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If it's between him and Hudson, I want Hudson to get the long spot much like the development of Haren, Santana and Buehrle. I'm a huge Daniel Cabrera fan, but I know Coop's philosophy with him would be to take a few ticks off the fastball for control.

Yea, I think it would be better for HBO. Either way, I'm still watching!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2010 -> 07:06 PM) According to CSN they are projecting a cap next year of $53.6 million, and the Bulls to have $21.7 million to spend under it. http://www.csnchicago.com/02/18/10/Forman-...&feedID=661 I'm guessing that's before cap holds. If the Bulls out of nowhere go over the cap(which I doubt), they'll sign the FA first, then sign their picks. It's really hard to project though considering we don't know where the Bulls will pick. Right now, according to NBAdraft.net, we're projected at 15 with Xavier Henry. I would be thrilled as you could then sign Bosh, Boozer or Amare and have a somewhat balanced roster.

I'm not reading through 60 something pages since it last was since I posted. What has transpired?

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Aj playing golf with Damon ain't going to help us. The whole world hates AJ!

I put 0% as well. I think he's just leveraging the White Sox.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 16, 2010 -> 06:36 PM) I'm not interested in trading Noah. Especially when we could sign Bosh in the offseason. You gotta trade something to get something. You would own Bosh's bird rights, you get rid of Deng's salary in the process clearing the way for another max FA and you don't have to worry down the road paying 4 major guys as soon as 2011/2012. PG-Rose SG-Wade/Johnson SF-Who cares? PF-Bosh C-Asik You have three star players and could fill in the rest with draft picks and vets. Let's face it, the Bulls aren't going to pay Noah, Rose, Deng, and then another superstar.

Rumorpress.net reporting that Deng + Noah for Bosh is being discussed. Bulls must really believe in Omer Asik. I'd like the deal alot.

It sounds pretty dumb to fire DePaul if he really was involved in getting good players to the Bears.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 06:57 PM) Hmm, isn't Harrington a good 3pt shooter? Theoretically, I'd see them using the Bird Rule to keep Noah. Asik looks good on YouTube, kinda like a European Tyrus. If you have Rose-Wade-Deng-Bosh-Noah, you could steamroll any team in the league. I personally disagree with the lineup being able to steamroll any team in the league simply because there is no outside shooting present on that squad. Oh yeah, I think it's more likely Bosh stays. He stated he loves being the man and he's giving indication that he wants to be the building block in Toronto.

I thought the Blue Jays were going with Adam Lind. A's is going to be a competition between Fox and Cust. Royals and Orioles are the only teams that are going to flat out have rotating DH's. Either way, I don't see the Sox getting Johnny unless he goes really cheap. I think it's more to drive up the Tigers' cost like many think.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 05:35 PM) Missouri makes the most sense, imo. Missouri or maybe Pitt in my honest opinion. I sure as heck would welcome Texas though, without a doubt.

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QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 05:15 PM) Is the Big 10 seriously talking to Texas - and is Texas listening? Texas is way too far away for Big 10 athletes to travel to. The lesser non-revenue sports are going to be spending way too much in travel expense if Texas joins. Plus, there goes the Texas-Texas A&M/Texas-Oklahoma rivalries then. That would kill any conference change, in my opinion. I've read the same, but I don't think it'll go through. If it did though, OSU can kiss future Big Ten titles away. Texas will run this conference. I'm sure Texas A&M and Oklahoma will still face off with Texas though.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 05:17 PM) That's fan suicide for the Wizards. First Arenas, now Jamison and Butler? Prepare for 10 years of empty arenas and high lottery picks. Well, they want to completely rebuild. Jamison is old. Butler is in his prime. Arenas will be gone if they're able to void his contract or trade him. Stein had a conflicting report though which states Haywood and Butler going to WAS for Howard, Gooden and some throw in with Dallas.

So the Bears need to go after every FA out there. Bagboy in the RedEye(who never makes sense) made sense today. To compete for the SB, Bears need: Brandon Marshall Steve Breaston Darren Sharper Shawn Merriman E Dumervil Terrel Owens

Bulls reviving Tyrus for Al Harrington per KC Johnson Anyway, just a thought, if the Bulls trade Deng for just expirings, would the superstar FA's think the Bulls have enough with themselves +Noah + Rose?

Apparently preliminary, don't want to post it.

Apparently, three teams have trades in place for Amare Stoudemire. The Bulls are one of them per Ric Bucher. I'm guessing another is Miami. I wonder who would be the third team.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 01:21 PM) Question...I fully expect the Bulls to acquire future 1st round picks, not current ones. In fact, most likely they will deal all of the 1st round picks this year because of the cap hold that is set on those selections. I think it will be future firsts as well unless they feel that getting another mid first means packaging it to slip into the top 8 where they would have a shot at Xavier Henry. If not, they will probably look to stack picks in future years to fill out their roster.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 01:20 PM) If the Bulls can get 2 max fa's to work, keep Deng/Noah/Rose....they will most certainly be willing to pay the luxury tax. No f***ing doubt about it. That team would contend and I believe win multiple titles. Jerry won't pay luxury tax for Byars because Byars doesn't make the team ridiculously better. My question is can the Bulls even have enough room under the cap to offer 2 max guys without moving Deng/Hinrich/Salmons? I didn't think there was a way to do it if Deng was on the roster, but I might be wrong? Nope, no way possible without moving Deng. The only good thing about Deng is that, while he takes up a nice chunk of cap, his salary is deferred. Also, again, JR has said, he will not go into the cap until he has a proven winner/championship team. That's why he turned down Gasol when Memphis wanted nothing but expirings.

BTW, apparently, Butler/Jamison to Celtics for Allen, Scalibrine and JR Giddens is being talked about.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Feb 12, 2010 -> 11:57 AM) Your post makes no sense. In the first part you claim that they won't go over the salary cap because of what might happen two years down the road, but then in the next part with actual quotes they're trying to add at least one max salary player, if not two. If you're really peterified about a $52 mil luxury tax two years down the road, wouldn't you think not paying someone $17-18 mil a year (since it's two years down the road we're factoring in raises) would be a good way to avoid it? If they go the two-max deal route, that'd be over this imaginary $52 mil luxury tax that has yet to happen with two max salaries, Rose, a likely Noah extension and the remaining roster filler. If they moved Hinrich and Salmons, they'd probably be over it with a max deal, Deng, Rose, the same Noah extension and the rest of the roster (even if you got Noah at $6 mil, they'd only have $10 mil left for the other 8 active roster spots). About the only way they could avoid the tax in that scenario is if they didn't make any trades, let everyone walk that expires between now and then and filled out the roster with guys making no more than $5 mil, which might cause rioting among Bulls fans. If the luxury tax really fell that far, they'd be f***ed not matter what they do, so I have a very hard time believing that they wouldn't use the current $52 mil of cap space. Besides, even if they went $10 mil over that theoretical tax they'd still be at roughly the same roster expenses the Bulls had the last few years, so assuming they'd still avoid it like the plague is a pretty major assumption. There's a pretty big difference between not adding an end of the bench guy that won't make an impact to definitively avoid the tax on a team that already has a payroll around $70 mil while struggling with the .500 mark and threatening the long-term health of your team by not spending on starting talent to possibly avoid a tax two years down the road that is almost $20 mil below what you spent the last several years. Theoritically, they would sign and trade Noah once he gets expensive to make room for Omer Asik. The Bulls, apparently, are really high on him. I personally haven't seen him play, but the Bulls love him. I agree that the Bulls wouldn't be able to afford to max guys down the road, but you don't know what the CBA will be and the Bulls will probably worry about the problem when they get there. If Gar is right and everything works, JR will pay the tax if he has a championship team(meaning a team that has already won the championship), JR will pay the tax. He has never hid that fact. But he won't pay for the LTax if he doesn't have a proven championship team. The Bulls also would probably just keep their future picks(if they get the team they want, they'll be picking in the 20's anyway and probably trade down for upper second rounders) to round out the roster. Thereotically, a team like PG-Rose SG-Wade SF-James Johnson/2010 pick PF-Bosh C-Whomever/Noah would win with the rest of the squad being filled in with role players and draft picks. I'm pretty sure with the new CBA, I'm pretty sure teams that already have a higher payroll than what would be agreed upon wouldn't have to pay as much of a tax if any as long as they weren't above the previous cap. That's just my own speculation. Believe me, I've thought about the possiblity of two FA's and it doesn't seem plausible if they keep everyone from the "core". Someone brought it up on RealGM. I think it was TommyUdo who is a CBA expert along with Sham who is the expert on the cap. The only way I think it could work is if they sign a Joe Johnson and David Lee. We shall see what happens though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 08:57 PM) Unless the cap drops to $40 million, that'd be no where near the luxury tax threshold. The fact that all of those guys together come to $52 million is actually a good sign, because it's possible this year's cap could be in that range. QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Feb 11, 2010 -> 09:10 PM) It appears that you're confusing the salary cap and the luxury tax. While the Bulls would be right against the salary cap, the luxury tax threshold for 2010-2011 is expected to be $65 mil. Using the minimum salary exception, they have WAY more than enough room under the luxury tax to fill out the roster. I'm not confusing the two, but I know the Bulls will not surpass the cap number. They're looking at it like a hard cap figure because of the looming new CBA for 2011 with contract potentially dropping drastically. The Bulls wouldn't be near the luxury tax threshold in 2010/2011, that's without a doubt. But the thing is, JR & co. do not want to pay any luxury tax unless they have a proven championship team. Yes, that means even Wade and Bosh. The Bulls would surpass the cap of 52 million under the scenario before because they would need at least 2 minimum vet players to fill out the roster. With those two players, they would be paying tax. Hell, why do you think the Bulls didn't add Byars? It's because they do not want to pay any lux tax. I think the articles in the trib and by Ken Berger today support that as they're now trying to unload Luol to be able to afford a 2nd guy. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baske...0,6301615.story http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/...838893/20035997