lets hope not, with Deng and Kobe i see no less than the conference finals.


as for the wallace deal, if the deal is done with out T2 then im for it but i dont wanna see thomas and wallace leave.


can smith handle the Center position??

Im damned curious to see whats gonna happen with this. As long as we dont give up Deng, which I really doubt we would, I would love to bring in Kobe.

I don't love the idea of trading Wallace, but better him then Deng or Hinrich. Plus, it would be nice to get rid of his ridiculously overpriced contract for a player on the decline like he is.

I dont see LA taking Wallace at all. And we have the edge on this deal because if we give up anything that would detract from our core Kobe will nix the deal and it falls through. I'm kind of attached to most of the players we got and I think we have some good potential in Thomas so I don't really want to see anyone traded but I'm thinking the most likely man is Gordon, with Kobe taking over his spot. I don't see Deng going anywhere. Possibly Hinrich but Hinrich and Gordon would be bad for us because that means Duhon has to start. YIKES.

I really think Kobe is going to be a Chicago Bull within 48 hours.

We need him. I know its one game but from what I've seen so far we don't look like an exciting team.

Wow, all of one half of basketball. I love making conclusions based off 1/164th of the season.

Come on, it's the first game of the season against a team we've had trouble with in the past. I'm not worried, we'll still finish towards the top of the East regardless.

per ESPN the deal that fell through was:

Bulls GET: Kobe

Lakers GET: Ron Artest, PJ Brown

Kings GET: Ben Gordon, Ben Wallace

pretty sure thats what it was... i might have PJ and Wallace switched around.

I agree.. Kobe is going to be a Bull and it will be very soon. Now its just a matter of who we give up? But i do know there will most definitley be a third team involved, rather it be Sacramento or Phoenix or whoever...

I know Kobe wants to play with big Ben but he MOST definitley wants to play with Luol. It appears that LA doesn't want Ben's contract so if the deal is tweaked i can see something happening...

If Phoenix comes back into talks it can go like this:

Bulls: Kobe

Lakers: Marion, Gordon

Suns: Wallace

We lose that defensive presence down low, but that just means Ty Thomas and Noah really need to step it up.

Lol I thought it was funny to find out that if SAC doesn't get Kobe in the three way deal they want no part of it. Um, duh? Thats the whole reason they're involved to help us get Kobe and to help the Lakers get the pieces they want.

I can't understand why LA would rather have Gordon and Marion over Artest and Gordon; granted they may not want another "attitude if you know what I mean. I have a feeling that if nothing gets done by this coming weekend, Pax may just call this whole thing off either for good or until the trade deadline comes up. He won't want this to be a distraction and if LA is being ignorant with their trade demands the Bulls can't let this loom over there heads for an entire season.

Why does Chris Buchard keep bringing up Dallas as a front runner? They haven't been involved in any deals like ever.. Its the Bulls or nothing. I'm kind of hoping its maybe either Kirk and Wallace going or Gordon and Noah with picks. This assuming there is a 3rd team in this deal so LA can get the players they need.

From Rotoworld:


Hinrich and Wallace for Kobe. Do it now.

Where do I sign? And why the hell would SAC be out of it? They obviously know Kobe doesn't want to go there he is going to the Bulls or he's going nowhere.

No need to rush things. Pax just needs to play his cards right. 3 or 4 more stinkers in LA and Kobe will go crazy, leaving LA with no other choice. Cuban said today that Dallas isn't pursuing him anymore, that means the Bulls are basically the only team with any interest and should be able to get him for peanuts.

well if we have peanuts on our roster that cost around 20 million than it can be done