Bananarchy

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 05:06 PM) Bulls received a trade exception of 12.5 million. I don't know what that is. Anyone care to explain? I'm not entirely sure of the inner workings, but basically a trade exception is a result of an unbalanced trade and is excluded from your luxury tax (still counts towards the cap). However, that money cannot be used to sign FA's, it can only be used to add people via trades (Workaround: Facilitate a sign and trade). In the case of the Bulls, that $12.5 million can put them above the cap floor without adding another player.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 02:35 PM) Bulls will not deal Lopez unless they get an asset for him. He's too strong of a presence and quality veteran to have the young players for the rebuild. If they get something worthwhile...sure...otherwise it isn't happening. I heard Woj on about a week ago and he had mentioned something to that effect. He hurts the tank. The biggest reason to trade him is to stockpile losses

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 01:47 PM) This is more realistic but I don't think Bulls are interested in getting rid of holiday. I could see them moving him. I think current Dunn is minimum retain-able talent for this rebuild. Anyone serviceable but worse i potentially on the market to anyone interested.

QUOTE (Quin @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 12:57 PM) Bulls should be able to target a wing and a big now. If they get Ayton/Bagley/Bamba/Jackson, I'd love Vanderbilt or Knox if he falls. If they get Porter/Doncic/Trae, give me Yurtseven or McCoy, unless a good BPA falls. This Bulls thing suddenly got very exciting.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 12:35 PM) What the hell do the Bulls have that the Cavs would be willing to give up for the Nets pick other than Lauri? It is beyond unrealistic. I'm inclined to agree. RoLo might be good for Cleveland but the Nets pick isn't going to come back for that.

Man, suddenly GarPax look like they know what they're doing again.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 11:08 AM) If LeBron goes that route, not only will he completely tarnish his legacy, but all of the tanking teams (and good teams in general) can just forget about competing in the next 3-4 years anyways. Let's say, hypothetically, there's a talent surplus in GS and Houston. In that situation, with two super teams, every other team should tank in their best interest. At that point you can picture the league moving to a draft wheel to effectively end tanking.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 10:09 AM) My Lebron prediction right now would be Houston. Nothing to back it up but seems closer to winning than the Lakers, especially with Ball so inconsistent. LeBron wins 0 more championships in the west. He's great, but he's not that anymore. He can't beat a Warriors juggernaut again.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 10:04 AM) That article is such garbage and all opinion. Says he COULD talk to Golden State. ESPN just trying to garner attention. Good point. They kind of throw out that "LeBron would talk with the Warriors" but leave out all the caveats: -KD or LeBron would have to take less money -Iguadala/Thompson would have to go -GS would have to free up space

Apparently LeBron would consider Golden State as a landing spot in free agency. Of course he would. But I can't picture a way in which the league and the PA would allow for this to happen, as the deal would be predicated on one party taking a pay cut.

QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Jan 27, 2018 -> 10:50 AM) Is the banner seen as bad luck? Sorry I'm new-ish here That's the joke. It's not, though.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 06:43 PM) A concept: if you aren't Native American, you have no right to comment on how the logo is no big deal or is not offensive. Pretty simple. Jose Abreu hits it out of the park

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 05:04 PM) I’m pretty sure you just assumed a Native American on this site wasn’t one because he wasn’t offended by this. If you don’t agree with someone’s take on this issue, then simply call them ignorant. You don’t need to play the skin color blame game. Like I said, there are plenty of people of all races & genders who are not offended by this mascot. Just go to a Cleveland Indians game if you don’t believe me. I’m all for getting rid of the logo, I just don’t appreciate people who aren’t offended by this mascot being labeled with this condescending “white man” moniker by a subset of posters here. It’s a dangerous game to make assumptions about people based on their perceived skin color. I agree with this sentiment to some extent. Delineating people as "the white man" is too inflammatory.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 03:59 PM) You shouldn’t assume something about me. I was born and raised on an Indian Reservation. You can’t be changing because there is a group saying they are offended because I know many that aren’t. But, regardless that decision was made by the Cleveland franchise and isn’t my business as a Sox fan You absolutely can. There are simply things you cannot call your franchise

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 02:41 PM) Political correctness is running amok. I live in Indian Country and have yet to hear much from American Indians on this subject. But, if someone says something folks are afraid to counter for fear of being labeled racist Look, man. There's using a Native American logo tastefully (Chief Illiniwek logo, Seminole logo, Blackhawks logo) and then there's this. This logo is horrific The below is graphic

Probably a good move. I generally don’t care about the use of Native American logos and symbols, but portrayal of Native Americans as “Redskins” or having red skin is beyond offensive when you understand the origin.

Yeah, I can't complain about Hoiberg, either. It looks like a much better hire with players that work with him. I'm waiting on the Thibs thing to collapse in Minnesota. That starting five has so many minutes. From here

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 23, 2018 -> 03:19 PM) It always scares me to separate a guy from a coach in a situation like San Antonio. Similar to taking Tom Brady out of New England. Would he have had the same career with the Bears? If you look him out in the middle of his career, would he still be as good under another coach? I feel the same way about Leonard and Popovich. Yeah, I'm not sure Hoiberg would know what to do with Leonard, anyway. They'd have to blow up the whole thing again and hire a new coach.

QUOTE (Quin @ Jan 23, 2018 -> 02:49 PM) LaVine? Or talking Trae? Give me Trae all day. Defense? Meh. I'm not crazy enough to believe Jalen Rose saying Leonard wants out of SA, but he's clearly unhappy. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2217953...coming-strained I would blow up the tank for that.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 23, 2018 -> 11:49 AM) He is not a good defensive player. He's going to have to be coached up and buy into that end of the court. Has all the physical ability to be a quality defender so we'll see what Bulls coaching staff can do. Offensively he looked EXPLOSIVE last night. I hope he makes it to the Bulls. I would love that in Chicago.

I think we're on "sixthed" but I agree with those that say do nothing

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 08:08 PM) MAC IS BACK!!! [scroll down a bit] Sundays on THE SCORE I worry he won't last long.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 12, 2018 -> 03:16 PM) Maybe Trubisky will be a big hit, but Floyd, the jury is still out, and White, right now a bust. It isn't over for those two, and maybe all 3 will be Pro Bowlers eventually, but he does need his top draft pick to stay healthy and help the team win in year one. Looks like he did find some gems in later rounds. His free agent signings have to be more like Hicks. Trubisky will be fine, but Floyd is a stud. Pace's drafting would be fine if the team was already well established, but Trestman/Emery destroyed the roster.

Despite liking vox.com, eater, and theVerge, there are just so many stories about SB Nation being a pretty crappy employer. Good for them.

Trade any non-Fin not named Dunn or Lavine.