Explain To Me How A Trade Is Going To Fix Things

[Stratmaster]

Bulls need a trade. It solves the problem because when MDJ takes a breather Kirk or Snell enter the game. Those two should not be playing....Well, Snell shouldn't be playing any minutes on a championship team and Kirk should be around 12 minutes

How do the Bulls get around that without making a trade? Niko at the 3 is the only viable option.

Niko at the 3 is not athe only viable option

I don't disagree with you. I wouldn't put Niko at the 3 but it's the only option other than a trade in my eyes

I understand. I kind of sensed that in your post which is why I "fixed" it for you lol

[Tetlak]

I agree MDJ should not be part of any trade. However, your point seems to be that no trade will make the Bulls perfect. I guess the Bulls should just cut DRose and McD from the team or cancel the season.

There is just no point in wasting assets this year when a trade won't bring us any closer to a title. Unless we can somehow make a miraculous trade for just Kirk and Nazr or something.

The right trade will bring us closer. You have to believe Rose is going to quit turning the ball over so much. He was never the smartest player and he was never the most efficient scorer. He just needs to quit giving it away. You also have to believe Noah is only going to improve. He says he feels better than he has all season and he is notorious for a slow first half of the season and big 2nd half. Plugging the gaping hole at SF has got to help. If you do it by getting a healthy MDJ back and developing McD (very, very, very long shot) awesome. But more likely a move is going to have to be made.

I totally believe Jo will slowly regain form. But I just have no faith in Derrick this season. Every case study we can look at always points to that first year of play to be subpar and then the next year to normalize.

[Stratmaster]

There is just no point in wasting assets this year when a trade won't bring us any closer to a title. Unless we can somehow make a miraculous trade for just Kirk and Nazr or something.

The right trade will bring us closer. You have to believe Rose is going to quit turning the ball over so much. He was never the smartest player and he was never the most efficient scorer. He just needs to quit giving it away. You also have to believe Noah is only going to improve. He says he feels better than he has all season and he is notorious for a slow first half of the season and big 2nd half. Plugging the gaping hole at SF has got to help. If you do it by getting a healthy MDJ back and developing McD (very, very, very long shot) awesome. But more likely a move is going to have to be made.

I totally believe Jo will slowly regain form. But I just have no faith in Derrick this season. Every case study we can look at always points to that first year of play to be subpar and then the next year to normalize.

I do understand your concern. However, I think you need to consider that a player's numbers the first season back are lower because of subpar play early in the season (knocking the rust off). I don't think there is some magic cutoff. I believe Rose will be as good as he is going to be (other than normal adjustments star players make as their career moves on) by the time the playoffs hit.

[MrSparkle]

I'd sooner trade trade Taj for a SF than try and develop Mirotic at SF. These kinds of things end up ****ing a player's development up.

It'd be like trying to make Rose a SG the first 2 years of his career, because the FO wanted Kirk to stay at PG.

I am on board with a Taj trade. Like Deng, I appreciate his game and would like a scenario where he could stay, but this roster isn't coming together like we thought it would on paper. He's good insurance if Noah goes down, but you can trade for a more modest backup while addressing a need. SF/PF tweener (more on the SF side) would be ideal.

It is a frustrating situation, because Taj has consistently been one of our better playoff performers...

[AirP.]

It is a frustrating situation, because Taj has consistently been one of our better playoff performers...

What? He did really well last year for 1 series. He's been solid off the bench but he's not really been that impactful. The years with Taj the Bulls made it past the first round he's played under 18 minutes a game in those playoffs.

[Cowbulls]

Lakers call. Offer:

Jordan Hill
Nick Young

for

Noah
Snell

What do the Bulls say?

Thad Young for Gibson might work, but Young does nothing for our 3 pt problem.