Suns-ATL-SA-Chi

[pipfan]

I know the Suns won't trade Booker, but they should consider it

Atl goes all in on Booker/Young

SA gets the #1


Atl sends Murray to Phoenix and Hunter/#1 to SA
Atl gets Booker and their '27 pick back

Suns send Booker to ATL (Little could be moved in this deal too, to Chi to save more $-not sure if he's a negative or not).
Suns get Murray and Caruso, plus the #11

Bulls send Caruso and #11 to Suns
Bulls get #8 and their pick back for 2025

SA sends #8 to Chi along with their '25 pick back, plus Atl's '27 pick back
SA gets #1 and Hunter

SA gets Sarr to pair with Wemby, plus keeps the #4. They hope Hunter can get healthy and become a positive player (I see him as negative now)

ATL gets an upgrade and hopes to ride Young/Booker to 50 wins, plus their '27 pick back

Suns save a bunch of $ and balance their team. Their D improves a lot, and they add the #11 for cheap depth

Bulls get value for Caruso, save some $ and help their future

[Chinook]

I don't think anyone does this except maybe Chicago. I don't know where 11 is going either

[Godaddycurse]

thats not enough value for Booker. Not sure why SAS is even in this trade, Atlanta can cobble enough value for caruso if phoenix was willing to sell super low on Booker like that. An all in atlanta team don't need its pick(s) back

[tcheco]

Spurs are probably not giving up 3 picks to get the number 1 pick already having the 4th considering the whole weak draft thing. My guess is that they draft 4 and 8 and use the other picks to make a trade eventually. Hunter is not worth a first and doesn't fit with the Spurs roster

Suns getting Murray and Caruso for Booker is also not close honestly, major downgrade, and I'm a Murray fan.

[ChettheJet]

Bulls, No. Moving up 3 spots in this draft is nothing, guys show up on mock drafts from 5-20 so nobody knows where anybody could go. I'd need more and SAS don't have young guys to spare, maybe their 2025 2nd round pick back not knowing of the Bulls are running it back AGAIN but without Caruso or have more trades to reboot the roster to get younger and more athletic.

[Fo-Real]

You say the Suns wont trade Book but should consider it. And then basically have them get very little actual value back! If they should consider it, then it has to have decent value for them to do it.

[pipfan]

Thanks for the feedback, I sent the #11 to the Suns-they still save about $10 million (which is much more in lux tax) and add depth, plus balance their team.

SA loses future picks, but adding Sarr to Wemby is awesome, and they keep the #4

ATL mixes it up-no idea if this makes them much better

Bulls lose Caruso, but move up a bit, get their pick back and save $ (even if they have to take Little from the Suns, they save a little $)

[wemby]

Suns send Booker to ATL (Little could be moved in this deal too, to Chi to save more $-not sure if he's a negative or not).
Suns get Murray and Caruso, plus the #11

Bulls send Caruso and #11 to Suns
Bulls get #8 and their pick back for 2025

SA sends #8 to Chi along with their '25 pick back, plus Atl's '27 pick back
SA gets #1 and Hunter

SA gets Sarr to pair with Wemby, plus keeps the #4. They hope Hunter can get healthy and become a positive player (I see him as negative now)

ATL gets an upgrade and hopes to ride Young/Booker to 50 wins, plus their '27 pick back

Suns save a bunch of $ and balance their team. Their D improves a lot, and they add the #11 for cheap depth

Bulls get value for Caruso, save some $ and help their future

Caruso is an expiring role player, he doesn't get you to jump up to 8 from 11 plus a future likely lottery pick.
Suns don't trade Booker for lesser parts.
Spurs don't pay 2 lottery picks in a good draft to jump up for Sarr... I mean, are we even sure he's their guy if they had no. 1? I wouldn't be shocked if he wasn't. There's going to be a good player available at 8, probably one of the smaller guards that the Spurs could actually use, like Dillingham or Sheppard, or perhaps Stephon Castle or Cody Williams. At least a couple of them will be available at 8.
Also, why would the Spurs help the Hawks get better by getting Booker? It's a resounding no on so many levels...
Of course Atlanta does this.

All in all, very lopsided trade in favor of Bulls & Hawks.