Another day, another candidate to fill that gaping hole at shooting guard in Chicago.
It seems a lot of folks were watching when Derrick Rose was smothered by the Heat defense in the Eastern Conference finals and there was precious little help to him out.
Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury-News is offering up Monta Ellis as a solution to move the Warriors ahead into a new era and to solve the Bulls’ problem.
Then there is the matter of getting the right deal for Ellis, who is due $11 million in each of the next three seasons.
After checking with a few NBA sources, two teams kept coming up — both with the combination of potential interest and the right roster pieces to intrigue West and the Warriors.
They were:
Chicago, which might have been a big-time perimeter scorer away from pushing Miami to the brink in the Eastern Conference finals. Would the Bulls think about Luol Deng for Ellis? Could the Warriors sweeten that offer?
And Memphis, (Jerry) West’s old team, which has Rudy Gay at a huge salary and which offered O.J. Mayo for Ellis in the recent past.
That doesn’t mean it will be easy for the Warriors to trade Ellis — emotionally or practically. It will take some guts. But again, that’s precisely why West was brought to the Warriors in the first place.
Of course, the Bulls could be bit reluctant to pull the trigger on that deal, given that Ellis only shot 36 percent from behind the 3-point line this season. More importantly, he’s only 6-foot-3 and would leave Chicago with a maybe too-small-to-contend backcourt with Rose.
There’s also the matter of West and the Warriors trying to pry Luol Deng out of Chicago just when coach Tom Thibodeau is calling him his guy who holds it all together.
We know the Bulls will be desperate to get help for Rose and close the gap on Miami. But will they be that desperate? The guessing season has only just begun.
i don’t think the Bulls should go for Monta Ellis because he’s just too small…offensively he’s one of the better shooting guards but i don’t think its gonna matter if chicago loses deng. who’s gonna defend the bigger guards or small forwards?
wouldn’t it be better if the Bulls got someone like Jason Richardson since Joe Johnson is already out of the question?
what do you guys think(if it’s possible) if the bulls go for a trade with memphis and warriors where rudy gay and and maybe dorrell wright could go to the bulls – ellis and someone from the bulls to memphis – and oj mayo and the two expiring contracts from the bulls to the warriors…i dont know how this is gonna workout but is it possible?
and one more trade i would like to see is Howard and Richardson to bulls for Boozer-Brewer-Butler-2 expiring contracts…or whatever…let me know what you guys think if this is at all possible or am i just wishing for a miracle!? HAHA!
They just signed Ruday Gay to a huge contract before the season, why get rid of him for Ellis? I think they should offer O.J. Mayo, Xavier Henry and a 1st rd pick for Monta Ellis. As for the Bulls, Deng is their only trade bait for someone like Ellis, the contracts numbers match up, maybe sweeten the deal with a one or two 1st rd picks.
i dont think its a good idea for them to give up deng he is really valuable in a lot of aspects
We all know that the bulls needed the number 2 position badly that is one of the reason why they lost to the Heat into the Finals but Gettig monta Ellis wont be enough if they want to win next year, they need a complete shooting guard with defense and can create a shot for himslef if they are going to run the kind of offense the bulls has right now. http://sportales.com/sports/top-10-nba-defensive-players-of-all-time/ … And the should also get rid of carlos Boozer who plays like a baby especially when the game on Line.. they can move noah to the PF position. Noah should develop to be a offensive treat into the low post, they could lure dwight in the windy city and that would be a very dangerous team for this decade.
Noah cannot play the power forward position, because he has no offensive presence and he just cant learn the position in one offseason. So him moving to the power forward position would be a bad move. And maybe the bulls should try to trade Deng and Boozer for Ellis and David Lee. Then David Lee could play the power forward position and we could leave Noah at the 5 and we would more than a solid 2 in Ellis. And Lee is a great defender and rebounder. Much better than Booz.
Allen Iverson! Steve Francis! — go get these 2, they are not on NBA anyway.
And start two pg’s ? … your stupid
Vince Carter! Veteran SG with a little left in the tank. He’ll probably come cheap.
Let me know when you start talking bigs because my issue is with Boozer. He just got there. He’s not it and I think honestly that he would be good trading material. One problem however might be his salary. Sorry, for my taste Booze has more attiude than game. He’s not bad just but not enough. On a strong chamionship team I see Booze being a strong contributor coming off the bench.
Ellis is one of the top 3 shooting guards in the league. extremely dangerous and clutch. will elevate bulls to true title contenders.
Bad move if he goes to BULLS.
stop bringing up all these dudes like Jason Richardson and Vince carter(can’t even count on him to be healthy) they need someone they can actually rely on as a shooting guard, Maybe a O.J Mayo, Jamal Crawford, J.R smith(although he does come with a lot of baggage), if they want Dwight, Gilbert arenas will be a part of that package and the bulls don’t want to be stuck with him and he’s big contract it will be all types of wrong, they need a shooting guard more than they need Dwight. i really don’t think giving up Deng to Monta Ellis will solve anything Luol Deng is the second best option for that team and scorer for the bulls after Derrick. they might just need to get rid of Boozer even Kurt Thomas played better than him.
i dont think the bulls should get rid of deng if anything they should get rid of boozer nd let taj hold that spot down. I think that rose and ellis would bring major heat to the east nd give miami hell!