KC Johnson on twitter: Bulls management has told Salmons to remain at team hotel as it works to finalize a trade. Won't play vs. Knicks.

 

Sweet. Dump that player option.

Yup, please completely eliminate the nightmare scenario of him opting in

Salmons going (as long as the Bulls get an expiring back) would assure the team that they'll have at least enough cap room to offer one max contract.

 

Sounds like the deal might be with Orlando with JJ Reddick and fillers.

Salmons wasn't doing much anyways. It frees up money and we can get something of okay value in return. Nice.

Gotta love the Celtics getting Nate Robinson. One of the most unlikeable teams ever adds another piece of s***.

 

yeah, but they traded away a piece of s***, so it evens out

Salmons going (as long as the Bulls get an expiring back) would assure the team that they'll have at least enough cap room to offer one max contract.

 

Sounds like the deal might be with Orlando with JJ Reddick and fillers.

 

I'm down. Give me a shooter who can actually shoot.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached agreement on a six-player, three-team trade that lands them former All-Star forward Antawn Jamison(notes), league sources with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports.

 

The Cavaliers are sending center Zydrunas Ilgauskas(notes) and a first-round pick to the Wizards. The Wizards also will receive Brian Skinner(notes) and Al Thornton(notes) from the Los Angeles Clippers. The Cavaliers will get point guard Sebastian Telfair(notes) from the Clippers. The Wizards will send Drew Gooden(notes) to the Clippers.

Well, no Amare to the Cavs then.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached agreement on a six-player, three-team trade that lands them former All-Star forward Antawn Jamison(notes), league sources with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports.

 

The Cavaliers are sending center Zydrunas Ilgauskas(notes) and a first-round pick to the Wizards. The Wizards also will receive Brian Skinner(notes) and Al Thornton(notes) from the Los Angeles Clippers. The Cavaliers will get point guard Sebastian Telfair(notes) from the Clippers. The Wizards will send Drew Gooden(notes) to the Clippers.

 

Wait, so Clevelands gets Jamison(Wiz) and Telfair(Clips), The Wizards get Skinner(Clips), Ilgauskas(Cavs), Thornton(Clips) AND a 1st round pick(Cavs), and The Clippers get Drew Gooden and thats it?

Wait, so Clevelands gets Jamison(Wiz) and Telfair(Clips), The Wizards get Skinner(Clips), Ilgauskas(Cavs), Thornton(Clips) AND a 1st round pick(Cavs), and The Clippers get Drew Gooden and thats it?

Yeah, the Clippers are the big winners of this deal...

Gotta love that if you're a Clipper fan, huh? They do have fans, right?

Gotta love that if you're a Clipper fan, huh? They do have fans, right?

 

yes and all 4 of them are mad about this trade

I feel bad for Gooden, that dude's been traded many, many times. Now Gooden and Baron Davis can grow beards together. Poor Clippers.

Well, no Amare to the Cavs then.

 

Where does he go now?

Gotta love that if you're a Clipper fan, huh? They do have fans, right?

Isn't it all about the expiring contracts for the Clips. They want to make a push at Lebron and with Eric Gordon and Blake Griffin they actually have a pretty nice group of young guys.

Well, Al Thornton comes East, but if possible, he's on a worse team.

Salmons going (as long as the Bulls get an expiring back) would assure the team that they'll have at least enough cap room to offer one max contract.

 

Sounds like the deal might be with Orlando with JJ Reddick and fillers.

I know Chicago would love to do that deal because JJ's deal is up at the end of the season (he wants about 4/20 in the off-season also), but I just can't see the Magic doing that deal.

 

They've already got enough 3's in Barnes, Pietrus etc. and they probably need to cut salary if anything, which if they just let Redick go in the off-season they can probably do.

 

And Redick's become a pretty integral part of the Magic's rotation (he plays a lot in the 4th Q), so I don't know if the Magic want to mess with that when they think they can still win the whole thing.

 

Although with the Cavs getting Jamison (who will clog the lane up far less for Lebron than Amare would have), it's going to be very tough to beat them in the East.

Salmons to Milwaukee for Kurt Thomas and Francisco Elson

Salmons to Milwaukee for Kurt Thomas and Francisco Elson

Eh... expiring contracts so it's good with me. Thomas will be a nice veteran presence.

Salmons to Milwaukee for Kurt Thomas and Francisco Elson

 

So I'm assuming we're going to be using Kurt Thomas to replace Tyrus' playing time when he's going to be dealt?

Bulls fans should be very happy with that trade.

So I'm assuming we're going to be using Kurt Thomas to replace Tyrus' playing time when he's going to be dealt?

I sure hope so.

I liked Salmons, but I like this trade for the Bulls.

 

Jamison to the Cavs is confusing from the Clips perspective. They gained Drew Gooden...and that's it. But they gave up a lot to get him. I like Jamison, but I wouldn't mind him tanking and his contract handicapping the Cavs.

 

Now, the TT saga continues.

I don't give a damn who we got, Salmons had s*** for value. His contract needed to be moved to eliminate all risk of him opting in this summer. Solid deal, nothing to complain about.

Thomas is a decent backup center as well, even though he's pretty old now.

 

Gives the Bulls some insurance in case they move Miller and TT in that T-Mac deal.