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With the current signing of Ben Wallace the Bulls now look
to move Tyson Chandler to free up some much needed cap space
in the future. The deal currently stands for Ben Wallace as
four years at 52 million dollars, only 4 million more then
the Pistons offer. One of the few reasons why the Bulls may
look to deal Chandler is to get under the cap and try to resign
many of their "baby" Bulls currently on their roster.
Sure the Bulls do have the bird rights of many of their players
but it seems as John Paxon, general manager of the Bulls,
is trying to be fiscally responsible in case a team looks
to offer any of his current players a max contract down the
line.
The current deal that is brewing up heat is that the Bulls
may look to send Chandler to the Hornets. The New Orleans/Oklahoma
City Hornets are currently seven-teen million dollars under
the cap, even with the recent signing of Peja. The Hornets
would send PJ Brown, long time Miami Heat player, to the Chicago
Bulls along with guard J.R. Smith. Chi-town's interest in
Brown includes a veteran leader and may even provide a more
offensive activity then Tyson Chandler, without missing a
beat on the defensive side. The other interest as mentioned
above is the eight million dollars the Bulls would be getting
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a raw guard, J.R. Smith, who had problems last season with
the Hornets. J.R. Smith who was named the starter in the start
of last season over Maji, the sharp-shooter NOK brought over
from overseas. However, Smith soon lost his spot to Kirk Snyder
who broke out late during the season.
The Hornets also drafted Marcus Vinicius in the second round
which now makes J.R. Smith expendable. Though many call Smith
a potential slasher/scorer with a ton of atheletic ability
he somehow developed the reputation as a head-case. If this
trade does go down it would be interesting to see how coach
Scott Skiles works playing time with the amount of guards
currently on the team.
The second trade that is also currently brewing is a trade
that would send Tyson Chandler along with small foward/shooting
guard Loul Deng, Tyrus Thomas and perhaps a future pick for
Kevin Garnett.The ramifications of the this trade would send
the easteren conference in a whirlwind as the Bulls went from
one of the worst teams in the east after Michael Jordan's
retirement, to the best team in the east, perhaps making a
new dynasty with the current Bulls. Nevertheless, as much
as an offensive threat Garnett would be having Ben Wallace
on the court wouldn't hurt them offensively either as their
other starters, Ben Gordon, Kirk Hinrich, Chris Duhon, Andres
Nocioni, and Thabo would florish with such a front court. |
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