<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Because Mondays are "What if" days in the NBA--for me, anyway--and this is a job someone has to do, I'm often asked what is the most realistic deal for the Bulls. All of them, I explain. But it seems more likely that Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Garnett will remain with their teams, but this is the NBA, so you never say never. Instead, if you are looking for one big-time player who could be most available, it may be Seattle's high-scoring, 6-foot-10-inch Rashard Lewis, who has had uneasy times with his team and supposedly will opt out of his contract next summer. The Sonics say they want to keep him, though they're also working on retaining Chris Wilcox and just last week NBA Commissioner David Stern indicated a possible move or sale of the financially unstable team. Lewis told Seattle reporters last week he wasn't sure the Sonics could afford him. Added Ray Allen: "We've been the leaders of this team ever since I got here, but maybe he wants to do something else with rest of his career." Some believe a deal would make sense for Seattle, which blames many of its problems this season on contract uncertainty with players. "We had guys this year (Vladimir Radmanovic, Reggie Evans and Ronald Murray) who didn't know whether they were going to be here, and that affected not only them, but everybody else too," Lewis said. Lewis is primarily a small forward, the Bulls' most solid position with Luol Deng and Andres Nocioni. But there's no reason Deng couldn't develop into a shooting guard and give the Bulls a big perimeter lineup. Would the Sonics be interested in Tyson Chandler and the Bulls' two No. 1 picks with Seattle giving the Bulls back their lottery pick, which should be in the middle range? Then the Bulls could go out in free agency for a defensive center like Joel Przybilla or Nazr Mohammed, both of whom are said to be interested in Chicago. The Bulls still would have a lottery pick while the Sonics get two and Chandler. It might make sense for them to deal a player they may not be able to re-sign and thus could be a distraction next season.</div> Source
I would love to have Shard on the Bulls (hell I would love to have any all star), but the trade proposed by this article still leaves us in a huge jam, because of Ben Gordon. If this deal went down we would have to find some trade to send Ben Gordon or Kirk Hinrich to another team, because Ben has proven he is more than just a back up. I doubt he would accept a sixth man role for long.
