Contrary to what was widely reported last night as a John Salmons for Kurt Thomas and Francisco Elson trade, the Bucks and their neverending supply of expiring contracts will now deal Joe Alexander and Hakim Warrick ($5.53 mil combined) for the services of Mr. Salmons ($5.45 mil this year with the option of $5.80 mil [...]

Hopefully this isn’t the last we’ve heard from the Bulls before tomorrow’s 3pm est deadline, but it’s good news.  A few media outlets are reporting that the Bulls have made a deal with the Bucks:
The Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks have agreed to a deal in principle that will send John Salmons to the Bucks for the expiring [...]

The debate here at NQTC over Ben Gordon has raged on for a while now and his departure has only served to stir it up even more. Clearly I have been a Ben Gordon supporter from day 1, although I will be the first to admit that his game has some severe flaws. [...]

The playoff series between the Bulls and the Celtics has been the greatest playoff series I have ever seen.  It has everything that anyone could ever want in a basketball series: hard hits, clutch shots, huge blocks, high energy, monster dunks, and a ridiculous amount of overtimes.  In just 6 games, here are the stats [...]

NQTC’s first liveblog went pretty well, except for the Goran Suton love affair.  Anyways both games were blowouts, with MSU beating Louisville and UNC crushing Oklahoma. [NQTC]
Coach Ditka heard about those new NFL rules that protect the players’ safety, and let’s just say he’s not thrilled about those pussies and their ‘rules’. [Blog Down]
John Paxson [...]

Could it be possible that the answer to the question of who could be the guy next to Rose for the next couple years was neither Gordon or Deng?  Could it be that a throw-in for a salary-dump deal was the answer?  I believe that it is.  Not that we don’t all love Deng as [...]

It has become clear over the past few weeks that I have a man-crush on John Salmons.  I wrote last week making the case for Salmons to get minutes over Deng at the 3 spot.  With Deng’s injury and his season in jeopardy, the question takes on a new angle.  Instead of discussing whether Salmons [...]

Should John Salmons be starting over Luol Deng?  That question has been rattling around in my head all week, even before news that Deng was injured and may miss the rest of the season came in last night.  Although it now looks like Deng might be back in action sooner rather than later, the question [...]

If If you were screaming for Paxson to make a move for the past 5 years, you finally got your wish.  He made three major moves in the last couple days right before the deadline.  Did he make the moves we all wanted?  I don’t see Chris Bosh or Amare Stoudemire in a Bulls jersey, [...]

There are some important questions that are raised by yesterdays Bulls-Kings trade.  Though it is not the most important question on people’s minds, the issue of what John Salmons game consists of seems to be the thing most people in Chicago are confused about.  Other questions that have arisen are: Are the Bulls done making [...]