patryk7754 wrote:G R E Y wrote:patryk7754 wrote:Bulls fan here. I would love if the bulls traded for Tre Jones. whats his value? Would something like Coby white and two seconds get it done or is that wishful thinking?
Hi patryk, Tre's an interesting case. He's having a career year with highs across the board and reached milestones that puts him in a higher financial floor on an extension. He is our most dependable, experienced player who can run point best, but he's also not a long-term starter solution at the 1.
How is Coby's defense? And why would you be willing to trade a RFA PG for RFA PG? Is it to run the team better?
Have to say I don't hate your offer though Tre's valued in the organization for his character and being a super team mate.
Whites defense isn’t great but he plays with good effort especially this season. But he’s probably an average defender on a good day. The bulls need a floor general who can run an offense and with Lonzo out, we don’t have that. White just doesn’t fill the role we need right now at PG
Tre will be able to stabilize this need for you even if he's not as flashy as I've seen Coby be. Tre is a pure PG, looking to facilitate and being able to do so well in various means like P&R, pocket passes, dishes inside, drive and kick, horn, and is better at finding his own shot through use of screens, floaters, and using the rim to protect the ball as well as good glass angles.
Although he is smart and hustles on D, he is often switched on because he's short. On a team with good defenders, that may get hidden better.
In the short term, I think Tre really helps your team. If I were to put a Bulls fan hat on, I'd start looking for a possible long-term PG solution because if Ball's issue is bone on bone it's bad to worse. Even if it isn't, a PG with knee issues will always be a concern.
Tre's role is ultimately a quality back up where there's hardly a drop off when filling in for a starter. I think he'd flourish in Chicago because he's so good at getting the ball into right spots at the right time, especially to expert scorers.
Tre would be part of a solution, as he is for us now. I don't know if Coby would be part of ours, but if we are not paying Tre then those picks are good value.
My sense is we are fine with paying Tre even with the higher contract floor incentives he's reached and if we want the picks we have other options of getting some.
The only way I see us trading Tre is either some offer blows us away or we get word that he may walk or prefers to play elsewhere in which case it would be prudent to get some value.
