<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Bulls coach Scott Skiles claimed he doesn?t spend any time casually assessing the value of players who will become free agents this summer. ?When it comes to my job, there isn?t a whole lot I?m doing in a casual manner,? Skiles said. ?When I?m scouting an opponent or looking at an opponent, I?m looking at everything. I?m not focused in on one guy, other than how to stop somebody. ?Truthfully, I?m not even thinking about that stuff yet. It will work itself out when the season?s over. I didn?t know we had cap space until you just told me.? That last line was a joke. Of course Skiles knows the Bulls will have $15-20 million to spend on free agents this summer. They had a good look at two over the weekend, facing 6-foot-9 Atlanta forward Al Harrington (32 points, 10 rebounds) on Saturday and perimeter-oriented Clippers forward Vladimir Radmanovic (14 points, 6 rebounds) on Friday. By all accounts, the free-agent class of 2006 is not strong. The biggest names among unrestricted free agents are Harrington, Detroit?s Ben Wallace, Indiana?s Peja Stojakovic and Dallas? Jason Terry. Heading into the season, the list appeared to be unusually deep with big men, one of the Bulls? glaring needs. But most of those future free agents are having disappointing seasons. A case in point is Portland?s 7-1 Joel Przybilla, who is not expected to play tonight against the Bulls because of right knee tendinitis. His numbers (6.4 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.4 blocks) are down slightly from last season. The Bulls did have some discussions about trading for Przybilla, a Minnesota native, last month and there is a good chance he'll be invited to visit the Berto Center this summer. Nearly all of the free-agent big men are posting statistics that represent a drop from their career averages, which obviously raises the question of how much money would the Bulls want to throw at any of these guys ? even if they are considered potential backups.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
paxson needs to sign nene i hope he can what on these videos http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/view?&...ze=1.2MB&dur=16 http://media.nba.com/media/sprite/c...io_n_dunk_8.avi
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jerry West:</div><div class="quote_post">Watch you throw stupid money at Lorenzon Wright.</div> I honestly doubt it, John Paxson is one of the best general managers in the league, he managed to take the rebuilding process the Bulls where in and speed it up by implausible speed. If I had to rank NBA general managers John Paxson would probably be amidst the top three (Paxson, Colangelo, Dumars). Big men in this years free agent market are going to be hard to come by it seems everyone has something wrong with them, or something that would keep them from fitting into our team concept. If I had to rank the big men I wish the Bulls would go after, in the free agent market it would be... 1. Al Harrington- He gives us an inside presence as well as a veteran player who has been part of a winning organization before, in Indiana. It also gives us a guy who is versatile which fits perfectly into the Skiles system since he likes playing guys at multiple positions. He has hinted that he would love to come to Chicago in articles earlier in the season, paired along side Chandler we can have a solid front line. 2. Ben Wallace- The Pistons will likely resign him, but if he hits the free agent market I would like to see us at least take a look at him. Only reason I do not put him number one is that, having him and Chandler in the front court leaves us without a front court scorer, and does not really provide us a guy who can draw double teams. 3. Nene- Being Brazilian I have followed Nene since before he came into the league. He is a great scorer like most Brazilian players are, and he also can hit the boards (when healthy). Nene has a history of injury problems though which makes him a risk, and someone we can?t really count on long term. I would not throw too much money at him. 4. Drew Gooden- Good player, not an explosive scorer, but can hold his own has some nice post moves, and will give us a rebounder and scorer. He might also come a bit cheap, who knows. I would not have a problem signing him for the MLE I don?t know if I would be willing to go to far over that. 5. Nazr Muhammad- Chicago native who would probably be up for returning home. He has struggled this season in San Antonio, but he has shown flashes in the past, with the Knicks, that he can become a good low post presence. Not to mention the infatuation we have with signing former Knicks. Other possibilitys: Joel Pryzabilla, Lorenzo Wright, Steven Hunter (via trade)
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Best Kept Secret:</div><div class="quote_post">I honestly doubt it, </div> Someone will give Lo a silly contract, and you are one of the teams putting out the vibe that you're desperate for some help. Time will tell.
The Bulls should continue to work the draft board. There are several big bodies with skills available. How big is the question. Do they want a 7 foot shot blocker or a 6'9" board cleaner? Or a 6'10" wing player? The NCAA should be giving them alot of ideas. Williams of Duke, a bigger presence than a Boozer, good timing and reads on opponent's tendencies. Not as familiar with Aldridge of Texas. And the international list may provide the next big blocker. They might also take a look at Dallas' 3rd stringer, M'Benga.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NaKz:</div><div class="quote_post">wouldnt you think rc buford of the spurs be a better gm?</div> Reason I didn?t say him was because all the general managers I named rebuilt teams that had been in the cellar of the NBA for a couple of seasons. The Spurs have always had a building piece in their organization (Robinson and Duncan) that?s why I did not name the Spurs GM. Although, he is a very good one too.
