You realize that Bull fans hate him…

That is never a good sign

Although…

1. RLEC and Sergio for Hinrich would be an extremely favorable trade.

2. There is no one more talented and readily available as Kirk Hinrich. What other point guards could you even get? Jamal Tinsley, Stephon Marbury, Earl Watson?

3. He’s exactly the kind of point guard I could see Nate McMillan wanting. He’s a great defender. He’s been team captain for a while, which shows some character. He’s also pretty young. He’s basically Blake 2.0.

I wouldn’t be too upset if it happened, although it would kill my Gerald Wallace dreams.

The folks on Blog a Bull are talking about it too.

for a modest upgrade at PG, who is going to be out for three months. KP can do better than that!

Why would sergio OR HIS AGENT want to do this?

wouldn’t sergio be burried on chicago’s bench?

What are they going to do with raef’s corps?

capt. Kirks contract is insane (degrades in value though that’s a +).

And WE HAVE BRANDON ROY who is sg with a whole lot of pg built in..he’s kinda sg+ a half a pg on the court the whole time he’s on the court…so the original pg…is well… .5 of an extra player on the court!

I think that between sergio roy and rudy…oh yeah, and blake…our pg spot is set.

if we did it, it’d be becuase kp has had devine intervention or some serious norstrodamus dousing sessions… (forgive my spelling please).

But I’m now okay with this simple because Roy, Rudy, and Hinrich makes a killer 3 man guard rotation.

this doesnt sound real.

but i would do this as the blazers.

the bulls have got to want something for kirk other than straight salary dump.

But I would do it

I guess I don’t like the idea of settling for some kind of upgrade at PG just because we don’t have a realistic shot at a great PG. I don’t think an injured player coming off his worst season since he was a rookie is worth trading for. Then there are concerns regarding chemistry, learning the offense, minutes. Plus, we keep adjusting the roster (losing Martell and Oden, presumably bringing in Oden from the bench to the starting lineup at some point, plugging in Batum, adding Rudy, etc), so how are we going to get into any kind of rhythm if Nate is forced to continually tweak the lineup and rotation? Along those lines….does Blake continue starting once Hinrich is healthy or do you move those guys around?

Also, I require that any trade the Blazers do involves more players going out then are coming back.

Sidenote: I like how the link above goes to real GM which references Dabullz.com which then goes to the original Oregon live post.

Sounds like he’d be needed to explain our side. Whatever that is.

There might be something to it.
Hinrich would be the kind of player who could flourish under a rather conservative and defensive-minded coach like Nate McMillan. Not a flashy player, but solid all around and in stretches could play both guard spots which is rather important for us (foul-prone when on SG). Plus he and Pritchard are both Jayhawks, which could appeal to our GM. Sergio has potential running a team and already is a very good passer, but he is not very likely to fully realize it in the Blazers’ system (slow pace, lead guard Roy needs the ball in the first unit so he can mostly just play with the second – and that not very long). Raef is a big expiring contract, and the insurance will pay part of it, so financially it’s attractive for Reinsdorf.

He had surgery on Nov. 11. That would set his return right around the trade deadline (Feb. 19). It was ligament surgery in his thumb, so nothing career altering. Would Steve then get traded at the deadline in another package, or be kept as a very good backup? Will the Bulls wait until then to make a move regarding Hinrich, or do it now? Will they make a move at all, with Gordon potentially not wanting to re-sign with the club that – in his mind – didn’t give him the deal he deserves? Even such a fairly straightforward two-team trade scenario leaves many open questions.

Hinrich – (Blake?) – Bayless
Roy – Rudy

I like Blake and Sergio, but I could live really well with that guard rotation :)
If B-Rex is the real deal in a year or two, eventually he could take over with Captain Kirk backing him up.

More facts: Kirk is 27, will be 28 in January (a year younger than Blake)
Salary under his contract (2008 – 2012): $10,000,000; $9,500,000; $9,000,000; $8,000,000

1. Scottie Pippen 664
2. Kirk Hinrich 647
3. Ben Gordon 617

I think we could get more for RLEC and another piece or two. I would much rather have kirk than felton though.