The Bulls’ game-plan for the immediate future is coming into focus. League sources with knowledge of Chicago’s plans say that they’ll definitely be looking to deal Luol Deng before the Feb. 20 trading deadline. Deng is a free agent this summer and the Bulls don’t want to pay him anything close to top dollar. The second part of their house-cleaning: They intend on using their amnesty move this coming summer to part ways with Carlos Boozer. Boozer is scheduled to make $16.8 million next season. As we reported earlier, Derrick Rose has caught wind of the plans and is none too thrilled about being part of a rebuilding project. Tom Thibodeau won’t be very happy with it, either.

 

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1566399

 

No time like the present, Bulls...

I think him as the one star, would never win a championship. If another star came along I think he could

 

If you paired him with the mythical creature known as a healthy Derrick Rose, they might have a shot.

The Bulls’ game-plan for the immediate future is coming into focus. League sources with knowledge of Chicago’s plans say that they’ll definitely be looking to deal Luol Deng before the Feb. 20 trading deadline. Deng is a free agent this summer and the Bulls don’t want to pay him anything close to top dollar. The second part of their house-cleaning: They intend on using their amnesty move this coming summer to part ways with Carlos Boozer. Boozer is scheduled to make $16.8 million next season. As we reported earlier, Derrick Rose has caught wind of the plans and is none too thrilled about being part of a rebuilding project. Tom Thibodeau won’t be very happy with it, either.

 

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1566399

 

No time like the present, Bulls...

 

Unless the Bulls FO suddenly changed their minds from the past week or two from whom I've talked to, I'm not buying this B.S.

Unless the Bulls FO suddenly changed their minds from the past week or two from whom I've talked to, I'm not buying this B.S.

Dinner with GarPax?

Dinner with GarPax?

 

Not telling.

 

But if there's news to report, I will make sure I give my interview to Flapship right away.

If you paired him with the mythical creature known as a healthy Derrick Rose, they might have a shot.

Maybe if we're lucky, Mirotic as well.

Not telling.

 

But if there's news to report, I will make sure I give my interview to Flapship right away.

Send it to Soxbadger.

Why is NYDN breaking all of this Bulls stuff?

Why is NYDN breaking all of this Bulls stuff?

Because it's most likely bulls***.

Why is NYDN breaking all of this Bulls stuff?

Because they do not fear a made up story and never have. :-D

Because it's most likely bulls***.

Every story about Chicago's NBA team everywhere is Bulls s***.

 

Every story about Chicago's NBA team everywhere is Bulls s***.

 

Especially if the basis of the story is that the Bulls are actually going to do something intelligent.

One thing I believe to be true is that the Bulls are not interested in exposing their plan to the media before they put it into action. The best way for us to extract value for Deng is to act like we really want him to be a Bull in the long term and are totally willing to ride things out after the deadline.

 

I also don't believe the NYDN knows a damn thing about what Derrick Rose or Tom Thibodeau are thinking.

 

I sure wouldn't want to run Thibs out of town because I sincerely believe he is the most valuable person to this franchise in the post-Rose's knees era. He is a rare breed of coach that adds value to the on-floor talent. With that said, I don't think we are automatically a tanking team if we trade Deng and amnesty Boozer.

 

As others have said, this should be a team that at least makes the playoffs and in the East may be a top 2-3 seed immediately:

 

PG - Rose

SG - Butler

SF - Dunleavy

PF - Gibson

C - Noah

BN - Snell

BN - Mirotic

BN - 2014 CHI 1st round pick

BN - 2014 CHA 1st round pick

 

Might flip-flop Snell and Dunleavy. I don't think Mirotic will do much starting in the early going of his first NBA season, though I do expect him to be an important part of the team. There also could be other good pieces involved in trading Deng (Waiters? 1st round pick? "rotational player"?) as well as possibly brought in with the limited cap space that may exist with the losses of Deng and Boozer.

 

There's some real room for growth. In an NBA where you're usually focused on getting a single, super-talented player, that's a pretty deep and young squad under contract for a while. They could all suck, sure, and Rose could be a fringey player for years, but it's not all that bleak in comparison to most other franchises.

I feel like a key to bringing Mirotic over is starting him. He's on the best team in Spain getting paid very well, a star in his home country. Oh yay let me leave to play with Kirk Hinrich.

I feel like a key to bringing Mirotic over is starting him. He's on the best team in Spain getting paid very well, a star in his home country. Oh yay let me leave to play with Kirk Hinrich.

 

He hasn't been in his Spanish team's starting lineup until this season and really doesn't get great minutes even now. When he was drafted by us, he hardly played at all.

ESPN says Luol Deng had been traded to Cleveland

Dan Gilbert confirms.

Get Bynum and a future 1st.

This is a great trade.

The pick is from the Sacramento Kings and is top 10 protected for the next two seasons

This is pretty much exactly what we would have wanted. Getting a first round pick, especially one that could potentially be rather high, is a great deal for Deng, who no longer had any value for us.

This is pretty much exactly what we would have wanted. Getting a first round pick, especially one that could potentially be rather high, is a great deal for Deng, who no longer had any value for us.

And this really helps in making this team suck. Love it.

In other news, DeAndre Jordan continues to post my favorite stat lines in the NBA. 14 points on 10 shots, 17 rebounds, 8 blocks

Whoa. Did not expect to see this when I logged onto ESPN Chicago. I like it. Didn't think the Bulls had the balls to actually make a move though. And it sounds like we're going to immediately release Bynum.

Bulls just going to dump Bynum and save that cap money?