Bulls & Lakers: Craig for Reddish and Hayes

drosestruts · Post #1 » by **drosestruts** » Tue Aug 27, 2024 4:01 pm

Bulls want to be younger.

Lakers want to compete.

A Torrey Craig for Cam Reddish and Jaxson Hayes swap helps both teams move towards their goals.

Bulls get two young 24 year old players they hope are just late bloomers.

Lakers get a trusted 3&d veteran in Craig, save some cap space, and open up a roster spot they could use to add an additional free agent vet.

Colbinii · Post #2 » by **Colbinii** » Tue Aug 27, 2024 4:37 pm

This is a no-brainer for the Lakers if they can get big-man depth for the minimum.

ChettheJet · Post #3 » by **ChettheJet** » Tue Aug 27, 2024 5:47 pm

Unless people greatly overrate Reddish this is awful for the Lakers. and that's coming from a Bulls fan.

Lakers get a trusted journeyman, often injured, undersized for the 4, 3&D guy. I mean Craig hustles and makes the plays but I don't see the Bulls starting him and he might not even be the backup 4.

Hayes can provide backup minutes for Vucevic allowing Smith to play more as the backup 4. Reddish is a bonus in limited minutes.

Everybody is expiring so that's a wash

meekrab · Post #4 » by **meekrab** » Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:42 pm

I mean post-trade Reddish would be on his fifth team in six years and basically playing to trick a sixth team into signing him next summer.

giberish · Post #5 » by **giberish** » Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:28 pm

I feel like it's a good deal for the Lakers but could make sense for the Bulls as well. I'd trust Craig more as a rotation guy for a team that's trying than Reddish (none of these guys should be starting unless you've been hit by a lot of injuries). The Lakers should be able to replace Hayes with a min salary vet of similar quality.

For the Bulls, Reddish is younger and may be more interesting than Craig, and Hayes gives them a 3rd center option so if Vuc or Smith miss time they don't have to play an undersized PF at center. But they could also just find a min salary vet for that role.

pipfan · Post #6 » by **pipfan** » Wed Aug 28, 2024 5:07 am

Sounds great to me. I like Craig but we have PWill/Terry/MatasB/Phillips/JSmith as young guys who need minutes at the forward, and I think we start CWhite/Lavine in the backcourt so Giddy will be the starting SF (and run point).

Both Hayes and Reddish are busts, but we get a look and maybe something pops for one of them. I don't think this pushes us into the tax

nzahir · Post #7 » by **nzahir** » Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:28 am

Can we even combine 2 vet mins?

I dont even think its possible when over the 1st apron right? Or is that 2nd apron?

If we can, this makes sense for both sides even though its a small deal

Reddish is actually a decent defender in case Vando is hurt, but he is too poor on offense and not good enough on D to make up for it. So fine with him gone

Perfectly fine moving off of Hayes, assuming we get a C before the season starts or in Dec

DanishLakerFan · Post #8 » by **DanishLakerFan** » Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:35 am

drosestruts wrote:Bulls want to be younger.

Lakers want to compete.

A Torrey Craig for Cam Reddish and Jaxson Hayes swap helps both teams move towards their goals.

Bulls get two young 24 year old players they hope are just late bloomers.

Lakers get a trusted 3&d veteran in Craig, save some cap space, and open up a roster spot they could use to add an additional free agent vet.

Its a good deal from LA's point of view because Craig could probably find minutes in a playoff-rotation.
I struggle to see what the Bulls' plans are these days, but i dont see Torrey Craig as a likely player on the next Bulls-team that makes a legit playoff-run. Rolling the dice with Hayes and Reddish at least has a chance to turn into something.