Bulls Need to Make Splash at the Draft

 BG7 and the Bulls are done! I doubt you’ll make a splash at the end of what is considered a very weak draft. Besides I don’t think the Bulls need any young players while their window is nowish. Besides Thibs isn’t playing a rookie.

I’d look at a guy like Arron Affalo but I think Denver wants to resign him and JR Smith. No way do I give up Asik after what I saw from him last night. If Thibs would give him more minutes then I think he’ll be their best defensive big.

but the Bulls will never do it, so I’m not gonna bother thinking about it. As for Kevin Martin, he would be a great pickup, but as we’ve seen, Houston is not fun to deal with. They’d probably want D Rose for him. Fuck Morey.

you want to make Paxson look like Kahn? Talk about getting fleeced. 2 firsts for Gordon?! 3 firsts for Martin AND asik and taj. Yikes. Instead of paying Perkins we can just sign a shooting guard.

I also don’t think Houston wants to make a 5 for 1. trade They already have a bunch of C parts. I don’t think they want to acquire more C parts and give up the only B+ part that they have on their whole team.

You realize both of these guys haven’t played a full season in like… Ever? They are both also currently hurt… Again.

But I just don’t think we’ll be able to make that happen. As for BG, there’s too many factors working against something happening there. I think that bridge is burned, at least for now.

If we somehow got Afflalo, I’d be ecstatic. Full MLE for JRich would also be nice, but I think he’ll find a better offer somewhere. I’d also be content with rolling the dice on signing Marcus Thornton to a reasonably sized offer sheet.

This guy has incredible talent and i definetly rate him as a player. He’s been conistant for the Knicks so far and i think you would serve really well in the back court with Rose.

Whats also great about this guy is that he can play the SF position as well, because hes a great rebounder.

Dont know what the situation is on Fields contract with the Knicks, but overall i think he’d make a good fit.

by not acquiring a 2 guard (particularly Stephen Jackson) if the team isn’t good enough to win now.

Here me out -

The Bulls payroll in 2010/11 will be $60 million, up from 54.5 million this season. That is mostly due to Noah extension kicking in. That is without adding 2 low level draft picks.

We are now to believe the Bulls are going to trade Asik, Taj, CJ, Bogans and 4 draft picks for Martin (or Iguodala) who will cost $12 million next season . The Bulls salary before the new CBA kicks in will be $60 million on a 7 man roster. They now have to fill out at least 5 roster spots including a back up PG and 2 back up big men (because Kurt Thomas will be worthless next year) to bolster our team. And this all after the new CBA kicks in which everyone is so worried about and with a Rose extension looming large in the future. I would love for the Bulls purse to this (although I think you give up far too much in this trade) but I don’t believe they will.

Instead, I think the Bulls should have traded for Stephen Jackson. The Bobcats were basically giving him away for free. The Bulls could have got Jackson for a 1st round pick in 2011 and 12, Watson, Bogans and Scalabrine. The Bobcats gave away Wallace for 2 mid first round picks. Well, Jackson has less value. Look at how Portland played this in comparison to the Bulls. The Bulls turned down a needed piece that could have got to them to the championship – Portland got an extra piece just so they could finish 5th in the Western Conference and give OKC or LA trouble.

Looking at the salaries, in 2011/12 you add only $6 million to the payroll but you have your top 9 guys under contract plus, both your young big men, and a late 1st round pick. That is 10 guys, the rest can be minimum contract guys – Payroll about $69 million

In 2012/13, you have Noah, Boozer and Deng for $39 million. You add in Jackson on the final year of his contract for a little over $10 million. You figure Rose doesn’t get the qualifying offer, he gets a full extension, whatever that is, lets say $16 million. Taj makes a little more than $2 million that season. You have a low level guy making about $1 million. You have to resign Asik. But you have Korver and Brewer on extremely cheap buyouts. At the very least you have 7 guys under contract including all 5 of your starters and a way to offer Asik an affordable deal with only about $60 million of committed salary.

Aren’t you in a much better position than going for some home run trade where you have to give up half your team? You’ve given yourself a better chance to win a championship in the present and you’ve maintained your young core for as long as possible.

Since all what I said is now a pipe dream (unless the Bulls can get Jackson over the summer for the same cheap deal) the Bulls best hope may be hoping that they can get a guy like Jason Richardson, Jamal Crawford or Shannon Brown for the mid-level exception (if it still exists) next season. But any way you slice it, with the way the Bulls have approached this, if the mid level exception is gone you are eventually going to have give up Taj and/or Asik and draft picks to acquire a 2. If those guys are so valuable, and I think they are, why not take the option that puts those guys at less risk while still providing a competent 2 guard?

For a List of 2011 free agents –
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ycn-7583462

Ive been saying for awhile now that Bulls are more likely to draft a shooting gaurd than trade for one, IMO. Bulls need a role player at shooting gaurd. Yes, the 2011 NBA draft is short on IMPACT players but maybe not short on role players.

Two days after the trade deadline, we are already speculating about the next trade.

Shooters can be found late in drafts.

and 4 picks for Kevin Martin?

Like, that’s not even legal.

But I have no idea how to gauge what his value would be on the trade market, and whether the Blazers would even be willing to trade him.

Shouldn’t they be giving us draft picks to take his contract off their hands?