First Bulls that needs to be traded!, My vote is for Kirk |
First Bulls that needs to be traded!, My vote is for Kirk |
May 10 2007, 11:19 PM
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Here's how Kirk stacks up against other PG in the league.
7 games of the playoffs, Kirk Hinrich 37.8% FG, 10.57 PPG, 5.85 APG, 9-28 from 3 (32%), 6 stls (.85 stls) (The only thing he's done well is shoot free throws. But he can't even draw fouls effectively. He's gone to the line 11 times in 7 games. That's just stupid. Quit being a girl and get some contact down low.) Baron Davis 26.3 PPG, 54% FG, 43.5% 3pt, 6.0 APG, 2.0 SPG (51 free throw attempts) Deron Williams 18.0 PPG, 44.9% FG, 25.8% 3pt, 9.0 APG, 1.22 SPG, (37 free throw attempts) Steve Nash 18.7 PPG, 46.1% FG, 45% 3pt, 13.4 APG, (29 free thows) It's just rediculous that the most important player on our team gets outplayed this bad by the premiere PG's in the league. I don't mind the scoring but the other stuff he is/isn't doing is hurting our team. Either Kirk needs to go or we need to find a PG and move him to SG. I prefer that he just go in some package with Nocioni and then we draft Mike Conley. However, maybe we just need to trade Kirk & Gordon b/c Mike Conley/Gordon would be a even smaller backcourt. We need a true playmaker or a PG that makes plays for others. Right now we have neither and that's why we can't get over the hump. So I say make some bold moves now or we are going to be in this situation for several years. Unless we get the number 1 or 2 pick and we get a playmaker, we are going to have to rely on hitting jumpers to win. And without a PG to create open jumpers at will it will be hard to win titles. I pray for the number 1 or 2 pick but if not Kirk has to go. No only will he be very overpaid next year, but he hasn't really shown any improvement in his game other than hitting the 3 at a better clip. His assits haven't gotten better, I would argue that his defense hasn't really improved. Nothing about his game other than his shooting % showed improvement. At least with Gordon and Deng you could see the improvement. He's turning 26. I really don't see him becoming a premiere PG. So trade him will his value and contract are relatively high and start this thing over before you waste 3 more years off Wallace and Deng. |
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May 11 2007, 09:51 AM
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If Mr. Conley falls to our pick, this type of talk would make sense. First of all, I seriously doubt that even in this draft, he's going to fall to # 8 or #9. There are just too many teams that need a point guard, and he's going to be the #1 point guard on everyone's board, which means we'd be dealing something to move up and get him.
The nice thing about dealing Mr. Hinrich is that because of his salary, we'd have to get a $10 million a year guy back for him. While there are a lot of guys making $10 mil a year who don't deserve it, there are some who do, and hopefully that'd be what we'd wind up with. That said, Mr. Hinrich is far from the most overpaid player in the league, and is far from a bad starting point guard to have. He's not the #1 in the league offensively, but he may well be the #1 or #2 point guard in the league defensively (I think it probably comes down to him or Chauncey). No matter how disappointing this series is...this is not a time to panic. 49 wins, best since the dynasty years. 2nd round of the playoffs. And that's with a 37 year old power forward, a 19 year old power forward behind him, a 21 year old talented SF, and a 23 year old tiny shooting guard. This team is only going to get better. |
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