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Derrick Rose recently did an interview with ESPN where he talked about his return from his second major injury has been going and his affect to his game.

From the article:

"I'm good, man," Rose said. "I felt like I've been managing myself pretty good. I know a lot of people get mad when they see me sit out or whatever, but I think a lot of people don't understand that ... when I sit out it's not because of this year.

"I'm thinking about long term. I'm thinking about after I'm done with basketball. Having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to, I don't want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son's graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past. [I'm] just learning and being smart."

Many people did NOT like hearing this at all for various reasons. Sports radio, social media and various columnists like notorious ranter Steve Rosenbloom were ready to share their opinions on him, particularly as a person.

To me, you call it what you will, but I'll call it what it is, hypocrisy. 

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We interrupt our normal topics to cover something important. There is a fellow named Julien Blanc that normally would not be known outside a smaller group of people, that gained some viral notoriety through a video that has been spreading through the Internet:

He's known as a pickup artist (PUA) and someone that runs a company that teaches his take on PUA principles. By its wiki definition, the intent is sexual relations. 

Many men haven't developed the social charms or skills in meeting women. The PUA community has developed around helping each other understand how to get better at it. It broke into the mainstream due to the publishing of The Game. Once it broke into the mainstream, more and more men and women have emerged to help / "help" men pick up or meet women through videos, blogs and of course paid courses or workshops.

At its best, the goals and principles of PUA is how to better connect with and date women that you are interested in. It teaches and encourages confidence and helping those who may be socially awkward on how to get out of their own way. Truly listening, connecting, reading body language, respecting verbal and non-verbal cues and ultimately looking at women as people. In most cases, it makes no promises that you can have any woman that you want. But that you can be more comfortable and confident in going up to talk to any woman that you want. 

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The Bulls open the 2014-2015 season in New York tonight. 

 What's in store for our team this year?

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With the season tipping off in the next hour or so, let's get in some quick predictions for the season.

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There was the first steps toward closure today when the family of Michael Brown was able to hold a funeral for him today.

Baring an unexpected surprise, it looks like Carmelo Anthony will return to the Knicks as expected. It will be mildly entertaining to hear the reasons and of course all of the anguish that he must have gone through to make his decision.

LeBron James will be another big name that we should hear from a lot today. Based on all of the reporting so far, I think it will come down to one of two scenarios: He'll stay at Miami for a shorter term contract with a player option (2 years + option), or he'll return home to Cleveland for a 4 year deal. Based on what he does, then Bosh will either stay or sign with Houston.

What about the Bulls? Well, I wouldn't mind if they targeted a certain Spaniard.

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NBA Free Agency is set to begin in less than two hours, and although there may be a few surprises here and there, the people that will really get things going are Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James (and by association Wade and Bosh).

Has my mind been changed on what will happen over the next couple of days?

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As it became clear that New York was not going to make the playoffs, stories began to bubble up on the possibility of Carmelo Anthony wanting to opt out of his contract to join another team. Since then there has been a pretty steady stream of official and unofficial reports that lay down the narrative that Melo wants to join the Bulls, and the Bulls want to make it happen. 

Is this really the case? Or is this the same story of another potential free agent using everything in his power to increase his leverage by creating interest? Haven't we seen this story before, with Tracy McGrady and even more recently with the likes of LeBron, Wade, Bosh, etc? Haven't we learned out lesson yet?

Let's break down some of what we've heard.

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If there is anything my recent trip to Japan this year taught me, it's that I've been a fan of vocal idols for longer than I realized.

(A picture of the vocal idol group, Wake Up, Girls! All of them play fictionalized versions of themselves in the anime)

I'd like to introduce an occasional series here called Idol Thoughts, a quick dip into the world of vocal idols and the things that happen in the real world and online. I hope you'll find my random musing and thoughts useful.

-- wake.eat.sleep

Last off season was full of hope and optimism that the Bulls would finally get deliver on the promise of having luck finally turn our way. 

Instead, it was another season full of tough breaks and overachieving despite adversity lurking around every corner.

Basketball is over for the Bulls, but at least there was some acknowledgement of individual achievements.

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