BahamaBull wrote:The only team I could see trading for Zach is the Suns in exchange for Beal.
I simply cant bear to watch Zach play or coast as he did lat season...this is likely the only deal where I would firmly say NO in Lavine's case. Hopefully, we can find someone willing to take his contract but it would be challenging to say the least.
The Suns might do it, but I agree with pretty much everyone else in the thread on this - it would be dumb for the Bulls to do it. He's older, worse, higher-paid, and similarly-injured.
I continue to think trading him to a cap space team is the most likely option since the Bulls are going to want to try to avoid the tax (and I suspect they extend DeRozan). Detroit, Philly, Charlotte - I could see any of these potentially being willing to take on Zach's contract in exchange for not too much going back to the Bulls. Maaaaaybe Golden State gets desperate trying to keep things afloat around Steph in his final seasons.
Would LaVine + Vooch for Paul (expiring/waivable), Wiggins, and a 1st interest either side?
Wiggins sucks and is probably bad salary, but could be an interesting reclamation project. Paul is waivable or you could pick up his option and keep him around for Coby development purposes for a season (while potentially trading him at the deadline). The Bulls do this if they think Zach has little value, because it saves them a good chunk of salary($58M/year outbound, $24M/year inbound via Wiggins) and they get a pick.
In this scenario, GS is letting Klay walk.