Andrew wrote:This leaves us with the following lineup:
C: Curry
F: Chandler
F: Williams
G: ???
G: Hinrich
We haven't really discussed the bench, so let's assume those are the only four players the Bulls have decided to keep so far.
So who else should stay, filling the vacant position in the starting lineup and making up the bench?
reapershole wrote:Seattle
Jamal Crawford (Chi)
Chicago
Seattle Pick
Eddie Jones (Mia)
Miama
Marcus Fizer (Chi)
Calvin Booth (Sea)
...
Dallas Gets...
Antonio Davis
First Round Draft Pick (Sea)
Chicago Gets...
Antoine Walker / Antawn Jamison
Dallas will do one or the other as they have both proven effective on the team but utterly ineffective together and they know they need a center more than another forward
The Free Agent hunt, Chicago aims too high too often. Let's look at...
Jermaine Jackson
John Amaechi
Anthony Carter
Olumide Oyediji
Maceo Baston
These are the boys from the free agent pool I go for.
now let's look at the Chicago Bulls for 2004/2005...
Eddy Curry
Jerome Williams
Antoine Walker / Antawn Jamison
Eddie Jones
Kirk Hinrich
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Tyson Chandler
Corie Blount
Ronald Dupree
Kendall Gill
Jermaine Jackson
John Amaechi
Anthony Carter
Now that is a team on its way to the playoffs.
I don't think any of these trades are remotely unrealistic either.
Dallas would take the pick with Davis just because they need a center so bad they'd take the deal without the pick.
reapershole wrote:Chicago needs a veteran and a better 2-guard and Miami has shopped Eddie Jones on more than one occasion, note their youth movement. Now I want to keep the following players off of the bench without a doubt...
reapershole wrote:Yes folks, that's all that I want. So, since we have sighted their youth movement we offer Jamal Crawford a sign and trade move to his alma motto Seattle. He loves Seattle and will embrace a move there and knows Chicago can pay him more. Seattle is point guard low and center heavy and they will likely be willing to go for a move. I think we'd have a shot at either Potapenko or Booth with a pick. Of course we keep the freaking pick for ourselves and then we deal with Miami as they are still starting Brian Grant out of position and Odom out of his spot and Butler out of his and so on. Miami is also without a gritty player who could back spots 3, 4, or 5. Thus, we can finally be rid of Marcus Fizer who Pat Riley has coveted openly...
reapershole wrote:Enter Dallas and their endless search for a center. Hey wait, we have a useless center that everyone knows plays defense and Dallas has no defense, hmm...
Dallas Gets...
Antonio Davis
First Round Draft Pick (Sea)
Chicago Gets...
Antoine Walker / Antawn Jamison
Dallas will do one or the other as they have both proven effective on the team but utterly ineffective together and they know they need a center more than another forward on a forward heavy team and they aren't moving Nash, Finley, or the big No.
reapershole wrote:The Free Agent hunt, Chicago aims too high too often. Let's look at...
Jermaine Jackson
John Amaechi
Anthony Carter
Olumide Oyediji
Maceo Baston
Gilbert Arenas notched his second career triple-double with 21 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds. Arenas said he's still mad at former Bulls GM Jerry Krause for drafting Trent Hassell one spot ahead of Arenas. Krause picked Hassell with the 30th selection in 2001.
reapershole wrote:i will agree with andrew that kobe would be the shit, but i'm not even considering it as he's just jacking up the price and will be a laker - just as andrew said.
The Bulls don't have any stars. They have some talented young players who have experienced nothing but abject failure since they entered the NBA and who know nothing about what it takes to win. The Bulls' 97-88 loss in Philadelphia on Saturday was the latest evidence that they have yet to develop a winning mentality.
With no money to chase free agents, it's going to be up to the youngsters -- Eddy Curry, Jamal Crawford, Tyson Chandler and Kirk Hinrich -- to turn things around on their own.
And for whatever it's worth, coach Scott Skiles sees reasons for optimism.
''Every morning when I look out my window at the Berto Center, I have more and more guys shooting before practice, and they continue to practice better,'' Skiles said. "I've never been around a team when once that started happening, it didn't eventually pay off with wins.''
Many want operations chief John Paxson to blow things up by trading all the young players for established stars, but it's not that easy. There was scant interest in anyone but Hinrich, whom Paxson deemed untouchable, before the Feb. 19 trade deadline. Paxson could have traded Curry, but the offers weren't close to being realistic.
''All the moves we made this year prove that we're counting on these guys, and it's their team,'' Paxson said. ''They have to claim ownership of this team.''
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Paul Silas offered to take Curry or Chandler off Paxson's hands.
''Yeah, tell them to give up on those guys, so I can get one,'' Silas joked. ''You can't give up on young guys, especially big ones, because that could come back to haunt you.
''There's something about being a big person in this business; it doesn't happen right away. It takes time.''
''I like my team,'' Skiles said. ''I'm proud of the improvement Eddy and Jamal have made
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