...if you look at the Wizard’s players many of them have vastly improved their shooting percentages (Roger Mason has increased his almost 10% over last year from about 33% to 43% and from like 32% to 39% from 3) and their FT shooting percentages. I’ve read and seen a few pieces on TV attributing this improvement to the Wizards hiring a shooting coach, Dave Hopla. Given the Bulls shooting woes this season, might it not be worthwhile to consider bringing someone in to work with the guys on their shots on a consistent basis. Hopla is locked up to the Wiz, but surely there are other shooting coaches out there that the Bulls could add to the staff to help TT, Noah, and Thabo develop greater consistency on their jumpers (and in the case of the bigs their FTs).

I guess it’s just as likely that Mason Jr. just finally got “it” this year, but I tend to believe that improved shooting / confidence resulting from having regular feedback on his shot had much to do with it. As has been mentioned before, confidence in one’s abilities makes a huge difference in performance.

Not this nickel and dime marginal upgrade that still gets you eliminated in the second round of the East.

Has Baron Davis fallen out of favor with Nellie and Golden State? He still wants more money right? And isn’t Monta Ellis up for a big deal now, too? I think they have to ship Baron. Can the Bulls do a sign-and-trade involving Gordon, Ty Thomas, and a player still to be determined based on what Gordon’s deal ends up being, for B Diddy and Biedrins? I don’t know if Golden State would want to pair Gordon with Ellis neither being a PG, but it seems like Baron is on the way out the door. I think Nellie would love Ty.

I also still like the previously proposed deal involving Nocioni and Gooden for Lamar Odom, assuming there would be interest on LA’s end.

Al Jefferson, and as it turns out, if we had drafted him, we could have KG now! more seriously, I’m still a Tyson fan so I’ll count him. and then, if we can package Hughes and a pick or Gooden and get Okafor, I’d do it, we would have a much better chance of trading him later. didn’t Larry used to be on team Jordan? and anyway, Larry’s a better bad pg than Felton. If we accept that Gordon is currently difficult to replace, then maybe trying out Okafor and seeing if their preexisting relationship invigorates them both is worth a shot. obviously not all the same things that worked for them in college will work in the pros, but theoretically some of them will.

truth be told, neither Redd nor Okafor is the kind of talent that will really change the game for us, if we’re committed to developing our young bigs, which I’m not sure we are, and have existing concerns about perimeter defense, which I’m sure we do.
but hey, they’re both good character guys, and I heard we value that.

I’m trying to get some of the snark out, but finding it difficult…
um ok, so I think we may have realized that the only bonafide #1 guy talentwise, who may be availabe is Gil, and nobody even knows whether he’s serious about taking less, whether DC is trying to keep him, or if he’ll ever be who he used to be.
I know Iguodala just had that horrible game 2, and he’s not a #1, but I honestly think he could be a legit #1.5 and with a couple of those, a good coach and our old defensive mentality, we could be winning team again.
I think we have to really address Hughes before we can get much better though, and I’d be down to sign BG and deng to qualifying offers so we can dramatically restructure a year from now.

consistent lineups and a good coach might get us to the playoffs next year, esp if we play a style that maximizes our talents

I will put in a plug for Pietrus again, and hope that somebody really wants Ben, and we can sign and trade for 1 or 2 decent pieces in return.