R-Star

He's a slashing guard with a quality inside game. Hes worth a hell of a lot more than Taj Gibson.

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King Joseus

$8M/yr now being reported. $38M is with incentives.

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R-Star

That's more sensible.

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PD

That is somewhat a fair market for Taj. Would have preferred $6-7 range but that was just wishful thinking. Our main pieces are all locked up. We now just need to add other pieces preferably another star player.

Rhyder

From what I gather, Taj's deal is 4 years, almost $33 million. He has incentives that should bring him up to $35 million fairly easily barring injury, and the rest of his incentives are unlikely to be reached.

Sounds like the cap hit will be roughly $8.75 million per year over the course of his contract. I don't mind the extension at all as that's a very tradable contract. I know people's opinions on this vary, but I would gladly pay Taj almost $9 million per year over Omer's $8 million.

Good move.

PD

With this deal, I am expecting a trade to be made by the Bulls this year in February. I think they will finally pull it this year at the trading deadline.

Good Hope

I'm with Rhyder. A good deal that leaves the Bulls options going forward. And its good to commit to the guys who commit to the team.

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thebizkit69u

Boozer will be gone next year. Taj is not a starter on a contending team, but the bulls aren't going to compete for a title in a while so its a decent cheap boozer replacement.

jnrjr79

I could see that, depending on Boozer's performance this year, assuming Taj isn't moved. That would likely give you 1 year to see Taj as the starter before moving Mirotic over.

FutureBullsDr

Why is everyone so high on Mirotic?

Firefight

From what I've seen, his game is going to translate to the NBA well. Boozer is gone, and Mitotic is poised to be the PF of the future moving forward. Taj will assume the backup PF role, defensive stopper... Who can also play along side mitotic when the Bulls go small.

I'm not big on YouTube clips, but if you can't watch any of the Madrid games live or in full, spend a little time watching some film on mitotic and I think you'll jump on board.

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thebizkit69u

We are talking about years from now until he had an impact on this team. Mirotic will not start over Taj on a Tom Thibs team, mirotic hasn't shown anything on defense that warrants him an instant starting job.

jnrjr79

http://www.in-the-game.org/?p=21126

thebizkit69u

Everyone but Tom Thibodeau.