February 2, 2010

Case for Rent-a-Bosh

Fresh off five straight road wins the Chicago Bulls are a refreshing 23-22. With Derrick Rose continuing his rise to NBA stardom, Da Bulls are poised to make another postseason appearance. But the Bulls are no one man show. Joakim "Big Goofy" Noah has become a top of the line rebounder. Luol Deng is back to his 18 points a game self. And young players Tyrus Thomas and Taj Gibson both show potential to be solid NBA forwards-albeit completely different brands of forward. The best things for the Bulls are their depth and youth. They should take advantage of this by trading for Chris Bosh. A soon to be free agent, Bosh is unlikely to resign with the Raptors. While they are 26-22, the Raps only offer Andrea Bargnani and Hedo Turkoglu as his best side kicks. Let's be honest, Toronto is not high on most NBA stars list of dream locations, so there is little hope Toronto could resign him and another top line free agent this offseason. Therefore they would best be served trading Bosh. Thanks to espn.com's NBA Trade Machine I can verify that a Brad Miller, Janero Pargo and 1st round pick for Chris Bosh trade would pass the NBA front office. While the Bulls would run the risk of not being able to resign Bosh this offseason, they could only benefit from this trade. If he leaves, the Bulls atleast make a deeper playoff run, ESPN's Chris Hollinger projects an 8 win increase over the rest of the season for the Bulls if they pull this off, and improve their attraction for free agents as a result. If he stays, the Bulls would still have enough cap space to sign Dwayne Wade and it would be tough for him to deny playing with Bosh and Rose in his home town. Come on Bulls, let's do this!

TBG

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