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http://www.csnchicago.com/bulls/gas...pt-out-bulls-contract-summer-test-free-agency
I'm sure some people will be pleased.
I'm sure some people will be pleased.
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If that's so, trade Noah now.
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See ya. Not that I don't appreciate they player, but father time is against Gasoft anyways.
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Yeah....I think most people seen this coming a mile away. He signed here for less money and negotiated an opt out in his contract. Why the **** wouldn't he opt out when the Bulls aren't a championship team and the cap is going up? Which is why I've been saying since the off-season that he needs to be traded before anyone.
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thing is he hasn't been used properly all season long. he will definitely be opting out and going to a different team cause he has no interest in coming back to this team for sure now
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Good. At 35 we need to start building towards the future, not re-signing guys on the downside of their career even though he's still a productive player. Younger and more athletic should be the theme of the off-season.
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He isn't necessarily saying anything about the Bulls and he knows his own temperamental temperament enough to know he doesn't have to choose right now. He asked for a player option. He played well enough for a raise. Of course he will opt out but he has injury insurance for 7.5 million. Good for him, he has earned it and the Bulls will be paying him more per year with a couple years tacked on or someone else will. If I sign him I'm asking that he retire from international basketball or he can walk, that is my personal clause. Spain might have got his best miles this summer.
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I don't know why you would bring him back. Without a way to acquire a superstar, bringing Gasol back will only take away minutes from Portis and lead to us losing in the playoffs again. We need to start rebuilding. Get younger. Bring in pieces that fit Fred's offense. Get more athletic. Bringing Gasol back would be such a dumb move. Especially if he wants a lucrative deal. We need young building blocks. Gasol certainly doesn't fit that bill.
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Lol no...
We're already light years ahead of the baby bulls with guys like Butler, Portis, Doug, and Niko. Those are 4 young and competent players with obviously Jimmy being a star. We're still a playoff team without Gasol. We wouldn't be laughably bad like the baby bulls.
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They weren't laughably bad in 2006! Or the year prior...45-37 if I remember right. Not world beaters by any means but they were definitely considered on the up and up.
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I would absolutely bring him back. Are you all kidding me? He's going to remain a serviceable big man in the NBA for at least another three seasons. He would still be the best player right now on a number of NBA franchises today. And with the salary cap going up, you might be able to make it even easier to squeeze him in at a reasonably expensive yearly deal. He's one year removed from being an All-star starter. Without him, instead of 11-5, the Bulls could very easily be 6-10. And for all the talk about how bad his defense is, he is averaging 2 blocks per game and gets the largest chunk of all the big man minutes.
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bringing him back postpones a rebuid/reshuffle and i think thats a mistake. yes we're 11-5 in the regular season but let me know when gasol is winning us playoff series.
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I hate it when people over value a blocked shot. Yes, you avoid a basket for a second but after at least 70% of those blocks the offense still has the ball and another chance to score. With a steal you gain possession 100% of the time.
And what value does Gasol give you when he avoids 4 points with his two blocks but gives up like 12 per game because he simply get´s destroyed in th pick and roll?
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Steals are overrated. Blocks are not.
Gasol is awful defending the pick and roll. And that would be a lot worse of a trait if he was playing the 4. But he's pretty much only asked to man the 5. And the Bulls are 5th/30 teams on defense.
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Gasol would never help a team win a playoff series.
I guess the Bulls lost in the first round last year.
And the Lakers never won those two championships.
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I agree with you. I think that his playing with Spain was hurtful to his game now. Here we have a 35 year old player who has played basketball a long long time adding games to his schedule. I think it was fine that Mirotic played but not Gasol.
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I bet you in three years, Gasol will still be a better player than Noah, Gibson, and (the way it looks right now) Mirotic.
If the Bulls should be desperate to do anything, it should be trade Noah (13+mil) or Gibson (9mil) for something as opposed of letting their best big man (Gasol, 7+ mil) walk away for nothing.
If the Bulls should be desperate to do anything, it should be trade Noah (13+mil) or Gibson (9mil) for something as opposed of letting their best big man (Gasol, 7+ mil) walk away for nothing.
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Or they can trade him now as he has the most value out of all our bigs. I can't imagine any teams giving up more than a 2nd rounder for taj.
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Gasol is gone. he signed because he thought we had a legit shot at a title but its not looking like thats gonna happen plus we brought in coach that doesn't really fit his style...i say he'll go back to Memphis and pair up with his brother
with that said i think it makes sene for Bulls to part ways aswell because 1 he doesn't fit the system we want to run and 2 we need to start getting younger upfront....i would say trade Pau but who wants a half season rental?
with that said i think it makes sene for Bulls to part ways aswell because 1 he doesn't fit the system we want to run and 2 we need to start getting younger upfront....i would say trade Pau but who wants a half season rental?