And Steve, to be fair, you believed in LeBron 4 years ago and look how that turned out. We need you to be pessimistic this time.

To be fair, I never thought LeBron was definitely coming to Chicago. I was certain he'd never go to Dwyane Wade's team when he could go to Chicago or New York.

So here's an interesting theory.

 

What if Melo is using the Lakers as leverage for the Knicks to S&T him to Chicago?

That's been discussed ad nauseum.

No idea who this is, but a friend texted me this and thought I would share

Clicks. Some dude on twitter made up a rumor that was retweeted once from a reporter and he got 200k followers in min.

The stalling would lend some credence to the idea that a sign and trade is being worked out. A sign and trade would rule out LA and NY as options.

Melo narrowed his list down to Bulls, Lakers, Knicks supposedly. Which you know, isn't really earth shattering.

Melo narrowed his list down to Bulls, Lakers, Knicks supposedly. Which you know, isn't really earth shattering.

That also got retweeted a bunch with the source being another no name twitter. Unless you saw it somewhere else?

To be fair, I never thought LeBron was definitely coming to Chicago. I was certain he'd never go to Dwyane Wade's team when he could go to Chicago or New York.

 

Uh, yeah you did.

That also got retweeted a bunch with the source being another no name twitter. Unless you saw it somewhere else?

NY Dailey news reported it I guess.

NY Dailey news reported it I guess.

 

Yeah I see it there. Says a personal friend is their source.

 

If I wasn't wanting to leak to my friends, that's what I'd tell them too.

Uh, yeah you did.

Link?

There has been no more defining moment in Steve's posting career than Rose's first knee injury

While I don't necessarily have a problem with these free agents taking their time with significantly important career and potentially life-changing decisions, the excessive media coverage is... ummm

While I don't necessarily have a problem with these free agents taking their time with significantly important career and potentially life-changing decisions, the excessive media coverage is... ummm

 

I think the Melo saga in particular has taken several turns based on absolutely nothing. Not a mis/overinterpretation of an event, but just speculation building off of itself

 

I think the Melo saga in particular has taken several turns based on absolutely nothing. Not a mis/overinterpretation of an event, but just speculation building off of itself

On Facebook I saw how his wife supposedly had a revelation that she could continue her career in LA. Umm... no s***? I'm assuming she's not a f***ing idiot and knew that already.

Link?

 

I'm not going to bother to look for the posts since it's been 4 years, but I think it was pretty clear that you expected LeBron to be in Chicago. I think a lot of us did.

Not sure if it was reported by Cowley says:

 

"That instant contender would cost him about $54 million because the Bulls have a four-year, $75 million offer on the table."

Not sure if it was reported by Cowley says:

 

"That instant contender would cost him about $54 million because the Bulls have a four-year, $75 million offer on the table."

 

Hey, that's better than what I thought they would have offered him.

 

 

Hey, that's better than what I thought they would have offered him.

 

KC Johnson says without sign and trade Bulls can offer $73.

KC Johnson says without sign and trade Bulls can offer $73.

 

I was expecting something around $16-17 million honestly. Getting near the $19 million figure means they're willing to dump a lot (maybe even Jimmy Butler).

Mike McGraw seems to think the lack of any word from Melo means a S&T is being worked on with the Bulls.

 

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2014070..._medium=twitter

 

Mike McGraw seems to think the lack of any word from Melo means a S&T is being worked on with the Bulls.

 

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2014070..._medium=twitter

 

Da f***? This guy is stealing my ideas

Da f***? This guy is stealing my ideas

 

I'm sure everything he wrote about has been talked about by the posters in this thread and on most internet message boards.

I'm sure everything he wrote about has been talked about by the posters in this thread and on most internet message boards.

It's probably where he got the idea to write it. The Real GM forums have been talking about it a lot.

Joe Cowley mentioned that Stephenson is asking for $10 million a year. If we don't get Melo, I don't think signing him to an offer sheet is a bad idea. If Indy doesn't match, whatever, he's a nice player at a position we need to fill. He can be had for what is basically market value. $10 million a year to Stephenson isn't an overpay IMO, especially given his defensive, passing, and shooting abilities. The only issue is that Stephenson is weird as hell and basically helped Indiana blow up last year. The last thing this Bulls team needs is internal issues among players. I'm sure Stephenson will be liked if the Bulls win, but like with Indy last year, once the going gets tough, s*** might hit the fan. If Indy does match, whatever. You end up making them pay a bit more than what they offered (5 and $44 million) as well.

 

Again, this is like plan D, but I feel like it's a plan D that can yield a high reward. It might also blow up in our face.

Edited July 8, 201411 yr by chw42

FWIW, if I want to spend $10 million on FA and it's down to Lance Stephenson and Chandler Parsons, I'm going Parsons every time