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Anyone got a rope so I can hang myself? I hate this pick for the Bears. Fuck them.

Chicago doesn't need a running back? Have they seen Cedric Benson lately?

Jacksonville isn't stupid. They know Baltimore really had no one to draft in that spot. They aren't going to give up a ransom just to move up. In fact I think it was a generous enough offer considering how public the Ravens' needs are.

4 Picks for 1 in the same draft is cheap? Well alright if you say so...

Wow. FOUR picks for the Ravens just for Jacksonville to have the "privilege" of drafting Harvey. Crazy. edit: Kahran, the truth is, Rivers is the better defender anyways. They aren't going to lose sleep over this pick. The half of team wanting trades thing though, yeah that is bad.

? Rivers is a great pick. I don't know what you're talking about there.

You know, the Ravens did a smart thing here. They knew now that Ryan was gone, there was no QB worth taking at 8, but now they can take the 2nd best quarterback in the late 20s, and pay him cheaper than if they took him at 8. Plus they probably get a decent extra pick out of it.

Ok New England traded their pick to New Orleans. I see so far they kept their 10th pick, so what did New England get in return? Nevermind. 7 for 10 swap.

Seriously why are the Jets fans happy with that pick? I wouldn't have been. Seemed more a pick to spite the Patriots than a pick to really help the team.

No nothing is confirmed until they ink a deal or Goodell announces it. Sometimes teams tell a reporter they'll take a guy just to fuck with other teams that might want to scramble to get the #2 pick.

For now, I'd say so. Duncan scored like 40 in Game 1. Parker scored his CAREER HIGH 41 tonight. So you'd think Duncan is the current king of the Spurs, but I can see Parker taking over that spot in the next few years.

You still spelled it wrong to begin with. One extra c and all.

Because Atlanta will.

I'd say it's more like red and white.

Don't forget Cowboys will get a pick back if Jones fails to be reinstated or doesn't play for any other reasons, and Titans would receive a second pick from the Cowboys if Jones sees significant playing time.

I'd rather the Bulls hired Rick Carlisle.

Yeah, what did you guys want Oklahoma to do? Wave their hands no and say "I don't want this team!"? This was their best shot at getting a NBA team short of expansion. They're going to welcome it. So the whole "wishing doom on the franchise upon landing in OKC" is just silly and furthermore, petty. You have a fanbase that's ready to support a lottery team (as things stand now), and you want to turn them away? Fuck that. Yeah Seattle's getting screwed here, but I'm sure they'll get a team in exchange, similar to what happened in Charlotte after George Shinn took the Hornets out of there.

Isn't there that Jena 6 thing going on? In the South?

Don't forget Philadelphia Warriors into the current Golden State Warriors.

The whole idea makes me mad too but I think the only people with real just cause to wish failure on this team is residents of Seattle and/or fans of the SONICS as they are currently branded. This wishing failure on the OKC team thing isn't flying right with me. Wish a horrible death for Bennett and Stern though. That's good.

Exactly. I will point out that Tony Parker is probably one of my favorite guards in the league and Tim Duncan's talent cannot be denied. Those two offset whatever dirtiness Bowen does or flopping Ginobili does. I did say that I wanted them in the Finals IF Los Angeles didn't make it there, as in I'd prefer to see the Lakers there.

From Wikipedia- Ollie shoots Carmody dead, scattering the mob, but en route to Drayton's car, he is in turn killed by a large lobster-like creature. Drayton, Billy, Amanda, and elderly school teacher Hilda Reppler reach the car and leave Bridgton, driving south for hours through a mist-shrouded New England. After finding a refuge for the night, Drayton listens to a radio, and through the overwhelming static possibly hears a single word: "Hartford". With that one reed of hope, he prepares to drive on into an uncertain future.

Ok I apologize for causing this thread to completely derail apparently. I might have overreacted when I said the ending sucked. It was definitely a tragic ending. My wife is in fact sensitive about those things, and I'm a bit more desensitized but I guess I hold much more optimism about what I'd have done in that situation. I might have done the same thing, I might not have. It was a situation where the ending made me wonder to myself about what I'd have done in David Drayton's shoes. Also I think I would not have AS big of an issue with it if the kid was sleeping through the whole thing, as opposed to having woken up beforehand. Just thinking about seeing your child look at you while you, well do what David did, and see if you don't feel affected about it.

Why are people acting like Phoenix is definitely getting bounced? Like I pointed out for the Dallas/New Orleans thing, San Antonio won both games at home. It's been said many times, it's only a series when a team wins on the road. That said, I'm loving what San Antonio is doing so far. If the Lakers doesn't make the finals, I'd definitely want to see San Antonio there.

Not that I don't think NO won't win, but this is on their home court. Dallas would be idiotic to feel broken down, having not played home yet. Now if NO won this easily in Dallas, then breaking down of spirits is to be had.