The Bulls have several important decisions to make this offseason. Along with drafting guard Derrick Rose with the first overall pick, the Bulls are loaded with young talented guards.
As of now, the Bulls have Kirk Hinrich, Derrick Rose, Thabo Sefolosha, and Larry Hughes under contract for next season. Their main problem over the last several years has been low post scoring as they only have Joakim Noah, Drew Gooden, and Tyrus Thomas as talented big men, but none are true low post scorers. Their main decision is to decide what to do with restricted free agents Luol Deng and Ben Gordon.
Here are the following scenarios the Bulls can decide on doing:
1. Re-sign both Luol Deng and Ben Gordon and keep team in tact:
They would do this so they would not put too much pressure on Derrick Rose by keeping veteran guard Kirk Hinrich to help share the load of facilitating the offense. They hope that this decision would allow the young players to grow and become leaders. That will lead to the making the playoffs and being a very solid team.
2. Re-sign Luol Deng and sign and trade Gordon and another player for a talented big man.
Possible deals they can do: Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah, and Thabo Sefolosha for Shawn Marion.
Ben Gordon and Thabo Sefolosha for Zach Randolph.
Starting lineup after this trade would be: PG Derrick Rose, SG Larry Hughes, SF Luol Deng, PF Zach Randolph, C Joakim Noah. Backups: G Kirk Hinrich, F Tyrus Thomas, Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden, C Aaron Gray
3. Keep Gordon and Deng and Trade Hinrich and another player for a big man.
They can re-sign both Ben Gordon and Luol Deng and trade Hinrich and Nocioni for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. If this was to go through then the Bulls lineup would be: PG Derrick Rose, SG Larry Hughes, SF Luol Deng, PF Shawn Marion, C Joakim Noah, with Ben Gordon, Drew Gooden, and Tyrus Thomas from the bench.
4. Make a trade for a superstar player.
Some players they can acquire are Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, and Vince Carter. Carter would be the least likely to be traded because he is over 30. McGrady would be the other least likely to be traded because he is very injury prone.
Carmelo and Wade would be the more likely with Wade to the most likely because he is from Chicago and he is more injury prone. Even though it will be unlikely that Miami would trade Wade, they would accept an offer if a good one was proposed to them.
In my opinion, I think they should make a deal for Shawn Marion to give them a more versatile type of player instead of Drew Gooden. Marion is a solid scorer, great defensive player and great rebounder. He would help the Bulls be a sure playoff team and be a top five team in the East.
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about 1 month ago
No sure Shawn Marion is the answer. Marion is a SF by trade and that is were we struggle. I don't think you could ask him or Deng to guard power forwards like KG.
about 1 month ago
Marion can guard any position except for a center. He is one of the most versatile and all around players in the league. He is a great defensive player, a fantastic rebounder and a very good scorer/finisher in transition. Finally, he is also extremely durable.
about 1 month ago
keep gordon get rid of hinrich i guess this bulls team still doesnt understand that ben gordon is the best player they got and dont understand that if ben has a point guard like derrick rose beside him bg can score 30 a night if he want it so i say keep gordon and deng and fill in the low post need that they need with the trade of hinrich nocioni and and possibly thabo sefolosha 4 an low post scorer like shawn marionn and marcus banks with this teamm their defenetly a top championship team contender not only in the east but west too the bulls finally would have all their needs filled in and get championship number 777777 with ben gordon leading as the teams top scorer
Starting lineup: PG: Derrick Rose/ 15ppg 8/9assist Marcus banks bench
SG: Ben Gordon THE STAR PLAYER/ 25/30PPG 5/6 assist larry hughes bench
SF: luol Deng/ 20/25 PPG 8/9 RB tyrus thomas bench
PF:Shawn Marion/ 18/20 PPG 10/11 RB drew gooden bench
C: Joakim Noah/ 10PPG 10RB Aaron Gray bench
about 1 month ago
I like that starting lineup of DR BG LD SHM JN
about 1 month ago
"Some players they can acquire are Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady, and Vince Carter. "
What a stupid article......No way are Miami or Denver going to let either one go....and I doubt the Bulls have anything of value that would attract Houston to let go of McGrady....this article was a waste of my time
about 1 month ago
"Possible deals they can do: Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah, and Thabo Sefolosha for Shawn Marion."
You gotta be kidding, dude. The Bull are looking at the big picture - ie 3 to 5 years down the road. They'll definitely keep Noah, probably Sefolosha & possibly Gordon too. They know they not gonna get deep into the playoffs in Rose's first year or two. The Bulls are looking to having their young talent grow together. They're not looking to break it up to acquire vets like Marion.
about 1 month ago
I don't think any of those proposed trades are very realistic. I think its time to cut ties with both Deng and Gordon who simply refuse to grow into the stars that Paxson thought they would be. I think you keep captain Kirk as insurance against Rose taking a few years to develop. Thabo is a quality player with good length and great defense. Hughes and Gooden should be cleared out. I say get back to the young, quick, defense first attitude of a few years ago. KH, TS, AN, TT, JN.....
Let them run and gun and save up some money for a huge splash in a few years, when some future Hall of Famers become available. Oh why did they not draft BEASTly?
about 1 month ago
Gordon the best player?? NOT in the 07/08 season. Gordon's been better off the bench all season...Kirk Hinrich is one of the team's captains, Luol Deng is the other; they both have a lot of respect from their team, coaches, and players in other NBA teams....Im really not sure WHO they should trade, or if they should even re-sign Luol and Gordon....but bringing a "superstar" player into the Bulls would totally throw off the entire team. When people think of the Chicago Bulls, im sure they think of a bunch of players b/c they work as a team, whereas when ppl think lakers, they think Kobe, or Cleveland with Lebron....To me, the whole Gooden && Hughes trade was a waste. Wallace was perfectly fine with the bulls, but since MONEY matters so much to people, it was most likely to happen. Keep HINRICH, keep NOAH, THABO, TYRUS, ROSE, GORDON, NOCIONI, DENG, and GRAY. In my opinion, Gooden & Hughes got to GO!
about 1 month ago
I have a trade scenario for all. Four teams.
Chicago Get:
Nowitzki & Blount
Miami Get:
Hinrich, Nocioni, Stackhouse & Simmons
Detroit Get:
Marion, Noah & Kidd
Dallas Get:
Wallace, Thomas, Hamilton & Billups
The contract numbers match.
I believe it makes Chicago, Miami and Dallas better teams now - and gives Detroit a half decent line-up for 08-09 that will shed $35-$40 Million off next years cap - as well as a hall-of-fame point guard to help develop Stuckey!
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Anyone know of better &/or more appropriate forums to air these kinds of things?
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