As opposed to giving minutes to a bad old guy who can't develop and will struggle? Huh? Cheap money. Our existing expiring contracts are already enough to hand out two max contracts. Also, shedding payroll is easy and doesn't have to be at the expense of a rookie contract. You know who tried that tactic? The Suns. Now they don't have Rudy Fernandez, Rajon Rondo and other players they could have and their future sucks. Great idea. Again, as opposed to a lightly regarded old guy who brings zero to the future. What? So Nocioni, Hinrich, Deng, Gordon etc would be worse if we hadn't made the playoffs? No. It overvalued them to Bulls management though. All you people constantly whine about Pax and Reinsdorf loving their guys, and this is a big reason why. Rose gets playoff experience that means nothing because of who is coaching him and who he plays with. Good luck proving that. Bad is bad. Good is good. Most GM's understand that already. Huh? NBA players want to play somewhere they get the most money they can. Chicago is a great city, the Bulls and Jordan's legacy (which I am dubious to your assertion that players give an s) don't change if the Bulls are an 8 seed this year. That will still be in tact. Not important, but still in tact.