It's not nothing. They still have to pay Kirk's ridiculous contract. Hinrich is incredibly mediocre and doesn't really help a lottery team that much. Not only that, but they just enabled CHI potentially set up a dynasty for the next ten years.
I wonder. Even supposing Bynum would pass the physical, would Bosh (a) want to coexist with Pau Gasol, and (b) hitch his wagon to Kobe Bryant, who is just about to break down physically. I don't think trading for Bosh would really improve the Lakers, unless Bynum really is permanently injury-prone, in which case we're back to him failing the physical. Besides, according to J.A. Adande, the Lakers will be landing Chris Paul.
I read or heard somewhere that he gave the Raptors a list of teams, and they were one of his favorites.
Not crazy, but I think I like the Bull's chances a little better ... mostly because of durability questions surrounding 3 out of the 4 players on our roster in that scenario.
Even if they don't land LBJ or Bosh, they could still lure Johnson (who has already apparently shown interest in the Bulls) and Boozer. A core of Rose/JJ/Deng/Boozer/Noah is fricking deadly.
Camby's a lot cheaper than Okafor, we don't have a legit replacement for Roy, and we don't have a penny-pinching owner, so I don't see the situations as at all comparable. And before you ask, no, I don't personally think that would be enough for Paul, but I don't think it's as far off as you suggest.
Your crazy since the first line-up is pure fantasy and the second one has a chance at being real. Replace Paul with Bayless, Miller or some other mediocre point guard then look at the lineups. That Bulls team would fucking pummel the Blazers in a 7 game series. Plus, they will be good for the entire prime of Roy, LMA and Oden's careers. Fuck. I really hope the Bulls get boned in free agency because if they don't Portland is going to be an also ran just like they were in the early 1990's
Fuck it. With a healthy Oden, we compete with any of those teams. But we're only going as far as Oden is taking us.
Kenny Vance is a fucking idiot. He still has no clue about the meaning of capspace. And his love affair with Hinrich is borderline scary.
Against a team that has LeBron, Bosh and Rose? The only chance Portland would have is that the players don't mesh well with one another. They functioned as a team Portland might win a game.
Yep. Against a team that has LeBron, Bosh and Rose. LMA and Bosh largely cancel each other out. LeBron wins big over anyone we have, but Roy beats Rose handily in terms of contributions. We saw what Oden has done to anyone the Bulls have put in the middle. Noah gets slapped around like Oden is Ike Turner. Like I said, fuck it. We're good enough to win a title if we're healthy. All we have to do is gel.
I'm not sure that Washington's a lottery team in the East anymore. John Wall, Josh Howard, Andray Blatche, Javalle McGee and Kirk Heinrich add in what they get for Arenas. Thats a pretty decent team, possibly a playoff team in the East.
