Looking at Gooden, I'd be shocked if there was only a 15 pound difference. Gooden looks huge, and has played a very powerful game.

Ultimately I like Tyrus, as I've stated, I think he has the potential to be our next superstar.  I think Tyrus has enough potential to be a solid 3 in the league. I know you don't agree, but that's my opinion "basically that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it".

I've always liked the glimpses of greatness from Deng, but have always thought Deng is better on paper and in spurts than he'll be for the rest of his career....he'll always be an above avg SF, but never really a great SF.

Deng's value has taken a hit this year, but it's only a slight hit given his age and his decent PER.

Deng turned down a $50M contract in the offseason like BG, and yet everyone's all over BG for doing this and nobody's saying anything about Deng.

If we didn't have Andres signed, I would say wholeheartedly keep Deng at all costs, but given that we have Andres, and have a tweener 3/4 in Tyrus and now a solid PF in Gooden, I think the Bulls should package Deng in a trade this offseason to get us possibly a superstar Center or a dare-I-say-it pure PG to compliment Hinrich at the PG (or maybe both).

If Gordon has to go in the trade also to make that happen, then fine, we live with Hughes.

Tyrus can be great in certain matchups at the 4, and can play solidly there for 10-15 minutes a night, but I'd like to see us DEVELOP him at the 3, where I think his around the rim, blocking, defense and offensive raw talents can shine.  He's got much more athleticism than the "pro's pro" of the very much underrated Tayshawn Prince, and he seems to have more raw skills in every aspect than Prince, but also with more of a big-game killer instinct.

That's what I see in Tyrus.  I know he ain't there yet, but personally while as a BIG FAN, I'd love to see us win and get into the playoffs, I also might have to live with us being bad this year (because at best if everything gels we still aren't tops in the East).....so let's try the Tyrus at the 3 experiment for much of the rest of the year....get a slightly better draft pick, and ship BG, Luol and change for possibly someone like Arenas and change.....

I think right now we have hte makings to be a solid playoff bound team but we won't have championship talent until we make one more trade.  I want us to keep Tyrus because he's a freak of nature.

I'm not saying Gooden is merely a better defensive option, the reason I really like Gooden is that he gives us a natural PF game, one that allows us to play inside and out and Gooden will tend to favor staying in the lane (instead of Tyrus who still drifts out for the jump shots).....as an added feature Gooden is a big body who can help defend, but I like him because he's a low post option on a team that has so sorely lacked a low post option the past several years.

Tyrus can get points in the post, but he's hardly the standard throw the ball into the post and get a high percentage dunk kind of guy, Tyrus's points in the paint normally come off a missed shot by him or otherwise, and his athleticism.

Judging from the fact that the Bulls and Boylan seem to be working with Tyrus on his outside shooting, and Tyrus has improved in leaps and bounds there, even if he's still not fully there yet, I think we might as well keep him as a SF spot and use the post to play a real post guy.

It's not at all that I think Gooden's an all star, or better than Tyrus (he ain't) it's just that Gooden better fits a role that we've sorely missed in the Hinrich/Paxson era, and let's see how our guys do with a guy who has his skills....then we maybe upgrade there or at C in the future.

Of course if Noah bulks up and we crack his offensive game with some work at technique (A long shot) then I'd love the Tyrus at the 4 thing, but with Tyrus at the 4 and Noah a better offensively but still similar to Wallace at the 5, we're still forced into being a perimeter based team.

Having a Gooden in there, we can play both inside and outside game, and having Tyrus's freakish athleticism, nose for D, good help defense/blocks, speed, passing abilities, and unrefined shooting and ball handling will once developed add another mix to our club, especially given that Tyrus can switch to the 4 at will when necessary.

Having Tyrus at the 4 is like the Suns having Marion at the 4.  It worked given the SUns personnel to an extent, but it also compromised them defensively especially in the playoffs.....and Marion like what I believe Tyrus will be was easily their best defender.

Obviously had the Suns traded Marion for a better player, they wouldn't suck right now, but trading him for "The Big Disappointment" was a big mistake, Shaq's not the old Shaq....

But now I'm on a tangent....

oH WELL, AS mATT said, those are my thoughts in a nutshell, and I'd like to see us give them a shot.  Of course with Boylan out there, none of this will ever happen anyway.