Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Should We Bull-eve This?

From the Chicago Tribune:

"Would the Bulls give up the No. 1 draft position to the Heat in exchange for Dwyane Wade and the No. 2 overall selection? Or some combination of other players and picks?

'I have heard my name being talked about, and I can't worry about it,' Wade said Monday at the Attack Athletics training facility on the West Side. 'There is one thing in this league that you have no control over. If another organization wants you, then you should feel good to be wanted.'

Wade grew up idolizing Michael Jordan while starring at Richards High School and then Marquette.

'I have a lot of history with the Bulls,' Wade said. 'And for them to come out with the first pick like that (with a 1.7 percent lottery chance) ... it was fitting that they would do something like that. Nobody thought that would happen. To be in that position and sit back and listen to anything and go back to a team and say: 'How about this? and 'How about that?' ... If [the Bulls] don't make any big moves like that, they're still going to have a great player.'

Memphis guard Derrick Rose and Kansas State forward Michael Beasley are expected to go 1-2 in the draft."

In this blogger's opinion, it just depends on the players involved. Mainly, I struggle to see what Miami would get out of the deal. I presume that the Bulls would only make the move if it would result in getting Wade and then Michael Beasley as the #2 pick. That kind of combo, along with Kirk Hinrich at point, could be a strong nucleus... and it would matter who the Bulls have to give up. Surely multiple key players like Ben Gordon or Andres Nocioni. Does that really compensate Miami for yielding the player that carried them to the championship a couple years ago, and still in his prime? Back in Chicago, you'd still have the ultra-expensive Larry Hughes sitting on the bench behind Wade. Is there someone out there who needs this guy and could spare a forward?

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