Actually if you count the regular season the Bulls were 4-4 against the Heat last year. People act like this Bulls roster is thoroughly outclassed by the Heat... from what we saw last year that's just not true. I dont see the rush to gut our roster for one guy when we shouldn't be totally confident this Bulls team as is (+ a decent acquisition here or there) cant get it done.
Shane Battier does not make the Miami Heat scary. Nor does Billups really, we can still abuse their pathetically unphysical frontcourt with our depth. Get rid of that depth and the only guy on this team other than Rose who can finish (Deng)... I just dont see us fairing any better against the Heat than we did last year.
Give it an offseason, lay off this madness and give we have now another try. Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook are both RFA's next offseason, plus there is no guarantee Howard is going to skip the free agent process next year.... so there's plenty of room to try and improve if this season doesn't go the way we want.