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Sure, but the Bulls only need to get 1. It's not like the Knicks have a higher max amount they can offer. Let's say Bosh is deciding between the Knicks and the Bulls: both teams can pay him the same. Sure, the Knicks may have also signed someone like a Joe Johnson, but the Bulls already have Rose and Noah. The Knicks aren't really going to blow away anyone in terms of being a destination unless that first max FA is LeBron. Yes, but they will drive up the prices of players who might not really be deserving of a max contract. Just hope we land Bosh though, and we don't have to worry about it.

Only if we are getting something useful out of it. If it's just for salary fillers, I'l pass. Hinrich will not hurt us in our ability to retain Rose or Noah, so dumping him only hurts our team.

Milwaukee has the right to swap their pick (#17) with our pick (#15), which they will do.

Not without a sign in trade in which Deng or Hinrich and some combination went out in exchange. I don't want Wade though to be perfectly honest. Him and Rose's skills will not compliment each other at all and each will be less effective. If the Bulls want the best bang for their buck this offseason (outside of Lebron of course) they should target Bosh as their main FA. Him and Ros playing pick and roll would be awesome. Just add some additional shooters and defenders. After signing Wade or Bosh by the way, we'd have roughly $4.3M to spend on another FA piece. Totally agree on hoping they end up with Bosh as opposed to Wade. Is that $4.3 million with the raised cap? Yes, it is based on a 56.1M cap figure. It also assumes that Chris Richard's salary next year is completely unguranteed, which I assume it is. At worst, you'd have to add an additional cap liability of $380,785, which is the difference of having Richard's salary as a cap hold, and having the minimum salary as a cap hold. Chris Bosh_________$16,568,908 Luol Deng__________$11,345,000 Kirk Hinrich_________$9,000,000 Derrick Rose________$5,546,160 Free Agent_________$4,483,100 Joakim Noah________$3,128,536 James Johnson______$1,713,600 #17 Pick____________$1,302,600 Taj Gibson__________$1,117,680 Min Cap Hold_________$473,604 Min Cap Hold_________$473,604 Min Cap Hold_________$473,604 Min Cap Hold_________$473,604 Total Salary_______$56,100,000

Not without a sign in trade in which Deng or Hinrich and some combination went out in exchange. I don't want Wade though to be perfectly honest. Him and Rose's skills will not compliment each other at all and each will be less effective. If the Bulls want the best bang for their buck this offseason (outside of Lebron of course) they should target Bosh as their main FA. Him and Ros playing pick and roll would be awesome. Just add some additional shooters and defenders. After signing Wade or Bosh by the way, we'd have roughly $4.3M to spend on another FA piece. I don't give two craps about bang for the buck. I want the best team and the Bulls have plenty of money to spend. Well, sorry, bang for buck was a stupid term to use in this context because Wade and Bosh will both get the same MAX contract. Bosh will make us a better team than Wade, despite the fact that Wade is probably a bit better. Just not as good of a fit. The reason I originally said bang for buck was because I was thinking about other PF options such as Boozer, Lee, and Amare. Bosh will provide to be more valuable than them as well, and potentially cheaper as well.

I complained about this move on my facebook status. The first response: "What if he became a sick closer"

Not without a sign in trade in which Deng or Hinrich and some combination went out in exchange. I don't want Wade though to be perfectly honest. Him and Rose's skills will not compliment each other at all and each will be less effective. If the Bulls want the best bang for their buck this offseason (outside of Lebron of course) they should target Bosh as their main FA. Him and Ros playing pick and roll would be awesome. Just add some additional shooters and defenders. After signing Wade or Bosh by the way, we'd have roughly $4.3M to spend on another FA piece.

I don't know, but whats the fastest that a team's opening day starter for the past 6 years with a career ERA of 3.56 and a salary of $17M+ was moved to the pen?

Chris Cook - CB - Virginia

Jeff Green is a very versatile defender and better scorer. Noah is a much better rebounder. Noah can play a premium position, while Green is a combo forward, which are a dime a dozen, so I can see why you'd say Noah. Maybe I was just playing it cautious so as to not come over as overly biased. maybe im biased because im sick of watching PFs destroy jeff green in the paint (not really his fault, he's not a PF) and then watching him sit his ass on the 3 point line the entire game on offense. Oh and get 6 rebounds per game. i would give green and at least one of our first rounders for noah without even blinking But that does have partially something to do with fit. With Kevin Durant, Green can't play SF, where his rebounding wouldn't be as much of a liability, and OKC really needs a solid big man. So a lot of teams would probably like Noah just because capable big men are harder to find in general, but Green is pretty talented.

Oh hell yes. I hope this also means no more orange jersey, since I presume we won't use more than one alternate

Jeff Green is a very versatile defender and better scorer. Noah is a much better rebounder. Noah can play a premium position, while Green is a combo forward, which are a dime a dozen, so I can see why you'd say Noah. Maybe I was just playing it cautious so as to not come over as overly biased.

Well you got it kind of backwards. Last time you took Franks with the Texans and the Steelers got Ghee. I guess I'm okay with Franks though.

I wonder how you would rank Noah in that draft. Durant is obviously ahead of him. As is Horford. After that, its hard to say. Oden is better, but if he can't stay healthy, it doesn't matter. There are a handful of players who are better offensive options like Jeff Green, Carl Landry, Thaddeus Young, Rodney Stuckey, and Aaron Brooks. Green is the only one who is a plus defender, and I'd put him definitely ahead of Noah as well. Out of the rest of the guys, you'd struggle to argue that their offense alone offers more than Noah's all around abilities. So I'd say Noah makes a strong argument as the 4th or 5th best player in his draft (depending on how you treat the injury prone Oden). Not bad! Edit- Forgot Marc Gasol in the discussion too.

I liked the Noah pick, but he has surpassed even my expectations.

Better than Pujols' http://www.thecubdom.com/pictures/2009/04/AlbertPujolsDerrekLee.jpg

Paxson will not lose his job. He could quit and "lose" his job. According to various reports, Pax has tried to quit twice and JR convinced him to stay, making his role more accommodating to him.

I've read this multiple times and still don't understand what you're trying to say.

So you're saying Rose is more likely to do something even stupider? No

I hope Derrick Rose Jay Williamses himself He ain't that stupid. His SATs(or lack thereof) say otherwise Well Jay Williams graduated from Duke University in 3 years, so if academic intelligence is any sign, most of us are probably dumb enough to "Jay Williams" ourselves.

Wish there was a CB I liked more. I regretted not taking a CB in round 1 the first time, but I'll take my chances again and help out the aging DL with a different pick. Brian Price, DT - UCLA

By losing one of the last 2 games, most likely. A Boshless Toronto isn't much better than Detroit or New York. Boston and Charlotte don't have anything left to play for do they? Boston will still be in play for the 3rd seed. Although I believe KG sat their most recent game, so we shall see. Charlotte will likely be locked into the 7th seed by the time we play them, if they aren't already. On Toronto's side, New York has no reason to lose since they don't own their pick, and you could even argue they have motivation to play well to "show off" for Bosh, a potential Free Agent. Detroit has it in their best interest to lose as many games as possible to obtain the highest draft pick and better shot at the top 3. Right now they are right about even with a couple teams.

Raw and I will keep our pick the same. I didn't consult him, but this choice was originally the player he liked the most. Maurkice Pouncey - C- Florida

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I'm not sure if this is sarcastic or not, but with Marshall in the rotation over crappier options like Silva, those games should happen less often. I think it's safe to say that was sarcasm... Okay, I figured, just making sure.