i don't think the bulls are going to trade away their #1 pick. if they pick rose, then we definitely should talk to them. if not, then it's a different story.
Hinrich I think would be a great fit here in Houston. Except for this past year, his numbers steadily went up in every area. 06-07 he shot almost 45% from the field, 41% from 3 while scoring almost 17 ppg. He is a career over 2.5 asst/ 1 TO ratio. This is with never having a low post threat or anyone that commanded a double team in Chicago. Imagine the looks he would get here. He is a good defender for his position and is a big hustle guy, so like I said earlier, he would be a great fit here. My only concern is his contract. It is pretty sizeable and he makes what I think Calderon will be making. But then again, I think in Houston, Hinrich could be almost as effective as Calderon.
i have no idea how you could possibly get the impression i was proposing trading away yao or mcgrady. i was just saying if they decide to pick beasley, then the situation will be different and there will be no point for us to have a trade talk of a pg with them. but why on earth would we trade yao or mcgrady just for rose? rose is good, all star potential; but he's no lebron. the bulls don't have any legit center we'd be remotely interested; so maybe mcgrady for their #1 PLUS SOMETHING (i'd take at least gordon and nocioni). even that trade scenario is a very remote possibility.
btw, i'm all for getting hinrich or even duhon. the bulls also have a few other interesting young guns that i reckon will fit well in htown. the question is at what cost do we pursue them if at all.
I would be worried about Hinrich's lack of toughness (mentally and physcially) as well as the size of his contract. At the same time, I think he is the type of shooting PG that would well fit into Adelman's system. I don't hate the idea but I don't love it, either.
I understand what you are trying to say now. Startover clarified it as well. I misunderstood you,sorry. I for one wouldn't want Rose for either Yao or McGrady.
jvg once said something to the effect that hinrich would be a perfect pg in his mind. but that's before his past bad 2/3 season of this year.
I'd give Calderon priority. But Hinrich becomes second. As mentioned before, his numbers went down only this year. But look at the factors: -Just about every Bull was mentioned in a Kobe trade. -Disgruntled contract situations with 2 of their main stars: Gordon and Deng. -Injury to Deng. -Coaching situation. His numbers before were outstanding. High assists numbers and great FG and 3pt percentages. I think he'd be a great fit for the Rockets. Sort of a Calderon-Lite.
Say no to Hinrich. He's not a true PG, he's another combo guard that can't create. He can't even create offense for himself, so he certainly won't take some of the scoring load off of Tmac and Yao. He's also got questionable shot selection, loving to take pull-up jumpers on the break. His D has also fallen off. I said this in another thread: he's just a souped up Delonte West. Did anyone mention that he's making 9 million a year?
The Bulls will most likely go for Beasley as they will try to avoid falling into a neverending hole at the PF spot.
I did think about adding Alston, but I'm not sure why the Bulls would want to add an old point guard with such a young team. I know they aren't exactly rebuilding, but on the other hand they aren't very good therefore adding someone like Rafer Alston would be pretty useless to their team. I figured throwing Jackson's expiring contract would perhaps be more entincing. I do agree though about a back-up swingman being a higher priority. I am not too high on Pietrus, but he is a good defender and can occasionally attack the basket as well as hit the three. I don't think he will cost too much. The trouble the Rockets have right now is how much Landry is going to demand. I believe that per CBA rules, the Rockets nor any other team are allowed to offer him more than the MLE, but we must keep our MLE if we intend to resign him since we don't own his early bird rights (just incase some team comes with an MLE offer). The Rockets are in a crappy situation but I'm hoping something could come out of it. Bottomline, if we can make a push for Hinrich I am all for it. He had a crappy season, but like someone already mentioned, everybody figured out the Bulls which is why he had a crappy shooting year. I didn't see much of Hinrich this season, but the games I did see, he still played good defense, and his size allows the Rockets to put him on quick small SG's such as Wade (which he locked down a couple of years ago in the playoffs).
I thought due to the Gilbert Arenas rule that Landry could not be signed for more than the MLE. I remember the NBA trying to protect teams from losing talented players due to the crappy state of their salary cap.
We have to approach them about a deal before they pick. I would love to have Hinrich on this team. Defensively and offensively, we would be improved. I think the Bulls ask for Rafer and expiring contracts in this one. Basically, to cut some salary off (re-sign Gordon + Deng) but also have a veteran at PG while Rose is developing. I'm also not convinced that Beasley is a PF in the NBA. He has more SF skills than Carmelo, for example, yet Carmelo has spent his caerer at SF. Keep in mind that the Bulls have Nocioni and Hughes, while needing to re-sign Deng and Gordon. Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah are also on the roster. Beasley's options (SG/SF/PF) are filled with good players. Right now, I beleive the C spot is the first concern, followed by PG. However, if the Bulls decide that Beasley is their guy, Hinrich is probably off the table. Then again, maybe they still decide to let Hinrich go JUST because of his salary?
