CHICAGO -- Last week, there were vague, undefined rumors that the Bulls were taking trade calls on Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah. It was typical NBA fare. When a team is sinking, sources come out with sandbags.
If that were true, Chicago's brain trust of John Paxson and Gar Forman might as well see what it can get for Benny the Bull, equipment manager John Ligmanowski and the Jordan statue. Because if you were to dump Gibson and Noah now, you’d basically be ripping apart the team’s identity.
It's not like anyone expects those moves to happen.