"But, basically, you trade away a player for three guys that can't get the job done. Those are the Bulls CORE players. That would be like us trading Theo, Reef and Terry for McGrady. There is no incentive. "
You seem to think we still have a chance to build around JT/SAR/Theo. Dude, our players can't get the job done either. Will we ever win with JT? No, so what's the point in keeping him.
If some team were stupid enough to trade us good, young talent for some of our garbage, I'd take it. Sure, Curry is not Shaq. Crawford is not Jason Kidd. We can't get those players, though. If we can get some young guys with upside, we have a future. As it stands, we have none.
Play, we are not the worst team in terms of our present roster, but we are the worst team in terms of future. Orlando has a better future, because they have at least one good, young player to build around. We are stuck because we traded all of our draft picks for horrible players, and all we have is a team full of ALBATROSSES!
If we can get bailed out by trading for Harrington and having some semblance of a future, I'll take it. It won't make us champions, but it will give us hope.