SI Sportswriter Suggests Bulls trade for Bonzi Wells Options

[eddog2]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...0205/index.html

Ian Thomsen suggests that the Bulls should trade P.J. Brown for Bonzi Wells & Sura. Sura won't play for us but is only guaranteed $1 million next year. Basically we'd be trading Brown for Wells. Wells has a post up game that is second to few guard/f's in the league.

What does everyone think about this trade?

I think it would improve the Bulls offense by freeing up Gordon and other players on the perimeter. However, I don't think Skiles would get along with Wells. It might also leave us extremely vulnerable at the PF/C position where we would have to rely on Sweets/Allen as back-ups at Center & as part-time back-ups to Nocioni at PF.

I like Bonzi and his game but I don't think the Bulls would make this deal b/c they are all about "character".

[sport1016]

we can't trade our starting pf for a backup SG

i don't think we'll move PJ for anyone who's not a big

i like bonzi, but PJ is more valuable to our vertically challenged team

[Chisoxfn]

we can't trade our starting pf for a backup SG

i don't think we'll move PJ for anyone who's not a big

i like bonzi, but PJ is more valuable to our vertically challenged team

There is no way we make that deal. As you pointed out we would be putting the team in a major hole if any other big went down for any time period what-so-ever. If we deal Brown we need to be getting back a big in return (or getting a big in a seperate deal or signing).

I wouldn't be opposed to Bonzi if I didn't think he'd have attitude issues playing behind people like Gordon/Deng/Noc.

Trade Gordon for Gasol, then deal Brown for Bonzi.

I'm half kidding on that, mostly because Brown's contract would be key to the Gasol deal. However, that's why I'm not quite as desperate to keep Gordon as a lot of people, you can get reasonably good SG's for fairly low prices (though I obviously don't endorse giving Gordon away either).

I don't really have anything against Bonzi outside of his attitude at times. I worry about guys like that when combined with Skiles, that just seems like a recipe for disaster. He's become notorious for not giving a full effort all the time, especially on defense. He's the kind of big, serviceable guard I'd like to see us get if we were to deal Gordon, though preferrably with better defense.

However, as sport said, I don't see us dealing any of our post depth unless we're getting another big back either in the deal or from another source.

Now that is an interesting idea. I wonder if we could work out some sort of deal where after acquiring Gasol w/a package of Gordon/Brown you than deal someone like Sweets/Duhon (financially I don't know if this would work) for a 2 guard (maybe a Bonzi Wells or Stephen Jackson...basically some sort of guy that you could pick up that could help fill that void, the problem with both of those guys are the attitude problems they have.

[eddog2]

There is no way we make that deal. As you pointed out we would be putting the team in a major hole if any other big went down for any time period what-so-ever. If we deal Brown we need to be getting back a big in return (or getting a big in a seperate deal or signing).

I wouldn't be opposed to Bonzi if I didn't think he'd have attitude issues playing behind people like Gordon/Deng/Noc.
Now that is an interesting idea. I wonder if we could work out some sort of deal where after acquiring Gasol w/a package of Gordon/Brown you than deal someone like Sweets/Duhon (financially I don't know if this would work) for a 2 guard (maybe a Bonzi Wells or Stephen Jackson...basically some sort of guy that you could pick up that could help fill that void, the problem with both of those guys are the attitude problems they have.

Please don't ever mention Stephen Jackson as a potential Bull. That would be worse than E-Rob. Besides Kobe, I don't think there is a player I like less in the NBA.

I like the idea of trading Gordon to get Gasol if we did have deal lined up to bring us a good SG. However, I would want a SG that can hit the 3. Although Wells can make the shot he will never be a 40%+ 3 shooter.

[Steve9347]

That would be worse than E-Rob.

Nothing is worse the E-Rob.

Thank you Jerry Krause. Oh yeah, thanks for trading Elton Brand for Tyson Chandler too... well done.