no need for Rose to notch as many minutes as he is.

Does this put the Bulls into the TAX???

Two things; Hinrichs injury might be worse than perceived and is a cut or trade coming?

everyone watch out and do not listen to his business plans or buy a house from him.

http://www.flippingfrenzy.com/2008/08/25/lindsey-hunter-and-mortgage-fraud/

blockquote>Hunter is a true ball hawk in every sense. This is a guy who has no problem putting the pressure on full from the second he gets on the court until he leaves it. He rags opposing ball-handlers from coast to coast, occasionally teaching opponents the hard way that they should avoid lackadaisical inbounds passes and attempts to walk the ball up floor. Hunter is reputed to have great strength for a 6-2, 170-pound point guard, and he uses his body effectively to make up for the quickness that he has lost over the years.

Hunter forces the ball out of opposing point guards’ hands, and he is particularly useful against reserve combo guards running the point who have less-than-superb ball-handling skills. He can make life in the backcourt a nightmare for those players, forcing either rushed offense, turnovers or a shorter rest than anticipated for the opposing starters. All of these are benefits for Hunter’s team. Though his sample size was small with Detroit last season, it’s worth remembering that the Pistons were 2.1 points better per 100 possessions defensively with Hunter on the floor than without him. He also held opposing point guards to just 46.8 percent effective field goal shooting in that span.

Lindsey Hunter may be 37 years old, but he is the consummate professional and the provider of a rare mix of experience and skill set in today’s NBA. He has played in 141 playoff games and won two NBA titles. While he might not have loomed large in the box scores for many of those games, this is a man who made his presence felt when he got on the floor. At the veteran’s minimum, it’s hard to believe he won’t be getting a shot to get on the floor again somewhere this season.

Always respected your game

…especially w/ Hughes coming back. I was hoping this was maybe an indication that the Bulls don’t like Hughes as much as everyone pretends. I guess this does make sense as an insurance sign for Rose getting hurt. Or Hughes getting hurt again.

Having only Gordon, Sefolosha and Hughes as the guards, even for only a few games, would be utterly disastrous.

I understand everyone’s excitement. Lindsey had less than mop-up duties last season.

I guess his straw was pulled in the “Old guy free agent point guard” sweepstakes between him, Darrell Armstrong, and Damon Stoudemire.

It’s “meh” for me…but hopefully he can bring something (not quite sure what) to the table.

that this means “bye bye” to some of our other players. I don’t think you make this signing unless (a) you’re in “win now” mode as a contender (maybe Pax is that delusional, but I don’t think so), or (b) you’re going to need the depth. As of now, we don’t need the depth. I hope Pax creates a need for depth by shipping out some peeps.

I like the signing. It’s not like he deserves routine minutes like Kirk, but he’s still an intelligent player who can give us spot duty at the PG spot and play solid (and he gets away with a lotttt of cheap crap) defense. Besides, we need a token vet “leader” in the locker room.

Basically, the signing Hunter for some set of games will reduce our trade flexibility because we accrue more salary against the LT threshold.

So if we cut him after 10 games, for example, we only pay him $97k. However, that $97k counts against our cap, and we already have only a couple hundred thousand worth of flexibility we might need to make a trade work.

So for those of you who think this might herald a deal, it probably heralds no deal.