to get more further under the tax line. The opportunity is there, if he wants both the max and to win. The roster we have here will be far superior than what the Knicks can build for Melo in the next 2 years. Why he, or anyone, wouldn't come to Chicago, we don't know.

Note to self: do not waste any time dreaming about any possibility of Bull signing or trading for another superstar, until it actually happens, less productive time would be wasted on the internet reading rumors from so-called experts.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) Except Melo appears to love everything about New York except the Knicks. I think he'd bide his time for a year if James has a 2 year deal, 1 year opt out. The knicks people, have basically 1 contract on the books for 2015-2016. I've said before, it's pretty impressive tbh what PHil Jackson has done so far. It makes some sense on Melo's side, but if I am Lebron, why would I compromise my contract so I can play with Melo in New York in 2016? The potential core of Kyrie Love and Lebron along with pieces like Thompson, Varejao, Waiters and Ray Allen is far better than whatever New York can buy after giving max to Melo and Lebron, if that does happen. If Lebron wants to play with Melo with a fresh roster, he can easily make that happen this year down in Miami.

I dont buy that Melo is willing to stay in New York if Lebron takes a 2 year deal in Cleveland or Miami. Why would he waste two years of his playing career trapped in misery that is New York and hope that Lebron decides to take a deal in NY two years from now. If playing with Lebron is his end goal, he can easily tell NY to target Lebron in a S&T, ask Lebron he stay in Miami and sign with them outright, or force a S&T between NY and CLE to get him to Cleveland. Him waiting on Lebron for two more years so he can watch Bron win 2 more rings just doesn't make sense.

Can't wait for the dominoes to fall tomorrow. I think at this point Lebron to Cleveland is the most likely scenario. Cavs would do Wiggins for Love in a heart beat if they want to win this year, not two years from now. That would make Melo to Bulls in a S&T all the more likely (24 hours ago Bulls were out, but then 24 hours ago Lebron still might have end up back to the Heat) to shift the East super power from Pacer Heat to Bulls and Cavs. Since Bulls and Thunder were considered front runners for Gasol, and Gasol was listening the Thunder's pitch for the MLE, he might just choose the Bulls even if it's for our MLE, as Rose, Melo, Noah and Butler trumps Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka in a weaker conference. If we do end up with Gasol on a 3-4 year deal, that pretty much makes either Taj or Mirotic expendable, and Mirotic would have more value and the easier one to trade. I would like to see something like Mirotic and MDJ for Alec Burke or Klay Thompson. Noah-Gasol-Melo-Butler-Rose with Taj, McD's, and Klay/Burke off the bench should be able to compete with the team they are building over in Cleveland.