Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 9:25 am  |  64 responses

Chicago Bulls to Make a Run at Dwight Howard?


Ever since Dwight Howard demanded a trade from Orlando, the Magic have (understandably) been inundated with calls from around the League. And one of those teams poking around about the superstar center may be the Bulls, according to the Chicago Tribune: “As the Bulls remained poised to sign veteran shooting guard Richard Hamilton once his buyout from the Pistons becomes official, a bigger target emerged. Think really big. Think Dwight Howard. The Orlando Sentinel reported Magic general manager Otis Smith said Howard has made his trade request twice since Monday. Multiple outlets later reported Howard wants to be traded to the Nets, with the Lakers his alternate choice. However, Smith said that he would look at all 29 teams if the Magic choose to trade their franchise center. Sources said the Bulls, who can build a package around cap relief, young talent and attractive draft picks, will enter trade talks. A confidante of Howard’s, though, expressed hesitation he’d sign a long-term extension with a team beyond his preferred destinations.”

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  • nbaNw8

    Dwight isnt what we need. we need that 2 guard that can spread the floor and create on his own

  • AD

    if any of you think drose is better than dwill than your either a bulls fan or you never played organized bbal inyour life…….. tell me this dwill avg around 13 asst with the nets ….. with the NETSSS!!!. drose is a better scorer but does not make playersaround him better ….. dwill may have shot 44% but i think you guys must of forgot that his wrist was messed up…. drose is a superstar but when it comes to the complete package drose aint up there yet…… dwill prolly woulda avg like 15 asst with that bulls team …. thts basically the old jazz..

  • AD

    @MM u must be like 14 who lives in chicago and only watches games on t.v no one should be that ignorant

  • Rbrush82

    AD
    Ur ridiculous, you talk about rose being able to get to the hoop because of players around him but u obviously haven’t watched him play much because he creates those opportunities while the other guys watch. He was playing most the year without one of the 2 bigs with Noah and boozer both being hurt. He is only 23 and has won rookie of the year, all star in his 2nd year, and was the youngest MVP ever in his 3rd season. He works hard and gets better every year and who knows how good he’ll be after he has worked on his post game, which was the only thing that he lacked. DRose dominates DWIll every time they play because he is flat out better, and in a big DWIll fan being an Illinois guy.

  • http://SLAMonline.com Bryan Crawford

    Chicago is DEFINITELY colder than New York/New Jersey!!

  • http://www.nyill.wordpress.com Enigmatic

    Sigh.
    I’m not going to get dragged into any Williams vs. Rose debates again.
    Both are top 3 point guards and you can make an argument for either one of them to be the number 1 in the league, along with Chris Paul.
    Now, citing Deron Williams’ FG% as a reason why he’s better than Rose is just silly.
    Williams has shot 46% for his career…he hasn’t played with a wrist injury his entire career, has he?
    Derrick Rose has shot 46% for his career as well, so they cancel each other out on that front.
    Yes, you’re absolutely right DWill averaged about 13 assists a game with the Nets. WITH THE NETSSS!!!
    IN 12 GAMES!!!
    If you REALLY want to use such a small sample size as a reason why he’s so much more awesome than Derrick Rose, I’ll go ahead and say he shot 35% from field, 27% from 3, and averaged 3.6 turnovers per.
    WITH THE NETSSS!!!
    So people want to point at Rose’s FG% as a reason why he’s not an elite PG.
    But Deron Williams shoots at about the same % for his career (though Williams is better outside shooter).
    People want to point at Rose’s “carelessness with the ball” but Rose averaged 3.4 turnovers per, Wiliams averaged 3.5 turnovers per.
    What else?
    Three point shooting?
    Rose – 33% last year.
    Williams – 33% last year (35% for his career).
    Now the assists.
    ABSOLUTELY Williams is a better playmaker than Rose, but this talk about Rose not being a point guard or never passing the ball (not saying you said that, just saying…) is BS.
    Williams dished out 2.3 more assists a game than Rose did last year.
    Fair enough.
    Rose was still top 10 in assists per game, it boggles my mind that Rose gets sh*tted on for not averaging more assists, yet most don’t criticize Tony Parker for averaging 5.7 assists per for his career while playing with Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili. (I love TP, just using him as an example). 
    Again, I’m not making the argument that Rose is better than Williams.
    I’m making the argument that if Williams is better than Rose, it’s not by that much.
    And all this criticism of Rose is unwarranted, except perhaps his tendency to take too many shots at times, which I attribute more to the personnel around him than I do any shortcomings on his part.

  • marcel morris

    I think the bulls shouldnt do it even tho I damn sure won’t complain if they do… But Orlando should just trade Dwight & Hedo to Atlanta for Horford, a first rounder, and get a 3rd team involved, then maybe trade Joe Johnson (who is under contract for 5yrs), Jeff Teage & a draft pick to either New Jersey or New orleans for D Will or CP3

  • robert

    Also AD derrick rose and d.will had the same 3pt fg percentage and d.rose attempted more 3 pointers. Do how is d.will a better shooter.

  • http://Slamonline Jaye Gizzle

    Look, All the Bulls need to do is sign rip hamilton then go claim chauncy billup’s waviered amnesty contract and singn a back up big man for vetrins minimum that would replace
    kurt thomas. these moves push the bulls into finals contention for the next two seasons at least.

  • bossman

    Not going to happen. DH does not want to play in Chicago, and we don’t want him here. New Jersey or LA is a good fit.

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  • AD

    im just sayn dwill is a better pure point guard than drose…… fg percentage does not make u a better pg .. your playmaking skills do….. drose is a superstar … you bias bulls fans make ppl want to hate him lol…..@Rbrush82 all dat stuff u stated did not come from me….. my point is dwill is better for dwight howard whether its in NJ, DALLAS OR whererver……………. 13 asst with the NETSS!!!! tho lol

  • Rbrush82

    DWill may be better for Howard only because he is not good enough to be the superstar of a team with howard on it and Howard knows he would be the go-to guy in NJ and would play second fiddle to DRose, but the team wouldn’t be better off. You say playmaking skills make u a better pg. rose is an incredible playmaker up there with the best in the league. I’ll give u dWill may be better pure point guard but that’s just because DRose is changing the game with how he plays the point, one that can carry a team on his back which he proved many times last year

  • Heaven

    Lebron James shuts down D Rose. On Paper, Lebron had a better year than Derrick Rose. Lebron James should have won the MVP award again last year! It’s D Wade’s year though, He’s deserved the NBA MVP award for a long time now and hasn’t received it. But I do hope Dwight comes to Chicago, it makes the league exciting and its definitely going to be a nail biter to watch the heat play the bulls. the Knicks play the clippers and Grizzlies play the thunder. haha and the lakers play the celtics. Would be a great year, I’m really hoping DH goes to Chicago, I agree with everyone who mentioned that’s his best option.

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