Think of it this way. If this is true... Bulls would have traded away or gave up Gordon, Hinrich, Salmons, Taj, Warrick, Tyrus, Miller, Murray, Thabo, Gooden, the perennial $10M+ in cap space and three 1st round draft picks to get Bosh and have $13M in cap space left over to restock the rest of the roster. Lots of U-Hauls.
And if we traded for the fairy it would have to be our 2012 pick ( seeing as though we traded our pick this year ) and a 2014 pick + Charlotte's pick. If we have a taker for James Johnson for a future 1st round pick that defrays one of the picks we give up we would have approx $34M in cap room which is enough for 2 max contracts - Bosh and James at $16.5M a piece - and Omer Asik if we agrees to $1M a year ( B We'll deal with Deng latterly to address balance in chasing shooting guard depth and a beefy meathead on the front line but I'm thinking Deng to Utah , Boozer to Orlando at $14M per starting in a sign and trade and Pietrus Bass and Roger Mason coming back to Chicago and Anthony Johnson going to San Antonio Noah Bosh James Pietrus Rose bench Asik/Miller ( vet minimum ) Bass Warrick / Alexander ( minimum ) Mason Pargo ( minimum )
Warrick is going to get MLE, and Miller gets MLE and then some. So what's wrong with playing LeBron at PG?
Nothing wrong wit that besides the fact that we have a man named Derrick Rose who plays that position.
I think the Bulls can trade this year's pick, just not this year's and next year's (two in a row in that sense).
Gordon and Hinrich, nice but flawed players that are very replaceable. Warrick, Murray, Gooden, Salmons, Miller (at this point) journeyman that are even more replaceable. Tyrus, crazy. Thabo and Taj, promising youngsters but nothing special yet. The bulls clearly come out on the right end of that deal. And $13 mil is more than enough to get a starting SG and a backup. If its the bulls picks in 2012 and 2014, those should be in the 20's, not that much of a loss. And Bosh is a better fit than any other FA for the current roster. He balances Rose and allows Rose to keep developing. Nobody else does that.
KC Confirms Sams trade idea. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...-0702-bulls-chicago--20100701,0,6297022.story
Even if we do a S&T, there is no way to preserve the $30 cap space and get Bosh on the roster unless Raptors want Deng which appears not to be the case. Or we trade them Rose, Noah, JJ and Gibson.
Deng is the key in all this, the Clippers are looking for a SF like him they just have to get a little more desperate maybe. Rudy Gay is way overpaid, they actually have comparable numbers which surprised me.
It will be fun to see the Bulls replace all those guys. The point remains that we'd have given up a LOT of talent for one guy. A guy who wants to be THE MAN and who's been to the playoffs twice (lost both times). His team's records: 33-49, 33-49, 27-55, 47-35, 41-41, 33-49, 40-42 (That's worse than even Pax's record with the Bulls as GM) 20-ish picks? Certainly can find a Hinrich replacement (Taj was later than 20).
Bernstein said on his radio show today he is hearing that the Raptors are now open to taking Deng in a sign and trade if we take back hedu. How can we do that? It would have to be Deng,Taj, Pick(s) for Bosh and Turkoglu. Hedo would have to waive his trade kicker for it to happen. Never mind. Hedu cannot legally waive his trade kicker.
Would Hedo fit with us tho? He's basically a declining point forward. This isnt Orlando, if we get lebron, how many diff ballhandlers do we need to run the offense besides Bron and Rose?
Hedo off the bench in a 6th man role? He's got a terrible contract to take on and really puts pressure to win now. I can't see the Bulls wanting any part of it. Maybe they can work some type of S&T with Utah instead to get Boozer & Korver? That fills two needs.
If it meant the difference between getting Lebron here with Bosh by accepting Hedu back, if we can work it somehow, you do it. I dont see how we can.
