Kirk and Deng seem to be more well-rounded (does that have a hyphen?  I want to say it doesn't but I'll use it anyway) and have a higher ceiling when it comes to tools.  Gordon can score and has a higher FG%, 3PT%, and FT% for his career than Hinrich (though Hinrich had a higher FT% last year).  So it's obvious Gordon can shoot, he just only played 31MPG last year while Hinrich had 36.5.  Gordon had a great increase from his rookie year of 24.4, so it's likely he'll see more minutes this year.  If he can keep up shooting and play 35MPG, his PPG will go up to 19.1.  While that's a good number, he needs more than that to become the kind of all-star caliber player we'd like for him to be.

Hinrich and Deng have higher ceilings bc Hinrich and dish out assists, while Deng can get rebounds.  Both can score, while not as high as Gordon, Hinrich with his APG and ability to be the maestro for our beloved Bulls, gives him the edge to Gordon.  I'm also giving Deng the edge bc if he average 14.3 PPG and 6.6 RPG last year, while he did player a considerable more amount of minutes than his rookie year, his FG% did increase somewhat and is higher than both Gordon's and Hinrich's.  Deng didn't have a fair chance at improving like Gordon and Hinirch last off season bc he broke (or fractured, I don't remember which), and couldn't bulk up and gain muscle like he should have.  So with Deng being able to do just that this off season, it's likely his numbers will increase at a higher rate than last season, also raising his ceiling for when he gains more experience.

I won't go into Noc that much.  He's 3.5 years older than Gordon (better phrased as 15 years younger than Sue369) and will have a lower ceiling for development as a result.  Noc put up fucking gaudy numbers at the end of last season and playoffs, so the brother can play, but it's just a question of if he can do that every game (or at least a good number of all games) and for how much longer.  Also, Noc can rebound, which Gordon really can't.

So I'd much rather keep Hinrich or Deng than Gordon.  When it comes to Noc, I'm not 100% sure.  We'd need more points out of someone to replace Gordon (he did lead our team last season) and while they could come out of Ty and Sefolosha, that still leaves open the notion that they might not have as high FG%, 3P%, and FT% as Gordon.  Also, it's easily possible that with Deng's improvement (which is likely and expected for reasons I stated earlier) and Ty's presence, they could easily account for the loss of RPG and PPG if Noc were to leave.  Plus, they're a lot younger than Noc (and Sue).

So, if I had to trade away either Gordon or Noc (or let one walk bc Reinsdorf doesn't want to pay a lot of luxury tax even if it means keeping the core we all know and love together), I'd want it to be Noc.

Wow, the Adderall my doc just gave me sure is having an effect.  Hey Matt, are you impressed that I've been able to type long comments that are deep in substance and closely related to da Bulls?