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Bulls Rumored to Have Come to Decision on Bringing Back Gasol or Noah

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The Bulls season hasn’t quite gone the way most expected and as they stumble to the finish, they are having to think long and hard about the decisions they will make in the off-season.

Long time Bull Joakim Noah is set to be a free-agent as well as fellow big man Pau Gasol. The Bulls will most likely have to choose between one or the other, rather than both, and the decision could surprise you. Details thanks to the Chicago Tribune:

Though front-office meetings have yet to finalize the Bulls’ Plan A for this offseason, there is strong internal desire to re-sign Noah on a short-term deal. Noah long has been a favorite player and ambassador of Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. Executive vice president John Paxson drafted Noah, and their bond is genuine.

Even though the Bulls might want Noah back, Noah might not want them back. The rift between himself and new head coach Fre Hoiberg is real and was caused by the rumor the coach started that Noah volunteered to come off the bench. The decision backfired two-fold. It caused unrest in the locker room and Nikola Mirotic flopped in his larger role.

Watching the way Noah’s teammates interact with him shows why he is more valuable for this particular team. Sure Pau Gasol is the man, the myth, the legend who is more skilled than Noah and might even be a better leader- just not for this team. Noah has a rapport there and in a time where the Bulls seem to be going through a scary transition that nobody seems to know where it will end up, that is invaluable.

 

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