Redick's Gone. What now?? Three trades worth considering.

I was trying to be optimistic, but alas, the Magic will match the Bulls' offer sheet to J.J. Redick, leaving the Bulls with a serious void at shooting guard, and less than ideal free agent candidates to fill said void.  So what next?

While Kyle Korver isn't a bad piece, he's not a starter.  Neither is Ronnie Brewer, Roger Mason, or Eddie House.  If the Bulls hope to contend with Miami, Orlando, and the Lakers, it will require a legitimate starting two guard capable of - at a minimum - knocking down threes and playing solid defense.  With Redick off the market, these attributes simply don't exist in any of the remaining free agents.  Therefore, I'd target the following three players via trade, who not only possess the attributes mentioned above, but also might conceivably be available at some point between now and the trade deadline: Courtney Lee, O.J. Mayo, and Rudy Fernandez. 

While the chances of acquiring one of these players is admittedly small, each plays on a team containing a glut of guards (ahh, the good old days!), a perilous financial situation, or both, and might therefore be viewed as reasonable trade targets.

The Nets have tons of guards/wings, but scarcely any frontcourt depth.  They essentially have two legit or fringe starters at every guard/wing position: Devin Harris and Jordan Farmar at PG, Anthony Morrow and Courtney Lee at SG, and Travis Outlaw and Terrence Williams at SF.  On the other hand, the only player of note behind Favors and Lopez in their frontcourt is Josh Boone.  You'd think a redistribution of resources might be in order.  JJ and a first rounder for Lee?  Some might complain that a first rounder is too much for Lee, but he can defend and hit the three when he's open.  Plus he's proven he can start on an elite team.

The Memphis Grizzlies are similarly overloaded at the 2 spot with a depth chart featuring O.J. Mayo, talented rookie lottery pick, Xavier Henry, and defensive ace, Tony Allen.  However, while New Jersey is owned by a free-spending Russian billionaire looking to build and legitimize the franchise, Memphis' majority owner is the notoriously cheap Michael Heisley, who has been openly pining to sell his controlling interest for some time now.  Between Rudy Gay's freshly inked $80 million extension and the investment of a lottery pick in Henry, one would imagine that Mayo is not in Memphis' long term plans.  Perhaps Memphis would entertain a package consisting of a 2011 first rounder (the Bulls' or Charlotte's) and Taj Gibson.  Sounds like a lot, but Mayo gives the Bulls a legit starter for years to come at shooting guard who can knock down the three and would flourish defensively in Coach Thibs' system.  Easier to find a backup PF than a starting SG with a complete set of skills.  However, I would imagine that JR wouldn't be too keen on spending to re-sign Mayo in addition to Rose and Noah in the next few years on top of existing large contracts with Boozer and Deng.

Rudy Fernandez would also be a nice catch, and has the potential to be a long term solution to the Bulls' shooting guard woes, as well as the ability to play either wing position.  After stealing away Wesley Matthews from the Jazz and trading up in the draft for rookie shooting phenom, Luke Babbit, the Blazers are pretty stacked with starters and rotation players on the wing, with Brandon Roy, Jerryd Bayless, and Nicolas Batum, in addition to the aforementioned Matthews, Babbit, and Fernandez.  Add in Fernandez' growing discontent over playing time, and something's gotta give.  My guess is either they trade him now, or they will likely be faced with losing him back to Spain.  Perhaps JJ and a second rounder or two would do the trick now that Pritchard is gone.  If not, throw in a first rounder.  Rudy has the shooting range and athletic prowess to be a major contributor to a Bulls team with a definitive void at shooting guard.

This might all be yet another unrealizable pipedream like Lebron, Wade, Bosh, and J.J. Redick(!), but it's certainly a stab in the dark that's worth looking into...especially when the alternatives include Roger Mason, Rafer Alston, and Tracy McGrady.