Kings and Bulls make deal

[MIXUM]

Salmons and miller for nocioni and gooden http://www.nba.com/

and to think i was being bashed as usual reporting salmons was out. great deal for the bulls. they just made the playoffs.

 

[Foulzilla]

Good deal for the Bulls. Personally, I wasn't big on bringing in Salmons anyways (he's a decent player, but lateral move at best), so glad to see him off the market.

 

[Minstrel]

Yep. If anyone was going to disappear from the market, I'm glad it was the player I was least interested in.

 

[PapaG]

I am so glad that I don't have to think of ways to justify a trade that brought Salmons to Portland.

 

[BlazerBeliever]

Here is a more direct link to the story. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/02/18/bulls.kings.trade/index.html

 

[free_lafrentz]

CHeck this out....

from the ESPN article on the trade...

Michael Ruffin of the Bulls also was told be was being traded to Portland in a separate deal, the source added.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3916703

Maybe we're dealing for Deng? Hinrich? Salmons?

or it could be a false rumor.

UPDATE: maybe its swapping Ike with Ruffin...

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/019736.html look at the update at around 1:35pm

 

[Minstrel]

CHeck this out....

from the ESPN article on the trade...



http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3916703

Maybe we're dealing for Deng? Hinrich? Salmons?

or it could be a false rumor.

The source said separate deal, so it can't be Salmons. Salmons can't be traded again in combination with other players for a few months.

 

[alex42083]

One source said the Bulls players were pulled off the team bus Wednesday afternoon and were told they had been traded.

I sure hope Luol Deng was pulled off that bus as well..

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Will someone please explain to me why the Kings did this? It's not even a salary dump: Nocioni has a LONG contract.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I'm tellin' you guys, it really can be Deng. I don't want Hinrich, but i'd gladly take him w/ Deng if we get rid of Blake and Sergio and have a Kirk/Bayless PG rotation. That would be badass.

Hinrich | Bayless
Roy | Rudy
Deng | Batum
Aldridge | ?
Oden | Przybilla

Assuming that Outlaw, Blake, Sergio and even Webster and Raef and our 1st somehow get involved? IDK... but a nice 9 man rotation for sure. I'd like to keep Travis.

 

[Minstrel]

I'm tellin' you guys, it really can be Deng. I don't want Hinrich, but i'd gladly take him w/ Deng if we get rid of Blake and Sergio and have a Kirk/Bayless PG rotation. That would be badass.

Hinrich | Bayless
Roy | Rudy
Deng | Batum
Aldridge | ?
Oden | Przybilla

? = Ruffin

 

[bigbailes]

I'm tellin' you guys, it really can be Deng. I don't want Hinrich, but i'd gladly take him w/ Deng if we get rid of Blake and Sergio and have a Kirk/Bayless PG rotation. That would be badass.

Hinrich | Bayless
Roy | Rudy
Deng | Batum
Aldridge | ?
Oden | Przybilla

Assuming that Outlaw, Blake, Sergio and even Webster and Raef and our 1st somehow get involved? IDK... but a nice 9 man rotation for sure. I'd like to keep Travis.

why would CHI want to take back two PGs? i can't wait for thursday at 12:01, just to stop reading the idiotic trades some people come up with.

 

[Minstrel]

why would CHI want to take back two PGs? i can't wait for thursday at 12:01, just to stop reading the idiotic trades some people come up with.

Easy there, big guy. It's just the internets.

 

[MrJayremmie]

why would CHI want to take back two PGs? i can't wait for thursday at 12:01, just to stop reading the idiotic trades some people come up with.

Blake is expiring isn't he? I'm just throwing out proposals. I think you are just upset I put Sergio in there.