Bulls

wouldnt you start salmons because he is a better defender and all round player, and then avekorver come off the bench as a scorer..

I’d rather draft someone like Xavier Henry or Evan Turner, and try signing Chris Bosh. A line up like this would be legit.

Rose
Henry or Turner
Deng
Bosh
Noah

I agree that Chicago should trade Hinrich and Thomas this season, I think Patterson is very NBA ready and could come in and give you 12 and 8, but from a draft standpoint I think Chicago would be better off drafting Greg Monroe if they were going to address their needs at power forward. Noah is a good defensive center, but they need someone who can score next to him. Monroe is extremely versitile, and at 6’11” 250 his size would make up for Noah being slightly undersized. Chicago getting Bosh or Boozer is still up in the air, but if they were going to address their pf needs in the draft I’d say go for Monroe. I agree with trinajoe too though, if they go for a sg I think Xavier Henry would be a good pick for them. Salmons just isn’t playing up to his ability and Henry could fill that void some of the void as a shooter Ben Gordon left behind.

Greg Monroe only performs when the camera is on, from what I see. I watched one of his games prior to the ESPN tournament and he wasn’t that vibrant; though, the next game they had was on ESPN, Monroe looked energized and he had a good game against Butler.

I guess my beef with Patterson is that I feel he is a slight upgrade for Gibson. Patterson is 6’9” 235 and Gibson is 6’9” 225, and as a starter Gibson is averaging around 11 and 7 while blocking more shots than Patterson could at a pro level, and I think Gibson would be best suited as a 6th or 7th man. I feel although Monroe may not be as NBA ready he would be bringing something new to the table, he is bigger, more versitile and is a great post passer. Just stay away from Ed Davis, I think he is Tyrus Thomas part 2.

I agree with the Xavier Henry concept. Think about it, Chicago is in rebuilding and they need to maximize Derrick Rose’s penetrating ability. Last year wasn’t a fluke for Derrick, more of Ben Gordon being there was the reason he played so well. You can’t take Ben Gordon ability away from the team and expect oppositions to not collapse on Derrick. Xavier Henry, in my opinion, might be the most talented guard to step into the NBA at his weight class. I’ve never seen a 18 year old look the frame of Xavier. For his sake, the NBA should stay away from testing for steroids.

I say take Henry with thrie top pick and then trade late in the first round and get Sidney or Cousins and build through the draft the way the blazers and thunder are doing. Henry is a great shooter and he has great size for a 2 guard and he defends well with taking him you have the luxury to bring salmons or deng off the bench. Also this is a lost season its time to give james johnson more minutes to see what they reall have in him they are pretty young you can waste a year. Last resort is get boozer, but whatever they do, they dont need a bigman who cant get his own buckets that is hurting their team.

No more hustle bigmen for the bulls they have enough already. trade tyrus for a mid to low first round pick!

Noah is putting up numbers and it’s 95% hustle. They need someone like Al Jefferson at the Power Forward, to slot along Noah in the long-run. Gibson is doing fine at Power Forward, for now. Tyrus Thomas is the unknown commodity at this point.The most urgent need is that perfect Shooting Guard. Salmons has been the anti-Gordon for them. He’s struggling to crack 13 points per game.

Tyrus Thomas is better than a mid 1st round pick.  I wouldn’t trade him anywyas but if the Bulls did they could get more than that for him I think.

Plus for all those that say Hinrich is such a great defender: Did you see him get abused by Kobe last night? haha wow. Kirk does try hard on defense though I’m just giving him a hard time. But man he isn’t worth nearly as much money as he is getting paid! I wish the Bulls would trade him but no team wants to take on that contract.

naw monroe performs even without cameras trust me. hes just not the ra ra dunk on you shoot alot type player. hes the most skilled out of all the big men in college now as far as post moves mid range long range and second and thir go too movies but hes so talented that you are always gonna be expecting more like with odom. as far as starting kyle kover at the 2 youre just asking to get lit up and if salmons is gonna play with youre second unit im pretty sure the other team will have a starter or 2 to make sure he doesnt bring the bulls back into games when there starters are out. i like pat patterson though but i wouldnt draft yet another pf with thomas and gibson there. gibson is player very well. the best player in my opinion for them to draft is henry or turner

There’s no doubt Monroe is the most skilled big-man in the forefront of College Basketball. His biggest demon is passion – or so it looks. Tyrus Thomas is a top 5 help-side shot-blocker in my opinion. He was coming into his own before he got injured, so I’m excited to see what he does next week – his schedule return from injury should be next week. Due to covering Bulls management, my gut feeling is they’ll go Evan Turner direction, if they had to choose between the two – Xavier and Evan. Who knows – I mean, Xavier is the right fit. Are y’all keeping a close eye on the desperation of scoring in Chicago, my god, letting Gordon go was hazardous from the start. You don’t let Gordon leave and throw that type of pressure on a 20 year old whom prefers not to score – let me rephrase that – it isn’t in his nature to score. Rose whole game consist of making his teammates better – that’s what Point Guard do, right?