bleck!

We’d be better off keeping Hughes and his 2010 expiring contract. Randolph would add more years, more salary, and more headaches. Putting his character around Thomas, Rose, and Noah would pollute the locker room as well.

We should want no part of Zach Randolph except as an intermediary passthrough device to facilitate a trade to another team.

Tryus will be better off with a point guard that can break down a defense

last month in Portland.

Randolph unique skillset will still attract suitors. I just don’t know if there are enough Isiah Thomas’ in the NBA anymore.

Yes, that’s the veteran leadership we are all about!

Seriously, if a team thinks a 20/10 guy is that detrimental to team success that they trade him for a mediocre role player (Frye), and another player they just intended to buy out (Francis), I don’t think the Bulls should ever in a 10000 years consider acquiring Zach Randolph.

last season. Gooden’s can be a decent player, but there’s a reason Cleveland traded him. Just because Gooden has a post move or two doesn’t mean he should be posting up regularly either. He’s one of the most valuable trading chips and doesn’t fit the long term picture. There’s no reason to hold on to him if Paxson can get something in return and move longterm contracts.

I’ll have to look into it sometime. Between work and two separate vacations the next couple of weeks, I’m not sure I’ll have the chance to do this. HOWEVA, it’s really something that is germane at any point during the offseason, so I suppose posting the graphic after all offseason moves wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.

can’t combine the trade exception for a player…and that trade sucks for the Clippers.

will play better depending on how Vinny coaches him…everybody played selfish under Boylan

They want Brand. I really don’t want him on the Bulls. But the Heat could also be interested in Hinrich and Nocioni. If Brand is moving, say to the Heat, would the Clips have interest in Hinrich AND Nocioni.

I don’t know who we get back in these scenarios. I like to start spec trades with the player I want to acquire rather than the player I want to move.

Anything positive* they can get from that older tier is what they should go for. For those guys, Paxson shouldn’t be looking to “win” trades, only to position the team better for the future.

*positive = less years, younger/more potential, draft picks, more harmonious personalities, etc.

cranscape and I got into this a few days ago. It’s one thing to just speculate everything on theory, but let’s also talk about some “real”, reasonably possible, concrete, etc. ideas that could actually happen.

for NBAO to actually ‘see’ the trade before it happens first. Then he’ll come down from the mountaintop and let us all know.

Riley won’t draft Beasley to play for the Miami Heat. He may select him, but for another club. Beasley doesn’t fit the Riley profile. He prefers bigs that he can dump it into the post in a half court set that won’t give nullify every make with a giveaway bucket at the other end. Beasley’s D will take away whatever he gives you.

Riley does like Brand who is also a little undersized in terms of height, but Brand is wide and offensive player do not move around him to get to the rim with ease. If they score on Brand it’s by hitting jumpers or running moves, but predominantly via lower percentage shot attempts.

Moving down the board. If Miami isn’t drafting Beasley to play for the Heat, for whom is he drafting him? You have to ask who wants Beasley? Wolves at #3? Sonics certainly at #4. Memphis definitely at #5.

Are the Wolves going to take in Beasley when Kevin McHale spent an entire season of moves to build around Al Jefferson? Does he want another offensive power forward that will yield whatever he produces? McHale isn’t drafting Beasley to play for the Wolves. Back in the Riley saddle. Does he let Beasley slide and just take the player that the Wolves actually need in Brook Lopez? Could he take Bayless and add yet another combo guard to a roster that already has 4 of them? The Wolves could use a PG that can shoot the three merely as a decoy to dump it into low post beast Jefferson. Keep the perimeter defender on the PG. Hinrich does that. Telfair does not. Can you pair Bayless with Foye/McCants? They all do the same thing.

Still with me or already abandoning ship?

We take Derrick Rose. We just keep that in the Al Gore lockbox until our 150 seconds have expired after Stern opens the draft.

I don’t think 2-5 have any doubt that the Bulls take Rose #1 overall. But there’s no reason we should give them this confirmation now unless we’re talking about engineering trades.

I follow the NBA pretty close, but not college ball.
Usually for a couple months before the draft, I study up on the players projected to be top twenty. But this year, I haven’t. Just studied Rose, Beasley, and Mayo.

But Larry Brown likes players who play tough and have a good attitude, and he doesn’t like rookies, plus, they are having issues because players don’t want to go there for workouts.

Maybe he would take Noc or Kirk in some kind of package.

So I figure that the scouting department could probably find somebody helpful there.

I always liked Marcus Camby, and wouldn’t mind bringing him here if we didn’t give up too much. But I don’t think he would still be on our team when the rest of the core reached their peak.

Chauncy would be great, but I don’t see Joe D wanting anything we offer, the impression I got was that he wanted to make a superstar type trade.

But those are two more good names…

I see the reasons not to want Carmelo, but I still think having one dynamic scorer, that is a similar age to our core, would be great. So if he is available, I think we should make a run for him. ( I don’t actually think he is available though)

I do think that if we can get Marion, Maggette, or Brand now, then we should trade now.

that’s exactly what i’d want – get a 5. we don’t need another 4, but a guy who is big enough to play the 5 but isn’t as huge and lumbering as gray. gray should NOT be our 2nd string center…

mean….

It’s Noah-Gooden-Gray, and it’s not perfect, but I’d rather see that than Tyrus Thomas traded away in a deal for a very questionable J.O. A 3 man rotation of Thomas, Noah, and Gooden at PF and C should be above average offensively, it’s defense that I’m not sure about, but it’s still the best available option.

indiana would probably need to take back huges right?

is that they’d essentially be trading 2 for 0 with his injury history. That’s major consolidation!

I think it’s best to believe the Pax phone isn’t ringing in regards to the availability of Sefolosha, Hinrich, Nocioni, Gooden, and Hughes. My guess is Nocioni would have to be packaged with Gooden’s expiring deal, and a rookie contract guy better than Sefolosha for J.O. Although Indiana does need a shooting guard…

I think I remember them all being better at 31 than they were at 27, especially if you look at their “complete game” rather than raw stats.

By the way, I also remember reading somewhere that physiologically, and athletically, the average human male attains his peak at the age of 27. So if you mean just pure athleticism, then I wouldn’t disagree with the age of 27 being the marker for one’s prime in that way. I’m just saying in terms of being a complete player, the guys listed above seemed better at 31…

it was the point in the interview when Mr. T phoned in his opinions on Beasley.