Either way he`s gone,don`t know if it`s Chi.
Could be Mia,Cha,Orl,who knows who else.
Brad works for a lot of teams!

As long as the coaches tell him to “only dunk,” because his jumper is terrible. terrible. I think he still has huge ability, hes just still young.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=17113207356303230005568493040&teams=232323234444&te=&cash=

C for C
G for G
2 PF`s for 2 PF`s

For Drew Gooden and Tyrus Thomas? If I had any say, I would do that trade in a heartbeat. Drew is a great rebounder and a much better offensive scorer (he’s averaging 13.2 rebounds and 18.8 points per 40 minutes in his past 5 games) than most people think. He’s only 27 years old and is athletic. MUCH more athletic than Brad. A Spencer/Gooden frontline would be fairly formidable. Another good thing about Gooden is he’s strong. Not Dwight Howard strong but not a pushover like Brad. With Tyrus Thomas in the deal I think it’s a no brainer. Tyrus is 22 years old, a nice PF and is an exceptional shot blocker as well as being athletic. Getting two young and younger athletic players back for one aging, slow veteran is a must do move. If it’s on the table Petrie has to take it IMO.

I’m not sure if his struggles have to do with the coaching (Skiles, Boylan, or Del Negro), but I am sure that if he was as good as some believe, he’d get more PT. Maybe I’m wrong, and if this is the best deal, go for it. I’m just not convinced it really is.

He’s only 22 and he’d only make our future frontline better. In any deal with the Bulls, say no to Hinrich and Nocioni, period.

Jermaine O’Neal, Caron Butler, etc.

Some players just take longer to develop than others. You can’t teach the athletic skills that TT has, but you can teach discipline, shot selection, etc. GM’s who don’t take risks on high upside players are the ones who never get high-upside players cheap, instead paying them when they are 28-29 at max contracts AFTER they have broken out.

Worst case with Tyrus Thomas is he doesnt progress and we trade, don’t renew him. Best case? Great player who is consistently the most athletic player on the court. Game changing blocks and steals, etc.

Since many are interested in the cap space aspect, and to do that, that means the Kings have to dump K9. Basically, either you take a shot at a young, talented, stud like player in Tyrus Thomas, or you open the cap space for a player like Paul Millsap. Either way is doable in my opinion, and if the Bulls cough up Thomas, there’s no real point in attempting to sign Millsap since that would cost more money, conceivably, than it would in keeping Thomas long term (potentially). So in a sense, cap room really isn’t all that big of a deal, and I’m less inclined to think the Kings really need it. Particularly if they have so much young talent on this group growing and prospering together. (Which hasn’t happened yet, but the thought coming into the season was that they would grow with the veterans, which hasn’t happened, so why not go the all youth route instead?)

I’d french kiss Pookey. I may anyway.

I hear a lot of chat on hear about Tyrus Thomas but don’t forget about Gooden in this deal.

Let me say something that might SHOCK most of you: I think that at this moment, Drew Gooden is as good as LaMarcus Aldridge.

Shocking enough? Would you trade Miller for Aldridge? Let me back up my opinion with some quick stats:

In the last 5 games for each player, Aldridge is averaging 20.8 points on 19.2 shots in 42.8 minutes played per game. He has grabbed 8.8 rebounds. In the last 5 games, Drew Gooden is averaging 15.6 points on 14 shots in 33.2 minutes played per game. He has grabbed 10.8 rebounds.

Now, averaging out both players to 40 minutes looks like this:
ALDRIDGE: 19.4 ppg (17.9 shots), 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 blocks, 0.9 steals.
GOODEN: 18.8 ppg (16.9 shots), 13.0 rebounds, 0.5 blocks, 0.7 steals.

Aldridge is obviously the better prospect and going to be a better player than Gooden. In fact, due to his blocks and steals he already is, however I think that some people look past Gooden because he has yet to be on a team that utilizes his full abilities. Play him 35-40 minutes a game and get him some looks and he can put up 18 and 10 about every night. His real problem has been consistency. Something to chew on.

overrated cause he played with oden. nothing he’s done in the pros has made me think otherwise. I’d rather have beno, jennings, holiday, or curry. (or rubio if he declares).

It matters a lot.

The Bulls (despite generating the highest income in the sport…not bitter) won’t pay the luxury tax. They’re bumping up against it now, and Ben Gordon is an unrestricted Free Agent.

If they do a Gooden/Thomas for Miller deal it reduces the amount under the tax they can offer Gordon next season.

Now this is under the assumption that the Bulls are run sensibly and don’t only re-sign players who are pet favorites of the owner.

Also, Thomas should not be used as trade sweetner for just getting Brad Miller (as you pointed out, TZ). Heck, I wouldn’t even use him to get rid of a Hinrich or Nocioni contract. You want Thabo? Aaron Gray (so you don’t have to throw out Miller’s clothes)?

on Blog A Bull. A 3-way trade that involves Brad, Beno and the Clippers. No.

I hate to see Brad go but if the kings are ever going to rebuild then they will have to start playing their young players. So far Petrie, Maloof’s and the coach haven’t gotten the answer to a question everyone else can see they have to make trades and they have to play their young players more. They are playing their older players and are still losing almost every game and will continue doing the same. Brad to the Bulls for Noah and other players to equal the value like Thomas and Gooden would be a trade that would help the Bulls and in the long run help the Kings . Nothing will save this season for the Kings and all of the fans are aware of it and wish the management would get it and start playing for next year . If they don’t we will be at the bottom next year , 26th position is bad enough and please don’t trade Thompson or Donte Green We lost Gerald Wallace to the expansion draft because someone didn’t see his talent and look at him now.