The only way the bulls would take it is if Pryz, Webster, Bayless, and Pendergraph's contracts were expiring. I think they might try to sign someone big in the off season and dengs contract is huge so they might try to dump him. idk about noah though...
Man you are on roll today. And yes, you can see Gar Forman reaching into his purse for the mace as we type.
Yep. I think Chicago probably tries to move some combo of Hinrich and Thomas in an effort to acquire a true low post scorer. They might move Deng for the right deal, but it would seem to me that the player coming back to them would need to somewhere North of the backups in your deal ABM ... and I don't think Pryz is an upgrade over Noah for them.
Hinrich for expiring is perfect for them. Come off-season, they go hard after Boozer - and they are sitting pretty. Hinrich/? for Travis/Miller would work for them, Hinrich for Travis/Blake/? would work for them. And, we will be able to offer the MLE for whichever one they decide not to resign next year. I doubt KP does it, however.
I don't know ... Hinrich's production seems to have fallen off of a cliff, and I wasn't all that impressed with his defense the other night. On the other hand he's played most of his minutes at shooting guard instead of point guard where he belongs, so maybe that is part of the problem? But why would we offer either Blake or Trav the MLE next year? If you are trading them I would assume that closes the book on either player.
Hard to argue with that. He sure does not look good out there, so far. Of course, Deng looked like shit last year. So - maybe they have more data that helps them make these decisions. I think this team values Travis a lot more than people are willing to accept, and the same is true about Blake. Right or wrong, this is the vibe I am getting. Roy is comfortable with Blake and he considers Travis his best friend. Nate trusts Travis as an off the bench go-to scorer and trusts Blake not to make too many mistakes playing next to Roy. And, I get the feeling that KP likes these guys as well, especially Blake.
Deng at least had the excuse of injuries, Hinrich? ... uh ... does an injured psyche count? They may value Travis, but after getting traded I wonder how much he would value them, especially when there are probably teams around the league in need of a scorer with his shooting range? Same goes for Blake, especially if the organization traded him TWICE! "I know this is the second big breakup and I know we said we wanted you back and you're a big part of our core, but it's not you Steve, it's us, can we still be friends?" Frankly I think with the emergence of Rudy as a sixth man, Dante showing a little sumthin' sumthin' at backup power forward and Bayless apparently making strides (I guess?) Does this team really have the inclination to throw 4-5 million at either of these guys with Paul Allen sick (and maybe not so willing to become a big time luxury tax payer), a big extension looming for Greg, Rudy likely due a payday eventually, and so forth? -- I don't know, I'm just asking.
