The Chicago Bulls would like to get Carmelo Anthony, and they should. Every team should try to get Carmelo. He's one of the best players in the league by any measure, especially as a scorer and rebounder. Because he's been on lousy teams for the past few years, it's easy for many fans to ignore just what a consistently dominant player he has been.
The Bulls also, apparently, have targeted Aaron Afflalo of the Orlando Magic. I'm a bit wary of this. His 18ppg last season looks impressive at first blush, but he was a pure volume scorer and minus defender last year. In fact, last season was the first time in his 7 year career that his PER was above league average, barely making that mark at 16.09. Even more scary, his Real Plus Minus was an atrocious -3.19, good for 75th in the league. For shooting guards.... His one undeniable asset is three point shooting, which he's kept above 40% for most of his career. At 28 years old and on a manageable salary of ~$7.5M per year, I guess you could argue that Thibodeau could turn things around. I'm not at all convinced he's better than Jimmy Butler. In fact, I think they can get a better shooting guard at pick #19 in this draft. Rodney Hood for example.
So here's what I'd like to see, using salary data from HoopsHype.
