I’d prefer signing JR out of FA or trading for Iggy before signing J-Rich.

saying the suns likely traded him because his agent always goes for big bucks and they would likely not be willing to pay much for him.

And while its a foregone conclusion that Howard is the best center in the league, the fact that Rose in one offseason went from All-Star reserve to MVP (controversial or not) and isn’t even old enough to rent a car, I would take Rose. Rose possesses certain qualities that I just don’t see in Howard and I happen to think that Rose has the higher ceiling as a PG at this point then Howard has as a C.

That’s a step forward by getting a better player, then three steps back.

But we’re talking about realistic trades.

Then train somewhere ‘warm and pretty’ in the offseason…seems to work pretty well for DRose.

Its 2011, we have heat and AC, weather doesn’t matter that much, especially when you play a game indoors.

Why on earth wouldn’t I want to live here? It’s an amazing city. You’re selling Chicago short if you think otherwise

Guys like Shaq, Mutombo, Ben Wallace, Dwight Howard, etc. dictate what happens in the paint, and make life very difficult for both interior and perimeter players at the rim. I don’t see Noah making it very difficult in the paint for other teams to score at all.

I really think it comes down to a size factor. I think Noah would be fine as a power forward, but he’s too small to be a center of my liking.

He doesn’t have a wide body at all, so he doesn’t have the base to properly defend stronger players in the post. In addition, not having a wider body results in him not taking up as much room in the paint, which makes it easier for other team’s offensive players to operate.

Noah’s standing reach is 8’10.5" and he has a wingspan of 7’1.25". That’s a small, small center.

Compare this to some other players. Shaq has a 9’5" standing reach and a 7’7" wingspan. Greg Oden – 9’4" and 7’4.5". Dwight Howard – 9’3.5" and 7’4.5". Andrew Bogut – 9’2.5" and 7’3".

You want your defensive anchor to be a big, wide, and long player. Noah isn’t all that strong, isn’t wide, and isn’t long. Noah might be more athletic than some of these guys, but when you’re down in the post, you aren’t going to be getting clean jumps, you are going to be jumping with some other guy exerting a decent amount of force on you, so Noah’s athleticism is diminished a bit, especially when the other guy isn’t a stiff in his own right.

One thing that too often get’s overlooked with the 04-05 team was the importance of Eddy Curry to the team’s defensive success. A large reason why our defense was so good that year was because Eddy Curry took up so much space in the paint, making it difficult for the other team to operate, and then Antonio Davis was pretty wide in his own right, so put him together with Curry, and it made life difficult for opposing offenses.

I think there is something to be learned from the 04-05 team with regard to Joakim Noah. Tyson Chandler played at another level defensively, in a large part from getting his minutes next to Curry and Davis, who were both strong wide bodied players that took up space, and impeded opposing offensive players, which gave the jumping jack in Tyson Chandler ample opportunity to alter shots as the offensive players weren’t getting very clean paths to the rim because there was so much mass taking up space in the lane.

If we can’t get a trade for a defensive anchor, I think the route to go ultimately will be to try to pair Asik and Noah. Let Asik lockdown the paint, giving Noah better opportunities to go out and roam with help defense, which should put Noah in a better position to make a defensive impact.

Guys like Shaq, Mutombo, Ben Wallace, Dwight Howard, etc. dictate what happens in the paint, and make life very difficult for both interior and perimeter players at the rim. I don’t see Noah making it very difficult in the paint for other teams to score at all.

I really think it comes down to a size factor. I think Noah would be fine as a power forward, but he’s too small to be a center of my liking.

He doesn’t have a wide body at all, so he doesn’t have the base to properly defend stronger players in the post. In addition, not having a wider body results in him not taking up as much room in the paint, which makes it easier for other team’s offensive players to operate.

Noah’s standing reach is 8’10.5" and he has a wingspan of 7’1.25". That’s a small, small center.

Compare this to some other players. Shaq has a 9’5" standing reach and a 7’7" wingspan. Greg Oden – 9’4" and 7’4.5". Dwight Howard – 9’3.5" and 7’4.5". Andrew Bogut – 9’2.5" and 7’3".

You want your defensive anchor to be a big, wide, and long player. Noah isn’t all that strong, isn’t wide, and isn’t long. Noah might be more athletic than some of these guys, but when you’re down in the post, you aren’t going to be getting clean jumps, you are going to be jumping with some other guy exerting a decent amount of force on you, so Noah’s athleticism is diminished a bit, especially when the other guy isn’t a stiff in his own right.

One thing that too often get’s overlooked with the 04-05 team was the importance of Eddy Curry to the team’s defensive success. A large reason why our defense was so good that year was because Eddy Curry took up so much space in the paint, making it difficult for the other team to operate, and then Antonio Davis was pretty wide in his own right, so put him together with Curry, and it made life difficult for opposing offenses.

I think there is something to be learned from the 04-05 team with regard to Joakim Noah. Tyson Chandler played at another level defensively, in a large part from getting his minutes next to Curry and Davis, who were both strong wide bodied players that took up space, and impeded opposing offensive players, which gave the jumping jack in Tyson Chandler ample opportunity to alter shots as the offensive players weren’t getting very clean paths to the rim because there was so much mass taking up space in the lane.

If we can’t get a trade for a defensive anchor, I think the route to go ultimately will be to try to pair Asik and Noah. Let Asik lockdown the paint, giving Noah better opportunities to go out and roam with help defense, which should put Noah in a better position to make a defensive impact.

promising about winning sbout multipule chips in cleveland.

you should change your name to yfbbFTW

So, at worst, Rose/SG/SF/Boozer/Howard is a good starting point.