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Linear Park Construction Continues Near Addison Where A RiverRuns Through It
Written By Editor on July 22, 2019
• 312 RiverRun• Andrew Metter• Avondale Spy Joel• Bill Motchan• Epstein• The 606
The construction of Chicago’s latest linear park is chugging right along, with bridgework happening near Addison and Rockwell.  Think of 312 RiverRun as a moist version of The 606, except instead of being built on an old industrial rail bed, it’s being built over the old industrial North Branch of the Chicago River.
Construction of the 312 RiverRun at Addison (July 2019, courtesy of Avondale Spy Joel)
Avondale Spy Joel sent in the photograph above of kayakers paddling past the Leah M and its barge at a point where a bridge is being built near Clark Park.
We first told you about 312 RiverRun in 2014 when Epstein honcho Andrew Metter presented it at an AIA event.  At the time, our Bill Motchan reported:
It will connect a path at a critical point on the North Branch of the Chicago River between Clark Park and California Park. The project is a basic walking and biking path. But it’s neither basic, nor simple to execute because of the steep slopes along the river’s edge.
Rather than obliterate the river’s edge, 312 RiverRun leaves it in tact.  
With the usual method of construction, it would take 30 or 40 years to re-establish this amount of green growth. We wondered what could we do to stay away from the bank? We said, ‘Why don’t we do this: Divorce the path from the water’s edge?’
Andrew Metter, Epstein
At its maximum height, 312 RiverRun will be 18 feet above the river.  It will also swoop under the Addison Street bridge, so there’s no interruption in the route. 
Location: 2700 West Addison Street, Irving Park
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Source: https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2019/07/22/linear-park-construction-continues-near-addison-where-a-riverruns-through-it/
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The Big Cole Hamels Option Decision Looms This Week Without an Obvious Outcome
Options decisions around are due this week by Friday at 4pm CT, though some players have individual contract quirks that call for a sooner decision.
The biggest option decision for the Cubs this week is whether to pick up a $20 million 2019 option on soon-to-be 35-year-old lefty Cole Hamels, who saw his performance in Texas decline along with his velocity over the past two years, only for both performance and velocity to spike after a midseason trade to the Cubs. Complicating the decision is that, per the trade, the Rangers will be on the hook for the $6 million buyout if Hamels’ option is declined, meaning that the choice for the Cubs is full freight: either than want Hamels for next season at $20 million in AAV,* or they pass, and the buyout is paid by the Rangers. Per Bruce Levine, this decision is due by Thursday.
As we discussed at length earlier this offseason, the option call is not at all an easy decision for the Cubs. Although it was very clear that Hamels was reinvigorated by his trade to a contender, and a mechanical adjustment brought back some of his velocity, time gets everyone, and there’s no guarantee that 2019 Hamels will be the same guy as the Cubs had in the second half of 2018. There remains the risk that he’ll be the guy he was in 2017-18 with the Rangers (ERA approaching 4.50, terrifying peripherals), and that’s a guy you may not even want in the rotation, let alone be paying $20 million.
But Hamels *was* very good with the Cubs (2.36 ERA, good peripherals, good velocity, 76.1 innings), and given the questions throughout the Cubs rotation, it sure would be comforting to have Hamels guaranteed to be in the fold before going into free agency. Of course, as we explored in the Cubs’ payroll post, adding Hamels at $20 million would really force the Cubs up into the upper bounds of luxury tax penalties if they wanted to make any other significant additions this offseason.
To that end, I still tend to think the Cubs are going to try, try, try to get Hamels locked down on a multi-year deal with a lower AAV this week, if at all possible.
Hamels’ agent told The Score that his side is not opposed to such a deal, but it also sounds like they are content to first wait for the option decision to be made. Understandable, as Hamels has little to gain by negotiating a favorable deal with the Cubs right now, on the eve of his very first foray into free agency. You could totally get why a guy might want a chance to see what’s out there for himself and his family – it may not be all about money at this point in his career.
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My tentative guess as we sit here today is that no multi-year deal will be reached before Friday, the option will be declined, and the Cubs and Hamels will both say they’re open to negotiating a free agent contract. They’ll stay in touch. Maybe something will get worked out later in the offseason.
But, even as that’s my best guess based on the currently-available information, I still will hope that something gets done before Hamels actually reaches full-on free agency. While I don’t think there’s a monster contract out there for him, and while I don’t think the Cubs are totally screwed without him, it would still make me feel quite comforted on the starting pitching side of things if the Cubs had him locked down this week and could proceed with the rest of their offseason from there.
*While the luxury tax implications of the buyout situation remains something of a tricky business, I’m pretty sure a close read of the CBA gives the answer.
On pages 119-123, Article XXIII, Section (E)(5) describes how luxury tax calculations are made with respect to options contracts. The language is not exactly conversational English, but the gist is that it says when a player receives the buyout on a club option, that buyout does not count toward any luxury tax calculation – and that’s because the buyout was already considered guaranteed money back when the deal was signed, and the AAV was established for the years the deal covered. In other words, the team with the contract was already “paying” the buyout for luxury tax purposes. However, if the buyout *isn’t* actually ultimately paid out – i.e., the option is picked up – then two things happen: (1) the option is basically a whole new contract for that team, and the full AAV of that option counts for luxury tax purposes ($20 million for 2019, in the Hamels example); (2) the team(s) that “paid” the AAV of the buyout in previous years in their own luxury tax calculations get the amount that they paid taken OUT of their payroll for luxury tax purposes in that following year (Section (E)(5)(b)(ii)). 
In other words, if the Cubs pick up the option on Hamels, they will be on the hook for a full $20 million AAV hit in 2019, while the Rangers and Phillies will get a portion of their 2019 luxury tax payroll deducted (the total deduction between the two teams would be $6 million). And, of course, the Rangers will not have to pay out the actual $6 million to Hamels. So the Rangers have two reasons to really hope the Cubs pick up the option.
Source: https://www.bleachernation.com/2018/10/30/the-big-cole-hamels-option-decision-looms-this-week-without-an-obvious-outcome/
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The Cubs’ Catcher Situation Will Need Some Attention This Offseason
A less-discussed offseason conversation for the Chicago Cubs comes behind the plate.
No, I’m not talking about finding the Cubs a new starting catcher because of Willson Contreras’s disappointing season, since I am a firm believer that a rebound will be coming. Instead, I’m wondering if the Cubs need a new arrangement behind Contreras.
Having caught over 1100 innings in 2018, Contreras was the catching-iest catcher in all of baseball by a good 40+ innings. Most of the primary catchers around baseball caught between 900 and 950 innings. It was a LOT of work for Contreras, who perhaps not coincidentally saw his production drop most dramatically in the second half as he lost the ability to make hard contact.
That workload probably needs to be addressed in 2019.
The Cubs rolled the dice on Chris Gimenez being the veteran, once-or-twice-a-week starter to pair with Contreras, but that was a bust from the word go. That led to the Cubs leaning heavily on 24-year-old catcher Victor Caratini as the back-up – not exactly the best role for a still-developing prospect, and not the best support system for a still-young starter in Contreras.
Caratini didn’t overwhelm in his opportunity to be the backup (.232/.293/.304, 65 wRC+), but that’s a pretty tough role for a guy to shine in the big leagues when he is, himself, still working on his game.
Perhaps that experience will help him be in a better position to succeed in 2019, and maybe that means he’ll be able to start more frequently and take the load off of Contreras more often. But the Cubs can’t afford the luxury of counting on hopes and maybes in an area where they were once again among the worst pitch-framing teams in baseball, and where they got hopelessly little offensive production.
It sure seems like an opportunity to bring in a trusted veteran as a back-up. A guy who can take some of the burden off of Contreras and Caratini, allowing the former to get more in-season rest and allowing the latter to continue development. A guy who can help continue tutoring Contreras on the finer points of receiving. The defense is already there for Contreras. He’s fantastic in so many ways. But the pitch-framing – by the data and by the eye test – is just so very bad.
Also, if Contreras’s bat bounces back, as we expect, you could always sneak him an extra start here and there at first base or in a corner outfield spot. Adding a sure-fire veteran back-up catcher has no real impact on your ability to get as much mileage out of Contreras’s bat as is merited.
The free agent market has some interesting back-up options, to the extent they don’t find starting jobs. Martin Maldonado, Rene Rivera, and Jonathan Lucroy are particularly intriguing, given their past success with receiving skills, and ability to hit at a level commensurate with the better back-up catchers.
The Cubs having a four-man bench makes things complicated here, because the Cubs cannot realistically carry three catchers. But, with one option year remaining, the Cubs may have to ask Caratini to suck it up as the third option for another season, and head to AAA Iowa to begin the season. For the right veteran back-up, I think that’s the approach the Cubs are going to have to take.
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From there, Caratini perhaps emerges in the second half – or in 2020 – as a more permanent back-up option (even maybe a back-up who starts more regularly than a traditional back-up), and maybe Contreras’s development has continued such that he is, himself, the polished, veteran catcher.
At a minimum, the Cubs will grab a veteran on a minor league deal. The depth is necessary. But I tend to think this is an offseason when the Cubs may need to seek out one of the group in the next tier, and that would require a big league deal.
Source: https://www.bleachernation.com/2018/11/01/the-cubs-catcher-situation-will-need-some-attention-this-offseason/
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How Student Loans Couldn't Stop Me from Buying a Home at 25
My husband and I are "recession kids." We were just starting high school when the Great Recession brought the most significant economic downturn in the United States since the Great Depression. We watched our parents, neighbors, and family friends struggle with unemployment and the housing market crash. Foreclosures surged throughout the country, and home values plummeted following the housing bubble.
Because of this, both of us were cautious about the prospect of homeownership—but it was always something we wanted to do. But with student loans to pay off, it always felt like something far off in the future.
However, in 2017—nearly a decade after the market crash—things fell into place for us. Our apartment lease was soon coming to end, and we found ourselves genuinely curious about homeownership. It felt silly that we were spending $1,000+ on rent every month when we could be investing in a home of our own. Though we recognized that a 20 percent down payment wouldn't be realistic for us—we had nearly three years of full-time work under our belts and had been able to start gradual savings—we could make a down payment up to 10 percent without draining every penny we saved. Even with a low down payment, our credit would bring our PMI (private mortgage insurance) to only about $50 a month.
So we started stopping at a few open houses in our Chicago neighborhood, signed up for Zillow alerts, and began fiddling with online mortgage calculators. That's about as serious as we got for awhile. The prospect of investing in the housing market was still daunting, considering we knew many people still hadn't recovered from their housing investments of the early 2000s. As the expiration date for our lease drew near, we decided that venturing into buying territory would make sense, but only if we found the right place. We weren't comfortable taking on a mortgage just for the sake of owning any property.
But then, as luck would have it, we happened upon a foreclosure down the block from our apartment. The listing photos weren't promising, but it was located in our desired neighborhood. The asking price seemed to slowly be decreasing the longer it sat vacant on the market. We reached out to a realtor we'd met at a couple open houses to see if he could show us the property. During our first visit, he quickly told us that there could be a lot of extra costs on top of the sticker price for a foreclosure.
"Whenever a client sees a foreclosure and wants to go after it, obviously they get a discount, but there are some things they need to be aware of, like in Illinois, buyers are legally responsible for up to six months of unpaid HOA assessments. It might be a good deal on the surface, but you have to include the court and attorney fees that come from that," said Sam Cusentino, our real estate agent from @Properties in Chicago. "Information is scarce. You have to do your due diligence on your own with a foreclosure."
During our first visit, we found the place needed moderate attention like some duct work, completely new paint, and eventual updating of appliances, but we saw enough potential in the property to consider making an offer for the asking price. The price had come down enough to where there were competing offers on the table. Even with the six months of HOA fees to potentially take over, it was still more affordable than comparable homes in the neighborhood. It took many calls to family members, a lawyer, and our agent for advice on whether or not this property was worth the investment risk, and we ultimately decided the property seemed to be one of our only opportunities to buy a home in our neighborhood, so we proceeded to bid.
And our offer was accepted! As first-time homebuyers, the experience was thrilling... but also terrifying. We quickly learned that trying to purchase a foreclosure is a very different process from the traditional home-buying experience our parents were familiar with. For starters, we learned we'd need to provide five percent in earnest money, opposed to the typical one to two percent. Our "recession kids" mindset kicked in. What if the housing market crashed again? Would we limit our financial freedom by investing our savings in a down payment? There were many times we were nervous and almost backed out of our offer.
But our agent assured us that it was a great time to buy. First, the rental market in Chicago was rising. "The rental market has kind of gone crazy in terms of pricing. The new buildings are luxury rentals," Cusentino said, meaning that moderate-priced housing was becoming more competitive since there were fewer units on the market. He assured us that though the costs of buying would be a little bit more expensive with HOA fees for the first few years, it would eventually be cheaper in the long term—and stay cheaper. And, of course, it was a good investment opportunity.
Additionally, the bank wanted to get the property off its books as soon as possible since it'd been abandoned a year earlier, so it was priced-to-sell. In exchange for the low price, we were expected to take it as-is. We wondered what had happened to the previous owner, who picked up and left without telling anyone. Were there big repairs needed to be done that forced the previous owner to leave? Would we find surprise expenses or building annoyances once we moved in? Since the home was a real estate-owned property (REO) by Fannie Mae, we wouldn't get any credits for the broken refrigerator, missing screen door, or cracked tiles. We did try to make changes to the contract, but they were rejected.
After many calls with a different lawyer, more advice from family members, and a home inspection, we went forward with securing our mortgage. Buying an REO property felt a bit impersonal; we never met the seller's agent and no one representing Fannie Mae came to our closing, but we still popped champagne at the end of the process then got straight to work with home improvements.
We spent a month before moving in repainting the whole condo and stripping chipping paint off the exposed ductwork. We found out that there's always more expenses than initially expected when buying a home, so we also had to confront the unexpected cost of refinishing our floors and repairing the refrigerator, which cost us another $2,000 within the first month.
As seemingly the first of our friends to buy a home, we quickly found ourselves with less active social calendars, replaced by home improvement work. Buying a foreclosure brought some headaches, but we are proud to have invested in our first home together, and purchasing a foreclosure enabled us to better afford this investment.
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Source: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/home-buying-student-loans-recession-foreclosure-262904
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Cubs non-tender INF Ronald Torreyes
Ronald, we hardly knew ya. Again.
Just two days after the Cubs traded for infielder Ronald Torreyes from the Yankees, the team declined to offer him a contract for the 2019 season by tonight’s deadline. The Cubs also declined to offer new contracts to right-handed pitchers Justin Hancock and Allen Webster.
Seven players who were eligible for arbitration but not free agency were tendered contracts. Infielders Javier Baez, Kris Bryant and Addison Russell; outfielder Kyle Schwarber; right-handed pitchers Kyle Hendricks and Carl Edwards Jr.; and left-handed pitcher Mike Montgomery. Six of those decisions were routine and were to be expected. Russell was a candidate to be non-tendered for reasons covered earlier today but ultimately the Cubs decided to keep the infielder for now.
Torreyes was acquired two days ago for a player-to-be-named-later or cash. There was much speculation around here that Torreyes was acquired to replace Tommy La Stella, who was dealt to the Angels. That likely won’t happen now, although the Cubs are free to try to re-sign Torreyes as a free agent and they may try to do so.
Hancock spent most of the 2018 season with Triple-A Iowa, although he did get two quick stints with the major league club in May and June. In ten relief appearances, the 28-year-old had a 1.46 ERA over 12.1 innings. He did, however, walk nine batters in that time while striking out 11. With Iowa, he was 2-2 with a 4.57 ERA over 18 appearances. He missed the entire second-half of the season with a shoulder injury.
Webster also made just three relief appearances for the major league Cubs in September. He pitched three innings and allowed two runs. Webster pitched for three different minor league teams in the Cubs system in 2018. He was 0-0 with three saves and a 2.45 ERA in 17 innings over 17 appearances.
The Cubs 40-man roster now stands at 36.
Source: https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2018/11/30/18120521/cubs-non-tender-inf-ronald-torreyes-allen-webster-justin-hancock
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Trae Young ejected after staring down Kris Dunn for second technical foul
Trae Young may have the range of Steph Curry, but he’ll need to work on his taunting game.
The Atlanta Hawks rookie guard was ejected early in the third quarter of a 123-118 win over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday for staring down Kris Dunn after hitting a three. The two got in a beef earlier in the game, which resulted in Young’s first of two technical fouls.
Things began in the first quarter after a Hawks timeout when Young put up a deep three as Dunn walked in front of him. Young slapped Dunn in the back, and Dunn turned around and shoved Young in the back of the head.
Both players were assessed with technical fouls. Coming into the game, Young only had four this season, while Dunn had two.
The spat seemed to cool down for another two quarters, while Young picked up 14 more points on 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc.
But on that final three-pointer, Young pulled up from 25 feet and stared down Dunn after the make. It wasn’t particularly mean-spirited or showy, but it caught enough of the attention of the refs to merit a second technical foul and subsequent ejection.
Young was rightfully miffed at the ejection since he barely looked at Dunn, and it will go down as one of the most bizarre ejections of the season.
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) shoots against Chicago Bulls guard Kris Dunn (32) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March. 3, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
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Seemingly the only way to stop Trae Young lately is to get him ejected. The star rookie is averaging 18.3 points per game this season but has also posted 25.3 points per contest since February.
In each of his last three games before the ejection, Young put up at least 36 points, including a career-high 49 points in Friday’s wild game against the Bulls that went into quadruple-overtime. His 121 points during that stretch are the most for any rookie in a three-game period.
Young was not nearly on pace for another 36-point game on Sunday, as he had 18 points when he was ejected in the third quarter, but he still would have likely extended a rookie-best streak. No other first-year player has even scored at least 28 points in three straight games, let alone four.
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Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/trae-young-ejected-for-staring-down-kris-dunn-233936420.html?src=rss
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Kris Dunn finds himself on the outside of ‘the core’, offers strange rationalizations
I’m not sure Kris Dunn understands how basketball works. That may sound harsh, but it was a constant thought that stayed with me as I tried to decipher what the hell the point guard was actually saying.
For those that may have missed it — which I’m sure is most at this point — Dunn addressed the media prior to the Bulls’ historic home loss against the New York Knicks last week. Mirroring his team’s season, the procession itself was largely much of nothing. There was, though, a truly astonishing quote, one which still has me floored.
Outlining the personal difficulties of this season, Dunn mustered up this iconic grouping of words which I guess we can label as his reasons for an inconsistent year:
Earlier this season, I was being aggressive and it kind of deferred away from Lauri (Markkanen) a little bit. So the next stretch, I kind of sacrificed my role to see how it went. You could say it was for the better. You could say it was for the worse. I really don’t know the answer to that. Going forward, it allowed me to understand who I am as a player. And that’s to be aggressive. I always had that ball in my hands. If I knew we were going to do a multi-ballhandler situation, I would’ve prepped for the summer a little different. But going into the summer, my job was to create for others.
Um, ok.
Where do we even start with this? In the interest of your time, I suppose we can ignore the notion that a player can’t be aggressive if the offense is deferred to another. I also won’t crush him for not knowing how to answer if the Bulls were truly better pivoting their offense through Lauri Markkanen (hint: they absolutely were.) The thing I can’t let go, though, is the last few sentences. To be clear, I’m referring to this:
If I knew we were going to do a multi-ballhandler situation, I would’ve prepped for the summer a little different. But going into the summer, my job was to create for others.
Incredible, isn’t it?
Firstly, and I believe I speak for everyone when I say this, but on behalf of everybody associated with the game of basketball, welcome to the modern NBA, Kris. You see, having multiple ballhandlers on the floor has been a trend for some time now. Every team does it. Even the Houston Rockets, who have James Harden posting exorbitant usage numbers, need multiple ballhandlers. They chose to pair their reigning MVP with Chris Paul, arguably one of the greatest point guards of all time. If multiple ballhandlers is a priority for the Rockets, surely it should be for the Bulls?
Seriously, how could Dunn not know the Bulls we’re going to be a “multi-ballhandler situation?” Every single team is (or at least hopes to be.) Is that even something that needs to be said, or is it, you know, just common sense? Surely no one needed to tell Dunn he’d be sharing minutes in the backcourt with Zach LaVine and splitting possessions creating plays?
Going forward, perhaps the coaching staff need dive into details, even when it seems most obvious — don’t assume these players have a base understanding of what the game has evolved into.
If this weren’t enough, the true kicker in Dunn’s words is, if he knew this were to be a multi-ballhandler situation he would’ve prepped differently. We can read into this a number of ways. Knowing Dunn’s flaws, right or wrong, the immediate and prevailing thought is he assumed his role to be the sole playmaker, ball in his hands constantly, so much so that there wouldn’t be a need to flank on the perimeter and do work without the rock, namely catching and shooting jumpers. Of course, dominating the ball and creating plays for others doesn’t preclude a player from working on their broken jumper, but the more you know.
After showing signs of progression last season, Dunn has regressed as a shooter — in year three, the percentage of total field goals from behind the 3-point line plummeted to career lows. Now we know why?
Sure, that’s purely speculative on my part. Perhaps that’s not what Dunn meant when he said he would’ve prepared differently. But what else could it mean? That he’d improve his movement off ball, cutting and slashing to the rim while LaVine took charge of the offense? That didn’t happen, either.
Maybe it’s a mindset thing? Dunn did say his job coming into the season was to create plays for others. As the team’s point guard, that’s a given. Ok, but how does that change his role if he has to split ballhanding duties with his teammates? His job is still to be a playmaker, be it as the primary initiator or as a secondary release option should the first action be contained.
Ultimately, any angle we take in trying to understand the true meaning behind Dunn’s words just leads to more questions. All we know is this: Dunn never felt comfortable all season, in himself, his role, and possibly, in his wider understanding of the schematics of a modern basketball.
Year three has been a wasted one for Dunn. As such, his status as the team’s de facto point guard is at risk, as executive vice president John Paxson hinted at during his end of season press conference.
I do see our starting lineup with three legitimate 3-point shooters in Zach (LaVine), Lauri (Markkanen) and Otto (Porter Jr.), so a point guard who can get those guys opportunities will be a priority. Kris is going to have opportunity because he’s under contract, but we understand as an organization that’s a position that we’re going to have to address if we’re to make a step in the right direction. No beating around the bush on that one.
While Dunn may have spent parts of this season unsure of his role, it would seem his pending status on the team moving forward is a message that’s come through.
It’s a business. They’re going to do what they’re going to do. I’m just going to control what I can control. I’m excited to get back in the gym and do what I do.
If he’s still part of the team next season, hopefully this time around he will prep differently.
Source: https://www.blogabull.com/2019/4/15/18305404/kris-dunn-finds-himself-on-the-outside-of-the-core-offers-strange-rationalizations
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ESPN’s initial 2018-19 season RPM numbers for Bulls aren’t pretty
ESPN finally released their Real Plus-Minus statistics for the 2018-19 NBA season on Monday, and Chicago Bulls fans are probably going to wish they didn’t.
But before wading through the muck, let’s define what RPM is really quick:
Drawing on advanced statistical modeling techniques (and the analytical wizardry of RPM developer Jeremias Engelmann, formerly of the Phoenix Suns), the metric isolates the unique plus-minus impact of each NBA player by adjusting for the effects of each teammate and opposing player.
The RPM model sifts through more than 230,000 possessions each NBA season to tease apart the “real” plus-minus effects attributable to each player, employing techniques similar to those used by scientific researchers when they need to model the effects of numerous variables at the same time.
RPM estimates how many points each player adds or subtracts, on average, to his team’s net scoring margin for each 100 possessions played. The RPM model also yields separate ratings for the player’s impact on both ends of the court: offensive RPM (ORPM) and defensive RPM (DRPM).
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For starters, Jabari Parker ranks dead last. Like no exaggeration. He has the 430th-ranked RPM (-5.23) out of 430 players. Yikes.
Antonio Blakeney (422nd), Chandler Hutchison (392nd), Robin Lopez (381st), Cameron Payne (369th), Zach LaVine (367th), and Cristiano Felicio (346th) aren’t much better.
Surprisingly, Justin Holiday leads the Bulls in RPM (62nd; 1.31 RPM). The savvy veteran is the team’s best 3-point shooter (career-high 40 percent) and is probably the Bulls’ best perimeter defender with Kris Dunn out. The second-best Bulls player in this category is Ryan Arcidiacono. These two also lead the Bulls in Offensive Real Plus-Minus, with Holiday grading out as a top-40 player in the NBA based on this statistic.
Holiday has started all 17 games and Arcidiacono has had a key role this season, so it’s not like they are feasting against third-stringers in garbage time either. Holiday is a solid veteran and Arcidiacono has exceeded all expectations this season, but when those two guys (role players) are leading the way in RPM, that is why the Bulls are 4-13 and staring down the barrel of another tank season.
The individual Defensive Real Plus-Minuses (similar idea of using very fancy math to determine how many points a player adds or subtracts defensively) for the Bulls actually aren’t as bad as you’d think given that Chicago has the sixth-worst defensive rating in the NBA (110.9) this season.
Blakeney (429th), LaVine (427th), and Parker (415th) are way in the back. But, five Bulls players are in the top half of the NBA in this statistic and have a positive DRPM (Wendell Carter Jr., Bobby Portis, Robin Lopez, Chandler Hutchison, and Shaquille Harrison).
Really, all of these stats confirm what we already know. The Bulls aren’t very good this season, and they might actually end up tanking worse than last year without actually making a conscious effort to do so.
Source: https://www.blogabull.com/2018/11/20/18103949/espn-real-plus-minus-stats-2018-19-season-not-pretty-bulls
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Sure it was just Cleveland, but Zach LaVine and the offense had a nice shooting performance
It took 9 games and 19 days but the Chicago Bulls finally notched a victory in 2019. Granted it came against the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of only two teams with a worse record than Chicago, but a win is a win.
They Bulls offense was able to pick apart a very vulnerable Cavaliers defense, a unit which is ranked last in defensive rating at 117.9. The Bulls shot an eFG% of 57.2 and a TS% of 60.2 from the field, spreading it around with having five guys score in double figures. Zach LaVine led the way with 25 points on an efficient 9 of 16 from the field. Kris Dunn played his best game in a long time by nearly having a double double with 13 points and 9 assists.
As a team the Bulls really surprised with their three-point shooting, going 15 of 30 from deep. Again, this is a deficiency for Cleveland’s defense as they are second to last in the NBA in opponents 3P%. So the Bulls’ looks were quality all game, and they had eight different players hit a three.
Below, after giving up an three-pointer to Channing Frye, the Bulls decide to run a three-point play attempt of their own:
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Ryan Aricidiacano is the one who starts off this possession with the ball as he dribbles up the floor. As soon as he gets past half court he flips to Bobby Portis who then moves it to Jabari Parker. Arch runs to the corner and the man who was previously there, Wayne Selden, runs towards the top of the three-point line. Initially it looks like Selden is either going to screen for Parker or get the ball himself at the top. Portis also sells this really well by motioning to Selden to go around him. But at the last minute both Portis and Selden diverge to opposite directions. Portis goes back to the three-point line while Selden darts in and sets a screen on Frye. Having been standing in the paint during the entire time this play has happening, it took a while for Frye to get around the Selden screen. This gave Portis more than enough time to set and knock down a shot from deep.
Here’s another sequence where the Bulls orchestrate a shot for near the top of the three-point line: This time the recipient is Lauri Markkanen.
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Dunn first dribbles up the court and as soon as he gets to the three-point line he is faced with two options. Both Markkanen and Robin Lopez are situated on either side of him and it’s up to Dunn to choose where he wants to go. Dunn’s man in Rodney Hood anticipates he’s going to his right and moves towards Lopez to get ready to fight over the screen. This prompts Dunn to go left towards Markkanen. Lauri sets a pick in front of Hood before quickly slipping out to the three-point line. Lopez is on the move too. As soon as Markkanen releases from Hood, Lopez rumbles towards Cedi Osman and sets a screen which seems to startle Markkanen’s man. It takes him a bit to get around the Lopez screen but by then it’s too late. Osman is a few seconds late to contest Markkanen’s shot and it is three points for the Bulls.
This was one of the better offensive performances we have seen from Chicago all season. It was still a slow-paced game but a 107 ORTG is well above Chicago’s average. They were moving the ball, taking smart shots, and making their open looks from three. The last point is especially important as the Bulls are still in the bottom of the league in terms of getting looks from there, averaging 26.7 three-point attempts per game. So this was a bit of an improvement in not only their percentages but their attempts too.
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Source: https://www.blogabull.com/2019/1/22/18192555/sure-it-was-just-cleveland-but-zach-lavine-and-the-offense-had-a-nice-shooting-performance
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Great Clearance Rates Ed
Our Stat Guy has been busy data-mining various Department databases. We'll just leave these here and wonder why Special Ed (and his staff) still has a job:
Anyone know what a trend line is?
Yeah, 2019 isn't looking any better without a wholesale shakeup in the political order that is keeping crime from being solved and prosecuted.
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Source: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2018/11/great-clearance-rates-ed.html
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110 North Wacker Pushes Above Street Level
Written By Editor on November 6, 2018
• 110 North Wacker• Goettsch Partners• Howard Hughes• Riverside Investment and Development
The Loop’s newest skyscraper is finally visible to all passers-by, so get ready to gawk.
110 North Wacker under construction (Courtesy of Loop Spy Chris)
110 North Wacker was previously only visible to people commuting on Lower Wacker Drive, and tourists taking a Chicago River cruise.  Now its concrete elevator core has risen high enough that it can be plainly seen by anyone who cares to cast a glance in its direction.
These photos from Loop Spy Chris show the core in full sprout mode on the south end of the construction site.  And for those of you looking for that “first steel” moment, there are indeed girders on location, welded in place by Wacker Drive.
110 North Wacker under construction (Courtesy of Loop Spy Chris)
110 is a Howard Hughes/Riverside Investment undertaking, designed by Goettsch Partners.  It replaces a squat, vaguely mid-century office building with a 55-story glass tower, and a new link in Chicago’s public riverwalk.
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110 North Wacker under construction (Courtesy of Loop Spy Chris)
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A spacious -08 studio at the South Loop’s new 820 South Michigan
See rent and availability info at: https://820Michigan.com
820 South Michigan is a complete renovation of the Johnson Publishing building. It has an enviable location directly fronting Grant Park, close to public transit, dining, nightlife, shopping and a number of colleges and universities.
The building has a mix of studio to 2-bedroom, 2-bath apartments with attractive kitchens and baths, high ceilings, large windows, plank flooring, high ceilings and appealing rents for the location.
Pet-friendly 820’s amenities include a fitness center, a rooftop terrace with firepits, multiple laundry rooms and Amazon Hub package delivery.
Join YoChicago in this sponsored video for a narrated walk through one of the apartments.
Source: http://yochicago.com/a-spacious-08-studio-at-the-south-loops-new-820-south-michigan/61372/
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Chicago Engineers’ Foundation presents Distinguished Alumni Award to George A. Smith
George A. Smith has been recognized by the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation (CEF) with its first Distinguished Alumni Award.
Smith launched the National Society of Black Engineers with while an undergraduate at Purdue University with his colleagues, and has continued through his career to encourage aspiring engineers.
Smith’s honor was a highlight during the 50th Anniversary Incentive Awards Dinner at the Chicago Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC) on June 13. CEF is of one of the ULCC’s three foundations.
The Distinguished Alumni Award was established by the CEF Board of Directors this year to honor past award recipients for their professional achievements and dedication to future engineers.
CEF president and award alum (Class of 1996) Erik Cempel presented the honor to Smith.
Smith received his CEF scholarship award as a Lindblom High School graduate. He attended Purdue University, pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. While at Purdue, he was one of six undergraduate students who established a first‐of‐its‐kind professional and mentoring society for minority engineering students called the Society of Black Engineers. Its mission was to help minority students adapt to the college environment, adjust to the academic rigors of engineering, and develop the professional skills required in the workplace.
In 1975, with the support of Purdue University, Professor Arthur Bond, and corporate sponsors, the six undergraduates established the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). Today, NSBE has grown from six founding members to more than 17,000 members, with more than 500 chapters worldwide.
During Smith’s remarks, he recognized all of the NSBE co‐founders, including Brian Harris, who also attended the celebration. Smith emphasized to the over 200 attendees that evening that “engineering is a team sport,” an idea that he and his colleagues put into practice by helping other engineers.
Smith joined General Electric after completing his studies in electrical engineering from Purdue University. In 1978 he joined Hewlett Packard. At HP he won the President’s Club Award which was presented by the company’s founders, Bill Hewlett, and Dave Packard. In 1992 he authored two books on business improvement, which were published by the American Society for Quality when with his consulting firm.
In 2015 he retired. He is active with NSBE Jr., NSBE Professionals, Project Syncere, Men of Color Connected for Higher Achievement, PTA Men of Brookdale, and Calvary Christian Church.
CEF also presented more than $116,000 in student awards during the evening. The Class of 2019 comprises 24 Chicago high schools. Thirty‐five percent of awardees are first‐generation college students. The average non‐weighted student GPA is 3.58. CEF has awarded over $600,000 to students over the past five years.
Event sponsors included HNTB, Focus Group Holdings, CBC Meetings +, Golden Square, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The CEF)of the Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC) contributes to the civic and economic advancement of its community and country by encouraging and promoting the vital profession of engineering. CEF advances its mission primarily through its Incentive Awards, which grants educational scholarships to college‐bound high school graduates of Chicago high schools or currently enrolled undergraduate college students who are pursuing engineering degrees at an accredited four‐year university.
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Source: https://chicagoconstructionnews.com/chicago-engineers-foundation-presents-distinguished-alumni-award-to-george-a-smith/
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Cubs pick up Cole Hamels' $20M option but trade another pitcher to Rangers
The Chicago Cubs picked up Cole Hamels’ $20 million option for the 2019 season Friday, as first reported by Jerry Crasnick at ESPN and confirmed by Joel Sherman. They plan to send Drew Smyly to the Texas Rangers, according to the reports, to free up money for the ace lefty’s hefty salary.
The teams involved have a connection in the front office, and worked together on the initial trade that sent Hamels north for two minor league players.
The Cubs had until 4 p.m. ET to make the decision on the 34-year-old Hamels, who joined the team in July. The four-time All-star and 2008 World Series MVP went 9-12 with a 3.78 ERA in 32 starts last season. He was 4-3 with a 2.36 ERA in 12 games for Chicago.
If the Cubs had declined Hamels’ option, and negotiated a lower deal instead, the Rangers would have owed him a $6 million buyout as part of the trade.
Smyly has a base salary of $7 million in the upcoming season, with $6 million in performance bonuses. By moving him to the Rangers, the Cubs open up space in the checkbook:
Smyly, 29, spent the 2018 season recovering from his June 2017 Tommy John surgery. The lefty has a career ERA of 3.74 over five seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays.
Cole Hamels will get the ball back for the Chicago Cubs in 2019. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Chatwood and Montgomery Coming Out of the Pen Today, Paying Minor Leaguers, and Other Bullets
I can’t wait to see The Wife and kiddos again later this weekend. Miss them and all their shenanigans.
The Cubs transactions page shows pitchers James Norwood, Duane Underwood, and Rowan Wick as optioned to AAA Iowa, which likely means they’ve been cut from big league camp (together with other guys who aren’t on the 40-man roster and thus don’t show in that particular section). I expect the full details will come soon. Ah, mid-typing this bullet, the full cuts come out. So, I’m gonna go write that, and then I’ll link it right here, and then I’ll return to these Bullets, and you’ll have no idea any of this happened because I can just edit this paragraph before I publish. Oops.
Oh, also, I have been cut from Cubs camp. I head home later today.
Interesting, but not unexpected, to see both Mike Montgomery and Tyler Chatwood scheduled to pitch today just four days after their last outing, which means each is now transitioning from stretching out to an expected bullpen role.
To be sure, neither Montgomery nor Chatwood were expected to be in the rotation when the season opened, but (health permitting) it was nevertheless reasonable to stretch them out in the first half of the spring just in case the front five of the rotation suffered an injury. With that looking unlikely at this point (KNOCKS SO HARD ON WOOD IT SHATTERS LIKE PARTICLE BOARD), it’s time to get Montgomery and Chatwood ready to pitch out of the bullpen when the season opens. That means pitching later in the game, and also pitching on shorter rest.
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Why have you decided to hurt me like this:
Given how potentially valuable minor league players are to the big league organizations under which they serve, and given that the superstar prospects cannot develop without a league of players to play with, you’d sure think teams would be more open to paying these guys a daggone minimum wage AT LEAST. Just do the right thing here.
Speaking of those negotiations, this is exactly the kind of reaction the league was hoping to get to the planned payout from the Home Run Derby (a prize pool, including $1 million to the winner):
Bonus appearance in there from Anthony Rizzo telling Bryant he wants to do the Derby every year.
And one more on the rules changes, with the three-batter-minimum rule going into effect this year in the minor leagues before implementation next year in the big leagues:
In other words, the only way you can come out of a game is if you’ve faced at least three batters or it’s an inning break.
Fanatics changed up their clearance today, and added free shipping.
Bryce Harper, who just signed a historic 13-year contract, was plunked hard on the ankle in a Spring Training game, and every Phillies fan probably exploded in terror:
That sure looked bad, but so far, the Phillies are indicating they aren’t worried about Opening Day. It would have been very Harper to get injured that way – he just seems to have really bad luck with stuff like that.
This is real, and an actual name:
If the Cubs do not acquire first baseman Gio Dingcong within six months, I’m going to wonder what this life was all about.
Farewell to a very good slot corner, but perhaps it will at least net the Bears a draft pick:
Source: https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/03/16/chatwood-and-montgomery-coming-out-of-the-pen-today-paying-minor-leaguers-and-other-bullets/
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Hutchison joins extended list of players sidelined in recovery
It is the captain of the toes, after all. And rank must be respected. In this case, for Bulls rookie forward Chandler Hutchison, it’s rest and recovery until he gets his footing, as it were.
"Obviously," agreed Bulls coach Jim Boylen, "we know how important our big toe is to the functionality of our body."
And so, Hutchison Sunday before the Bulls hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers was wearing a boot on his right foot. That it was just on one foot with yet another snow storm bearing down on the Chicago area was one of the first worrisome signs.
Hutchison is out at least through the All-Star break with what the Bulls termed "an acute injury to a sesamoid bone in his right foot." The team said he will be reevaluated after that. Hutchison said the injury occurred on the last play of the loss to Atlanta on Wednesday when Justin Anderson attempted to dunk with about 10 seconds left, even with the Hawks leading by 18 points. Hutchison attempted to block the dunk and apparently landed awkwardly.
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Though the awkward part also was the violation of that unwritten rule about not trying to score at the end of a game when leading by double digits. Though the Hawks later said the Bulls provoked the attempt to score by double teaming Anderson at mid court despite the margin.
Somebody needs to write these things down.
"Kind of that bozo play from Justin Anderson," Hutchison explained about the injury. "Trying to go up for a dunk at the end. Kind of dumb."
"Little bit of pain, but nothing I thought would keep me out the next day." – Chandler Hutchison
The result was embarrassing for the Bulls with the home loss to the lottery bound Hawks. Hutchison confronted Anderson and then Bobby Portis drew a foul when the Hawks were shooting free throws with some varied pushing and shoving. There also was some history from earlier in the game with Anderson dunked viciously over Portis, a play that was highlighted on social media.
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"It did happen, literally, the last play of the Atlanta game, going up to contest the dunk," Hutchison told reporters before the Cleveland game. "Felt weird, thought I’d jammed it. Put some ice on it, get some treatment, practice the next day. Little bit of pain, but nothing I thought would keep me out the next day. it wasn’t like ‘Oh my gosh I can’t play the next game.’ I practiced the whole time (Thursday). Then throughout the game, playing extended minutes I noticed a little more pain that maybe I should check it out, get an opinion, talk to the doctor about it. They noticed there was something in there; so couple of weeks off it and after All-Star reevaluate."
Hutchison said he didn’t think it was anything more than just the usual bruises of an NBA season. He had his best game of his career and first double/double with 12 points and 12 rebounds Friday against the Clippers.
"It’s just a matter of resting it to make it feel better," – Chandler Hutchison
"After the game, with my adrenaline, too, I didn’t really know there was anything out of the ordinary," Hutchison said. "You jam your finger. You’re good, then practice and play. Thought I was going to be fine, take some Advil, play through it. I guess playing on it, 40 minutes is a long game; the discomfort was a little bit higher. I thought maybe it would have gotten better, decided to get it checked out."
An MRI Saturday morning revealed the injury and Hutchison joined a long list of Bulls players this season struck down with fellow rookie Wendell Carter Jr. joining Denzel Valentine out for the season. Lauri Markkanen, Kris Dunn and Bobby Portis previously missed almost two months each with injuries.
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"It always seems like the worse timing," Hutchison said. "Especially this year as a group, how this year has gone with not just my injury. But we have guys who are going to get opportunities. That’s how this year has been. It’s part of it. You don’t want to make excuses, but, yeah, we have had quite a bit. We haven’t had a long stretch of time where guys have been healthy and ready to go, but just got to find a way to power through it."
Since the injury actually occurred Wednesday, Hutchison was asked if he should have sat out Friday when he played his career high minutes. But Hutchison said it even could have been an aggravation of an injury he had long ago.
"It’s just a matter of resting it to make it feel better," Hutchison said. "I don’t think one game is going to put me out another week because I played on it. It’s just something that as soon as we figured out what it was we’ve just got to take care of it." The rangy 6-7 forward is averaging 5.2 points and 4.2 rebounds for the season. But he has scored in double figures in four of the last seven games. In that span, he is averaging 9.4 points and six rebounds.
"I'm going to stay positive while I’m out and then try to pick back up where I’ve been a little bit more successful." - Chandler Hutchison
"I knew that it was just a matter of me being comfortable and getting out there and playing with the guys and having them trust me a little bit more and coaches trusting me, understanding that I’m reliable out there having the ball in my hands and also taking care of what I need to be doing on defense and just playing the right way," Hutchison added. "I knew it was going to come eventually, but I’d rather have me playing the way I am now and then (the injury) happen than to still maybe not finding my way and then it happens. At least there’s something that I can build off and stay positive while I’m out and then try to pick back up where I’ve been a little bit more successful when I come back and when I get back on the court."
Source: https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/hutchison-joins-extended-list-players-sidelined-recovery
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World-Famous Alinea Group Reveals Name and Rendering of Long-Awaited New Restaurant
Alinea Group reveals name and rendering of long-awaited new spot
Nick Kokonas and the rest of the world-famous Alinea Group have teased the name and a rendering of new their long-awaited new restaurant on Fulton Market. It will be called the St. Clair Supper Club, according to a Kokonas tweet on Friday morning that was subsequently picked up by the Tribune, but the only other nuggets of information he’ll reveal at this time is that it’s “coming soon” and that it’s on Fulton Market on the same block as Next, the Aviary, and Roister, presumably in the former Moto space. The Alinea Group purchased the space at 945 W. Fulton Market back in January 2016 but the only information previously revealed about what they’ll do with it was when Grant Achatz said in January 2018 that “our goal is to create a world-class music venue hand-in-hand with Alinea’s food.” Stay tuned for more details when they become available.
Woman dies after car crashes into South Side late-night restaurant
A woman who was eating inside Tony’s Philly Steak in Auburn Gresham early Sunday morning has sadly died after a car crashed into the restaurant and pinned her under it, according to multiple reports. An off-duty police officer was reportedly driving the car, who also caused a leg injury to another woman in the restaurant and a neck injury to himself, and has been arrested on for suspicion of DUI. There’s no further update at this time on the restaurant’s status.
Filipino-Cuban hotspot Bayan Ko to expand with new patio
Bayan Ko, the very popular North Side restaurant that serves Filipino and Cuban food, will unveil a new patio on Tuesday. The restaurant is one of the hottest reservations in town, but the patio should make it easier to snag a seat. Ownership is adding 14 seats, said co-owner and Toronto Raptors fan Lawrence Letrero. That’s a big deal as the indoor dining area seats just 30 people.
Popular Ukrainian Village Thai restaurant changes name
Tai Nang, the Thai restaurant the opened in July in Ukrainian Village, changed names to Thai Basil last week but is still under the same ownership. The name change was due to another restaurant with a similar name in another part of the country, said owner Sittipant “Ong” Satangmongkol. The other restaurant’s management emailed Satangmongkol. Thai Basil also recently added new seasonal menu items for its patio at 937 N. Damen Avenue.
An evening at ‘Hamilton’ with Rick Bayless to kick off Chicago Gourmet’s special events
And finally, organizers of this year’s Chicago Gourmet — the premier food festival in town — announced its VIP “encore” events highlighted by a $450 evening at Hamilton with Rick Bayless. Tickets are available here and the Tribune has a rundown of the week of events, happening around the city from September 24-29.
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