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don’t take into account Hinrich playing the 2 (lowering his assists) and the fact that he has played fantastic defense.

Brooks owned garbage time. I hope Brooks takes over that team. Too he’s playing against us. I don’t like rooting against “Home” guys.

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BRoy, LMA, Greg, Rudy, Trout, Bayless, Batum, Blake in 2 years

because they have Rose playing 46 minutes a game. That explain the assist numbers.

It should be a sonnet about how Greg Oden “walks old.”

Hinrich is better than blake, on D, but blake’s 3 point shooting makes him perfect for our team. Hinrich gets payed way too much, and would mess up our cap structure. I like when national media talks about the blazers but I’m getting tired of Simmons, people from the northeast are whack

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I love the way he can guard a sf (Paul Pierce)

Maybe I’m just saying this because I hate Paul Pierce and I love to see him get shut down by a smaller man. Hinrich is going to be a good pick up if we do get him this summer. :)

If Kirk Hinrich had been dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers, this team would’ve been a #2 seed and faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals this season.

Anybody who doesn’t grasp the immense boost that Hinrich would’ve brought the Trial Blazers defensively — while not missing a beat on offense with Steve Blake going to the bench — is a blinded homer wearing rose-colored glasses and/or someone who can’t recognize the importance of defense in the game of basketball.

but now Simmons said it, i dont know. He stole that idea from be

At the deadline it would have been somewhat of a risk to touch a running system and with Hinrich returning from ligament surgery in his hand not yet back at full power. So not changing horses was the safe way, not the bold one. But he would still fit well to this team.

The main critique is people don’t like his contract (like Simmons says in the somewhat overpaid but valuable category). The big question is: Which other point guard is available that would be an upgrade? Young promising guys like Sessions and Conley would be hard to get and will need time to adapt and grow. Anyone you consider a real “star” point guard is not available unless you break the bank. Veteran guys like Bibby (I don’t really like him) and Miller (I like him, but no outside shot so a bit difficult to play with Roy) also cost you $10 million per year and are older than Hinrich, who would fit our window well until Bayless or Sergio or whoever else has taken the next step. Also don’t forget that Blake’s contract ends in 2010 and he will want some money too, so then the difference between contracts isn’t that big anymore since Hinrich’s declines.

Hinrich essentially is Steve Blake in terms of character, passing, ball handling, free throw and outside shooting, only a year younger and with the athletic ability to defend 2 (3) positions. Imagine we had him in this series. He could check everyone short of Ron Artest. Put him on Battier to prevent so many open outside shots, or on Wafer, or on Brooks who he couldn’t completely shut down but contain.

Some people will say he is not enough of an upgrade over Blake. My question would be who is the better available upgrade. If we could have had him for Raef and change at the deadline like it once was rumored, that would have been great. Now in the off-season, I assume it would cost us Blake and maybe a resigned player and picks to make him available which is a steeper price. It’s still possible, since the Bulls want to not pay luxury tax and if possible re-sign Gordon. We will see what steps KP takes.