I think the ultimate plan here is to land Blake Griffin.

Well, great question Craig. And by the way, I just want to say on TV here...we knew you'd beat this thing. The National Basketball Association would never be the same without you. Well, we made this move...and last season's moves.... with the ultimate goal of never hitting any three point shots. That is a lofty goal...but a clear goal of this organization. We also need to get back on defense a bit slower. Possibly not at all. The front court is where you score all of your points...and offense is where the NBA is headed. So we figure, the more you're in the front court...the more points you score. Or at least...that is what this Freddy kid tells us works at the YMCA in Ames. You should see the scoring there.

I think the ultimate plan here is to land Blake Griffin.

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Nikola Morotic has to start. No Taj fan but you can't start him and Lopez together. That would be the worst offensive 4-5 combo in the league.

What's the line-up out there when you're trying to close a game out?

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Probably have to take your chances with the starters. Any lineup with Taj. and Lopez is going to struggle to score. Rondo not much of a scorer though he is an offensive player. Morotic would have to become a smarter player. They need to find out what he is this year.

Rondo doesn't shoot free throws well but you have to have him in there.

Yeah the line between guarding a lead and trying to extend it late is going to be a thin one all year long.

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When did the Bulls sign Morotic?

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You truly are a funny guy. No not really you are.

This won't help shed your profile.

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If you and bigfan split your comma usage down the middle, maybe we'd have a poster that knew how to use them properly.

One cannot get away with questioning the intelligence of others when they make as MANY 'mistakes' as you do. To put it plainly. That ship won't sail.

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If you and bigfan split your comma usage down the middle, maybe we'd have a poster that knew how to use them properly.

One cannot get away with questioning the intelligence of others when they make as MANY 'mistakes' as you do. To put it plainly. That ship won't sail.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

You are now an English major? How did you manage to slip that one past the audience?

Enlighten me, audience. How did I?

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You go with the best defensive lineup. Wade and Butler should be able to handle the scoring and Lopez and Taj should be able to hit an open jumper. I've soured on Mirotic. He's a case.

I know you're new, but I'm an O.G. bigfan basher.

I have the ban history to prove it. Major board cred, son.

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I don't like Mirotic much at this point either, but I think they absolutely have to start him just because he'd be the one perimeter threat on the floor. Otherwise you'll have defenses clogging every single potential lane Butler, Wade, and Rondo could use and daring them to shoot.

I've actually kind of been persuaded that it would be best to have Rondo coming off the bench with a starting 5 of Wade/Butler/McDermott/Mirotic/Lopez, but I know those absolutely no chance that will happen.

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If you and bigfan split your comma usage down the middle, maybe we'd have a poster that knew how to use them properly.

One cannot get away with questioning the intelligence of others when they make as MANY 'mistakes' as you do. To put it plainly. That ship won't sail.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

Not trying to be overly critical, but "to put it plainly" is not a complete sentence. I know a man of your literary ilk isn't prone to making such errors, thus I will neither criticize nor ridicule. I am simply pointing this transgression out before the thundering herd feels the need to do so.

Bonus points if you can tell me what it is, besides an incomplete sentence.

I will tell you, if you don't know.

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It's a fragmented sentence.

Besides that. Incomplete sentence = fragment. There are kinds of fragments.

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in 2022.

rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

English grammar games? Prepositional phrase. This is why I question your intelligence. Guys that play trivia games in an effort to demonstrate intelligence are they themselves intellectual lightweights. I work in education. I encounter educators that use this tactic often. They always come off as idiotic, particularly when proven wrong about something.

You made a grammatical error even as you were criticizing me for making a grammatical error. Drive-by cheapshots seem to be your stock and trade, but they're a little juvenile even for a message board.

Infinitive phrase. One of the most common types of fragments, in casual conversations.

Also, being a janitor hardly counts as working in education. Calm down.

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