I actually like the Gasol Noah pairing more than the theoretical Bosh Howard pairing. Noah is better defensive player overall than Dwight currently, more active, offensively he cleans up well in and around the paint, but he cant really create his own offense too well. Gasol is average defensively, but he can not only create his own offense, but he's one of the best passing big men in the game. Gasol will provide Noah a lot of easy baskets via passing and missed shots, and both will grab the shit out of boards. They might have bought a lemon though, Gasol constantly nagged about injuries in the last few years in LA.

Not sure why you think the Bulls are going to start Taj Gibson Jojo. He's a better bench player but not a better overall player than a healthy Gasol. You put Gasol on the bench duty and he'll sulk and his game will suffer. It's gonna be interesting to see how Tom Thibideau deals with Pau. I hear dude runs the shit out of his guys in practice, that shit aint gonna help with Pau.

I like where the heat are. Not sure what they do at the center position, but Bosh will be forced to be more of a presence now, which is a good thing, Wade wont have the luxury of sitting out, and Deng will be Deng. They have that Napier kid and Cole at the PG spot. If they stay healthy, they should make the playoffs or sniff it.

Houston not matching what his face kinda blows, they take a guy in Ariza that one has less upside, two is up and down from year to year, and three has played with Howard before and I'm quite sure Howard isn't overly fond of. If Parsons was a help in drawing Howard to Houston in the first place, using Ariza in that same role probably wouldn't have helped. So in all, Houston hasn't gotten better, in fact they've regressed.