frosted celery sticks rhymes with boston celtics. and you dont capitalize things that suck. and if you are on acid, the celtics really do look like frosted celery. thats how titles are done. btw, does anyone really give a fuck about the nba right now? i just want to see lebron lose, which means kobe probably gets another one. oh well.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

the thread title sucks.

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must run in the family. your mom didnt like the title of the porno we watched last night either. she said it was 'too kinky'.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

Yep. There's like.. 11 of us left in the country I think.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

My thread title was going to be: "BuLLs PuNCh BrIAn SCalaBrINe iN tHe WeiNE".

I thought it up in the shower this morning. Looks like Ike beat me to the punch. Did the Beef-A-Roo open up early this morning?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Anyone rooting for the Bull to lose so as not to make the playoffs?

My Mom and most of the food service workers at the UC.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Yeah I am....One of the posters laid out an argument about how the Bulls could have a shot at winning in the lottery and would be able to hold on to their pick and not swap it with the Bucks. I think that has better odds of happening then this squad winning even two games against LeBron

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so next years lineup will be

rose
wall
lebron
noah
howard

thats pretty cool. id buy tickets

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

That's ridiculous.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

that.guy.is.good.

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

Luol infuriates me.

What the hell was that Sheed?

Def not a top 10 right there oops

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

I know I am going to hold off on having any more NBA thoughts until I clear it past you first. Thank you oh wise and knowing NBA sage. Let me just bask in the greatness of your basketball acumen

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FUCK I just lost a long post. Bottom line, I want the Bulls to miss the playoffs and get the second pick. Sign & Trade or Evan Turner if the basketball gods shine on the Bulls two years out of three.

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Second City Saint

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69 pts from backcourt of Rose,Hinrich. 26-42 FG, 13-15 FT

Yeah, who wants to miss the Bulls get their asses waxed with the possibility of seeing Noah pull a Dave Dravecky with his foot as a bonus ... good times.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Geez guys settle down

everyone knows NBA opinions have to be cleared with ME first, not FF

This is the best post in this thread.

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You realize how tremendously bad their odds are of winning the lottery right? You take that vs. the little extra money and publicity of making the playoffs, the playoff experience for Noah, Gibson, and Rose, and the possible difference between making the playoffs and not making it for a big time FA to consider. Also, Noah seems fine. He's playing great. It's terrible logic to want to miss the playoffs because one of your best players might get hurt. All this, and not taking into account that the Bulls could win a game or two. Very unlikely they win two, but they could take Game 3 or 4. I'm pretty sure even without KG noone really gave the Bulls a chance last year and that was an awesome series and gained the Bulls alot of high public opinion. It's really not a matter of knowing the NBA or not IMO, it's just simple logic. It's pretty stupid to consider yourself a fan of a team and if it comes down to winning one game or not to get in the playoffs, hoping they lose. Only Chicago fans....

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Agreed, FF. This is the same crap that many seem to post every year . . . if we're not a top 3 seed, don't want to be in the playoffs at all. The experience for young players is huge.

I saw Sacremento play at Cleveland this year and Sacramento hung around the whole game before losing by 7. Anything can happen in playoff game. Here's to the Bulls winning tonight.

Agreed. Any kind of playoff experience is good, especially for the Bulls young core. And it could be good to attract any free agents in the summer.

New York has a shit ton of money available next year and has basically tanked this whole season. Do you think a free agent is really going to want to go there? That team is a mess. Kind of like the Bulls back in 2000. I think people are underestimating the position NY is in this offseason.

Tanking makes sense when your team is complete shit, and your next season’s outlook isn’t good either. If you are rebuilding, then tank away. The Bulls are in a position to be a top 4 team in the east next year if they sign a big name free agent. Tanking would only hurt that possibility.

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I see what youre saying NSJ and FF.

But I do think their are some situations where it would be better not to make it. Like if we were heading into the LeBron draft. LeBron, Carmello, Bosh, might be worth taking a chance in the lottery. You dont have to win it but getting any top 7 pick is sometimes better than the playoffs.

I had no idea their odds of winning the lottery were tremendously bad....how enlightening. Their odds of beating the Cavaliers and LeBron in a 7 game series are even lower than the miniscule odds of them winning the lottery IMO. I think it will be fine if the Bulls make the playoffs and get to have a playoff atmostphere yadda yadda yadda but I do not think that Rose will all of a sudden be able to take the next step as a ball player just because he was part of a team that got their ass waxed in the first round of the playoffs. And while you may think that it is stupid to consider yourself a fan of a team and root for them to not make the playoffs you are missing the point here. I do not root for playoff apperances. I root for championships. If the Bulls do not come away with a premier free agent this off season none of this matters. Are you going to sit back and tell your grandkids about a scrappy Bulls team with a terrible coach that made it to the playoffs just to lose in the first round two years in a row? And please do not try to say that all Chicago fans are meatballs or stupid because you happen to disagree with the stance of a few of them on this issue. God knows there aren't any other "idiot" fans in any other city in the country. Indeed.

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