There was no market for either of them after it was clear they had bad wheels, or else they would have been moved. But, had they decided to trade Oden after his first microfracture they probably could have gotten a gang of players & picks for him. That is the risk the Bulls are going to be running, if it turns out he's no longer the player he was then you have a max contract on your books without the max production. Roy retired and tried a comeback that lasted like 2 weeks, and Oden was simply released. Look at the contract Bynum had to take......
What about Gilbert Arenas? It's not like Roy and Oden are the only dudes that came back from knee injuries as lesser players. You really can't name anybody that has had multiple non-contact knee injuries that stepped on the court again and was the same. I was willing to give Rose the benefit of the doubt after the ACL tear, after this it's certain he will lose a step.
And can you imagine how far the franchise will be set back if he comes back and plays like Gilbert Arenas did post-knee injuries? We've been over this time and time again with players that seemingly have bad knees, which it's starting to look like the case with Rose. Teams hold onto them just hoping they can return to form, and by the time it's apparent that they can't nobody will offer anything at all for them. I could see if he had a Steph Curry kind of game that relies on a shifty dribble and a jumper, but everything Rose does is predicated on being far more athletic than his defender. I mean a dude like CP3 lost a step after his knee injury, but he's a completely different kind of player than Rose and Rose has already said he's not changing the way he plays. Without that explosiveness to get by people and finish in the lane he will not be worth the contract he has.
I just wouldn't wait, that's all I'm saying. When you wait and he comes back and looks even worse, then what? You got this massive contract eating that is essentially immovable with the new CBA, no young assets and you'll be in much worse shape than if you would have traded him. I'd see what offers are out there right now, then at the draft and again at the start of next season, somebody out there would probably share in the belief that he can still play at his old level....
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The kind of injuries that players just sit out & rest it but could play if it was an important game type injury. Could always trade Deng & that already drops them down depending on what you get back because he is half the offense now.
when the bulls passed on dieng when we obviously needed another big and took snell but now that reason is obvious, they understand deng is likely outta here 
