Jabari Parker goes on a two year Mormon mission. Parker comes back in time for the 2016 NBA draft, where the Bulls own the number 1 pick. Thank you, Tyrus! Bulls draft Parker. Ok, I'm going back to reality now. I have to clean the dishes. Victor Devaldivielso
I know this might be a long shot, but why don't we trade up in the draft to get better at PF. I'm not talking about trading up for Anthony Davis, but there are some other great young PF in the draft like Thomas Robinson, Andre Drummond and even Jared Sullinger. James Smith
Sam: Trading up in the draft is always extremely difficult as teams love to sell hope. It would probably take at least Noah and the Bulls pick. Which sets you back pretty far for next season. That, by the way, will be one of the bigger issues for the Bulls I addressed in last Monday’s NBA column: How seriously to compete next season and how soon Rose will return, both major unknowns. No matter how much fans want to blame Boozer, the Bulls strength is in the front court with Boozer, Gibson, Noah and Asik, whom they’ll almost certainly match on. Given the probability of not returning many of the bench guys, the Bulls are without a point guard and perimeter scoring. That’s where they have to look for now.
With an uncertain next season between the Rose injury, and whatever happens with Deng and the Olympics and contracts, Boozer etc. What do you think about signing Allen Iverson for 1 season? There is nothing I would love [more than] to see then the Bulls take all the time needed to bring D-Rose back at full health, and if that means losing him and Deng all next year so be it. I might be the last guy left who believes Iverson deserves another chance, but I truly believe he can contribute at a capacity that would help the Bulls through next season until Mr. Rose and Luol make it back. As a huge Bulls fan, and a huge Allen Iverson fan growing up, maybe its wishful thinking but I would love to see a happy ending to Allen Iverson's career and I think even after all thats gone on with him he deserves a chance. Cody Schumacher
Sign and Trade Omer Asik to Portland for the lesser of their two lottery picks (#11 predicted) After the Oden bust they really are hurting for a true center. I love Omer's defense, but if we can spin him for a lottery pick then I'm all for it. Rocky Rosado
Ivica Dukan was in Athens a few months ago where CSKA played Olympiacos. He was heavily scouting Shved and Papanikolaou and also had a talk with Kirilenko. The Bulls are interested in all 3 of them from what I heard. Kirilenko is also fond of the Bulls as he grew up a huge Bulls fan. Mike Sutera
What’s the most insane aspect of the Magic considering Shaquille O’Neal for their GM position? No experience? No basketball insight? Little passion left for the game of basketball? He’s seen as a traitor in Orlando? Dwight Howard doesn’t want to be a Laker specifically because he doesn’t want to play in O’Neal’s shadow? Did I miss anything? Christopher Prince
Given the situation with Derrick Rose, do you believe the Bulls would be better off trying to put together a package to land Eric Gordon from the Hornets? Since next year will not be a year we spend competing for a title, we could try and re-tool for 2013-14 season. You might have to involve other teams to make it work but a back court of Gordon and Rose would be pretty good and you probably will be able to keep either Deng or Noah. Alex Coleman
You know what Derrick Rose tearing his ACL means? It means we're about to witness one of the greatest 3 point shooting point guards in the history of the NBA. Because unlike the naive Bulls fans who believe Dr. Cole's fake optimism, I know he is not going to come back 100%. Not 2 years from now, not ever. So he will lose some speed and therefore lose the ease of creating his own shot slightly. Therefore he is going to have to rely on others getting him good shots. I think he'll work harder on his shot than ever and since he probably won't have the ability to create as well so he won't be able to jack up threes anytime he wants. He'll have to wait for more wide open opportunities which should raise his [percentage] greatly. I think he has a legit chance to shoot 45% from three point land. I can't wait to watch the sharpshooting D-Rose that I know is coming. Brandon Revering
I'm not sure if the NBA works like the NFL at all as far as salary cap goes, but would it be possible, and can the Bulls restucture Rose's contract to pay him about half of what it will be? That will have the Bulls have about 10 million to use for free agents. Tudy Valdez
Can you provide details about the trade chips the Bulls own, emphasis on creative chips. Specifically, is there any trade value related to options on CJ, Brewer and Korver. If Bulls hold a 2012/13 option on a player, is that a trade chip, because they can use it to trade for a salary, then the team getting that player can NOT exercise and save themselves some cap space or tax space? Can you trade a player before you exercise the option? Is there a team that could get under the cap to chase a FA by "giving away" a player to Bulls? The way the Bulls gave away Hinrich before 2010 FA. Bottom line is the Bulls need to find themselves one really good upgrade to weather the Rose time off. And we'd all like those chips to not be Mirotic or the Charlotte pick. Scott Tausk
What do you think about the Bulls trading Deng to Memphis for Rudy Gay? That would give the Bulls a player who could create his own shot and could be a legit 2nd scorer when Rose comes back and the main scorer while he's out. Memphis in turn would get a great all around player with a lot of playoff experience who could continue to be the "glue" guy in Deng and he would probably mesh better with Randolph (since there's talk Gay and Randolph don't really get along). Chris Engler
Loving it that the Lakers are gone! Never want to see Kobe win more or as many titles than Michael. Anyway, where do the Lakers go from here? With Kobe going on 34 they have to go huge! I can see Howard being the only big piece they could add to turn them back into contenders. No point in them going after Deron as the guy is not a winner. Andrew Brown
It's obvious the Lakers need to make some changes. How about Gasol to Indy for Collison and West. LA finally fills their PG need (Sessions isn't the answer) and take a slight downgrade at PF and Indy gets an upgrade at PF and can deal one of their many young players they won't be able to afford after their rookie deal, anyway. Then the Lakers make their obvious Bynum for Howard trade and they end up with a starting 5 of Collison, Kobe, World Peace, West and Howard. Billy Habibi
If you can believe the report recently on NBA.com that Jeremy Lin is not interested in staying with the Knicks should the Bulls then take a shot at him? He's a restricted FA and I guess there are enough teams that might [want to] spend a lot of money on him, but with the potential loss of Watson, Brewer and/or Korver will the Bulls be in a position to make a legitimate offer? Jens Ziener
What a joke the NBA All-Defensive team is. For as good as people say this Chris Paul is, how does playing the passing lanes for steals merit an NBA All-Defensive first team award? Chris Paul gets beat like a drum by other PGs in this league somewhat routinely. Rondo and Deron must be laughing to themselves over this one. Tommy Bakas
David West or Carlos Boozer? Billy Habibi
Which of these former Bulls players, would make excellent coaches since Thibodeou messed up twice (first time, having a non-shooter Bogans start as SG and this time, having a cold Watson as point guard for injured Rose instead of a hot James).
Adrian Griffin
Pete Myers
John Paxson
Rick Brunson
Scottie Pippen
Kieron Smith
Any chance the Bulls would have any interest in Lamar Odom? James Carter
Found an article about when Tim Duncan got injured in 2000. According to the article Duncan could have given it a go in the playoffs that year, but Popovich decided to shut him down against TD’s wishes. The move had short term consequences, as it not only lead to the Spurs get eliminated that year by the Suns, but it may have given the Lakers just the opportunity they need to get their dynasty off the ground. The Spurs in the end though ensured the well-being of their franchise player. They got Parker in that next draft, and things are still rolling for them. I brought it up because it will be situation that comes up with Bulls and Rose next year come playoff time. We still don’t know what would have happen to TD if he had played. Maybe he would have been ok and Spurs would have more titles. The way things worked out though, it is hard to argue the Spurs were wrong for sitting him. Do you think it is best for the Bulls to approach that way with Rose and shut him down for the year even if he can come back? Even against his wishes like it was with Duncan? John Swank
It seems everyone thinks SVG is such a great coach. He is a good coach but not great. I feel when he made the public comments about Howard wanted him fired it set off some major red flags. Do you think he shot himself in the foot for future coaching opportunities? Van Eaton
Both Wade and Bryant should skip the Olympic team. Totally unneeded. The backcourt of Paul, Williams, Westbrook, Harden and whomever else will still be the best 5 guards in the entire tournament. With James and Durant and whoever is in the backcourt, the USA will always have the 4 best guys on the floor, every game. Short of a USA-USSR hockey kind of thing, the only way they lose is to Spain, and only then if the Gasols dominate our depleted center corps. Right now it's Chandler alone (Love and Bosh and Griffin are not low post defensive answers); what if he gets hurt or in foul trouble? Davis may eventually be great but I wouldn't plan on him competing now. That's why, seems to me. the only important task for the team is to get Duncan, Garnett or even Kendrick Perkins to commit. Basically, they'd be needed solely for the Spain game, maybe 20 minutes to make sure the Gasols don't dominate; they can spend the rest of the time sight seeing and resting weary limbs. Sheldon Hirsch