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>you guys keep saying that, over and over.
Because it's TRUE. He gutted the best bench in the league for 2yrs running to save a lil over half a mil.
>the nba has rules. there's a salary cap. the bulls have
>exceeded it.
>when you're over the cap, you can't just sign free agents
>outright.
>you need cap space to do that.
Yes, the NBA has rules and there are ways to make those rules work to get guys you want. If ATL can move Joe Johnson, anything is possible. I KNOW we can't get all of those guys without making some sort of move to free up cap space. I never said we could get them. I said we needed 2 of them to be what I think we could be.
>you can use your exceptions. mid-level, mini mid-level,
>biannual (bulls actually have used these btw, on rip, kirk and
>belinelli)
>you can sign vet-minimum guys. nate, mohammed, radmanovic,
>etc.
>that's pretty much it. these transactions you're suggesting
>are literally not possible.
^^^Currently, Bulls are 3 mil over the cap. Most of those smaller moves you mentioned are off the books this summer (rad, nazr, nate, bellynelly) Rip and Kirk will be in the final yr of their deals so their good trade commodities.
Hendo's agent gonna shoot for that 5-8 mil a yr range and he's gonna do it because of this:
Name/ppg/apg/rpg/PER
Hendo 15.4/2.5/3.7/16.96
Mayo 15.8/4.4/3.6/14.51
Klay 16.2/2.2/3.8/12.43
JJ 16.3/3.6/3.0/13.89
Monta 19.3/6.0/3.8/16.16
With the caveat that playing on a better team, he'd have a bigger impact. Let's say MJ don't want to pay him but Hendo's interested in the Bulls. We could offer up Rip's expiring 5 mil and negotiate 6.5 for 3-4 seasons for Hendo on a sign and trade. 1 down, 2 to go.
>btw:
>
>>Hendo would cost like 7-8 mil per, Barnes about 5-7 per and
>>Milsap about 8-9 per. JR too cheap to get them all but I
>>think we'd need at least 2 of them.
>
>why on earth would you give gerald henderson (who i do like)
>$8M to play the 2 when you already have butler (a better,
>younger player) and belinelli under contract for $3M
>combined?
1) Belly is a FA
2) Hendo is gonna net that on the market based on what I just put up top but might be talked down given we are a contender.
3) And Hendo+Butler is better than Butler+Belinelli+Rip. Mind you we paid 7mil a yr for Rip+Belly this yr...I'd gladly trade Hendo for those 2.
4) Butler's not better...yet and DEFINITELY is not a better scorer. Maybe a better rebounder and defender but Hendo is a good defender too who'd shine under thibs.
>why in god's name would you spend $9M on another power forward
>when you already have $23M committed to that position next yr
>btwn boozer and gibson?
This is a question of Milsap vs Taj. OR Milsap vs Booz. If I can drop boozers 15mil and get milsap for a lil over half that, not sure I don't do it. Milsap is younger and him+Taj doesn't lose us much from Booz. Having all 3 is a pipedream but I liked how it looked.
>and why in the blue fuck would you pay matt barnes (a 33 yr
>old currently making the $850K vet minimum) 7 million dollars
>a year?!
I might have overpriced Matt (though he could command that given his numbers - 10.3/1.5/4.5/15.40) but I'd still like to get him. If we could talk him down to 3 mil a yr for 2 seasons, I'd do it (which is possible given all the guys coming off the books this summer total about 3 mil).
>good lord, man. i'm glad you're not the GM.
Yet, I just effectively got all 3 while only losing Rip, Belli and Booz or Taj. Our only issue would be backup C (which in my pipedream, Taj could play cuz we could keep boozer) but we'd fill out the roster with min guys anyway (like Nazr).
Booz is the ONLY contract that doesn't fit. And even still, if we kept him, we could get Hendo and Barnes, which I think would be enough for us to win it all.
Rose/Kirk
Butler/Hendo
Deng/Barnes
Booz/Taj
Noah/Taj/Vet Min guy
That team is grittier on D, still has a decent amount of outside shooting, has edge (noah/barnes), is better offensively than we are now and doesn't have to rely on Rose to make everything happen.
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