So Long Songaila (maybe)

by CookDing on Jun 27, 2006 9:46 AM CDT

Nice article from the Herald: a little Free-Agency; a little draft.

Looks like it could be Chao Bella for Darius. Of course, the article leaves open the option of signing him but I'm worried that the bidding might overtake his value. I will probably be in the minority, but the only time Darius impressed me was when I saw him make a decent play and thought to myself "not bad for 2.6 a year". The true joy was reveling in how much of a bad ass "Slow-Hand" Pax is. It's oddly rewarding to think, our GM kicks ass. Probably has something to due with Krumbs being gone.

Some other notables from the article:

This one, because I'm a dick and love to trumpet my prognostications incessantly...

One rumor regarding the No. 16 pick is a swap with Dallas for swingman Marquis Daniels.
That trade seems too good to be true. But I still like to make myself seem all brainy and shit. Like Miss Cleo or something.. ...except, you know, without the "Miss".

And from the NOOOOOOoooooooo!!!!!!!! files...

The Boston trade sounds like a stretch, considering Duhon is a part-time player coming off back surgery. The Celtics would have to give back a similar salary in such a trade, most likely Brian Scalabrine or Dan Dickau.
No f^cking way I go for that trade. That has to be some candyass leak from Boston. That's as bad as half the trade "rumors" that get floated by the NY Post.

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I think it was pretty much assumed that Songaila was going to opt out, he can get a better deal on the FA market.

I think they'll try and keep him, with the draft picks it may mean that both Othella and Luke will be gone! I was thinking that Malik Allen may be a better option than Songaila (for the price), but methinks Allen's stretch run was kindof a charmed few games for him, he's little more than a 12th man.

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jun 27, 2006 9:55 AM CDT reply actions

I agree

that the bulls will try to keep him. i just hope that, if they do, they sign him to something that is reasonable. If the guy can't manage to be a key contributor for the next four seasons or so, then he shouldn't be a huge priority. Let's face it, our front court is about to become much more crowded.
the only caveat to all of this is if we are able to sign him to a tradeable contract (along the lines of Duhon). I'm thinking somewhere in the 4-5 per range. I'm just not terribly confident in that happening though.

by CookDing on Jun 27, 2006 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Well

This might be a horrible, horrible idea, but we have cap space this coming up season and need as much as possible after that. So sign him to a contract that's heavy in the first year. Might be a really bad idea, but it would make keeping him around long-term not so effective on our salary cap and it would make trading him easier down the road.

Just a thought.

by Colossus @ Blog a Bull on Jun 27, 2006 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Damn

I was surprised by Songaila last year. It was really obvious he'd opt out of the contract, maybe he liked Chicago enough to stay. I'm just sorry he wasn't healthy for the playoffs, maybe things would have turned out differently.

by Colossus @ Blog a Bull on Jun 27, 2006 10:22 AM CDT reply actions