OK. The Bulls right now have about 17 mil to spend this year. I think they must resign Deng, but don't necessarily need Gordon. So, here's my thought. They resign Deng to a $60 mil 5 year deal that will likely make him happy given last seasons failings. OK, that makes 12 mil. a year gone... so now they have $5 mil. a year left. Well after the 08-09 season, Curry, Gooden, Gray, Noah, Sefalosha, Simmons, and Thomas are free agents. Let Curry, Gooden, Simmons, go and it gives you a little over 9.5 mil extra. That leaves you with 14.5 mil. Resign the rest to not too lucrative contracts and it maybe costs you an extra 3 mil a year. If necessary leave off Sefalosha and save around 2 mil a year. That leaves you with about 11.5-13.5 mil for free agency. Carlos Boozer gets paid just over 11.5 mil this year from the Jazz. Offer him whatever you have left and you could probably get him. Then you have Rose Hinrich Deng Boozer Noah with Thomas Hughes Sefalosha Noch and Gray off the bench.
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