The Bulls Future, What Paxson should do for now... Options

[Bullies4Life]

Well, there are a lot of questions going on these days with the Bulls.. Who's out, who's in, right? In my humble opinion, im gonna share what i believe the route the Bulls organization should go with...

Lets start off with our key free agents, Mr. Deng and Mr. Gordon. Luol Deng should be kept, and i hate to say this but... Ben Gordon is out. No sign and trade or anything like that... Just let him walk out. Now, i know that there are some who think that Too much was invested for him, and we'd be losing a pick and blah blah blah.... I really like Gordon on the bulls, not only what he does on the court but how he handles himself off the court... That being said, as of today, the bulls backcourt is loaded and room needs to be made. With Rose now joining the team, I cannot see a Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose as our starting future backcourt. Ben will be coming off the bench making like what? 8-10 mill a year? Too much for a bench player.... That money will need to go to players like Deng, Thomas, Noah, and eventually Rose, who will most likely be making lots of money...

Why not sign and trade Gordon for a big guy? Well, in my opinion, i dont want to see another person coming in and taking time from our guys, Noah and Thomas. These guys need to develop, and develop fast. It's time to let them get their minutes, develop, and get more experience. Thats our future, so let them play! Thomas has shown that he can post some nice all around numbers when he gets lot of minutes out there...

Kirk Hinrich should be kept for a year, then traded away.... I wouldnt mind seeing Rose start right away, but Rose is still young and needs a lot to learn. One year coming off the bench shouldnt hurt him.

Free Agents.... I would like the bulls to go after 1 veteran big guy. Malik Allen came to my mind. I dont want this guy taking minutes from Thomas, Noah, Gooden, and even Gray.... I just think we need an insurance type of guy incase one of our bigs goes down.

To sum up, Deng, Rose, and Allen are in... Gordon, Duhon are out.

Starters....

Hinrich- 29 mins: 11pts, 6 ast.
Sefolosha- 20 min: 8pts,
Deng- 35 mins: 18-19pts
Thomas- 26 mins: 11pts, 6.5 rbs, 1-2blk
Noah- 28 mins: 9pts, 7rbs

Bench....

Rose- 19 mins: 9pts, 4.6 ast (After all-star break, i would like to see Rose get 20+ mins) 12-14 pts, 5-7 ast
Hughes- 18 mins: 10 pts
Nocioni 22 mins: 10pts (playing both F postions)
Gooden 28 mins: 12pts, 8rbs (playing PF and C positions)
Gray?- 0-10 mins... (depending on match ups)
Allen
Curry

As far as points per game goes... They could be higher IF and When Rose begins to take over the team... He is a guy that can and will break down the opposing defense, and he should be able to create easier shots for everyone...

In the near future, i would like to see Hinrich moved for a back-up for Rose and a scoring back-up for Sefolosha:-) Im not a big fan of keeping Hughes after his contract is over.... Maybe if he becomes more of a slasher instead of a chucker, then he might be a keeper... But i doubt it will happen.

On the last note, i do believe it would be great to bring an established All-Star type of player... But for what? The Bulls aren't ready to compete until Rose, Thomas, and Noah are veterans. Rose is soooo perfect for guys like Thomas and Noah, so i dont think our front court should be moved. As far as having a leader on the team, that would be great.... But i will say this: the Bulls will have their leader when Rose takes over the team. There is almost no question that he will be the Bulls best player in the future, and everyone will look up to him... This could be by the end of this year, or who knows, maybe 2-3 years from now. I just really think it depends on Paxson, what types of moves he's going to make, and how much playing time Rose is going to get.

We got our future SuperStar! Now we just gotta be a little patient.... Questions, comments, concerns?

[SoxFan1]

Oh my god, I might have vomited in my mouth a bit. Let Rose sit for a year? Thabo, Tyrus, and Noah in the lineup? Get rid of Gordon?

That team scores 75 points a game. Ugh.

[Bullies4Life]

Oh my god, I might have vomited in my mouth a bit. Let Rose sit for a year? Thabo, Tyrus, and Noah in the lineup? Get rid of Gordon?

That team scores 75 points a game. Ugh.

So we should keep Gordon?... bringing him back for a year would be nice, but then we still have a loaded backcourt. I dunno if paxson is gonna move Hinrich so soon... Having Rose as our single pure point guard... I dunno but at the same time, i wouldnt be upset if it happened. Also, what happens if Rose goes down for a long period of time... No point guard.... Gordon is gonna be running the team? Hughes, Thabo?... I dunno about that...

As far as points per game goes... You do have a great point. Points could be hard to get... But we shouldnt forget that Thomas should be much improved, and the same with Noah. Thabo also showed that he could be a nice spot-up shooter. Plus we have a new coach, and new playbook. One thing that i liked was that VDN said that he will try to put everyone in good positions, and try to hide everyone's weeknesses. He will adjust to our players. On the other hand, when skiles came in, he didnt really adjust to the bulls players... I mean c'mon... How many times did we see Ben Wallace in a pick-and-roll? It boggled a lot of people's mind when we would see that.... New playbook, improved players, and a guy that can break down the D in Rose... Our Offense will be okay... Not the best, but okay.

Furthermore... It's all about defense. Defense will generate our Offense. I have no doubt in my mind that players will play harder than last year. Our defense fell down the charts big-time last year. We pretty much kept the same players, and our defense just became pathetic at times. What happened to taking charges?? In my opinion, guys didnt want to play for Boylan, and they grew tired of Skiles, and lack of communication. Im pretty confident that players will want to play for VDN