Hinrich Suitors?

by Steve Weinman on May 26, 2008 12:00 AM EDT in NBA Articles

He is making $40 million between now and 2012, and he is coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, but fortunately for the Bulls, it appears that Kirk Hinrich is going to draw interest around the league this summer.

As reported by Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News:

To clear up his backcourt for Rose, a Chicago-area product, Paxson will find a new home for Kirk Hinrich, an attractive asset given his level of play over the past five seasons and reasonable contract. Hinrich's five-year, $47.5-million deal started this past season at $7.8 million, and ends in 2011-12, at $11.4.
The Knicks, Denver, the Clippers, Seattle, Phoenix and Orlando are expected to make a run at Hinrich.

As is noted in the excerpt above, the significance here is in regards to the Bulls' draft prospects. If Hicag were to take Memphis point guard Derrick Rose with the first overall pick, it would just about necessitate the departure of Hinrich.

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I’m pretty sure Mitch Lawrence has that Kirk Hinrich contract backwards. Kirk Hinrich has a declining contract that peaked this year at $11.5mil decreasing to about $7.5mil in his final year.

Yeah, here’s a link ($11.42mil this season, $7.8mil final season)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2645083

They need to do better background checks over at the NY Daily News.

One of the biggest reasons he’s tradeable is his declining contract. Think about, how happy would you be to pay Hinrich 11mil per in 3 years time? 7mil is a lot closer to happiness. They shouldn’t be getting that wrong, it muddies the whole picture.

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On another note, there’s a bunch of similar reports about Hinrich. I’m not suprised lots of teams are calling, what I want to know is what they’re offering …. I haven’t heard or read anything along those lines. I’d be willing to guess the offers haven’t been up to much. I’m thinking Cuttino Mobley for Doug Christie type deals. I imagine lots of non-committal interest also which is why we’re not hearing any specifics. Paxson has had problems in the past over-valuing his own team’s talent which creates some double trouble for Chicago.

by Who on May 26, 2008 1:18 AM EDT reply actions

Steve,

Nice article on Kobe. He is their defacto point guard so if he does not end up with 7 or 8 dimes then the Spurs have limited the Lakers offense no matter how many points Bryant gets. As far as Chicago goes, I wouldn’t be so entrenched on Rose. Is it due to the position he plays or the player himself? They need to take the guy who they feel will be the better long term star player and can take them further towards the ultimate prize. There seems to be a fascination with points currently now due to Deron Williams, Chris Paul, et al. Those guys are great and all , especially Paul but do you see Williams taking Utah past Kobe’s team in the next few years? So if I’m Chicago and I cannot get good value for Hinrich, which may be the case due to the salary vs performance perception of other GM’s, I look long and hard at Beasley. Sorry for the rambling……

by celty86 on May 26, 2008 6:40 AM EDT reply actions