Dutchrudder

No sweep for Baltimore!

Did he pat Singleton on the butt while running by?

Jake from Rake Farm!

I support the Louisiana law, so long as it as a few footnotes on the posters...

Full MLE this year is around 4 years and 56m this year, which is a bit less than that expectation. I think Caruso is valued by GMs more than an MLE type player. 20m a year for a 4th/5th starter on a team with championship aspirations is fair, that's like Bruce Brown/Aaron Gordon/Josh Hart type money. What I wouldn't want to do is see 1 year of Giddey on my team, and then trying to determine if I want to commit to 4 years and 120+ million for him, only to become a play-in East team at best. For me to do that as a GM, you gotta pay some picks. I think that's where Chicago dropped the ball here, because at the trade deadline this year, Caruso is going to fetch a much better return than Giddey.

My issue is the value here, I think the Bulls could have gotten more from a contender for Caruso. OKC also has a million picks to trade, I don't know how anyone works with them and doesn't get at least a 2nd out of it. Chicago is the one doing a favor here, but they should be in re-build mode, which means then need future picks. Caruso is a cheap 3+D guy who plays defense very well, literally any team could add him to the roster and become better. He's exactly the kind of guy you send out at the trade deadline for some potentially great future picks. I don't hate Giddey, but he's very young and only has 1 year left on his deal before he becomes an expensive RFA. The stink of sleeping with a 16 year old seems to have worn off, but I still think it dings his value. He was pretty awful in the playoffs this year. I don't think he's going to show enough next year to be worth 25-30m a year, or whatever he's eligible to get. If I'm the Bulls, I don't know if I want to commit to that at this point, when the team should be tanking for a top pick next year. The Bulls only owe their 2025 pick to the Spurs, but it's protected top 10. I think they should sell everything for future assets, and go all-in for Flagg, Harper or Bailey.

So what's the over/under on Bloss' ERA tonight? 12? 135? The Orioles just annihilated Luis Gil last night and knocked him out of the game in the 2nd. The Orioles are 1st in runs scored this season, and also 1st in runs allowed. Gonna be a tough series to win. Tomorrow night looks very interesting, Blanco vs Burnes. Should be a great pitching duel.

Because he gets people like you to constantly click and spread his clickbait. The Celtics aren't going to hold Bronny 'hostage' lol...

Doesn't he still have a pending investigation into having sex with a minor? That usually brings down the value of a player.

There has to be some picks thrown in for the Bulls. No way they do that without at least a few 2nds.

The motto for the 2024 White Sox!

Time for Jake to rake in some insurance runs!

Houston Rockets The Rockets' big break came in the lottery, when they jumped up to No. 3 via Brooklyn. That puts Houston in perfect position to draft Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard, a darling of stats-based projections (like mine) who's an ideal complement to the Rockets' budding talent as a lights-out shooter. Houston fans might be dreaming of a big trade that gets the Rockets back to the playoffs, but for now the prudent move is to see how their March surge translates with the No. 3 pick and a healthy Steven Adams and Tari Eason in the mix. -- Kevin Pelton https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/40380729/how-all-30-nba-teams-nail-their-2024-offseasons

Yikes... that Altuve error lead to at least 2 runs being scored here. Cleveland just finished off the Mariners too, need to take advantage and catch up.

Well now Lebron HAS to return to the Lakers, which was probably the plan all along. I still don't understand the logic here, JJ has never been a coach. He has no experience being on that side of the clipboard, so to speak. Giving a rookie coach the reigns for a team expecting to compete for a championship seems like bad idea jeans.

He doesn't say what they want to hear on sports radio shows.

Kwan had a leadoff double today, getting him to exactly a .400 batting average on the year. He's still some ABs short of qualifying, but he's been on fire since coming back from injury. 14 game hit streak going now too.

In other news, Tatum is eligible for a five-year, $315 million extension, which league circles view as inevitable. Derrick White is expected to sign an extension with Boston. OG Anunoby will not sign an extension with the Knicks before free agency starts. Paul George says he will be looking to play "the right kind of baseketball." People are speculating that means he's leaving LAC.

Monty is the Bighead of the NBA.

If I get the 'stamp of approval' from her, I might as well nail a bunch of puppies to the ground and run them over and crush their skulls with my campaign bus.

Dana is going to be very disillusioned once he realizes his job was to build up the farm, only so Crane and Bagwell can use it to trade for 3 month rentals...

Don't worry guys, help is on the way!