mlewinth
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I have been cruising the basketball blogs tonight and reading ESPN and reading all this NBA news and I am amazed, INSANLEY amazed at how no one seems to get how huge this is. Trading Kirk Hinrich today is not about Kirk Hinrich, this is about LeBron James and there is now NO QUESTION OF A DOUBT that we are in the drivers seat in Free Agency.
We are now 2 million dollars away of getting two maximum contract free agents. This was a 4 team race (kinda). Miami, who can sign 2 max(1 is Wade) and a $10 mill guy, or New York, who can sign 2 free agents and have no talent, maaaayybe the Clippers who can sign a max guy and maybe an additional mid tier star and in the corner, da Bulls, who could offer Rose and Noah. There was a doubt at that point what was better. Rose and Noah, or 2 max guys and nothing else. Now there is no question. Now the Bulls can offer you a dynasty. The Chicago Bulls now are standing in the corner with Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Loul Deng, Taj Gibson and TWO MAXIMUM CONTRACT FREE AGENTS. I know that you will have the ney sayers saying (your still $2 million short). The difference is nothing. NOTHING. If any team takes ANY ONE OF OUR PLAYERS in a sign and trade, we can absorb 2 max guys. James Johnson and a future first rounder, Taj...whatever. Bosh and LeBron can say "Were leaving" and Toronto and Cleveland will be forced to take whatever the hell we give them. You don't think they would take Taj, who made the all-rookie team and makes rookie money?
This is happening. Chicago will get LeBron to commit, because we can almost guarentee we will get another good player to surround him and have a core that simply blows every other teams away. One of the top free agents will be willing to either A) take a small pay cut, or B) their team would be willing to take on a Taj Gibson, so we can make this work, if the FA says they are leaving. The Chicago Bulls and whoever they convince to come, will hold the entire deck.
At this point I also see, LeBron almost looking bad if he goes to New York. If LeBron goes to New York, he is blatently doing it because he would rather be in New York than Cleveland. If LeBron goes to Chicago, he obviously wants to win, because we give him that chance.
Gar Forman, the man I questioned. The man who Fred wanted thrown out of the organization for letting Ben Gordon go, is on the verge of putting together a team that is BETTER than the 96-97 team. A team that is of the age and talent to dominate the NBA for a decade. This all now hinges on Lebron deciding to leave.
Boys and girls....all hands on deck, we are on the verge of becomming a dynasty.
We are now 2 million dollars away of getting two maximum contract free agents. This was a 4 team race (kinda). Miami, who can sign 2 max(1 is Wade) and a $10 mill guy, or New York, who can sign 2 free agents and have no talent, maaaayybe the Clippers who can sign a max guy and maybe an additional mid tier star and in the corner, da Bulls, who could offer Rose and Noah. There was a doubt at that point what was better. Rose and Noah, or 2 max guys and nothing else. Now there is no question. Now the Bulls can offer you a dynasty. The Chicago Bulls now are standing in the corner with Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Loul Deng, Taj Gibson and TWO MAXIMUM CONTRACT FREE AGENTS. I know that you will have the ney sayers saying (your still $2 million short). The difference is nothing. NOTHING. If any team takes ANY ONE OF OUR PLAYERS in a sign and trade, we can absorb 2 max guys. James Johnson and a future first rounder, Taj...whatever. Bosh and LeBron can say "Were leaving" and Toronto and Cleveland will be forced to take whatever the hell we give them. You don't think they would take Taj, who made the all-rookie team and makes rookie money?
This is happening. Chicago will get LeBron to commit, because we can almost guarentee we will get another good player to surround him and have a core that simply blows every other teams away. One of the top free agents will be willing to either A) take a small pay cut, or B) their team would be willing to take on a Taj Gibson, so we can make this work, if the FA says they are leaving. The Chicago Bulls and whoever they convince to come, will hold the entire deck.
At this point I also see, LeBron almost looking bad if he goes to New York. If LeBron goes to New York, he is blatently doing it because he would rather be in New York than Cleveland. If LeBron goes to Chicago, he obviously wants to win, because we give him that chance.
Gar Forman, the man I questioned. The man who Fred wanted thrown out of the organization for letting Ben Gordon go, is on the verge of putting together a team that is BETTER than the 96-97 team. A team that is of the age and talent to dominate the NBA for a decade. This all now hinges on Lebron deciding to leave.
Boys and girls....all hands on deck, we are on the verge of becomming a dynasty.
