keloms wrote:WindyCityBorn wrote:Hangtime84 wrote:Dallas after Cousins offer falls through?
Cuban would punk us again.
1 year near max from the Lakers if they don't land 2 max free agents.
The Bulls match a one year max deal for sure.
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keloms wrote:WindyCityBorn wrote:Hangtime84 wrote:Dallas after Cousins offer falls through?
Cuban would punk us again.
1 year near max from the Lakers if they don't land 2 max free agents.
logical_art wrote:Nice. This is this best news this week.
MrFortune3 wrote:I don't buy it. They obsessed over acquiring him for nearly 2 years, knew he was an upcoming RFA and coming off an ACL tear...24 games and they are willing to let him walk?
That doesn't pass the sniff test at all.
kulaz3000 wrote:keloms wrote:WindyCityBorn wrote:
Cuban would punk us again.
1 year near max from the Lakers if they don't land 2 max free agents.
The Bulls match a one year max deal for sure.
kulaz3000 wrote:keloms wrote:WindyCityBorn wrote:
Cuban would punk us again.
1 year near max from the Lakers if they don't land 2 max free agents.
The Bulls match a one year max deal for sure.
keloms wrote:kulaz3000 wrote:keloms wrote:
1 year near max from the Lakers if they don't land 2 max free agents.
The Bulls match a one year max deal for sure.
The problem then is Zach goes into next summer with half the league having $20m+ available plus a $27 million cap hold which is half their likely available cap space next summer so they'd be forced to renounce him for nothing if their goal is 2 max free agents or be limited to the equivalent of 1 max + him.
ChiTownHero1992 wrote:johnnyvann840 wrote:Red Larrivee wrote:KC said earlier today that the Bulls are bracing for an offer from a Western Conference team.
KC hasn't been right about much lately. He's also contradicted himself a couple of times in the last week. Can only be Lakers or Sacto in the West. The only other teams would be Philly, BKN and Indy. Nobody has the cap space to offer much.
I could actually really see the Lakers here....say they get spurned by LeBron. They need a good 2 Guard that can shoot next to Ball. Even if they get PG24 still, Zach makes sense at the 2 with Ball, Kuzma and PG making up for Defense they could mask Lavine easy.
SensiBull wrote:Bottom line is that I don't see LaVine as a 1st option on a deep playoff team NOR as a specialist player on a team of equals.
I think the NBA of yesterday was one where the ability to put the ball on the floor and finish at the rim in traffic was rare enough to justify a max contract.
Today, Kris Dunn, Jerian Grant, David Nwaba, Sean Kilpatrick and Cameron Payne can all do that almost for collectively less than $18-19 MM.
LaVine's proven skill set just is not rare enough to justify paying him max money.
Today, based on supply and demand, skills like distribution, shot-blocking, outside shooting, rebounding and perimeter defence are all skills that carry a premium. None of that screams Zach LaVine to me.
WindyCityBorn wrote:SensiBull wrote:Bottom line is that I don't see LaVine as a 1st option on a deep playoff team NOR as a specialist player on a team of equals.
I think the NBA of yesterday was one where the ability to put the ball on the floor and finish at the rim in traffic was rare enough to justify a max contract.
Today, Kris Dunn, Jerian Grant, David Nwaba, Sean Kilpatrick and Cameron Payne can all do that almost for collectively less than $18-19 MM.
LaVine's proven skill set just is not rare enough to justify paying him max money.
Today, based on supply and demand, skills like distribution, shot-blocking, outside shooting, rebounding and perimeter defence are all skills that carry a premium. None of that screams Zach LaVine to me.
LaVine isn't getting a max deal from any team. May be one team might make a crazy offer but I think it unlikely. I say $60 million/years is fair offer. No he hasn't earned that, but it's worth the the gamble and wouldn't hurt us in free agency once we shed guys like Lopez and Holiday(and maybe stretch Felicio if he doesn't improve significantly).
ThreeYearPlan wrote:Bulls fans defend HomoSapien more than Rose.
Chitownbulls wrote:Smokescreen....Bulls are trying to make teams think twice about offering LaVine a MAX