I would guess that D’Antoni is going to try and use this huge expiring contract to get some of his own guys, especially now that Rose is out of the picture. I doubt the Bulls deal with the Knicks either, especially since it seems like Reinsdorf was a little miffed by the way the D’Antoni situation worked out.

I see Marbury’s contract headed back to the Suns in a package for Diaw and/or Barbosa.

Now that the Bulls are going to be picking either Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose, that puts some interesting players on the trade block. Could we swing a deal for Kirk Hinrich or Tyrus Thomas?

I’m not sure if we have the numbers to make it work, but Hinrich would be a stud as a backup PG and would be great if we want to run Gil at the 2. Thomas wouldn’t be our low post scoring threat, but you would have to love his defense and hustle. Not to mention he’s a freak athlete. He may be an arrogant, greedy bastard but it doesnt seem to affect his play too much.

But I’m always an advocate of getting players like Hinrich. I think he is an excellent point guard. Yeah he was in a horrible slump this year, and that’s the first year I really remember him shooting so poorly. He always seemed dead on to me in years past, correct me if I’m wrong. This is where us “feel” guys look to you “stat” guys.

Honestly, I think that Hinrich is one of a few players on the Bulls that just need to get the hell out of Chicago. I would imagine that playing for Scott Skiles long enough would make anyone hate basketball.

I’d say this is a perfect buy low scenario. Obviously his contract is somewhat big, but you know what I mean.

I know the Knicks haven’t been concerned about it lately – but with a new GM, they might be concerned about it. They’re taking a lot of contracts back of players that might not fit in D’Antoni’s system.

But both Heinrich and Nocioni are Base Year Contracts. They only count for half (I think) in a trade. Chicago would need to add 4 or 5 Mil to get to 20. I thought you might be thinking of the Knicks making a play for the #1 pick…

Nocioni was a BYC this year as was Heinrich. I didn’t realize that they lose their base-year designation after one year. If so that means Collison isn’t either.

I always felt the Heinrich would be a good running mate with Gil. They’d be able to switch off duties at 1 and 2 depending on the match ups and situation. And I like Heinrich’s efforts on defense. Got to get that shooting percentage back up though.