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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 10:40 AM) Hell Tom Brady didn't start at all in college, and look at him. He started his entire JR and SR years.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 02:26 PM) Maybe so. Simeon is down too but you get run the risk of alienating them. What if you do this and then you don't land the MIF guys? This probably doesn't bother me as much as most. I love THT's game so it really sucks to lose him and you never want to burn bridges with a power program in the state but at least for the next few years it doesn't look like Simeon has anyone that special on their roster and Illinois hasn't gotten an impact player from Simeon since the 90s.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 01:53 PM) Ayo must HATE THT. There is no reason or logic to this. Brad and staff just let Ayo dictate things, will see how that works out now. I have such a love/hate relationship with recruiting, wish I could stop following it. I wouldn't assume this is an Ayo/THT thing. Seems like it is coming more from the Mac Irvin Fire and people in Ayo's camp. Ultimately, Ayo has ties to Okoro and the MIF will play a huge role in the Whitney and Miller recruitments. If you land those guys this is all forgotten. If you don't this was a huge mistake, not because Ayo isn't great but because you will have let the Fire dictate another recruitment with nothing to show for it long term.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 09:25 PM) The NFL is on a roll this year. Can you imagine if regular people acted in these ways at their jobs? Like our president?

QUOTE (Wanne @ Oct 3, 2017 -> 04:45 PM) yeah...those are called Slide Fires...and honestly I think they should be banned and I'm as pro gun as there is. Actually those Slide Fires are ridiculously hard to use...much less from that distance...so he sure must have done some real practice. I've shot them a handful of times and quite honestly think they're idiotic and very hard to control. But besides his Slid Fire...if he had modified semi autos to fire fully auto...he's no longer a law-abiding citizen. This entire story seems extremely odd besides simply being tragic. I'm not one to ever just subscribe to Occam's Razor...but this entire event makes absolutely zero sense from so many angles to simply say "someone snapped". It really does no good going back and forth with these arguments because nothing short of complete banning and confiscation would satisfy the anti gun masses...and that's just plain not going to happen. I'm all for common sense gun laws...but not everyone is going to be happy. Has Illinois' ridiculously strict gun laws prevented gun violence?.... This argument is so f***ing dumb. I can't believe people still believe that myth. A state law isn't going to do a damn thing when every surrounding state doesn't restrict gun ownership and Illinois' laws aren't particularly strict on gun ownership either. Also, if we are going to play that game, I believe Louisiana and Missouri are known for having lax gun laws. You may want to check out St. Louis and New Orleans' murder rates. Hint: They are substantially higher than Chicago.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 2, 2017 -> 10:54 PM) I am a gun owner. With that being said there has to be limits. First of all if you want to own a gun you should go through a rigorous background check. You should also be required to go through a gun safety class. I don't see why anyone needs an assault rifle. I find it interesting that hunters need things like silencers for hunting. You don't need an AR15 with an large scope, laser site and a silencer to kill a deer. Not everything is a video game. The next part of this is people caught with assault rifles in the commission of a crime should automatically get a multiplier on their sentence. One thing we fail at is the proper enforcement of gun laws. Agree with all of this and I'll go as far as to say that anyone who continues to fight against laws restricting background checks, limits on the mentally ill getting guns or bans on how powered rifles legitimately have blood on their hands. It is absurd how easy it is to get these types of weapons in this country and I'm sick of hearing we can't do anything about it. We have already made cuts that certain weapons cannot be held by citizens, we certainly have the ability to further restrict gun ownership but we choose not to because our politicians are bought by a bunch of terrible people from the NRA. We don't have a mental health issue that is unique to America. The unique American issue vs. other first world countries is our gun culture and how easy it is to obtain weapons here. Oh and let me also say that the 2nd amendment argument is bulls*** for allowing weapons like this to be in civilian's hands. We have grown and evolved as a society. The founders were ok with slavery, but we got rid of that. I'm sure the founders never envisioned people would have weapons that could kill 50+ people and injure hundreds in a matter of minutes.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Sep 21, 2017 -> 12:24 PM) I suppose, but again that's not really his MO. He could care less what people think about him and he acts accordingly. Considering his reactions to people who criticize him I believe Trump cares a lot about what people think about him.

Well as everyone in the world expected that was a complete ass kicking. Not a single competitive round after the first 3 when it didn't even seem like Mayweather was trying.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 22, 2017 -> 07:08 PM) Agree with everything you said. I can't figure out why Ainge does this but doesn't make the move for Butler (who would have put them ahead of Cleveland in the East). This seemed more lateral, albeit a year from now, Boston is positioned to be the best team in the east (presuming LBJ ends up in the west) and at that point I do like Irving for them (I just can't see giving up the Nets pick + Crowder). I actually think Cleveland stays about as good, since they have Lebron and Crowder is a solid player who gives them more depth and takes some pressure of LBJ. It isn't like IT is a scrub, he has his defensive flaws, but he's a pretty damn good player (albeit, the hip issue is a concern). Cleveland must have had some other pretty good offers on the table for Kyrie. Thomas isn't any worse defensively than Kyrie.

What a f***ing terrible trade by Ainge. What a disastrous use of all those picks by him now.

I love that the Iron Fleet is apparently able to teleport. It makes things really nice for the Lannisters.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 18, 2017 -> 05:48 PM) JD Martinez to DBacks for 3 middling prospects. Insane to me that the Tigers couldn't do better than that even with Martinez just being a rental.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 13, 2017 -> 03:18 PM) There's thought that he won't be needed now that they have Dunn. Also, because he is f***ing terrible.

I think I would slightly favor the Braves to the Sox but it is really close now and the Sox should add some more pieces by the end of July.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jul 12, 2017 -> 03:54 PM) I'd say none of those trades work. Braves definitely say no. Yankees say no simply to avoid giving up two OFs. Sox say no to Brewers & Rockies because of the secondary pieces. There is zero chance the Sox would turn down a deal involving McMahon and Rodgers form Colorado.

Rudy Gay to San Antonio

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 5, 2017 -> 08:49 AM) There needs to be pretty large reform, but Madigan wont allow it. Because he's awful. It will be a great day for Illinois and America when he dies.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jun 30, 2017 -> 08:51 PM) Well Celtics is f***ed up. How do you not beat a Oladipo/Sabonis offer if you are Boston.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 30, 2017 -> 10:38 AM) Rondo expected to get bought out today, barring a last minute trade. Supposedly he is interested in mentoring the young players, but it appears Bulls are going to head another direction. Another report out their that Bulls are going to sign European PG Milos Teodosic. 30 year old point guard who is a good shooter and has played well in international competition against NBA players. Not sure how it helps in the overall rebuild, but evidently he wants to play for the Bulls. It takes minutes away from young players you need to evaluate and helps you win meaningless games. I'm not a Kris Dunn fan but I'd still rather him get a ton of playing time and see what he has than sign a 30 year old PG to a rebuilding team. I might feel differently if I had any confidence at all the Bulls would move Teodosic for future assets if he actually shows himself to be a good NBA player.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Jun 23, 2017 -> 08:03 AM) It's hard for some because we're not all willing to dumb it down like you are. The game is complicated and these trades aren't made in a vacuum. Your inability to accept reality, that the Bulls wanted to rebuild and this was the best offer they had, is indicative of your lack of understanding, not our lack of understanding. Yep, and this same front office decided not to trade Pau Gasol to try to sneak into the 8th spot of the playoffs and turned Taj Gibson into garbage and gave up a second round pick to do it. They should totally be given the benefit of the doubt.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 23, 2017 -> 07:06 AM) Can someone explain to me Lavine's contract situation? Does he only have one year left and then becomes a restricted free agent? Or does he have two years left before becoming restricted? Given his ACL issue, I really hope it's the ladder and not the former. Either way, this trade reflects the problem with trading your only chip and not getting anyone with star potential back in return. Lavine is going to get paid in a year or two and start eating up cap space that theoretically could have been used to sign a star in free agency (long-shot I know). I guess you could always move him for more assets down the road, but you're not going to get a ton when he's making a f***ton of money unless he takes another step forward. I just wish we got at least one guy in return for Butler that has star upside. Lavine will be a restricted free agent after this upcoming season.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jun 22, 2017 -> 11:07 PM) Pax confirmed they didn't want to add another wing, because of Niko and Portis, so they sold Bell... I hate this organization so much.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 20, 2017 -> 01:25 PM) The rumors out there make it appear this could be one of the busiest trade splurges in a long time. Of course, the dust might settle and nothing happens. Seems like a lot of potential major shake-ups out there. I feel like these types of rumors of mass player movement end up all being complete duds. But maybe the Warriors have broken the NBA so badly that teams are all just like screw it, lets rebuild for 5 years from now and let the Cavs, Spurs and Warriors fight this out in the meantime.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 19, 2017 -> 05:45 PM) Im just not that enthusiastic about the Celtics team. I like their picks, I just think that they are using them incorrectly. Basketball is about generational talents. Right now the Celtics (imo) are lacking that. Getting a generational talent in the draft is hard. Celtic's positioning is somewhat bad because GSW has 2 generational talents (I hate to say that about Curry, but unless he falls off a cliff he is one.) Teams that have Westbrook, Lebron etc, are closer than Celtics because they only need to figure out a way to add another super star. If I were the Celtics Id be using my picks to trade for superstars, instead of dicking around trading down for more picks etc. I don't disagree but I also don't think guys like Butler or George really move the needle for them (unless you can get one while still keeping at least one of the high picks). They need to go even bigger than that to move these picks. Otherwise you might as well continue to build and think long term.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 14, 2017 -> 10:30 AM) Amazing...all of big basketball fans I know barely watched the playoffs at all. It must be the casual fans packing in or I just surround myself with my own "bubble" of people. Same for me. I barely watched this year and most of my good friends who are big basketball fans barely tuned in as well.