pure stupidy. there is not one player on th eBulls roster that you could ahve replaced with thabo in that trade and the thunder would still have 13 maybe 14 wins instead of 17.

I forgive the Bulls because thabo is my favorite player in the NBA and has been since his rookie year.

John Paxson really believed in thabo but he could not bring himself to rid the damn bulls of Hinrich and/or Gordon and even deng for that matter.

Thabo is a better all-around player than all these soft little whiny biothes. deng is brittle. Hinrich is tough but very limited in his effect on the game. Gordon is an elite scorer but that’s it. if his shot is off or a defense is determined to take the ball out of Gordon’s hands or trap Gordon he becomes not only useless but Gorodn will end up having a jamal drawford or larry hughes black hole effect on his team.

When thabo got minutes and was allowed to play through mistakes he did the same stuff for the Bulls that he is doing right now for the Thunder…and in time his outside shot will fall. its written all over him…he’s a worker, a fighter, a competitor. he’s a defender.

he represents everythign that is good and right about the game of basketball. he will become a fan favorite for the non-casual fans that actually understand the game and it takes 5 guys working in harmony to create open shots and then get stops on the other end.

Bulls traded thabo cuz they are morons. simple as that.

SD20: I hope you realize that Hinrich (PG) and Thabo (SG/F) play different positions. Pax should trade Gordon 2-3 yrs ago so that the Bulls coaches had no choice but playing Thabo (no matter how stupid Skiles and Vinny are). Trading Hinrich would not make playing time for Thabo because Hinrich was their only starting-caliber PG.