Bulls:
- Beat Knicks in a home and home to improve to 27-26, with no Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose was heroic in both games dropping 29 & 27 respectively.
- Bulls ship Salmons to the Bucks for Francisco Elson and Kurt Thomas. The Bulls have been looking to free additional cap space for next summer by trading players with contracts that go beyond this year (Hinrich, Thomas, Salmons, Miller) for expiring ones. The Bulls did just that by trading Salmons $5.8 million dollars for next year for two players who will be free agents after the season. While this definitely hurts an already scoring-drought prone Bulls team, Salmons was not a starter and not in the Bulls long term plans. Plus, if we do land a big name, it's nice to know we still have Hinrich for defense and shooting off the bench, as well as Tyrus because he is simply a value piece given his athleticism. This puts the Bulls $20 million under the salary cap for next season and that's assuming Hinrich, Thomas, or Miller are not moved by the 3 pm deadline tomorrow.
Other News: Wizards deal Butler and Haywood to Mavs for Josh Howard. Wizards deal Jamison to Cavs in a three way with the Clippers, and the Clippers send Marcus Camby to the Blazers for Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw.
The NBA trading deadline is a lot of speculation. While some people think it's fun, and while it definitely gives more teams a chance to make a run late in the season, I'm not a fan. For one, lets face it: The Cavs and Lakers are all but locks to make the finals and the list of other teams that have a slight chance go no further than Denver, Boston, and Orlando to be blunt. Those five teams are the only true contenders, and everyone else is just playing monopoly. While it definitely is entertaining, you have to respect a sport like football where teams rarely make trades. This allows teams to maintain an identity and teams to truly build up from the draft and internal improvement. Imagine Peyton, Brady, or Brees being traded. Wouldn't happen. What say you?
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