WindyCityBorn wrote:Charlesareed wrote:Bulls off season plan should be to get better as a team let demar walk potentially pat aswell unless he sign a team friendly deal trade Zach Caruso vuc Carter and maybe Craig doubt they can find a deal for ball is he expiring this season??? Draft a SF either Ron Holland Harrison Ingram or maybe Cody Williams in free agency sign a pf 6’9 or taller try to resign AD as backup C try signing GTJ
There is no way we get better by letting DeMar walk. That’s a rebuild. Which I’m fine with.
Indeed, it's a **** catch-22.
And for those arguing that we're going to be significantly worse, that part is obvious. However, what's the end result in two years time if we keep him? Father time will catch up.
1. We can't qualify for the playoffs with him now as it is
2. His potential new deal will force us to gut the bench in order to stay under the LT.
3. There's no 'added' playoff experience for our youth here.
One can argue his usage and reliance is actually hindering their development.
And this notion of 'keeping him' and somehow getting better ... how are people expecting this to happen?
- Ownership won't pay the tax (and rightfully so for this team), nor do we have cap space.
- We have a mediocre draft pick which most likely needs to get attached to Vuc in order to potentially move him.
- Zach ... well the market wasn't there for him at the deadline. Perhaps our desperation may change what we seek in return... but it's doubtful this is a long term addition by subtraction.
My hope/dream is that the 76ers get bounced early and become desperate and seek absorbing him for just a TPE and filler (perhaps so they can pay Harris something respectable but not the max).
If we can magically parlay a S&T of Demar into a useful asset, then by all means... but again that's highly doubtful. The teams with the cap space probably won't want to deal with that headache of negotiation if they can sign him outright. And contenders will probably just go ... 'come for the MLE or vet min if you're so desperate to win'.