What Players Should The Bulls Keep For The Future?, The Bulls Need A Rose To Brighten The Day Options

[eddog2]

Here is a list of players I'd like to see the Bulls keep for the future and those I think should go.

Keep:
Luol Deng
Joakim Noah
Ben Gordon (as a bench player or playing the PG spot if we can get a SG with size that can handle the ball)
Drew Gooden
Tyrus Thomas (give him 1 more year. If he doesn't show improvement ship him out)(But I think next year could be somewhat of a breakout year)
Aaron Gray (as a 3rd center)
Demitrus Nichols (as the last roster spot)
Cedric Simmons (work with him and see what happens. Drop him if he doesn't improve next year)
Thabo (I have him in both the trade and keep b/c I only want to keep him if we trade Kirk and Hughes. If we don't get rid of them there is no reason for him to stay)

Trade/Let Walk:

Chris Duhon
Kirk Hinrich
Larry Hughes
Nocioni
Thabo

I'd love to trade any combination of Kirk, Hughes, Thabo, or Nocioni and our pick for any combination of players and the # 2 pick so we could draft Derrick Rose. Then I'd like to sign Maggette with any money we save in a trade. Then resign Gordon & Deng and go into next year with the following lineup. Tyrus will be able to get more minutes b/c he'll be able to play the 3 and 4. I'd then trade the rest of the players listed for mid-late first round picks and draft a backup PG and backup center. I'd love a lmid to ate first round pick to take Brandon Rush, Hasheem Thabeet, or even a 2nd round pick for Serge Ibaka. I am just tired of having a glut of guards. I want consistent minutes for the guards we have. I want Ben Gordon to know he's going to get 25+ mpg. We can use him as the primary backup to both Rose & Maggette and have another young PG or veteran PG to use when players get in foul trouble.

Noah
Gooden
Deng
Maggette/Gordon
Rose

http://www.mynbadraft.com/NBA-Draft-Profil...08/Derrick-Rose


Rose has superstar written all over him. He's super quick and super athletic. He has to work on his jumper but he's going to be an outstanding player. Plus he seems to have his head on straight.

I say trade Kirk & Tyrus and our pick to get him. I don't care if that sound like a lot. I'd even trade Nocioni/Kirk/Tyrus & our pick for the #1 or 2 and some other players or picks. That's how confident I am that he's going to be a star.

We might not be a great team for a couple of season but the lineup above would be young and explosive offensively.

[CubbiesFan07]

If you think keeping Gordon is a good idea then you haven't been watching the games lately.

So many games have come down to the wire, as in the 4th quarter (as we all know...), and for some reason the key player goes to Gordon. The problem here is Gordon is one of the worst small-guards in the NBA at handling the ball. He drives to the hole out-of-control and loses the ball half the time, and misses his shot the other half of the time. Driving full speed to the rim hoping to get a foul, it's just not realistic to have that happen constantly...

Get rid of the following:

Gordon
Hinrich

That's all I see of the main problems right now. They are the key players from last year that have been such a disappointment for this year. I don't care if you say Gordon puts up 20 a game, anyone can do that when they keep the ball and shoot. Hinrich just can't hit anything this year, and it's time to let him go.

Keep the following for a while:

Tyrus
Duhon
Hughes
Gooden
Thabo

Hughes and Gooden coming over to the Bulls was probably the best transaction the Bulls pulled off since trading for Jalen Rose (Laugh... JK...) but they are awesome players who just need to get into the Bulls playing-style and they will bring Wins in like no other. Tyrus is still out of control, and I'm a huge Tyrus fan so it's hard for me to go against him, but I'd like to give him 1 more year (as was stated above). Duhon is probably the 2nd best backup PG in the NBA (Calderon/Ford best 2 combo in my opinion). Duhon is getting the hard end of the shaft this season, but I believe he could easily take a starter roll next to Hughes as being PG with Hughes the new SG.

Here's a great lineup option for next year:

C - Jermaine O'Neal
PF - Jamison
SF - Deng
SG - Hughes
PG - Duhon

Also I'd like to pick up Maggette, which could result in:

C - Jermaine
PF - Jamison
SF - Deng
SG - Maggette
PG - Hughes

This lineup would be a bigmans dream, big key players who are athletic and can shoot the 3PTers with ease.