<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> Unhappy Days?</p> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Nov 12</span> - Not playing so great is Pau Gasol, who is said to be muttering a lot in Spanish to new teammate Juan Carlos Navarro.</p> </p> Gasol is averaging 16.2 points and a soft 6.2 rebounds after consecutive four-rebound games and scoreless second halves. He took just one shot in the second half of each of those games, both losses.</p> </p> He has been on the Bulls' radar for a year since asking out, though he hardly seems worth giving up as much as Memphis would want for him. -- <font color="#000000">Chicago Tribune</font></p></div></div>
I wouldn't give up the "house" for him at all. For the right price of course I'd do the trade. Both teams can't overrate their players though, seeing the way playres on both teams are playing.</p>
This is the second article I've seen about the Bulls being interested in Gasol, but it would really seem to me that that ship has sailed. The Grizzlies brought in his buddy JC Navarro from Spain and added a couple other guys, Darko and Mike Conley who would appear to help. I guess I don't see much reason for them to trade him away after that.</p> For the Bulls, sure, I'd like to get him, but it's not clear what sort of deal makes sense. I'd love to give up Ben Wallace to get back Pau, but I suspect the Grizzlies would laugh hysterically at such a proposal.</p>
Perhaps Memphis is the needed 3rd team to pull off the Kobe trade? There was an article last summer that reported Kobe and Gasol had met up in Spain to discuss potentially playing with one another. Is there a viable scenario where they both end up in Chicago?</p> </p>
Bulls Trade: Hinrich, Noah, Khryapa, and Deng</p> Bulls Receive: Gasol, Navarro, and Lowry.</p> PG-Kyle Lowry/Chris Duhon SG-Ben Gordon/Juan Carlos Navarro SF-Andres Nocioni/Thabo Sefolosha PF-Tyrus Thomas/Joe Smith C- Pau Gasol/Ben Wallace</p> That seems solid. It'd be nice to get Mike Miller back in the trade, but without PJ Brown, that won't be possible.</p>
Well, they have Conley, so they are probably willing to give up Lowry. You're right though, Lowry is a very good young player and those don't get given away.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (shapecity)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Is there a viable scenario where they both end up in Chicago?</p> </p> </div></p> </p> Salary wise, they combine for ~$33 million this season ($19+ for Kobe, $13+ for Pau). Have to assume Wallace would be leaving since he's got the biggest salary, Kirk too for that same reason. And they'd want to be getting solid young pieces back for either of them, so I can't imagine the trade happening with out some grouping of Deng/Gorden/Thomas/Noah being moved.</p> Long story short...if it were to happen, I don't know how much you'd have left around the two of them.</p>
Its hard not wanting to trade away tons of assets, keeping one of our young studs (Gordon) and shipping out all the other assets to make a win now run.</p> Now I think one thing you can work under the assumption is if you get Gasol, you get Navarro.</p> So maybe a trade of</p> Bulls Receive:</p> Kobe Bryant Pau Gasol Juan Carlos Navarro</p> Lakers Receive:</p> Luol Deng Ben Wallace Tyrus Thomas : (</p> Grizzlies Receive:</p> Kirk Hinrich Thabo Sefolosha Joakim Noah</p> Bulls would still be left with:</p> PG-Ben Gordon/Chris Duhon SG-Kobe Bryant/Juan Carlos Navarro SF-Andres Nocioni/Viktar Khryapa PF-Joe Smith/???? C-Pau Gasol/Aaron Gray</p> We'd be thin up front, but I'ms ure we could entice a guy like Chris Webber, and maybe get a guy like Earl Barron to round out the big man rotation. We have a very sound starting 5, and I'd be confident in that team competing wtih the Celtics. Have some good pieces off the bench with Duhon, Navarro...</p> </p>
The Bulls are in an interesting spot...I know most of you are going to disagree, but I don't think they're going to get to the next level standing pat with this roster, but if they try and trade what it's going to take for Kobe or Pau, they realistically won't be that much better...what they need is a stroke of luck. It looks like the Lakers aren't going to budge from their strong demands for Kobe, and the Grizzlies appear in no rush to deal Pau for less than market value either.</p> They don't need a drastic makeover from what they have now, they just need a post scorer, and the best way to get that without trading half the franchise is how to do it.</p> Paxson's going to have his work cut out for him trying tomake that next move, but then again title teams aren't built everyday, so I'm not really saying anything.</p>
