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Alex Caruso switched numbers when he left the Los Angeles Lakers for the Bulls, and he considered changing his number for the second year in a row.
Caruso wore No. 4 when he played in Los Angeles, and wore No. 6 in Chicago last season. He told reporters that he wanted to honor the late Bill Russell, who died in July, by no no longer wearing No. 6.
However, because the Bulls wing ranked in the top 75 in jersey sales, the league told him that he couldn’t change his number again. His jersey was simply too popular to make the change worth it for those who bought his uniform.
The Bulls ranked fourth-best in jersey sales for the second half of last season, per the NBA. Caruso didn’t crack the top 15, though that isn’t too shocking as the other players are superstars.
The league announced plans to retire Russell’s jersey league-wide, though players like Caruso and James who currently wear No. 6 will be allowed to keep their number if they choose.
All players in the NBA will wear a No. 6 patch on their uniforms next season. Caruso will be the last player in franchise history to wear No. 6 for the Bulls.
Sep 2, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf (L) jokes with general manager Rick Hahn (R) as they stand on the sidelines before a baseball game against Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Not every player on the team laid down after the Chicago White Sox fell apart in an important series against the Cleveland Guardians. But enough did that the team ended up going 0-6 during a six-game homestand. That’s right, the Sox were winless for an entire homestand.
It started with an important series against the Guardians. The Sox needed to sweep, or at least take two of three, to have realistic hopes of winning the American League Central. Instead, they got swept.
The Sox did fight hard in the first game before falling apart in extra innings. But the effort was lacking in games two and three of the series.
The Sox, still clinging to long-shot hopes for the wild card, then fell flat against the Detroit Tigers and got swept again. The Tigers have some talent, and shortstop Javier Baez had a good series, but Detroit is also the worst team in the division.
Oddly enough, the Sox did get quality starts from their starting pitchers all week only to see a lack of offense, sloppy defense, poor bullpen pitching, and an inability to hold runners on base make those starts go to waste.
The Chicago White Sox gave up on the season instead of fighting until the end.
As a fan, it’s enraging. It’s bad enough that the team has underachieved all season, with assists from baffling managerial decisions from Tony La Russa and injuries to key players like Tim Anderson not helping.
It’s worse to see that the team still had a chance, after all that, to steal the division away from a well-managed Guardians team that plays smart baseball. It’s even worse that the Sox, having lost the first game of the series, appeared to have given up.
It adds even more insult to see that the team couldn’t rouse a fighting spirit after the Cleveland series. A team that had World Series aspirations at the season’s start should be able to shake off the sweep and fight for the division and/or wild card until the math eliminates them.
It’s insulting to the fans who invested all their time and money in this season. It’s an insult to the competition and I can’t get mad at the Guardians for trolling the Sox during their celebrations. It’s pathetic.
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was pilloried for suggesting players hurt more after losses than fans do. Apparently, at least some of the White Sox don’t hurt as much as their spectators do and that’s frustrating.
All year long, there have been rumors about the Sox clubhouse being toxic. There’s no way to know how true those rumors are without being close to the team — even the beat reporters are limited in how much time they spend in the clubhouse (if the clubhouse has even reopened post-COVID).
But it sure looks like the team has been in need of energy and effort. And while La Russa often took the blame for that, he’s been away from the team all month and acting manager Miguel Cairo has been praised for his energy and ability to call the team out for poor effort.
So the blame lies beyond La Russa. Players must look in the mirror. Any White Sox who doesn’t have fight shouldn’t be here next year, regardless of talent level.
The front office built a talented team, for the most part. There have been some misses, and some talented veterans who have underachieved (especially in the bullpen), but generally speaking, the front office gets credit for having an eye for talent.
The problem is that talent isn’t enough. Players have to execute, they have to show baseball IQ, and they have to show the ability to fight when necessary.
The Sox have done none of the latter. Players can be taught to play smarter. But the ability to fight comes from within. And the Sox have let fans down one more time, in a season full of letdowns by showing up to the park physically but not mentally.
It’s bad enough to root for a contending team that underachieved and might finish below .500. It’s bad enough to watch a manager who isn’t the right fit for the team make baffling decisions or for injuries to take prominent players out.
But it’s poisonous icing on a cake made of crap to see the players just quit. The Sox could’ve salvaged a terrible season with a late run to the postseason.
Failing that, they could’ve at least fought to the last second, giving us fans something to cheer for. It would end a bad season on a positive note. Instead, the Sox essentially gave their fans an obscene gesture on the way out the door.
Following yet another defeat in the middle of a lost season, LeBron James was asked a question at Miami’s FTX Arena that invited him to escape the losing moment to broaden and brighten his view.
What did James think about being within striking distance of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s heralded all-time NBA scoring record of 38,387 points?
“As I’ve continued to climb the ranks, it’s natural, human, to look at it and see where you are and see if it’s even possible,” the Los Angeles Lakers star said in January. “We’ll see what happens. I’ve never chased a record in my life. I’ve never sat down and said, ‘OK, let me see if I can get this record, let me see if I can get that record.’ …
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“It’s one of those things that you never think could possibly happen.”
Abdul-Jabbar has held the torch as the league’s top scorer since April 5, 1984 — nearly nine months before James, who will turn 38 in December, came into the world.
In other words, even though James says he never imagined he would pile up more points than The Captain, maybe he was born to do this.
While James’ march toward the scoring crown will attract the biggest spotlight in his 20th season, there will be plenty of other ways he can elevate his place in the NBA record books.
Here’s a look at all the statistical superlatives James is approaching in 2022-23:
LeBron James needs 1,326 points to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring mark. Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports
The big one
James comes into the season with 37,062 career points, needing 1,326 points to pass Abdul-Jabbar’s mark.
If he averages 27.1 points per game — his career average — and doesn’t miss any games, James would set the record in the Lakers’ 49th game on Jan. 25 at home against the San Antonio Spurs.
Adding time for rest or the inevitable injury or two considering how the past several seasons have gone for James — plus an expected dip in his scoring average with Anthony Davis back healthy — it’s more feasible that James would catch Abdul-Jabbar later in the campaign.
If he averages a more modest 24 points per game and misses 15% to 20% of the season, James would be nearing the plateau somewhere in the range of Game Nos. 65 to 68.
The question is, can James reach the apex in a win? James eclipsed the past four scoring legends on the all-time list — Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone — during losses by the Lakers, putting a damper on the individual accomplishment.
James also can pass Wilt Chamberlain for the second-most 30-point games in league history by topping 30 seven times to bring his career total to 515. Jordan has the most with 562.
Longevity looms
As the No. 1 pick straight out of high school in 2003, James’ career achievements were often accompanied by the youngest ever to do so. As his time in the league approaches two decades, that has flipped. He often is the oldest to reach these feats.
“I literally try to prepare my mind and my body and my soul on how I can stay young in a young man’s game,” James said last season. “The people that’s always trying to chase you or people that kind of say that you’re too old to be at this [level] still. So, it’s just always a daily reminder, and sometimes you do have to remind people that you can still do what you do at a high level.”
James can continue to climb the ladder in two accumulation categories this season. He enters the campaign third all time in minutes played with 52,139, needing 2,714 more to pass Malone for second. He would have to be in the lineup for around 75 games to do that. Abdul-Jabbar tops the list with 57,446 minutes.
Speaking of games played, he is 14th on the all-time list with 1,366. If he plays in 59 contests this season, he would move up to eighth, passing Clifford Robinson, Reggie Miller, Jason Kidd, Tim Duncan, Jason Terry and Kevin Willis.
James’ game has often been compared to Magic Johnson’s because of his potent combination of size and court vision. And all of James’ pinpoint passing over the years has him in position to pass Johnson on the all-time assists list.
James is seventh with 10,045, just 97 assists behind Johnson for sixth.
Already the only player in league history to rank in the top 10 in total points and assists, James would become the only player to rank in the top five in those categories with 291 assists to move him past Mark Jackson in fifth place and Steve Nash in fourth.
3s and frees
James averaged 30.3 points last season — the second-highest scoring average of his career — thanks in large part to his contributions on the stripe and beyond the arc.
His 75.6% mark from the free throw line was his best clip since 2011-12, and his 161 3-pointers were the most he has ever made in a season.
He is fourth on the all-time freebies list with 7,836 and needs 543 more to pass Bryant for third, which will likely take a couple of more seasons considering he had 254 makes from the line in 2021-22.
James could move past Paul Pierce for No. 10 on the all-time 3s list as soon as opening night on Oct. 18, as he is just four behind his longtime on-court rival.
If he hits 151 3s on the season, James also would pass Jamal Crawford, Jason Terry and Vince Carter on the all-time list.
James is 97 assists away from passing Magic Johnson for sixth all time. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images
Boards and triple-doubles
James quietly had one of the best rebounding seasons of his career in 2021-22, with his 8.2 boards representing the fourth-best single-season average.
With 10,210 career rebounds, he ranks No. 38 on the all-time list. If he adds 500 boards this season, he’ll shoot up to No. 32, passing Otis Thorpe, Bill Laimbeer, Dave Cowens, former teammates Tyson Chandler and Ben Wallace, and David Robinson.
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James is the only player in league history with 30,000 career points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists, so it’s no wonder he also is among elite company when it comes to the all-time triple-double list.
He is No. 5 with 105 and needs three to pass Kidd for fourth. James racked up six triple-doubles last season, bringing his total since his 35th birthday to 17 — more than double any other player in NBA history in that age bracket.
Defensive feats
If the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame required entrants to select one signature play to define their careers, James would be sending a 2016 NBA Finals clip of his Game 7 chase-down block on Andre Iguodala to Springfield, Massachusetts.
James comes into the season No. 93 on the all-time blocked shots list; if he matches his total from last year of 59, he would jump up 13 spots to tie Bob Lanier and Buck Williams for No. 80 with 1,100 career swats.
James also knows how to play the passing lanes on the defensive end of the court, ranking No. 10 on the all-time steals list. He will vault two-time Defensive Player of the Year Hakeem Olajuwon for No. 9 with 27 more swipes and pass Clyde Drexler for eighth place with 72 steals.
Playoff prowess
After missing the playoffs for just the fourth time in his 19-year career, James would tell you that getting the Lakers back in the postseason is his top priority over any individual accolade.
James said this summer he felt so left out of the league’s biggest stage that he found himself waking up at 3 a.m. while on vacation in the Maldives to tune in to games as they happened live.
“As much as I don’t want to watch it, because it burns my stomach to not be a part of these games, because it’s the best time to play basketball, like, the fan in me cannot [resist],” James said on an episode of his YouTube talk show, “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” “I just love it.”
James missed the playoffs for just the fourth time in his 19-year career. David Richard/USA TODAY Sports
It’s no wonder why he loves the postseason. He ranks No. 1 in playoff history in points, field goals, free throws, steals and games played. Not to mention, he is the only player to rank in the postseason top 10 in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.
While he’ll have a hard time catching the two guys above him for all-time postseason 3-pointers — he is third behind the Golden State Warriors‘ Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson — there are a couple of categories in which he could gain some ground.
James is second in all-time playoff triple-doubles, needing three more to pass Johnson for the top spot.
And if he can accumulate 118 rebounds, he’ll pass a pair of former Lakers big men in Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal to go from sixth to fourth in all-time postseason boards.
While James has piled up so many records at this point that many barely seem to register with the Lakers star, Abdul-Jabbar’s scoring total is one that has his attention.
“I’m kind of in awe of it,” James said Monday when asked about nearing Abdul-Jabbar’s mark. “Like, ‘Wow.’ … To sit here and to know that I’m on the verge of breaking probably the most sought after record in the NBA, something that people said would probably never be done, it’s just super humbling for myself. I think it’s super cool.”
Chicago posthardcore four-piece Tar broke up in 1995, and the number of times they’ve reunited for a show since then you can count on one hand—this gig will be the first time they’ve buffeted a live audience with their mischievous stomp since 2017. They haven’t exactly been silent the past five years, though: for one thing, they’ve excavated six live recordings from their seven-year run (including a rehearsal tape with no vocals) and uploaded them to Bandcamp. Two of the recordings are from Lounge Ax: the final Tar show in November 1995 and a ripping set from November 1992. The latter captures Tar’s ability to extract melody from repetitive bludgeoning and teeth-gnashing aggression. Front man John Mohr delivers his bellicose yells with the mania of a musician feeding off the energy of a crowd, and the band’s intensity comes through so clearly that you can almost smell the hot, cigarette-stained air of a packed 90s club—and almost see their famous aluminum guitars, custom-built by Ian Schneller at Specimen Products. (That clarity is thanks in part to Brad Wood, one of Chicago indie rock’s go-to producers at the time, who was working live sound that night.) Tar contributed another Lounge Ax set from earlier in 1992 to last year’s four-disc Tar Box, which rounds up their two Amphetamine Reptile albums (1990’s Roundhouse and 1991’s Jackson) and their first AmRep EP, 1989’s Handsome. Georgia indie label Chunklet Industries and Tar’s own No Blow Records had the set’s vinyl pressed at Chicago plant Smashed Plastic, so it’s a full-circle moment to see Tar play at Smashed Plastic’s first daylong music festival.
Tar Part of the daylong festival Smashed Plastic: Live Vol. 1, which also includes several DJs and live sets from Pixel Grip, Fire-Toolz, Rookie, Ono, Serengeti, and Bev Rage & the Drinks. Sat 10/1, noon-10 PM, Smashed Plastic, Workshop 4200, 4200 W. Diversey, $35, 21+
Chicago posthardcore four-piece Tar broke up in 1995, and the number of times they’ve reunited for a show since then you can count on one hand—this gig will be the first time they’ve buffeted a live audience with their mischievous stomp since 2017. They haven’t exactly been silent the past five years, though: for one thing, they’ve excavated six live recordings from their seven-year run (including a rehearsal tape with no vocals) and uploaded them to Bandcamp. Two of the recordings are from Lounge Ax: the final Tar show in November 1995 and a ripping set from November 1992. The latter captures Tar’s ability to extract melody from repetitive bludgeoning and teeth-gnashing aggression. Front man John Mohr delivers his bellicose yells with the mania of a musician feeding off the energy of a crowd, and the band’s intensity comes through so clearly that you can almost smell the hot, cigarette-stained air of a packed 90s club—and almost see their famous aluminum guitars, custom-built by Ian Schneller at Specimen Products. (That clarity is thanks in part to Brad Wood, one of Chicago indie rock’s go-to producers at the time, who was working live sound that night.) Tar contributed another Lounge Ax set from earlier in 1992 to last year’s four-disc Tar Box, which rounds up their two Amphetamine Reptile albums (1990’s Roundhouse and 1991’s Jackson) and their first AmRep EP, 1989’s Handsome. Georgia indie label Chunklet Industries and Tar’s own No Blow Records had the set’s vinyl pressed at Chicago plant Smashed Plastic, so it’s a full-circle moment to see Tar play at Smashed Plastic’s first daylong music festival.
Tar Part of the daylong festival Smashed Plastic: Live Vol. 1, which also includes several DJs and live sets from Pixel Grip, Fire-Toolz, Rookie, Ono, Serengeti, and Bev Rage & the Drinks. Sat 10/1, noon-10 PM, Smashed Plastic, Workshop 4200, 4200 W. Diversey, $35, 21+
A man was found dead after a fire broke out in a South Shore apartment early Tuesday.
Chicago police found the man, 67, on the floor of the apartment in the 7500 block of South South Shore Drive about 1:30 a.m. after firefighters extinguished the blaze, police said.
The man suffered second-degree burns and smoke inhalation, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Chicago Fire Department is conducting an investigation but the fire appeared to be accidental.
As a 35-year-old goaltender at Blackhawks training camp, Alex Stalock feels roughly the same way he did as a 22-year-old goaltender at Sharks training camp in 2009.
He has no idea how this will pan out.
But the fact he’s at camp at all–on an NHL contract, penciled in as the Hawks’ backup to Petr Mrazek, competing every day to earn that role–is a small blessing in itself. The opportunity means a lot. After all, this is his first training camp since 2019.
“What I’ve learned in pro hockey is anything can change at any day,” Stalock said Monday. “There can be injuries. There can be sicknesses. Obviously, COVID now changes everything. You can never be complacent and say, ‘This is how it’s going to be,’ because I guarantee you that’s not how it’s going to be at the end of the year.”
Stalock has experienced a few of those days where everything changed. But the one in November 2020 during which he was diagnosed with myocarditis stands out above the rest.
Stalock was starting to prepare for the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season when he tested positive for COVID-19 during a routine entry into the Wild’s practice facility. Shortly after, an MRI revealed his heart muscle was inflamed. He needed to halt all physical activity or risk cardiac arrest.
“When you’ve got a wife and three kids at home, all of a sudden a lot of questions start hitting you in a hurry,” he said. “You read the paper, you read the internet, and there’s a lot of negative stuff out there. So that’s obviously first, thinking about your kids and family. And your hockey life gets pulled right out from underneath you.”
The news was shocking. He’d never developed cold symptoms from the virus itself. And he hadn’t felt any noticeable stamina reduction or shortness of breath during training, either.
“This was right when we were picking up skating, and we were working out and skating twice a day, so yeah, you’re exhausted,” he said. “As a professional athlete, you’re always like, ‘How’d I feel today? It was exhausting.’ But it wasn’t one of those things where I was taking a 30-second shift and I was hunched over, really struggling.”
Before the diagnosis, Stalock’s career was peaking, albeit at an unusually old age. The Minnesota native had played in a career-high 38 NHL games for the Wild in 2019-20, going 20-11-4 with a .910 save percentage.
Flashes of excellence he’d shown before–he went 12-5-2 with a .932 save percentage as an NHL rookie in 2013-14, for example, before his Sharks tenure gradually fizzled out–were showing up more and more consistently.
After the diagnosis, Stalock’s career was in real jeopardy. He missed all of the shortened season. Last September, it was announced he’d likely miss all of 2021-22, as well.
But around mid-season, he decided to reverse course and attempt a comeback. He’d met with about five different cardiologists, and because of myocarditis’ newness and the lack of research, they’d each given him slightly different recommendations. Ultimately, Stalock decided the ultimate test was to try playing hockey again.
“You can only do [so many] heart tests, stress tests, all these tests,” he said. “It’s not on the ice. It’s not playing a game with fans, adrenaline and all that stuff. The best thing was to go play, see how [my] heart felt and get an answer going into the summer.”
Health-wise, his comeback succeeded. He appeared in a combined 18 games from Jan. 23 on with the Oilers’ and Sharks’ organizations without any health complications. Hockey-wise, though, he struggled. He went 4-10-2 with an .869 save percentage in the AHL and allowed five goals in one NHL start.
“You think you’re in shape, you think you’re ready to go, but it’s so hard to catch up,” he said.
The Hawks decided to gamble on Stalock anyway, signing him to a one-year deal in July.
They hope his full offseason of training might elevate him back to his impressive 2019-20 levels. He hopes so, too, although it’s impossible right now to know for sure. He’ll make his Hawks preseason debut Tuesday against the Blues, splitting the 60 minutes with Mrazek.
If things go poorly over the coming months, the Hawks do have top goalie prospect Arvid Soderblom waiting in the wings, or they could claim a veteran goalie on waivers.
Ideally, though, Stalock turns out to be one of hockey’s best feel-good stories of the year. All the right ingredients are present. He already feels good in at least one way, too.
“It feels good to go home and be on the couch and have your legs sore,” he said. “You realize, ‘Holy cow, I missed this for three years.'”
And now that he has his career back, he’s finding it possible to adopt a glass-half-full perspective on his entire myocarditis experience.
“There’s obviously some unfortunatethings that happened to people that were undiagnosed with it, so I’m fortunate enough we caught it early and treatedit right,” he said. “Hopefully that’s in the past and I’ll have a clean slate of health moving forward, not only in the game of hockey but in my entire life.”
It is a good strategy because it is an excellent draft for everyone in the first round and possibly beyond. The Blackhawks will surely be picking in the top five if they have anything to say about it.
One thing that might make them even worse is by letting go of some of their top guys. One of those is Patrick Kane who might be the greatest player in team history. There are plenty of teams that would love to have him.
The Montreal Canadiens might be looking to make a big splash right before the season. They are a young team that might want a veteran like this to come in and help them be a playoff contender again.
These three Patrick Kane trades could be what gets a deal done between these two Original Six franchises if that is the direction that each wanted to go:
Blackhawks Get
2023 First-Round Pick (MTL)
2023 First-Round Pick (FLA)
Canadiens Get
Patrick Kane
The Montreal Canadiens might believe they can get Patrick Kane from Chicago.
If the Montreal Canadiens believe that they can get back into the postseason this year after being one of the worst teams in the league last year, they might be willing to make a big trade for Patrick Kane. They were in the Stanley Cup Final just two years ago so anything can happen.
Kane is someone that can make any team better. They might want to get an extension done quickly if they traded for him, especially if they traded two first-round picks for him.
Montreal has two picks in the 2023 first round thanks to a trade that they made with the Florida Panthers. Both of those could be worth something to Chicago which is in a legit rebuild.
Kane is still an elite player that can help all of those youngsters in Montreal grow their game. He also has experience playing with Kirby Dach who was acquired by the Canadiens over the summer. It is something for both sides to consider if that was the direction that they wanted to go in.
Kenny Golladay could be traded soon as he is “unhappy” with his current playing time.
According to a report from Ian Rapoport, The New York Giants could be looking to trade wide receiver, Kenny Golladay soon.
Here is what Rapoport said about the Kenny Golladay situation ahead of Monday Night Football:
The situation surrounding Giants receiver Kenny Golladay could come to a head soon.
The highly paid pass catcher is expected to be active for tonight’s game against the Cowboys, hoping for more productivity than he has provided during the first two weeks and another chance to show New York’s new coaching staff that he can get it done.
If it doesn’t happen against Dallas, and if the storyline regarding his playing time loudly continues, there are options.
Among them: The Giants could trade Golladay to an interested party, and likely the only way it would work is if New York pays the bulk of his contract in exchange for a late-round pick, sources say. That is a possibility.
This could be a potential move the Bears might get involved in as the team’s passing attack has been nonexistent to start the season. The Bears’ receiving corps is lacking a true number one target, and Golladay definitely has the skills necessary to fill that role before.
Experts have predicted a busy trade deadline for the Bears this year, so a mid-season trade for Golladay is definitely a move they could pursue.
Golladay is currently in the middle of a four-year, $72 million deal that he signed with the Giants in 2021. Despite playing in 14 games last year, Golladay was only able to muster 521 receiving yards and zero touchdowns. With a new general manager and head coach in New York this season, Golladay has seen himself fall out of favor with the Giants’ new regime.
Jenny Golladay did not start in the Giants’ week 2 game against the Panthers and only saw the field for two snaps the entire game. While Golladay has not been an issue for the Giants locker room right now, he did say he was unhappy with the lack of playing time,
While Kenny Golladay does have a big contract, it is likely that the Giants will need to keep most of that salary in order to get anything back for him. The Giants are currently paying Golladay $17.75 million this year, but the team could get out of this deal easily with a trade. Whoever trades for Golladay would only have to pay the rest of his 2022 salary, and the $4.5 million he is guaranteed next year.
While Golladay has struggled in New York, he is someone the Bears should consider acquiring. Bears fans definitely know how good he could be since Golladay used to be a dominant receiver for the rival Detroit Lions. Since the Giants are desperate to get rid of his contract, a move for Golladay would not cost the Bears much at all. This could be a very low-risk move for the Bears who are still in search of weapons to support Justin Fields.
