wow.... so at 5:14pm you posted this in your todays-b&b thread.... but since you're kind of really a big deal, at 5:15 you decided the board needed another thread to discuss this monumental happening in a proper beardown-joint.

of course, i think you've only tangentially referenced something i said to you once (never direct) so hey i'l give your thread some love as i laugh at the most vain poster on the board (and that says something)

aka

POSTING IN A BEARDOWN THREAD!

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Sounds like cowley just did the Rose camp a solid favor in that article, because all you need to do is read the very few quotes from #1 asswipe BJ Armstrong.

here is my BJ Armstrong memory after the season he was an ALL STAR and the Bulls wanted to trade him for a 2nd pick and couldn't find a taker. he wanted a new contract and they left him unprotected then for the Raptors expansion draft. Who then traded him to GS.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I loved him out of college. dude really sucked in the NBA. what minimal success he had was riding on coattails.

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This confirms what many of us believed. Rose is a selfish player that was more concerned with himself than helping the team secure a player that would put them in a great position to win a title. Why? Because Marshmelo might takeaway his best player status. This really makes me sick. Only a complete idiot goes after Gasol over Marshmelo. Noah and others should hate him.

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GO BEARS!!!

Really the question is.... Is Rose and manipulative egoist or a complete dumb ass puppet? Neither seems good to me?

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He was aware of what was going on. That's why he gave that interview before free agency started and why he wasn't there for the dinner.

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I thought he worked out or was that just coincidence?

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Maybe he just think Anthony is a complete fucking asshole and a loser, which he probably is.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I doubt that was it.

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GO BEARS!!!

They had to beg him to do that and speak to Marshmelo.

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GO BEARS!!!

Lots of quotes in that article that are :

- Rose was much more aggressive in the Bulls’ pursuit of free agent Pau Gasol, not only asking for the veteran’s phone number, but giving a hard sell to the big man on joining the Bulls.
So why Gasol and not Anthony?
“That’s someone that I knew I could play with,’’ Rose said of Gasol.

-“[Rose] wanted nothing to do with it,’’ a source said last week. “They had to beg him just to talk to Anthony after [the workout].’’

-Armstrong doesn’t do interviews about Rose. Just ask him.
“I don’t do interviews, and what does that word ‘camp’ even mean?’’ Armstrong said when asked about the Rose camp and its relationship with the Bulls.
Asked if there was one spokesmen for Rose, Armstrong said: “No one does interviews. No one talks. Derrick speaks to you [media] guys and that’s it. There’s nothing to discuss. If there is something going on, there’s two people: You can get it from [chairman] Jerry Reinsdorf or you can get it from Derrick Rose. There’s nothing else to talk about.’’

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1. Melo scores 50+ every time he plays the Bulls next year. The Knicks might lose, but that's besides the point.

2. No WAY this ends well. NO FREAKIN way.

3. How in the HELL does Rose not see how his "team" is essentially destroying his credibility in the league??

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Jerry Reinsdorf is pissed!!!! Says Cowley's report is bullshit. Jerry just released a statement.


https://twitter.com/AschNBA/status/495030987458232320/photo/1

Derrick needs to shut his fucking mouth. I don't want to hear one more word from this little prick until he plays an entire year. He better be an absolute stud on the court this year and hope his new BFF can stay healthy.

I'm beginning to wonder how "lucky" the Bulls actually were to have him fall to them. Damn is he annoying.

It's not just his team. I think that it is clearly him too. No star free agent will want to come here because he doesn't want them to. If he can't lead the Bulls to a championship he doesn't want them to win. He's not even a star anymore. He still has to earn that label back.

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Quite possible. Why can;t he just like Pao more? Right or wrong he is entitled to a basketball thought. Unless he is talking to Bernsie.

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Because it's stupid. Especially when you already have Taj and you know that you can bring Mirotic over.

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Totally agree. He's a petulant baby at times as well.

But there are MANY different personalities in sports...good, bad, terrible......but at least their "people" are trying to put on a good front for them. That's what they get paid to do. Rose's team gets paid to destroy his rep.

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Are you creating a narrative? Maybe he just didn't want to play with chuck-it-up Pete.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

It's time for Bulls fans to look 3 years in the future.
Only 3 more years and the Bull can be serious about competing.
By then Thibs will be gone.

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C'mon. Rose "created the narrative".

You really think this is the first player he didn't want on his team even though the rest of the team did?

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I don't know. Who else do you think he didn't want to play with? And I'll take my chances with a semi-healthy Rose as "the man" over Carmelo Anthony any day of the week.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

The story on Rose not helping the team "recruit" has been around for years. It's not worth re-hashing for this thread.

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But do you really think it's his job to recruit? Did you read the story about the advice he got from Jeter? And it was a Bulls-approved Sam Smith article! There was hardly enough room on Carmelo's giant wang for the lips of Noah and Gibson and he didn't come here. Recruiting doesn't really work. Guys pretty much go where the money is.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Again....that's seems like it's been covered.

But, even of he didn't have to recruit - he had to be "begged" to have a short conversation with a fellow all-star, teammate, NBA player, etc.
While they were in the same room together.
All of that is shitty.

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I'll admit I may be biased because I think Anthony is a turd and I am glad I don't have to watch him throw up bad shots for the next few years.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I think this whole "recruit" thing is a media creation after the Miami thing. Where did everyone go this year? To the money except you had the Lebron go home. BTW, his wife tweeted or instagrammed the Akron house right after the finals loss.

There was no drama there was hype. Rose did not want to play with Melo so what. Supposedly on media hype Love is his BFF that got not traction either.

Regardless of what B&B say Rose thinks he has a good team. Play it out.

I really would like it to be like start the season and see who wins. I tried last year really hard to get back into NBA. I do not want Bernsie's regular season does not matter and no one but a couple has a chance. The west is awesome which in my mind makes Bernsie look like an idiot.

Play with these guys Rose and don't get hurt. Roll the dice.

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That's different though.

I agree with that for the most part too.

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