Fred
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Let's hope my July 2010 predictions aren't as accurate as my July 2009 predictions. But as I said on the latest CBE, I think Bosh will require a Sign and Trade.
Email to Sam Smith, Bulls.com Employee and guest on CBE 22:
"I heard you yesterday on AM 1000 during halftime of the game. You mentioned that you felt strongly about Noah, and that you wouldn't trade him. Does the organization feel that way? If the Raptors offered Bosh for Noah in a sign and trade, would the organization say yes? Just my opinion, he is the only asset we have that I believe the Raptors would be interested in (assuming of course that Rose is untradeable). Hinrich and Deng are overpaid relative to their production. Other teams would have far more reasonable, younger, or more durable assets."
Sam Smith response:
"He (Noah) will not under any circumstances even for wade be traded"
Ryen Russillo of the 4/28/10 ESPN NBA Podcast for : “I talked to somebody last night that has a pretty good gauge on the situation and they feel like that Bosh is going to do the right thing with a sign and trade?”
17:58 – 20:20
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=3634017
Ryen then ponders if the Raptors would take Deng. That is the big question. In a perfect world, they would take Deng and his bloated contract off our hands. In the most perfect world, they would also take Hinrich. Or, they could go with this scary Bill Simmons scenario:
I think Ernie Grunfeld should be the 2009-10 Anti-Executive of the Year. He turned Dallas into a contender and made Cleveland the overwhelming favorite. His failure to grab J.J. Hickson in the Antawn Jamison trade was the biggest front-office boner of the season by someone not named "David Kahn" and, if you want to dig deeper, an important chess piece in this summer's "Will LeBron stay or go?" drama. Without Hickson, Cleveland wouldn't have a young player to include in a summer sign-and-trade if, say, LeBron stays and Chris Bosh or Joe Johnson wants to join him. Keeping Hickson allows the Cavs to say to Toronto/Atlanta, "Bosh/Johnson is leaving anyway -- give him the max and flip him to us, and we'll give you Hickson, two future No. 1s and $3 million, and sign Shaq for one year and $10 million to make the swap of contracts work ... do we have a deal?" Thanks again, Ernie. You just opened the window for Cleveland to win five straight titles.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/part1/100416&sportCat=nba
Email to Sam Smith, Bulls.com Employee and guest on CBE 22:
"I heard you yesterday on AM 1000 during halftime of the game. You mentioned that you felt strongly about Noah, and that you wouldn't trade him. Does the organization feel that way? If the Raptors offered Bosh for Noah in a sign and trade, would the organization say yes? Just my opinion, he is the only asset we have that I believe the Raptors would be interested in (assuming of course that Rose is untradeable). Hinrich and Deng are overpaid relative to their production. Other teams would have far more reasonable, younger, or more durable assets."
Sam Smith response:
"He (Noah) will not under any circumstances even for wade be traded"
Ryen Russillo of the 4/28/10 ESPN NBA Podcast for : “I talked to somebody last night that has a pretty good gauge on the situation and they feel like that Bosh is going to do the right thing with a sign and trade?”
17:58 – 20:20
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=3634017
Ryen then ponders if the Raptors would take Deng. That is the big question. In a perfect world, they would take Deng and his bloated contract off our hands. In the most perfect world, they would also take Hinrich. Or, they could go with this scary Bill Simmons scenario:
I think Ernie Grunfeld should be the 2009-10 Anti-Executive of the Year. He turned Dallas into a contender and made Cleveland the overwhelming favorite. His failure to grab J.J. Hickson in the Antawn Jamison trade was the biggest front-office boner of the season by someone not named "David Kahn" and, if you want to dig deeper, an important chess piece in this summer's "Will LeBron stay or go?" drama. Without Hickson, Cleveland wouldn't have a young player to include in a summer sign-and-trade if, say, LeBron stays and Chris Bosh or Joe Johnson wants to join him. Keeping Hickson allows the Cavs to say to Toronto/Atlanta, "Bosh/Johnson is leaving anyway -- give him the max and flip him to us, and we'll give you Hickson, two future No. 1s and $3 million, and sign Shaq for one year and $10 million to make the swap of contracts work ... do we have a deal?" Thanks again, Ernie. You just opened the window for Cleveland to win five straight titles.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/part1/100416&sportCat=nba
