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I think Dieng has potential, and could be a great "buy-low" player. He won't get minutes with the Thunder, but he could turn into something

The Thunder are over the lux tax a bit. I'm sure they can get under in many ways, but this seems easy to me

Dieng/Den '27 1st (top 5 protected) for Phillips/Port pick (lotto protected until 2028

Bulls have plenty of space under the lux tax, and they could use some more size. Dieng is a 4/3, Phillips is a 3/4-plus I think Dieng has more potential.

Bulls get an almost guaranteed pick in '27
OKC gets under the tax and a pick that has a good chance to be around #18 and they get a look at Phillips

Both picks are more valuable than either player . Probably would need think in terms of seconds rather than first .

Devilanche wrote:Both picks are more valuable than either player . Probably would need think in terms of seconds rather than first .

For sure, both picks are more valuable, but I would say the Den '27 pick is more valuable than the Port pick-not sure on that?
The $ very valuable for OKC, but not very costly for Chi
I think Dieng has more value than Phillips (who I like-happy to keep him but I just think he's a 9th man at best). I think Dieng could blossom into a starter, with some time. Of course, he might be a bust as well-but Chi needs talent gambles

pipfan wrote:

Devilanche wrote:Both picks are more valuable than either player . Probably would need think in terms of seconds rather than first .

For sure, both picks are more valuable, but I would say the Den '27 pick is more valuable than the Port pick-not sure on that?
The $ very valuable for OKC, but not very costly for Chi
I think Dieng has more value than Phillips (who I like-happy to keep him but I just think he's a 9th man at best). I think Dieng could blossom into a starter, with some time. Of course, he might be a bust as well-but Chi needs talent gambles

All im saying at their level of controls left it probably cost seconds to move instead of a first . Albeit another first is coming back .

As for the picks, if the OKC motivation is money in the near term, they are just fine trading a 27 first to avoid a guaranteed rookie contract, even if the PORT pick turns into a pair of seconds farther down the road. The Bulls probably prefer to have an extra 27 pick over 26 when they will be spending cap space and don't want 2 rookies to find time for.

The love affair with Dieng conflicts with his developing on the Bulls. You want to see a 4/3, well how is he going to develop behind the future of the franchise, Buzellis. Matas isn't going to slide to the 3 when the Bulls just got Okoro for 2 years and still have Williams for more with Essengue in line for small bursts.