Quote from: wadesworld on February 03, 2026, 07:03:17 PMLove that LeBron has to enter his name into trade deadline discussions. As if anybody was trying to get him, all his drama, and his $51MM salary. "LBJ expects to stay with the Lakers through the end of the season." Thanks LeBron. Literally nobody was discussing you in trade possibilities.

He should be better by now, but it is totally on brand for LBJ.

It's become a running joke for years, but mostly, if not totally, harmless.

Quote from: MuggsyB on February 03, 2026, 06:48:29 PMTy.  Was this a good trade in your opinion?

It was good, but not because the Bulls upgraded much, the big positive is the organization has finally realized the Bulls are not NBA title contenders. AK has sold ownership on the idea that the Bulls were championship quality the past four years.

Not trying to be too on point, but AK was pushing the NBA version of RGV. Thankfully the dream is dead and the Bulls seem to be embracing reality.

Love that LeBron has to enter his name into trade deadline discussions. As if anybody was trying to get him, all his drama, and his $51MM salary. "LBJ expects to stay with the Lakers through the end of the season." Thanks LeBron. Literally nobody was discussing you in trade possibilities.

Quote from: The Equalizer on February 03, 2026, 05:09:01 PMInteresting that Evan rates Chase Ross ahead of Nigel James.  Not the impression you'd get reading the comments on the board.

Or from watching the games.
One came in with all the expectations in the world and the other with no concrete expectations from the fanbase, so that may affect things

Quote from: WhiteTrash on February 03, 2026, 06:25:47 PMTeam President Artūras Karnišovas.

Ty.  Was this a good trade in your opinion?

Quote from: mug644 on February 03, 2026, 02:24:56 PMActually, the bolded phrased should end with "and you will no longer have a scholarship" to be running the kid off. In today's NCAA, NIL pay might in effect convince a guy to leave, but it is really the scholarship limits that push a guy out the door. No openings, no new players. For Shaka, for next year, no pulled scholarships, no notable change in the roster heading into 2026-27. And, to me, that's worrisome. He needs to be willing to have more than one open scholarship this coming offseason

Is Shaka really allowing the players to make the final decision as to whether or not they are on the '26-27' team? Does RGV include tenure for any player who signs up with Marquette?

Deduct our 5 cupcake wins, including the one that we just barely won, and we are 3-15 vs major conference opponents. Two of those Ws are by 1 point. But let's hope our coach will not "run off" the worst players to make room for transfers with demonstrable skills. That would not be nice.

The analogy to business decisions requiring that poor performing employees need to be replaced with better performing ones is apropos for discussing the poor performances of some of Marquette's bball players who need to be replaced. For someone who risked his entire savings in founding a company, ridiculing this analogy is not only very offensive but also profoundly ignorant.  I speak from personal experience, having to make often difficult personnel decisions, but my employees ' signatures were not on any loan documents. They were not liable for the company's debts. I was. So I made the final decisions. Not them.

Quote from: MuggsyB on February 03, 2026, 05:48:22 PMWho is AK?

Team President Artūras Karnišovas.

Kam is starting tonight

https://x.com/i/status/2018833357858050293

Quote from: WhiteTrash on February 03, 2026, 03:42:50 PMThe Bulls are active.

AK sure fits the "5 years to know" kind of guy mold; hence Bulls end up selling low mostly.

Good news is they have a ton of cap space .................... for an all time bad FA class. 

Who is AK?