“Completely screwed the best player on the team in BG by failing to sign him to an extension.”
BG is not the best player on the team.
I value Deng’s all around game much more than BG’s!
But even IF you think he’s the best player on the team – his team won 33 games last year! Certainly not worth 15m / year, not even 12m / year.

They offered BG a FAIR offer last year and he turned it down!
There is no other team out there willing to pay BG that much, and you think the Bulls are “screwing” him? Maybe, just maybe, BG doesn’t fit into the future plans of the Bulls now after lucking into Rose?! That was a risk BG took.

I still don’t understand the love for BG on BAB? His defense and ball-handling are attrocious. I would rather keep Kirk than BG for this coming season! Kirk can play both guard positions well. BG cannot!! Kirk has shot well from the 3 in the past. With Rose coming on but being young, Kirk is the better choice to keep right now.

“He does, however, deserve to be paid for what he produces for the club, 20 points per game.”
Again, what about all the other aspects of his game (defense) that he does NOT do well? Cartainly not worth even $10m / year in my mind. Geesh, if we just want someone who can score, let’s get Crawford back.

Offense may win the fans, but defense wins championships. This past NBA finals was more proof of that!

and still be under the luxury tax, which right or wrong are the rules pax has to play by. I don’t think any future players will be dissuaded from coming to play in chicago based on this. The bulls have spent their money, unfortunately it is allocated where it is and bg is left out in the cold.

with or without bg this team is not going to contend for anything more than the #8 seed in the 08-09. Chemsitry should only enter the picture for title contenders.

Noah grabs rebounds better than anyone else on the team, does that mean we should pay him the most money when we resign him? Being a – more or less – one dimensional scorer who doesn’t contribute on the other end (he’s not a terrible defender, but he is bad and he does get exploited) is a value limiter. He shouldn’t get neat Deng money because Deng can do a bit of everything. He hits the boards, he defends his position very well, he slashes and gets to the rim and he can finish. Oh and there’s that long jumper that he’s so proficient at. Deng > BG (oh and Deng’s younger too).

he doesn’t get into the lane enough and he doesn’t pass enough. he can do both things, yes, but he doesn’t do them enough. and I also stand by stance that last year and not this year was the aberration. He maxed out on the things that he is good at pretty much. He had a TS% of 57% that year and had his highest USG% since his rookie year. I can’t see him doing much better than that level of efficiency, and even with all that he was only at an 18.2 PER and shoddy defense.

anymore than you do. I hated Hinrich’s pouting, miserable display all year. I’d much rather keep Ben than not. I just think the idea that he should be paid more than Deng or even the same amount is ludicrous and Ben’s ego is apparently gigantic. 60-63 million over 6 years for BG (throw some incentives in if you like to increase the overall value) would make me very happy.

but that doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be factored in the negotations and our evaluations of these players. Also, if the only reason that Gordon’s efficiency is going up is playing with Rose, shouldn’t Rose be getting the credit for that and not BG? Granted, Rose is locked onto a rookie salary, but still Rose making BG better shouldn’t mean more dollars for BG should it?