Salmons/Miller to the Bulls

[ss1986v2]

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/02/18/b...ade/index.html

The Kings agreed on Wednesday to a trade that sends forward John Salmons and center Brad Miller to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for forwards Drew Gooden and Andres Nocioni, according to league sources. The deal will reduce Sacramento's obligations next season, saving the Kings millions on the salary cap and keeping them well under any potential luxury tax payments. Gooden, making $7.15 million this season, will likely come off the team's cap after this year, and now, the team is free of the $5.4 million due to Salmons in 2009 and the $12 million due to Miller in '09.

[crc21209]

WOW, well there that idea goes. Well guys now NO BIGS are available...any ideas? Besides Sheed.....And Salmons is now outta the picture. So that leaves us with VC, Jefferson, Sheed?

[Brazil]

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/02/18/b...ade/index.html

at least one less in the list

[DBMethos]

Things are happening. C'mon Spurs...make lemonade out of limes!

[ManuTP9]

shiiiit

[crc21209]

Well at least Miller and Salmons didnt go to a Western Conference rival ala Portland or someone else.

[ss1986v2]

Things are happening. C'mon Spurs...make lemonade out of limes!

[coyotes_geek]

Sheed is not on the list. There's no reason for the Pistons to trade him to us. Maybe Vince, maybe RJ, probably neither.

[timvp]

Damn, Salmon was a good option if Carter doesn't work out. Now it's getting close to Carter or bust.

I would consider Nocioni but it just looks like his body is breaking down.

[meestahmeestah]

Damn...woulda been nice if Nocioni was openly available. Pretty sure that means Amare is staying in PHX (or at least not going to Chicago) since Gooden's salary would have made most of the salary component going to PHX and Miller is the veteran big they wanted to trade for.

[braeden0613]

im holding out a little hope for RJ, but at this point i dont see any trades happening

[BWS-1994]

More pressure to the FO.

[lurker23]

I had a feeling they wanted to get rid of them both in one fell swoop. Bulls had better pieces than us.

Just for the fun of it, anyone think something like this would have any legs whatsoever?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...tradeId=bkpwnt

(With Horry resigned at $4.2 instead of trading Thomas.)

I realize this is a lot of guys for Sac to take back, but they get both contracts off their books, ~$6.5 mil in expiring contracts, Oberto's non-guaranteed deal for next year, and can buy out Bowen.

[Brazil]

Damn, Salmon was a good option if Carter doesn't work out. Now it's getting close to Carter or bust.

I would consider Nocioni but it just looks like his body is breaking down.

We go direct for the contrary of the Mason shoot against Boston: No no no ... yeeeesssss, for the trade deadline it will be a yes yes ... yes.... damn no

[crc21209]

5-Player deal

Sources: Bulls, Kings pull off deal

The Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings have reached tentative agreement on a trade sending Andres Nocioni, Drew Gooden and Cedric Simmons to the Kings for Brad Miller and John Salmons, ESPN.com.

One source said the Bulls players were pulled off the team bus Wednesday afternoon and were told they had been traded.

Michael Ruffin of the Bulls also was told be was being traded to Portland in a separate deal, the source added.

Another source said the trade was expected to be finalized by Wednesday evening.


Chris Sheridan covers the NBA for ESPN Insider.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3916703

[MarHill]

More pressure to the FO.

No pressure!

I just believe the FO were not going over the luxury tax! Especially since the financial climate is not great right now.

Unless, the Spurs get a guy from a salary dump perspective...this is the team they are going with.

[PDXSpursFan]

Things are happening. C'mon Spurs...make lemonade out of limes!

The problem is that the only limes we have available look like this:

[2Cleva]

Well at least Miller and Salmons didnt go to a Western Conference rival ala Portland or someone else.

Or San Antonio.

[superbigtime]

I think we missed out on this one. Spurs could have done better than this surely. I really hope something is in the works, but it is becoming a fainter hope.

[Spurminator]

Spurs could have done better than this surely.

How?

[benefactor]

No surprises here. Chicago had a much better offer and was willing to take both.

Unless Detroit wants to just dump Sheed, we will probably bring up Pops and go with what we got.

[benefactor]

I think we missed out on this one. Spurs could have done better than this surely. I really hope something is in the works, but it is becoming a fainter hope.

You can't be serious.

[coyotes_geek]

I think we missed out on this one. Spurs could have done better than this surely.

Not really. Best the Spurs could have done would be some kind of 5 player for 2 swap where the Kings end up having to cut a bunch of people. The deal with the Bulls is much cleaner. Plus Nocioni is a guy they can use going forward. All the Spur spare parts would have just been filler. No value there for the Kings once the deal gets made. Getting those guys out of the conference might also have played a part here.

[024]

Now it's getting close to Carter or bust.

when did the spurs ever get to that??? unless ginobili's injury is more severe.

[superbigtime]

I think Hill is overvalued by the Spurs FO. And maybe undervalued by other teams. Is Salmons > Mason? He's a better shooter and can score, but RM has shown how clutch he can be. Their game and ball handling abilities are similar. I say it's sort of a tie.

Now is Hill better than Brad Miller? NO. He just has more upside. And around the league this year there have been alot of surprise players. But Miller no question fills an immediate need for the Spurs. He could do ALOT for this team. People who are down on him on some of these posts, I'm just not seeing eye to eye with.

Clippers aren't looking to deal Camby. Unless there's a Vince trade, some long shot D-leaguer in the works, or a Mahinmi return (yeah, right) I think this is our team.