Will he come to Chicago? Will he even be traded? Do the Bulls want to give up Luol Deng and/or Ben Gordon? What would a Bulls offer be? My trade offer would be: Ben Gordon, Andres Nocioni, Chris Duhon, Viktor Khryapa(Du and Khryapa combine for 5 million expiring), Joakim Noah, and future draft picks for Kobe and Vujacic with possibly Brian Cook if they need to dump someone to even the roster number. Is this too much or too little?
How the Lakers would look:
PG: Crittenton/Farmar/Duhon/Fisher
SG: Ben Gordon/Maurice Evans/Crittenton(not sure)/Luke Walton(not sure)
The Lakers would obviously be loaded at point guard and at forward and thin at Kobe's position. So should they then package Noah and Duhon(or Farmar) for a shooting guard? Would the Lakers be better off than they are now? I would say so, as they get great depth and could make another trade to even out the team. If the Lakers look at it this way, there is a chance the offer gets accepted.
How the Bulls would look:
PG: Hinrich/Sefolosha/Curry/Vujacic
SG: Bryant/Sefolosha/Hinrich/Deng
SF: Deng/Sefolosha/Thomas/Griffin
PF: Thomas/Smith/Deng
C: Wallace/Gray/Smith
Chicago would improve defensively as BG7 gets replaced by an all defensive player. The lack of depth is crucial as one injury could kill their season. Thabo would have to take over the 6th man spot and hit his shots, while Thomas would need to step it up and play more maturely. They could go into free agency though and try to pick up PJ Brown, who would get playing time and at the same time, play for a contender. Are the Bulls better off? It's a tough call as the team truly relies on the sophomores.
