Matt McHale believes in Salmons

He makes some good points here, but he also makes some points that I thought were pretty asinine, which I pointed out in the comments on that page... curious to see what BaBers think.

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I get how it works for this season

but for actual team-building, I still think it stinks. Salmons is 3.5 years older. And we should be exited to give him a ‘fat contract’ if he opts out after this season?

Plus, I don’t buy that Salmons is only effective if he plays and shoots a lot, so therefore he had to be given that role once acquired. I could ‘believe in him’ as a 6th man, too.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 27, 2009 11:16 AM CDT reply actions

The Bulls did a decent job replacing Ben Gordon.

John Salmons isn’t on the same level as Ben Gordon, but he’s a good player. The Bulls did a good job replacing Ben Gordon at the shooting guards spot for THIS YEAR.

The problem of course, is that they did a bad job replacing John Salmons at the small forward spot.

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by Andrew7 on Oct 27, 2009 11:59 AM CDT reply actions

blech, no.

Deng, if he gets back, is a far better SF than Salmons. I may need to make a public statement to distance myself from all the Deng criticism here.

Anyway, the Bulls could’ve done an even better job by just not ‘replacing’ anybody, but supplementing. Like real big-time teams do.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 27, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions

is i think hes too slow to be a SG and too bad a rebounder for a SF; which is kinda why I think he’d make a great 6th man, but alas, as mchale proved, he hasn’t been real effective coming off the bench.

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by Calogero on Oct 27, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions

this is the most important thing:

Anyway, the Bulls could’ve done an even better job by just not ‘replacing’ anybody, but supplementing. Like real big-time teams do.

If the Bulls had brought back BG, they’d have a real chance at being a 50-55 win team. They’d also have an additional asset to make a deadline deal for someone like Bosh, or have players for a sign and trade in the offseason.

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by fundamentallysound on Oct 27, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions

Amen brother.

I guess that “amen” also goes to yfBB for that original comment, because that was on the money too. I’m interested to see how this season plays out…

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by Rose Colored Goggles on Oct 27, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Less than a year-and-a-half of Salmons?

Yep, sounds like typical Bulls “long-term planning” that McHale talked about. Sweeeeet.

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by tyger1147 on Oct 27, 2009 12:14 PM CDT reply actions

They had us duped all along.

After Salmons leaves, Hinrich will be the starting SG. It’s not Hinrich’s job that was in jeopardy when they drafted Rose; it was Gordon’s! Aaaaack!!!

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by tyger1147 on Oct 27, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions

i just realized how right you are

as matt once said… the kirk hinrich jersey retirement ceremony is all planned for 2018.

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by Calogero on Oct 27, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions

The big hole is with Salmons at the SG

will anyone other than Rose draw a double team?

Salmons did have good numbers in Sacramento playing for a bad team. Did he ever have to work to stop anyone? It was score more than your opponent in the Wild West. The outcome was few victories.

I do think Salmons can put up similar numbers to his last 18 months. I just don’t know how the other four players will produce while he is out there.

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by NBA Observer on Oct 27, 2009 12:21 PM CDT reply actions