Gibson wants long term deal with Bulls

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ChiIllini said this as well, but his rookie year Taj was the starter. I think that's where a lot of us fell in love with him. The problem with Taj is that he's a great value for his contract right now, but at like 7M a year? Then you start to question it a little. We all know he's a defensive guy and a great worker, but once he gets that paycheck his offensive flaws are going to magically come more visible to everyone.

Now me personally, I'm down for keeping Taj and 7-8 or even 9 million if I know we're getting rid of Boozer as well. If possible, I'd say lock him up for max years on a frontloaded contract (sorta like we did with Hinrich back in the day) so people don't cry too much at the end of his contract. The important part for me though is that we get Taj locked up for as many years as possible. He's a valuable guy for us with his rebounding and defense and he's shown in the past that he could be a decent starter.

I agree...but that all hinges on whether or not we can get rid of boozer...which is looking doubtful unless we amnesty him.

 

[clonetrooper264]

I agree...but that all hinges on whether or not we can get rid of boozer...which is looking doubtful unless we amnesty him.

I think it's likely they'll amnesty him to keep out of luxury tax range. I also trust they try to give Gibson the smallest contract possible, which while good for cap purposes (and keeping his trade value from tanking), will probably insult him.

 

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I think it's likely they'll amnesty him to keep out of luxury tax range. I also trust they try to give Gibson the smallest contract possible, which while good for cap purposes (and keeping his trade value from tanking), will probably insult him.

I don't think they will this offseason...though I'd love to see it.

 

[clonetrooper264]

I don't think they will this offseason...though I'd love to see it.

Yeah I see them doing it next year if anything because at that point we'd probably be in luxury tax territory and we all know how much Reinsdorf doesn't want to be near that...

 

[sicko]

they better lock him up, excellent player to have coming off the bench and he can also start for you when a injury occurs

very valuable player to have...plus Boozer SUCKS!:nope: would rather see the Bulls to and try to get a BIGGER and more DURABLE PF with a more PHYSICAL GAME, we don't need our PF shooting Jump Shots with the Rest of the team then Noah is in the Paint battling for rebounds all by himself

 

[Axl Rose]

yeah we got to keep him...i'd be sad to see him go