Gotcha. Duh.

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So they have how many roster spots filled and how much cap room now?

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Bill Simmons calling out reinsdorf for being cheap. My guy!

Look ... I'll admit that the theoretical Bulls lineup does seem intriguing.

But asswipe Simmons is right about Jerry and his money, so it's kinda hard to believe.

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The cap hold for both picks was about $3M. Now this pick only has a cap hold of about $1.5M. The other roster spot only has a cap hold of $500k. That's how the trade freed up $1M.

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Simmons just accidentally admitted that he doesn't really understand/respect the difference between breaking stories and making them up.

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Saw that. Had it all worked out for Melo but if JR eats money which he wasn't sure about.

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http://www.spotrac.com/nba/chicago-bulls/cap/

http://www.spotrac.com/nba/chicago-bulls/
They already have McDermott listed

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If they dump Dunleavy and Boozer they will have $16M. They will need to dump Snell to get to $17M now unless they trade this pick.

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I guess that will have to be enough. Melo you want to try or be a knick with more cash?

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Doesn't leave any room for Mirotic.

It would. Most any other team can give him is a starting salary of $18M

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No. He'll have to wait until next season if he doesn't get traded.

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Ok stupid question Nas... if they freed up enough room to sign Melo at max, could they sign veterans at some sort of mid level exception then or would they have to pay luxury tax?

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Not stupid I do not understand either. You have to fill a roster.

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I'm wrong. As long as the Bulls don't amnesty Boozer they will have the MLE to use on Mirotic.

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What hypothetical lineup? Not in front of a tv currently.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Rose/Noah/Melo/McDermott/who cares

I don't know if it was Bernstein who I heard the idea from, but it's kinda like getting tired of seeing the same damned movie, but this one would at least be different (if not successful) ... which completely cuts against his "how does this win you a championship" idea, but we're not here for that now.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Noah
Taj
Melo
Butler
Rose

Mirotic
McDermott
Snell
Augustin

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Doug McDermott = Adam Morrison?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Better. Everyone knew Morrison was worthless except MJ.

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Let's not say things we can't take back later ....

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Tall, white shooter drafted early in the first round busts? We can sleep well tonight, that never happens.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Look, you can disagree with me about it, but a black guy is telling you this white guy is okay ... you can't argue with that.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Where's FF with his opinion? I think he'd like the pick. If the Bulls are going to avoid the superstar approach then you need to beef up your middle class, so to speak. You can be top heavy like the Heat, or you can spread the wealth around like the Spurs.

The Bulls are neither.

They need to fill the void between Rose and guys like Butler with folks are, while not superstars per se, are lethal enough to attract defensive attention on their own merit. This is what the Spurs have with Ginobli, Diaw, etc., which allows both the stars (Parker, Leonard) and the lower class specialists (Green, Bonner,etc) to do some damage.

The Bulls lack that impactful middle class, and they keep signing or drafting guys who will fill specialist roles.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Won't Augustine get a big contract elsewhere?

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Maybe not.

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I have the same opinion leash has pretty much. I didn't expect much tonight. But I don't like the pick. I think Harris will be a better player.

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
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From Blog a Bull:

"The ESPN telecast (and my own antsy retweet of Chad Ford) spoke to the idea of the Bulls gaining cap space with this deal. Salary guru Mark Deeks has the actual numbers though, factoring in the minimum roster charge:

#11 cap hold ($1,898,300) plus one roster charge ($507,336) versus #16 cap hold ($1,468,900) and #19 ($1,266,000). Mere $329,365 difference.
[Update by your friendly BullsBlogger, 06/26/14 9:00 PM CDT: latest has Bulls also taking on Anthony Randolph, and his guaranteed $1.8m contract, in this deal. This would mean the Bulls are actually taking on salary (using a trade exception from the Luol Deng trade, albeit expring money that could theoretically be included in a sign-and-trade]"

98% chance LeBron stays in Miami.

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