Omer Asik and Rockets agree to deal 3 years 25 million

[PistolP]

it is better to match

he can be traded within 2 years

no law says we have to keep him for the 3rd year - and there is a lot of interest in him

Exactly this! He will be a HUGE trade asset in two years. The team must match. We will see if Gar is a man of his word.

Who exactly is going to want to trade for Omer at $15m? That's not a trade asset at that point, it's a horrible contract. Houston is paying him $8m and everyone considers that a stretch. No one is going to want to pay him double that. Only realistic trade at that point is moving him for another bad contract.

[WAYSA]

Asik was a 2nd rounder, we don't have much invested in him.

Admit defeat and walk away Paxson for the love of god.

[MAQ]

I understand why people are bringing up the Nocioni situation, but saying it's the same thing is wrong. We signed Noc for 5 years. This is a 3 year. That's pretty short term, and his salary is reasonable within the majority of the contract.

I dunno. I'm not saying we should undoubtedly match, but matching wouldn't be bad, IMO.

I just get the feeling, as someone else said earlier, we should have traded him while we had the chance.

[RichardsRival3]

it is better to match

he can be traded within 2 years

no law says we have to keep him for the 3rd year - and there is a lot of interest in him

Agreed.

Trade him sometime in the 1st 2 years when he is only making 5 and 5.25 million. Maybe even as early as this years upcoming trade deadline.

[Red8911]

Screw asik !!!he missed 2 critical free throws and we got eliminated from the playoffs..

[fleet]

S&Ts are not possible. Asik can bank that money, its already offered to him and his signature makes it a done deal. All the Bulls can do is kindly ask him not to sign it

[WAYSA]

Match it. This is the going rate for big, physical players of his size. Can't just let quality assets go for nothing

We did for Ben Gordon. Why turn the other way because a significantly worse player could be let go for the same compensation?

Gordon was the #3 overall pick as well.

Asik a 2nd rounder.

Consider what we got out of Asik as a 2nd rounder a gift and move on.

[DanTown8587]

@DanTown

Not sure how it's a $100m cash team in 3 years time and that's after you lose one of Noah or Deng ( when Deng's contract is off the books in 2 years )

easy. Because people are saying you keep Omer to keep the team intact. So yes, Deng's contract expires and then he'll want a new one. Same with Gibson. If you're now saying that keeping Omer is actually going to make you replace these players, why would you keep Omer? The idea is that you're just going to keep everyone. My point is, that you can't keep everyone unless you want massive tax penalties (and this is coming with a Boozer amnesty) and which guy is the one you would give up first

Your starting SF Luol Deng
Your third big/likely starting PF Taj Gibson
Your current starting C Joakim Noah OR a SG that was acquired for Noah
or
Your backup center Omer Asik

To keep Omer means you're getting rid of a better player later. There's no way around that.

[bullsnewdynasty]

If the idea is to keep Omer around because you want to trade him because he is an asset, he has to be on a contract that is actually an asset. NO ONE wants to pay Omer $15 million in crazy luxury tax times and no one is going to risk that they can't move that deal for something more appropriate. I don't get why people want to re-create the Knicks where the idea was to keep taking bad contracts, wait until they were expiring, then flip them for average players on bad contracts. Why is this the way people want to build a team?

Bulls aren't re-allocating Asik's money to get the perfect player we need. There's a great chance that if you lose Asik, this results in Korver's option being picked up instead of not being picked up. That's it.

[boogydown]

Just what we need, the Heat getting Camby.

Multiple reports say Marcus Camby has narrowed his free agent choice to five teams: Knicks, Heat, Spurs, Celtics, and Mavericks.

[Rerisen]

I don't know what their plans are for Taj, but I expect that going in this direction with Asik means they have decided they weren't winning with that team,

That is inevitable now.

Letting Omer, Korver, Brewer and CJ go, and replacing them with Kirk Hinrich also means we have decided to go a different direction and aren't winning with that team.

[JohnnyTapwater]

I always find it funny when a players contract changes the fans perception on the players impact on the court, like the money is coming from your pocket. Be a fan.

How is someone not a fan because they don't want to see their team **** their salary cap for a backup center?

It's easily going to be one of the worst moves of the Paxson Era if the matches. Easily.

When I re-read what I wrote, I didn't take from it that I'm saying you, or whoever aren't fans.

I'm saying, be a fan in the traditional sense of a fan. One that enjoys the product on the court. Not one that doubles as the teams accountant. Let the FO worry about the salary cap. They made the bed...Pay that tax or stop BSing us...

I just think it's funny how fans, nowadays, change their opinion so drastically because of what a player is making.

[U boj]

S&Ts are not possible. Asik can bank that money, its already offered to him and his signature makes it a done deal. All the Bulls can do is kindly ask him not to sign it

He can not sign it yet.

[bullsnewdynasty]

If we can get a first round pick for Asik in a S/T, awesome. If we get nothing for Asik? Oh well, sucks, but it's better than not having to pay that last year.

You're not paying Asik's salary. The Bulls are.

[boogydown]

Some team would want Asik at Deadline or in the Summer. Trading him then once we have a long term Backup Center Spot in place would be ideal.

[JohnnyTapwater]

this isn't an asset its a liability prohibiting us from finding more offense why cant people see that?

OKC had more offense...and well..

[RichardsRival3]

If the Bulls weren't going to match, they should have traded him last trade deadline.

[WAYSA]

If we can get a first round pick for Asik in a S/T, awesome. If we get nothing for Asik? Oh well, sucks, but it's better than not having to pay that last year.

You're not paying Asik's salary. The Bulls are.

And our Jew owner isn't paying the tax.

So you better love Asik.

[bullsnewdynasty]

Why are people against matching acting like the Bulls will keep the same exact roster for the next 3 years? It isn't like we're locking in the roster for the next 3 years at their salaries and we can't make any moves. The Bulls can and will make transactions between now and 2014.

Like what?

How am I supposed to know? I just have a problem with people saying that we're going to be paying x player, y player, and z player these salaries in 2014. How do you even know those same guys are going to be on the roster? Rosters change a LOT in 2 years.

[Dupp]

Lol KG's contract is a bargain compared to some of the offers getting thrown around. This contract is a joke and I say that really liking the guy.