1) I can’t help but be happy about all the juicy tidbits.

I didn’t know Noah was a guy the Kings wanted so bad in the draft. Makes you wonder if Pax was maybe close to pulling off some sort deal similar to the year before in which he traded Aldridge for Tyrus and Victor.

2) Do the Bulls have anyone on the block with Gerald Wallace type talent? We may be outta out league here but if they want an expiring deal like Gooden’s, then we’re in business.

It really is the perfect deal for the Bulls. I’m not saying Miller is gonna bring us a championship, but without question he’ll be a huge help. His contract expires just in time for 2010, it’s just set up perfectly for Pax to get the damn thing done.

meant to respond to illini

But, why not give them what they want? We could offer Gooden, Noah and Simmons for Miller and Hawes…Miller is rental, Hawes is the future and we get to keep Thomas. The deal works, though there may be an issue with the Luxury Tax.

pooh for pooh.

The Kings have no interest in trading any of their youth unless a viable star comes back as part of the package. Geoff Petrie may have wanted Noah last year, but as of this moment he would not deal Hawes for Noah.

If the Kings can’t get young potential talent or a pick for Miller they’ll hold onto him. He’s a good teammate and would have no problem adjusting to fewer minutes as Hawes and Jason Thompson develop. I also do not believe that the Kings have any interest in taking on longer term contracts (Hinrich, Nocioni, etc.).

It’s interesting how this stuff works – we bash Miller at StR but don’t want to give him away for nothing, while you guys bash T2 and Noah here but don’t want to give them away for nothing.

It all boils down to whether you think that Miller gets you into the playoffs, and is that worth dealing Tyrus Thomas. The Kings are not going anywhere this year either way, so it’s make moves for the future or don’t make the move. Unless they thought that trading Miller for expiring gave them the lead dog position for Carlos Boozer next summer, I just don’t see them dealing Miller for anything less than a prospect.

I’ve been looking at the salaries, and the biggest obstacle I see as far as the Bulls is that they almost have to add Tyrus or a more highly paid player to avoid the LT. Miller makes $11.375M. Gooden only makes $7.15M. Even adding Simmons as filler would still create a net increase to our salary that would put us over the luxury tax.

Especially if we give up Gooden, I don’t know if we can afford to move Thomas or Noah. That just doesn’t make much sense to me to do. I’d be willing to trade Tyrus under the right circs, but I don’t think trading him away when we’re moving the guy in front him makes a lot of sense. What would work financially (this season) for the Bulls would be something along the lines of:

Bulls send: Gooden, Nocioni, Simmons
Bulls get: Miller and Shelden Williams

That actually takes $2M off our cap this year, which would facilitate another trade this season, and at least give us some breathing room.

Next year it creates a net increase of $4.75M to our guaranteed salary, which means you can kiss Gordon goodbye without a replacement (because we’ll be that close to the LT in all likelihood) unless we manage another salary-shedding trade (of Hughes or Hinrich, I guess). So that’s a bit of a problem, but it is a workable one. I do think Miller is a slight upgrade to Gooden, and we lock him in for another year.

I’m also one of the few folks besides Candice Parker, I guess, who wouldn’t mind seeing what Shelden Williams has to offer.

I’ve heard the Bulls have no interest in Miller, and if you think about it, he basically makes no sense for where the team is now. The Bulls aren’t playing for a championship this season or next. So what’s the point of picking up a 32-year-old center on the decline for one or more of their young players? To win three more games this season? Maybe.

-Sam Smith

I want Brad Miller talk at the forefront of our minds :)

saying to keep Noah and Thomas are the same ones that are talking smack about them in other forums. People just want to disagree just to disagree. VDN needs to start Thomas, Noah and keep them in the game for at least 28 minutes. VDN keeps playing guys that are not gonna be with the Bulls within the next couple years and we are never going to develope T & N. I could see the Bulls trading Thomas and Noah, they get playing time and become allstars.

Not really but you never know.

I’ll be shocked if [the Bulls] don’t land Brad Miller.

Hoopsworld (not poopsworld Joel Brigham). (swiped from the RealGM board)

Brad Miller (Sacramento): Chad, my bags are packed and my shotgun is in the trunk, where am I headed?

Chad Ford: The Kings are going nowhere and Miller still has some size and scoring ability. The Bulls have always seemed like the most legit destination. They need the size and have a few pieces to spare. I think you’re gone by the trade deadline.

Josh (Los Angeles, CA): Isn’t a younger big like Kaman a better fit for Chicago, can a deal be made?

Chad Ford: Yes, but Kaman will cost the Bulls something I’m not sure they’re ready to give up — a young guy like Joakim Noah or Tyrus Thomas. Miller won’t fetch as steep a price, maybe just Drew Gooden and change.

Link

Miller is available but I haven’t heard the Bulls express much interest thus far. The feeling is if they do go after a big man, it will be the Clippers’ Chris Kaman, who reportedly still isn’t being shopped.

KC Johnson

From the Sacramento Bee

The thing about Miller is that – based on conversations with executives, coaches and agents around the league – the interest in him continues to be lukewarm. For all the time I spent looking at the possibilities with Chicago, I left out the part about the Bulls having almost no interest at this moment.

Sorry…

SacBee Miller update.

I wanted to see a Country Mouse Meets City Mouse reinactment with Miller and Noah.

But yeah, every sign I see coming out is basically that if Pax wasn’t secretly abducted months ago:
1. He actually likes and values Nocioni and Hinrich, and isn’t going to trade them.
2. He really doesn’t give much of a rat’s behind about making a move in 2010.
3. His vision of what constitutes building a winning team is… well, hell if I know.