TheSuzerain wrote:jStuNNa wrote:TheSuzerain wrote:Zach has more value than anyone Presti traded.
AK hasn't even traded for a measly future 2nd rounder.
This **** roster is not going to be fixed through inaction.
But how can you know what action needs to be taken? Sentiment throughout the league is that the Bulls have good, but underachieving talent. As an executive, you know you're coming into a situation where there was inadequate coaching and player development. Your team is also coming off of a 9 month layoff, during which so much could have changed, for better or worse regarding development. Look at how things changed in just a few months for the Suns, Heat and Nuggets.
On top of all of that, you're also adding the #4 pick.
Why make any rash decisions, with so many variables, when you're so close to being able to evaluate your players, and whole team, in real NBA games? NBA preseason literally starts in 3 weeks. What if Coby or Zach have developed their playmaking skills? You can guess.... you can even make a good guess, but you don't know. However, you will know in just a few short weeks, so why not just be patient? You're not winning the title this season, so play the long game.
Now, if a good deal pops up for Sato or Thad that brings back a playmaker you really covet, go for it. The Bulls shouldn't just make a deal to make one though, especially when both Sato and Thad are probably just as good, if not better, than anything you're going to get in return for them. It's not like neither one fits with this Bulls team. They both do.
If GarPax hadn't been fired and made literally the exact same moves as AK, this place would be on fire.
at Zach Lavine in year 6 suddenly becoming a playmaker. Stop trolling.
OKC is coming off a decade of playoff runs and several years of 1st rd tread-milling with a veteran/star team. 2 off-seasons of selling high on the MVP-caliber likes of George and Westbrook, and apparently we should follow suit despite being an opposite situation, with no one remotely close to either of those players’ values last summer. And again, you don’t think twice about selling a 35yo for FRPs on a 1st-rd ceiling team.
Name me one concrete trade or FA signing this week that you believe the Bulls should’ve done instead? I like what ATL has done, but Trae and Collins check the boxes for step 2 FA spending. You want Hayward for $120m?
Would you do the Bucks deal (for Zach instead of Holiday)? Cause I wouldn’t. Jrue is 32yo, and NOP is building young with Ingram and Zion, so it was a no-brainer. George Hill and Bledsoe with 3 FRPs that go whichever way Giannis goes (meaning they’re very uncertain) is a very underwhelming return for a 25yo Zach, whose stock may very well boost to All-Star level if this team simply manages to hit .500.
But moaning about not selling the farm for 2nd round picks is preposterous and pathetic.
Lost in all this is that a majority if not all of these OKC picks will probably materialize into a big pile of junk for the next 5 years. They’re really counting on tanking and hoping the Rockets or Clippers implode. The protected Suns and Warriors picks aren’t turning their franchise around.
If there was a bonafide trade for Lauri or Wendell, it would’ve happened. Nobody has a good perception of these players, not even the fan-base. I don’t what you’re expecting for them.
Our coaching/training staff was a terrible joke. That was your power move of the off-season.
Happy for Dunn to get another legit chance somewhere.
