To Trade, or Not to Trade...That Is The Question
You hear a lot of talk about a trade for Pau Gasol and others around the league. I would like to see a trade, but I wouldn't want to give up who the other teams want us to give up. We've got a nice core of young kids here. You've got Nocioni, Ben Gordon, Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich. They would be, at this stage, untouchable, because they're the future of this team...good young players, core players.
The Bulls need somebody. There was talk of Kevin Garnett, but you'd have to give up the same guys. It doesn't look like anything's gonna be done before the trade deadline. It it is, it'll be something like a band-aid type of move.
Over the years, I've seen Wilt Chamberlain traded, Shaq traded, seen a lot of good ball players move around that you think are untouchable. You gotta have something in return. You can't drain the franchise. They can't give up, for one player, two or three players that are gonna be around for 8, 9 or 10 years.