I can't say there's 100 percent truth to the title of this post because the NBA is a very unpredictable world. However, I can say with high confidence that we won't be seeing Pau Gasol in a Bulls uniform anytime soon. Rumors have been floating around about Gasol's fate with the Lakers and several potential suitors, the Bulls being one of them. Kobe Bryant has come out and said that team management better make a decision soon.
Like it or not, the Bulls' front office is nothing short of confident with this current staff. Ever since the franchise has dug itself out of the dark days, there have always been rumors about them acquiring that one big star to immediately make them odds-on favorites for the championship. Kobe Bryant almost came in 2007, but that deal fell through. The Bulls were one candidate for LeBron before he announced he was taking his talents to South Beach. More recently, there have been rumors about Dwight Howard. Now we have Gasol?
Even if a big superstar was willing to come here, it wouldn't be thanks to Derrick Rose. He's made no secret that he's in no hurry to do any pleading on the team's behalf. That might be hurting Chicago's chances of being home to Howard or Gasol. It's not really important here.
What is important is that the front office spent the whole summer of 2010 putting together a team that finished with the best record in the NBA last year. Though he hasn't been a big benefit this year, Rip Hamilton has shown flashes of being able to help out that team chemistry. Foreman and Paxson are not going to upset what has been an almost perfect balance of whatever it is that makes the Bulls work. Before you order your custom Gasol Bulls jersey, just consider what I've said. Dream if you must, but don't expect the city to be turned upside down by this type of news. Just sit back and enjoy what we have now.
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