Agreed. It's a shame it didn't work out (or that pick wasn't used on someone like Darren Collison, Ty Lawson or DeJuan Blair, though in Blair's case his knees scared almost everyone off) but no point keeping him around to rot on the bench. Good for Johnson too, he should have a decent chance to get some playing time in Toronto, something that wasn't going to happen in Chicago.
Another
rumour:
The Chicago Bulls are still pursuing shooting guard Courtney Lee, offering a first-round draft pick to the Houston Rockets, sources said.
Chicago could make the offer more intriguing with the addition of the Miami Heat’s 2011 first-round pick that the Bulls acquired from Toronto for forward James Johnson on Tuesday. For now, the Rockets are determined to bring back size and want Bulls center Omar Asik in any package for Lee.
The Bulls are determined to find a shooting guard before Thursday’s deadline.
What do you think? I'm a little leery of giving up Asik for a shooting guard and trading big for small. Not that I think he's untouchable or should be, but Thomas isn't a long term solution, I like Asik's potential and I'm not sure Lee is a can't miss deal. He's 6'5" and shooting 42% on threes making just under one a game in around 18 minutes a night though, so I like the idea of him in the rotation more than I do Bogans. Still, come next season they'll have traded one problem (three point shooting, depth at shooting guard) for another (depth at centre), so I'm not sure. It wouldn't be a disaster but thinking long term, I'm on the fence.
It'd be great if they could turn that first round pick into something though, here's hoping they can make a solid deal before the deadline be it the Lee trade or something else.
@ NBA. 27 seconds for Rose's career night???
