Expiring contracts, I presume...

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"touches the ball?" Where's your stat for that?

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I like Harrington...I think he'd fit in decently if Tibs regulated him with minutes based on performance...

Noah is a better center than anyone else currently on the Bulls. I'd still pack his bags if it meant getting Melo.

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What part of "NO DEAL" don't you understand? Carmelo Anthony's not coming to Chicago! End of story.

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Sorry I borrowed your bit Ivan.

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ah. So you started your line of argumentation by relying on stats and not on the "eyeball" test, and now it is about the "eyeball" test.

See, sometimes stats are meaningless. Like when comparing Deng to Carmelo.

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Doc and Thibs reaction is priceless in that gif.

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ruin the flow? Have you ever seen Deng draw a double team? Ever? Did you see Deng ruin the Bulls' chances against the Bobcats last week by bringing his man with him and effectively double teaming Rose, which resulted in Rose losing the ball and the Bulls losing the game?

You do admit that if the money were equal, you'd take Anthony. So at the surface you do think Anthony is a superior player. I'll take that much. I assume you're just constructing an argument for the sake of it. You don't really believe that the Bulls would be a worse team in a straight up Deng for Anthony trade.

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When does Immessedup claim to not really believe his position and he is just messing with everyone?

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Rose, Boozer and Noah...besides those three, anyone else on the team is very replaceable. And I am a big Taj Gibson fan.

What's your opinion of the way the Heat have built their team? Are they better than the Bulls currently?

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so you're saying the Bulls will have a better season?

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who's going farther in the playoffs?

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I asked for your opinion. You have chose to sit on the fence. I believe the Heat will go farther. Why? Becuase despite the fact that they have crap (and I mean utter crap) beyond their 3 amigos, star players win in the NBA, more than any other sport. So I see the Heat going farther in the playoffs, becuase they have built around three of the best players in the NBA. The only reason they would lose is becuase Chris Bosh is not at the same level as Wade and Bron. Which is why I am for trading anyone but Rose, Boozer and Noah to get Anthony.

And be careful when you say the Heat could be more injury riddled. The Bulls have some major injury risks on their team, like the guy that's down for the count right now and Boozer. They'd better monitor Rose's minutes carefully too.

I think I've carried on long enough.

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So you wouldn't trade Noah for LeBron or Kobe. We're not talking about Shaq. We're talking about Tyson Chandler with better hands. Melo is a top 5 player.

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I would trade him for Lebron instantly.

For Kobe though, it's a little different. If we're living in a bubble and only this year mattered, then sure. But Kobe might have 1-2 good seasons left in him after this year. It's not as easy of a call. I would probably do it though. Rose + Boozer + Kobe + Deng would be a real solid nucleaus for the next 2 seasons.

But Melo is not on the same level as a Kobe or Lebron anyway, so I don't think this argument is really important anyway. Lebron singlehandedly took a team to the Finals, and Kobe has won 5 rings, 2 of which were teams led by him. Melo has one trip to the Conference Finals, and a slew of first round exits.

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He's a better scorer than both and percentage wise he is also clutcher than both. He doesn't disappear when you need him like LeBron. With 1 game to win I would rather have Melo or Wade than LeBron. Obviously talent wise LeBron is superior to both. Melo would also instantly be the Bulls best player. Not wanting to trade Noah has more to do with being a crowd favorite. The fact that Melo is a top 5 player makes that deal easy.

On another note I would look to try to trade Boozer if I could get Melo. With Melo there wouldn't be enough balls to go around for all of them. Also the last couple years of that deal would be bad. Taj would fit nicely in the starting 5.

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This is a down year for Melo for obvious reasons. Even with those things going on 24 and 8 is pretty good. He is a career 46% shooter. As MJ and guys like Kobe have proven when you have a scoring wing that can post up you don't really need a big that can post up. Can you imagine that nightmare many teams would have trying to guard Rose and Melo? Unlike LeBron and Wade Melo doesn't dominate the ball. That would work better in the Bulls offense.

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to me Melo has 2 things that are immensely valuable: ability to create his own shot and ability to get to the line

i basically agree with douchebag's reasoning, although i'm kind of on the fence thinking about it more as far as giving up Noah. It would depend on who else you got back from Denver, maybe if they throw in a Ty Lawson or something or maybe Birdman.

If you were left with Rose, ____, Anthony, Boozer, Gibson as your starting lineup that would still be pretty formidable but they'd be thin off the bench

I do have to think if the Bulls wanted to make that trade they could...I think it's better than the Nets offer.

so you feel one player can win a championship by themselves and you think that player is Rose?