Trades

Now that the dust has settled, I'll try to weigh in on the trades. First, when I mentioned the Amare trade to Michele, she said that he was too injury prone. I thought about it and agreed. I would have loved to give up Tyrus, Noah, etc for Bosh though. Then Amare gets injured the day after the trade deadline and is likely out for the year!

Now, for the trades they did, they weren't too exciting but I guess it is better than nothing. I think Miller for Gooden is mostly a wash, although Miller is a better passer. Hate to see Noc leave, but his contract is high compared to what he gives us. Salmons has more upside, but also more downside. Really, the whole success of these trades will fall on whether Salmons improves or backslides.

Praise to the highest that we unloaded Hughes, and I knew that the Knicks would be the only team silly enough to take him. We got basically nothing back in return, but maybe Tim Thomas will decide he wants to play as a Bull this time around.

It's funny, when we swapped Wallace for Hughes I knew Hughes was no good but I was so happy to get rid of Wallace that I didn't care. Now we have the same situation with Hughes for Thomas. I know he isn't good, but I'm very, very happy to make that trade.

Getting rid of Thabo for basically nothing is fine with me, as he's pretty worthless. Ideally, we would have gotten rid of Deng, Tyrus, and Noah, but I knew those were unlikely. Finally, I'm glad we kept Hinrich. We need a solid backup guard and I think he's playing better of late.

Worst news of all was Paxson saying he isn't going to step down after all. He probably sees that even with all of his bungling the Bulls have a good shot at the 8 spot.