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  1. 1908
    How cogent is my Wolves of the East example? Very. Gutting the entire team for Kobe isn't a good idea. If the Bulls enter next season with something like Duhon-Bryant-Nocioni-Brown(?)-Wallace, I don't think they're much better off, and they are certainly worse off long term. There is no chance that would be the team. One of Hinrich or Gordon will be here. One of Deng or Thomas would be as well, I believe. I've seen a lot of suggested trades involving one of the guards, Deng, Thomas, and this year's first rounder.
  2. 1908
    Barkley and Miller also didn't get very close until they were paired with an All-Star level player or two. What's your suggested trade to bring Kobe to the Bulls?
  3. 1908
    How cogent is my Wolves of the East example?
  4. 1908
    They won't have to keep all their players. But they also wouldn't need to give up Deng, Gordon, Tyrus and whomever they draft with this year's lottery pick for Kobe either. What package do you suggest the Bulls offer for Kobe?
  5. 1908
    I think you've missed my point. I'm all for the Bulls landing a superstar on the cheap and becoming a consistent championship-contending team. I don't want the Bulls to give up too much for Kobe or any other superstar and turn into the Minnesota Timberwolves of the East, though. I also think you're wrong about NBA players not developing. Deng, Gordon and Tyrus all have significant room for improvement, and Deng and Gordon are borderline All-Stars in terms of productivity already. EDIT to add: How many titles did Dominik Wilkins win? Charles Barkley? Reggie Miller? Kevin Garnett? Talent wins, no doubt about it, but gutting a team to land that one mythic superstar is a fools errand in my mind.
  6. 1908
    This is why I like the wait-for-the-unhappy-Kobe-to-hit-the-free-agent-market-in-two-years plan.
  7. 1908
    All sides often have to compromise to a degree to get a deal done, but I suspect the majority of the compromising will be on the Lakers' end. If he doesn't change his mind, they're looking at losing Kobe in two years and getting nothing in return unless he approves a trade. If he decides he's only willing to go to a team with very limited assets like the Knicks, they're royally screwed.
  8. 1908
    He has an opt-out clause, a trade kicker, and a no-trade clause in his current contract. No trade clauses are unheard of in the NBA. He won't be eligible for one with his new team. I don't think he'll be anxious to tear up his existing contract in favor of a new one with his new team. Kobe holds the majority of the cards here with his no-trade and opt-out clauses in hand.
  9. 1908
    Sure. How does that get rid of the opt-out clause? That's in his current contract. It would give Kobe more incentive to stay, but he could still leave after two seasons. i would assume that the extension would include erasing that clause Don't see Kobe doing that. He's got four years left on his max contract deal with a trade kicker in it already. If he were traded, I suspect he'd talk possible extension with his new team in two years time and use the opt-out as leverage. But that doesn't mean he won't use it.
  10. 1908
    Sure. How does that get rid of the opt-out clause? That's in his current contract. It would give Kobe more incentive to stay, but he could still leave after two seasons.
  11. 1908
    The opt-out clause will still be there if he's traded. Another reason why trading the farm for Kobe could be risky. If he's not happy in Chicago after two years, he could leave with the Bulls getting nothing in return.
  12. 1908
    Kobe can opt out of his contract in two seasons. Unless the trade is heavily in the Bulls favor, I'd keep the core intact as much as possible and woo the 31-year-old Kobe when he's a free agent in two years. It's a suggestion Sam Smith made in today's Tribune, and I can't believe he thought of it.
  13. 1908
    Right on.
  14. 1908
    Which superstar are the Bulls trading for?
  15. 1908
    http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2007/02/14/ehqdXvEc.jpg At last, a player I can root for at this years CWS, presuming OSU knocks off Michigan in the Super 8's, of course.
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    Ah, so snap judgements are ok in one instance, but not in the other?
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  19. 1908
    Vineyard to Mets, Joshua Donaldson to Cubs.
  20. 1908
    Awesome.
  21. 1908
    A couple of comments about Vitters from today's BP draft chat.
  22. 1908
    Noonan 32, Gilmore 33.
  23. 1908
    Nationals nab Smoker at 31. Ha ha, Braves.
  24. 1908
    Baseball Prospectus published their top 50 draft prospects list today. Here's the first ten.
  25. 1908
    Would have to be a sign and trade. Some team is going to take a flyer on him at $11-$12M per year. I hope it's not the Bulls.
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