Tyrus is more or less gone...

I don’t fawn over Tyrus like some do, but I’d be willing to wait until at least just before the trade deadline. It’d be a shame if he left before showing the Bulls what he could do in a contract year when healthy. And I don’t know how we could lose Hinrich right now: w/ Pargo’s back a mess, Salmons struggling as a guard, and Lindsey as assistant coach, we’re pretty thin in the backcourt.

The Bulls believe Harrington’s ability to score coupled with a $10.2 million expiring contract make this a worthy exchange. Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has long been fond of Thomas, a 6-foot-9 forward whose nimbleness and athleticism makes him an intriguing fit for New York.

Thomas, 23, was the fourth pick in the 2006 NBA draft, and started to fulfill his promise with 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds last season. Nevertheless, Chicago believes it has a worthy power forward successor on the cheap in rookie Taj Gibson(notes), and jettisoning Thomas would also eliminate his approximate $13 million cap hold for the Bulls next summer.

So this would give us an even larger expiring contract. It’s possible he could be resigned at a lower amount, maybe the mid-level exception. At worst, it frees up more cap space to sign the top tier talent in the offseason.

will have a similar effect on the Bulls this year as the salmons-miller deal did last year.

Since only a 1 player upgrade instead of 2 it wont be as big of a improvement but we finally get a player that can play at the 4. he aint a post presence but he hits 3’s around 40% for a few years now so if and or when we put brad and harrington on the court with Hinrich and Salmon the lanes should be as open for Rose as they have ever been.

And defensively this aint a huge step back with Al over Tyrus or taj…i’d say about equal or and improvement. a few years ago Al used to play d with chip on his shoulder and more or less knows where he should be and wont get hit with ticky tack calls Taj will be hit with if we make the playoffs.

This is a great trade!!!

I wouldn’t be too happy, though.
Tyrus’ll get a lot of chances to work on his shot, anyways. :P

I like him not necessarily because of his on-court potential, but because of his off-the-court work with kids and communities.

BUT, more than anything, he’d be a great fit in New York, not only because his playing style really fits in D’antoni’s system, but the Knicks have needed a character guy for a long time.

Dude might sometimes get a little selfish on the court, but you gotta hand it to him for his charity work.

on the other hand, we get a big man who can score, who also has an expiring contract.

Also, I do think that if we get Al Harrington, he’s probably better as a long term solution. And by that, I mean with him, the Bulls are a lot better positioned to lure D-Wade back to Chicago.

Harrington is the tweener version of Hughes…can score in bunches at times….pretty selfish…doesn’t really like to pass or defend. Overall not a bad player but not very good either.

The Knicks just drafted Hill so it doesn’t really make sense to get TT unless they don’t wanna wait for Hill to develop.