Its been on my mind for quite awhile. Ever sense Sam Smith wrote about the bulls being ballsy and getting joe johnson and Chris Bosh, ive been considering if the bulls actually thought a plan like that was possible. Thus I propose the following plan, which may not be liked by anyone.

First, let me admit that, like every 2010 plan, there is alot of gamble in the following proposition. However, i think its a gamble worth taking because, at least in my mind, its pretty darn logical.

The first step in this plan is the one concept that i think this site will have trouble swallowing. That is, at the end of the season, let ben gordon go. Simply put, ben gordon is not a great compliment to rose, and this has nothing to do with his size (although he is short). The problem with the gordon/rose backcourt is the simple fact that gordon does not hide any of roses' weaknesses. He doesnt help roses game at all. I think someone is bound to make the argument that gordon draws attention to on the offensive end and that opens things up for rose, but really, any starting sg should be able to do that. The bulls have no real option at sg other than bg and hughes at the moment, and ben gordon is better at drawing the defense simply because he is the best sg on the team. Defensively gordon and rose dont help each other, and offensively gordon is a liability when he is doing anything but looking for his shot. Sure gordon can make passes, but too often he does too much and commits a turnover, and how many times has he gotten the ball from rose and went full head of steam into the offense, never really trying to set rose up.

Couple that idea with gordon and his contract, and simply put, im tired of overpaying players. Going back in time, i would say noch deserves the contract duhon is playing with  now, hinrich deserves noch's contract, deng deserves hinrichs contract, and well gordon can settle for something along the lines of what he was offered two seasons ago. However, none of htat can be true, and gordon wont take the contract from two years ago. And despite how much growth and potential he may have, i dont think his playing style will ever fit nicely with rose, so before we give a contract to regret, do what you shouldve arguablly done with so many others, and just let him go.

Next Trade nocioni. Couple him with a few first round picks or whatever (does anyone here want anymore draft picks coming in and not playing?) and ship him off for expiring contracts. Noch doesnt suck, he is actually an awesome role player. The problem is that his contract is a bit too big and a bit too long for a guy who will never start for this team. After that is gooden. Ultimately i think we should also let gooden go, but if he is willing to sign for a much cheaper contract (which most likely he wont) id sign him cuz he can at least be an option on the team for a few years.

Noah and tyrus i would ultimately keep (if you keep gooden then trade one of them) i think they deserve one more year to prove if they are busts or not, and they are young enough to be patient with. Although if to get rid of noch you had to get rid of one, i would do it.

Hopefully these moves take place this offseason, or at least the start of the next season. Then next season, without gooden, without gordon, without noch, we would ultimately SUCK. It would be a pretty devastating season, and i wouldnt see the bulls going into the playoffs, but i can see a few things happening that may benefit the bulls. The obvious should be development. Sort of like when a.i. left philly, iggy really got a chance to up his game, mainly because no one expected that team to do anything, and special talents get the chance to go out and play and try to produce. This year we have the same roster as the one that beat miami two years ago (or at least close to that roster) but after we lose so many pieces, the 2009/2010 bulls will be a mold, with d. rose being hte only real player. Hughes will get to play out (that is if we keep him, if we trade him now it would be fine too) hinrich could remain on the team because theres a law of physics that says that the bulls must always have either hinrich or gordon on the team (okay actually he can get traded if we keep gordon, but if we take the easier route, get rid of gordon and keep hinrich who will be cheaper than gordon, we at least have a good combo guard who will benefit us later in my plan) and tyrus and noah get plenty of time to go out, make mistakes and learn, since there really is no one else on the team

Larry hughes if not traded will eventually expire in 2010, and we have no reason to bring him back, thus going into that magical offseason, we would have alot of capspace. Im sure i did the math wrong, but i think we would have over 37 million dollars of cap open. Thats when we go into free agency. Chris bosh should be our main target, who has so much skill that he can play center or pf, inside or outside, and can play equally good on both ends of the court. Joe Johnson i would prefer to get, but i am sure that every team that needs a sg will be making runs for him, and i think the cavs or the knicks will be the high bidders (especially since we will exaust more money into bosh) so in that case i would say get a t-mac. T-mac should be fine for at least the next 3-4 years, though he is injury prone he wont have to attack as much or as hard as in houston since he will be with a healty center and a pg who can finish probably better than him. T-mac will always attract double teams, and he is a solid defender (and that has nothing to do with height)

Now you must be thinking, if the bulls suck so damn much, why would anyone want to come to the bulls. Well the answer is obvious. First off chicago is like the 3rd biggest market for basketball (NY and LA i think are the only ones above chitown) so  T-mac will be able to endorse alot of products here (he has to be thinking about business after basketball at this stage in his career) and someone like bosh will be in a market where his talents will be more recognised. The revenue those players will get will be amazing. Next the bulls will no doubt show that they have the potential to be a great team (thomas and noah should be playing at a high level regularly rather than occasionally at this point) with a solid sf in deng. And d. rose will be in the top 5 pg rank, and rising! Meaning adding two more superstars will make the bulls contenders...i mean take a look at a lineup like this

Rose
T-Mac
Deng
Noah or Thomas
Bosh

thats formidable right there, add maybe a hinrich (if he is still on the team) as a guy who can come out play some defense, run the point, or knock down some threes (there should be alot more open shots for him) and add gray as another big who only has to play 5 min, and maybe even throw in a thabo that has some sort of consistency, and thats a nice 8-9 man rotation that can compete with anyone, and is young enough to do it for 82 games.

Eh but its pretty out there i think, logical in my eyes, but a gamble and it includes one year of total crap from this team. Not to mention that it has alot to do with thomas and noah and even deng and rose developing the way they should rather then the way they have. But if you look at what the bulls have been doing lately, it almost seems that they are on a track with a plan like this. Not paying gordon, playing noch so much, trying to accomadate hughes.....i dont know....

But Bosh has to come here in 2010, and we need to get a better sg, cuz ben gordon (nor kirk, nor hughes nor thabo) wont compliment rose good enough to ever really compete. Thats my radical thinking, bash away!