buddha

EIGHT years in and youre still treading water? come on now. "they have to bring back kane" is a sad indictment on the state of the wings' bottom six forwards. at this point in his career kane should be a sheltered bottom six forward and a power play merchant. that's it. not the focal point of your second line offense.

ishbia sure does get sued a lot. seems like a real ass hole.

1) us: these players suck! 2) also us: why havent we traded them for assets? ummmm....see #1.

michigan and illinois numbers heavily boosted by final four and, in michigan's case, the championship game. not that michigan isnt a popular team, but they dont get more eyeballs than duke.

rasmussen has been total **** for 2 years.

why would a five game series result in more gaps? the real issue is the nba insisting almost all the games need to be scheduled so they dont conflict with each other.

but what level of talent? do ANY of those guys profile as a first line skilled scoring winger? maybe bear? looks like second and third line guys, which is fine, but not totally what they need. plus, if history is a guide, none of those guys are going to make a meaningful contribution next year. if the spine the wings is a bunch of rookies, they are likely to miss the playoffs again.

I would deal ASP. too small. but i doubt you'd get a first round pick back. woukd anyone attach a 4th rounder to get rid of ras? what would you attach to get compher off this team?

And WHY are the pulling endorsements? Because he's a big fan of organizations whose entire goal is to kill Jews. I'll take "feckless" Jordan Acker. thanks.

the entire nba playoff schedule is painful. 7 game first round series are dumb. not having same-series games every other day is excruciating.

2/3 in my preseason bets. wings to make playoffs. loss rangers to miss playoffs. win! ducks to make playoffs. win!

We are serious about rules! (keeping in mind there is a "Lakers exception" to every rule. see also, celtics exception).

NOW you come back in the 3rd.

and celebrini has been better, which might sting a little.

he was hyped to be the next sidney crosby and he's fallen well short of that standard. that said, the hype was the problem, not bedard. he may be more like patrick kane, and i'm sure the hawks would take that. besides, they used to call kane a disappointment too

we'll see.

mitchell and harden will hunt duncan all day long.

the bulls are such a waste of an organization. if they had decent ownership they could be dominant. theyre STILL living off mj's legacy. they are putrid and still lead the league in attendance every year and still sell more merch than most teams. if reinsdorf and his investors ever sold the team, they could get billions quite easily.

nuggets a decent bet at that number.

pistons in 6 celtics in 4 knicks over hawks in 6 cavs over raptors in 5 cavs over pistons in 7 celtics over knicks in 6 celtics over cavs in 5

not to get all "gen x nostalgiac" on you, but can you imagine jordan or isiah or bird or magic not wanting to play? not wanting to win? take the all star game, they actually used to try to win the game. how novel. i know this sounds old mannish, but i think its generational. does lebron really care about winning every game? or is he more concerned with brand and "mental health"?

Almost everything about the league's regular season is embarassing nowadays. from marginal players setting records for offense, to teams deliberately playing g-league lineups to lose games, to sitting star players every other night, to the massive blowouts as teams do not care if they win. its a real problem in the nba. the fact that the players do not care enough about the game to play every night is an issue that will haunt the league. i dont know how you fix that. they should give the commish the ability to punish teams for sending out inferior lineups to lose. give it real teeth and not the half-assed measures they use now. in other words, give the commish the ability to take picks away, or to lower the draft odds, or say the team cant pick higher than 8th because of repeat tanking offenses. they can tweak the lottery in ways that will help, but i doubt they have the cojones to do it. make a win "floor". if you dont finish with at least 25 wins, the highest you can pick is 8th. something like that. but make it so teams have to win a certain number of games during the year.

just shuffling the deck chairs. no thanks.

one thing in their favor for a larkin trade is that he's on a really good contract, assuming he doesnt crater. put him as a #2 center on a team and he'll thrive.

i think its more on the talent on the team than mcclleland. lots of fragile players in that locker room, it seems. it could also be that when other teams turned up the heat and started playing hard, the wings cant compete. they may also have been playing through injury. regardless, i think its more on the team than the coach.