I mean, I get it. Just thinking out loud though., you could make a trade at the draft for Paul, and say, Kevin Looney, and then dump Paul by the June 28 option deadline. With any luck, I can pocket Looney, and hopefully a pick , then let Paul walk to...wherever.
"He cited the 39 win total being inflated by clutch+overtime victories as a positive"
I took it the opposite way. I thought he was saying we overperformed there, which is great for a given season, but unsustainable and showed how poorly the team worked as a whole.
I feel Kat may be available in the summer. It would take a third team (Charlotte or Orlando... I think the former is a bit more likely) but the bulls could pull a Vuc trade part two ( I'm aware of how terrible this sounds) and maybe strike a deal that brings Kat here. He would essentially be everything we hoped Vuc would be..
I can't post the image, but the trade that I thought made some sense was hornets get lavine, bulls get Kat and Cody Martin , and wolves get bertans, grant Williams. I don't know...
AK admits he can't run it back heading into an offseason where luxury tax considerations will likely prevent him from running it back... I think I see what's going in here.
And? Somehow he still had a True Shooting %age far above Vucevic's.
He's a tremendous offensive rebounder which Vuc can't do because he stands around the perimeter. Having Vucevic shoot 29% from 3 doesn't make him better than Drummond. I'd say it makes him far worse.
Just because a player can try to do things doesn't mean he should.
I don't understand the idea of making significant changes, but keeping Vucevic, Ball, DeRozan, White, and Williams. Offloading Lavine only, is just running back the team we had the second half of the year. I don't know what AK expects from Ball and the returns from a Lavine trade, but I don't have high hopes.
The team needs a significant youth investment in center and power forward, and less allocation to guards. Love Caruso but we need to get some young assets for him to change this mix. Is Terry going to find an NBA jump shot in one year? He's far off.
The team is really lacking top level talent and needs to take swings to be competitive not just next year but three years from now.
did we honestly expect AK to say " we're going to trade Lavine / Vooch etc ???? My fear is that he'll say that there were no good deals available and F###### wait again !
There should be no player on the bulls roster who feels safe . We should recoup as many assets as we can and start fresh
I'm starting to think #1 priority is a starting center
then can bench Vuc if he's not traded, and for whatever reason they're very concerned about Vuc's feelings so this would help any "pain" of a trash salary dump with him
I suppose that could be Drummond (they have early bird rights but is more or less the same as any free agent), but while a better value isn't a better player, and Donovan agrees and will always start Vuc. So that kind of eliminates that option.
this LaVine contract is so bad lol. $43M next season and (I'd have to research but think this is true) it almost eliminates several suitors as they can't add salary in a trade once near 2nd apron. And Bulls primary motivation here is to lower salary.
I think Lakers would still do this, because they're the type of team that irrationally believes in LaVine, and they can get Caruso back. That's $53M though
Here's what can work salary-wise. Bulls also get a 1st rounder, so they can lie and say LaVine was positive value after all
Russell+Rui+2-3 more depending on player options (Christian Wood, etc.)
then you also have to take back Gabe Vincent ($11M) and send them Jevon Carter ($6.5M)
That only shaves off ~$7M for this year, but you can hopefully downscale more trading Russell. Or use him and other contracts to get a better player than LaVine
I mean, I get it. Just thinking out loud though., you could make a trade at the draft for Paul, and say, Kevin Looney, and then dump Paul by the June 28 option deadline. With any luck, I can pocket Looney, and hopefully a pick , then let Paul walk to...wherever.
Seems like about my best option at the moment.
"He cited the 39 win total being inflated by clutch+overtime victories as a positive"
I took it the opposite way. I thought he was saying we overperformed there, which is great for a given season, but unsustainable and showed how poorly the team worked as a whole.
I feel Kat may be available in the summer. It would take a third team (Charlotte or Orlando... I think the former is a bit more likely) but the bulls could pull a Vuc trade part two ( I'm aware of how terrible this sounds) and maybe strike a deal that brings Kat here. He would essentially be everything we hoped Vuc would be..
I can't post the image, but the trade that I thought made some sense was hornets get lavine, bulls get Kat and Cody Martin , and wolves get bertans, grant Williams. I don't know...
AK admits he can't run it back heading into an offseason where luxury tax considerations will likely prevent him from running it back... I think I see what's going in here.
And? Somehow he still had a True Shooting %age far above Vucevic's.
He's a tremendous offensive rebounder which Vuc can't do because he stands around the perimeter. Having Vucevic shoot 29% from 3 doesn't make him better than Drummond. I'd say it makes him far worse.
Just because a player can try to do things doesn't mean he should.
I don't understand the idea of making significant changes, but keeping Vucevic, Ball, DeRozan, White, and Williams. Offloading Lavine only, is just running back the team we had the second half of the year. I don't know what AK expects from Ball and the returns from a Lavine trade, but I don't have high hopes.
The team needs a significant youth investment in center and power forward, and less allocation to guards. Love Caruso but we need to get some young assets for him to change this mix. Is Terry going to find an NBA jump shot in one year? He's far off.
The team is really lacking top level talent and needs to take swings to be competitive not just next year but three years from now.
We are so screwed…
coaching staff updates. Looks like they're promoting from within. Can't argue with success.
https://substack.com/profile/3012-your-friendly-bullsblogger/note/c-54656905
Coby finishes second behind Maxey for MIP:
Maxey: 319 total points
51 1st place votes
18 2nd place votes
10 3rd place votes
Coby: 305 total points
32 first place votes
43 second place votes
16 3rd place votes
Weirdly, there were people who didn't rank Maxey at all but voted for Coby. Which is in line with the idea that these awards are voted on by idiots.
Are the Magic a LaVine fit?
Excellent defense, playmaking forwards, payroll room, no shooting, need for guards who can score.
did we honestly expect AK to say " we're going to trade Lavine / Vooch etc ???? My fear is that he'll say that there were no good deals available and F###### wait again !
There should be no player on the bulls roster who feels safe . We should recoup as many assets as we can and start fresh
I'm starting to think #1 priority is a starting center
then can bench Vuc if he's not traded, and for whatever reason they're very concerned about Vuc's feelings so this would help any "pain" of a trash salary dump with him
I suppose that could be Drummond (they have early bird rights but is more or less the same as any free agent), but while a better value isn't a better player, and Donovan agrees and will always start Vuc. So that kind of eliminates that option.
this LaVine contract is so bad lol. $43M next season and (I'd have to research but think this is true) it almost eliminates several suitors as they can't add salary in a trade once near 2nd apron. And Bulls primary motivation here is to lower salary.
I think Lakers would still do this, because they're the type of team that irrationally believes in LaVine, and they can get Caruso back. That's $53M though
Here's what can work salary-wise. Bulls also get a 1st rounder, so they can lie and say LaVine was positive value after all
Russell+Rui+2-3 more depending on player options (Christian Wood, etc.)
then you also have to take back Gabe Vincent ($11M) and send them Jevon Carter ($6.5M)
That only shaves off ~$7M for this year, but you can hopefully downscale more trading Russell. Or use him and other contracts to get a better player than LaVine