Indy and Chicago

coolweed · Post #1 » by **coolweed** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 2:31 pm

Murphy and Owens for Smith and Duhon.

Indy gets a better PG for rotation and dumps the contract of Murphy while keeping a formidable big man for rotation. Pacers are 9 and 6 with Foster starting and 6 and 12 coming off the bench. Foster gets back in the starting lineup. Pacers can take any SG or big guy out of the draft and not concentrate on a PG that may not be available.

Bulls gets three point shooting and rebounding in Murphy. Even though he does carry a horid contract, Bulls seal a big for the upcoming years before needing to worry about negotiating contracts for Deng and Gordan next year and possibly Nocioni. Owens is cheap enough to resign as a backup if one is not selected in next years draft.

Post #2 » by **coldfish** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 2:35 pm

Smith has been great for Chicago. I wouldn't consider moving him for murphy, given their contract situations. Adding in Duhon just makes it worse. Having a frontcourt of Wallace and Murphy would be the double bad contract of death.

mudyez · Post #3 » by **mudyez** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 2:45 pm

wow...I thought chicagos problem is that they are a jumpshooting-team...maurphy makes it even worse while adding a horrid contract

tclg · Post #4 » by **tclg** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 2:57 pm

This doesnt help at all we would rather have a big guard that can take some defensive pressure off of gordon and preferably can drive to the hoop.

Cliff Levingston · Post #5 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 3:15 pm

No way from the Bulls. They give up better players at both positions in this deal.

coolweed · Post #6 » by **coolweed** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 3:26 pm

Thanks for all the response, without hating. I hate Murphy's contract just as much as you guys. Tell me, what do you think is going to happen to the Bulls next season with the upcoming restricted and unrestricted free agents? Seems to me that there will be a lot of contention for Gordan and possibly Deng, so negotiations will need to occur. I imagine that they may want to offer Duhon something. Not sure what they will do with Nocioni. And Smith, although 12 years in to the career, has popped up big on the radar lately and may bring some demand for rotational play. I am not sure the Bulls can retain them all and just wandering who is going and who is staying?

Thoughts?

Cliff Levingston · Post #7 » by **Cliff Levingston** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 4:17 pm

coolweed wrote:Thanks for all the response, without hating. I hate Murphy's contract just as much as you guys. Tell me, what do you think is going to happen to the Bulls next season with the upcoming restricted and unrestricted free agents? Seems to me that there will be a lot of contention for Gordan and possibly Deng, so negotiations will need to occur. I imagine that they may want to offer Duhon something. Not sure what they will do with Nocioni. And Smith, although 12 years in to the career, has popped up big on the radar lately and may bring some demand for rotational play. I am not sure the Bulls can retain them all and just wandering who is going and who is staying?

Thoughts?

Deng and Gordon will be retained; Duhon will be let go (if not traded before the offseason). If Deng and Gordon can't be re-signed, they'll be signed and traded. Paxson won't let them get away without getting something in return.

Pax should get rid of Nocioni for whatever value he can get for him, so long as it's not complete junk. He should also dump Wallace's salary outright, or get as close to that as he can.

Post #8 » by **coldfish** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 4:26 pm

I generally agree with Cliff, but I am not as confident about Gordon and possibly Deng returning.

Chicago's general team position seems to be "make the playoffs at all costs". To that end, I don't see a lot of moves as I think the roster as is can do it.