A wise man once said:

This is what's great about sports. This is what the greatest thing about sports is. You play to win the game. YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME. You don't play to just play it. That's the great thing about sports. You play to win. And I don't care if you don't have any wins, you go play to win. When you start telling me it doesn't matter, then retire. Get out. Because it matters.

The Bulls are playing to win. It is a most unexpectedly pleasant surprise. Keep this train rollin', fellas.

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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

The team is having fun and playing hard. I am enjoying it.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

If only every other team in the league shot 37% from the field...

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Nikko has made the difference.

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There’s a lot of heroes...Dunn, Nwaba, Portis among others playing well.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I am really enjoying Dunn's game and development. He's looking like the future All Star he was drafted as.

I'm a longtime Portis guy. Thought maybe I was the only one left on the board.

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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

Yeah, tell me how that worked out for Herm Edwards.

He's got all the money now.

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His teams lost. I can accept losing. Can't accept laying down.

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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

This kind of sentiment was also said about MANY of the Rose-era teams ... so, yeah ... I'm kinda all full of fun and enjoyment ... I'm looking for championship-caliber Bulls teams handing out nut-sammiches on a (semi-)nightly basis and getting to the Finals more than once every 10+ years.

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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

But you're a Sox fan?

Who?

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I want to have the sexual stamina I did 30 years ago. Since that’s not happening, I’ve learned to enjoy what I have to work with.

I don’t know much about the NBA. But I have been watching the Bulls, and there is a lot to like right now. Dunn has been clutch, and damn his quotes in the paper have been impressive. Portis is playing great.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I saw something that married couples sex lives peak at 46, and hot damn after 22 years of marriage and closing in on that age, they might be right. Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

This is what excites me in this deal. I am not sold on Nikko. But I love what we see from Dunn. He is the one who has made the difference

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Yes, hence the "I can accept losing." part. This year was the first year of my life they lied down and I was firmly against it.

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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

What does Nikko have to do with the Butler trade?

Yep. If you can keep getting All Defensive team effort from him coupled with 15-7-5 and some clutch baskets you have to be ecstatic considering a few weeks ago he couldn't convince Hoiberg he was even better than Jerian Grant

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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

Most people are crediting him the most for the streak given that he's 7-0 this year and they were 3-20 before him. I get what Ralph is saying. Dunn's play is the real story.

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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

Nothing. I am not talking about butler deal, I am talking about their recent surge of success

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Valentine taking passive aggressive shots at LaVine. Downside of winning is it brings along the egos.

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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

Theo and the Cubs ultimately ruined sports in Chicago. Now everyone must tank to satisfy fans?

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Elections have consequences.

Championship.

I think FF is happy with 35-47 and a moderately entertaining first round loss.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

FF strives for greatness every day of his life. That should be abundantly clear to all of us on this board.

oh lookie all the bandwagon jumpers!

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

The plan was to tank.........they can't even do that right

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Sounds like Paxson needs to do some more strangling to a coach that is not listening properly.

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Yeah, Theo invented tanking. No other team ever stockpiled young talent with the hopes of them someday meeting their potential a few seasons later.

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