2010 Free Agency

Boozer is definitlely leaving. the next probable guy is Stoudemire because the Suns want to save money
I doubt Bosh leaves. He is very loyal. The top 3 free agents I think that will be available are
1 Stoudemire
2 David Lee
3 Boozer
David Lee is the cheapest and is the best rebounder. He also is a better inside scorer than Boozer and the youngest.
I will say it again I think its very unlikely JJ joins another team. He is in a great situation in Atlanta and there is no reason I see why he should leave. If salmons does opt out I think a good option for the Bulls is Raja Bell and then MIke Miller or Kellena Azubukie. Bell is a terrific defender and a good 3 point shooter.

The Bulls have to give themselves an opportunity to be in the running for a Franchise changing player. Kobe is aging my friend. In three years Kobe will not be a top player you watch. He can barely dunk now. This is his 14th year in the league. The AI’s and the Duncans and the Kobes are starting to get long in the tooth. The Lakers might be a lottery team in 3 years.

and the reason Kobe cannot dunk is because of his injuries and he is too competetive to sit out games. if you gave LBJ or DWade Kobe’s injuries I am sure they would be pretty affected by them too. Also take in the fact that even with all the injuries Kobe is as affective as ever. He will still be a beast in 3 years even if his athleticism sharply declines. Because he has prepared himself he has added more to his game, He has added a great low post game. His defense won’t decline that much either. Look at Bruce Bowen for example. If he could keep playing so could Kobe. The Lakers will still be a top team in 3 years. The Celtics are really old, but do you see a huge decline, no.
I also am worried that JJ could join the Celtics. Think about it they could give him Ray Allen’s expiring 18 million. He would want to join them because with him they are surely the best team in the NBA. They could also add a Raja Bell with the expiring contract of Scalabrine.

Bulls trade luol deng and tyrus thomas to pheonix in a wtf moment for amare at the deadline….
This will set up the happenings of 2010….

First off, lebron adn wade stay on their teams….

New york signs Bosh, Lee, and Steve Nash
New york then trades bosh and evan turner (who they draft) to Chicago for amare and James Johnson
Miami signs Ray Allen and Carlos Boozer
Celtics Sign Kyle Korver
Joe Johnson is Signed by Cleavland

Rationale:
Phoenix realizes they cant do much this year and that they need to rebuild decide to trade amare for tyrus thomas a young player that they can develop and luol deng, a young player that they can utilize to remain competetive, while releasing amare. This also works out due to kerr and paxsons friendship…

IN the offseason amare ends up with the knicks as the knicks and d’antoni try to recreate his offense but a better version, with steve nash, chandler, amare, and lee…which is actually a good way to recreate it…

ray allen is let go by the celtics, but they sign kyle korver, basically their title run is near an end, but they try to remain competetive and get younger…

Cleavland finds a way to sign joe johnson to be scottie for lebron (not a bad plan)

miami tries to recreate what they did with shaq, with boozer and ray allen making an inside outside attack with wade finishing off everything in his path…

ehh im playing gears of war while typing this so i lost any train of thought i had….so ill explalin things later or something…bah

we will be better next year with free cap

We end up with Joe Johnson and Carlos Boozer, who both sign for about 14 to 15 million a peice. When (1) ring with that team and blow it all up 5 years from now when Rose will be 26, Deng 29 and Noah 29. Rebuild around thoses (3) and hope to win more rings.

31,397,030 million in expirings. They could easily sign Joe Johnson and other guys.

Assuming Wade and James do not leave their current teams…

1.) Bulls deal Hinrich, Jerome James and change before the deadline for either Ray Allen or Tracy McGrady ( I like Ray Allen better, as he spreads the floor for Rose, but McGrady when healthy is better at almost everything else).

2.) Salmons opts out of final contract year to sign a mulit year deal before the new CBA kills his chances at big bucks and a 3-5 year MLE contract. Tyrus is let go.

3.) Bulls end up with near max cap space for 2 star FAs. Bulls recruit and sign Bosh and Johnson.

4.) Bulls pick up a couple of cheap contracts for the bench (I like either CDR or Anthony Morrow; could also sign Ray Ray for less money. Unrestricted free agent Duhon would be, as always, a decent back up point guard if you could sign him for a mid-level contract; Luke Ridnour is another decent option).

5.) Your 2010-11 Bulls starting 5/ Bench:
Rose/ Duhon or Ridnour
J. Johnson/ CDR?
Deng/ James Johnson
Bosh/ Gibson
Noah/Asik/Miller?

i honestly have no idea where my head was at when i posting the comments…at some point it all made sense? ….too much 2k10 in the brain, coupled with lack of sleep, work, and trying to play gears of war with a migraine….again sorry about my post, i wish i could delete it….

Nothing is impossible in my scenario, just unlikely. The Bulls could certainly get under the cap enough to get 2 max FAs (I tend to think of Bosh and Johnson as second tier players, so 15M is max). It would hurt cap flexibility, but it’s not impossible.

I predict that players union reps and player agents will put the fear of God into the less-than- elite players that under the approaching CBA, the era of Isiah Thomas-style money for mediocre to good players is over. I think this off season is going to be whirlwind as agents try to get their clients multi year deals.

Another reason why Salmons opts out and second tier players take less that max deals. And there are always cap exceptions too (MLEs, Bird exception in a sign and trade or in the case of Tyrus, bi-annual etc.).

If we got Bosh and Anthony Morrow and/or CDR, I’d call that a good haul. Rose, I’m beginning to believe, is the real deal: elite athlete, elite scorer, elite distributor (ok 2 outta 3, with potential).

2 Micro fractured knees and a detached retina? Aw hells no…I’m even iffy on DWade givin his injury history adn style of play (balls to the wall).