Tre Jones discussion thread

[DuckIII]

Seems like Wemby was holding him back

Maybe they see their mistake and will trade us Wemby to get him back?

[HomoSapien]

Seems like Wemby was holding him back

Maybe they see their mistake and will trade us Wemby to get him back?

There's no PT for him with Collins here.

[sco]

Seems like Wemby was holding him back

Spurs fan here. Tre was great last year, it was night and day when he was playing as a PG vs Sochan (Pop's demented experiment) and overall he has always performed at or beyond expectations. Unfortunately for him Spurs needed to go for upside and drafted Castle, then signed CP3 and finally were unexpectedly gifted Fox, so give he was expiring that meant he was all but gone. But he's a really solid player and character guy, I hope he finds a home in Chicago but if CP3 doesn't re-sign and the Spurs don't draft a guard, I would be open to bringing him back. Rooting for him in any case. Don't want Zach Collins back, though

It will be interesting to see how much Tre gets in the market. We are overloaded with guards under contract next season, although we usually run 3 guard line-ups. Tre would be a great signing for a team who could use a good 2-way PG starter who is over the cap but has their non-tax-payer MLE.

As for Zach, I get it. He was very up and down and injured for you guys. He's been a breath of fresh air here, highlighting what a half-decent defender and hustle C can do for this team (Vuc is terrible).

[WesPeace]

If they can somehow find a solution for J.Carter, if he picks up his PO for next season, I think there is a chance we resign Tre, probably 10M per would be ok I think for both parties.

Carter and White for example traded -- Giddey, Ball, Jones, Ayo are 4 main guards, Huerter can play SF minutes, not just SG.
It will depend a lot on moving parts of the team

[Guru]

If they can somehow find a solution for J.Carter, if he picks up his PO for next season, I think there is a chance we resign Tre, probably 10M per would be ok I think for both parties.

Carter and White for example traded -- Giddey, Ball, Jones, Ayo are 4 main guards, Huerter can play SF minutes, not just SG.
It will depend a lot on moving parts of the team

Carter has a player option I think, I wonder if an agreement can come together there. He isn't playing and isn't getting younger.

[sco]

If they can somehow find a solution for J.Carter, if he picks up his PO for next season, I think there is a chance we resign Tre, probably 10M per would be ok I think for both parties.

Carter and White for example traded -- Giddey, Ball, Jones, Ayo are 4 main guards, Huerter can play SF minutes, not just SG.
It will depend a lot on moving parts of the team

Carter has a player option I think, I wonder if an agreement can come together there. He isn't playing and isn't getting younger.

You'd think if he can get enough in a buyout where he comes out slightly better off taking a vet min deal somewhere else, it would be a win/win. I bet MIL would take him back on a vet min deal.

[League Circles]

Tre Jones did very well in the marriage department it seems

[ShouldaPaidBG]

Seems like Wemby was holding him back

Spurs fan here. Tre was great last year, it was night and day when he was playing as a PG vs Sochan (Pop's demented experiment) and overall he has always performed at or beyond expectations. Unfortunately for him Spurs needed to go for upside and drafted Castle, then signed CP3 and finally were unexpectedly gifted Fox, so give he was expiring that meant he was all but gone. But he's a really solid player and character guy, I hope he finds a home in Chicago but if CP3 doesn't re-sign and the Spurs don't draft a guard, I would be open to bringing him back. Rooting for him in any case. Don't want Zach Collins back, though

Thank you for the feedback sir. I was very much joking, I actually watched a lot of Spurs last year due to Wemby and always noticed how much better everything looked with Jones in at PG. Wemby played much better alongside him.

Here on the Bulls, he seems to fit perfectly in Billy Donovan's style of play, and the basic IQ he got coached into him by Pop has been really nice. He makes good, quick decisions, and likes to attack the rim- things we've been lacking.

And don't worry we're keeping Collins

[nomorezorro]

honestly, the most "i see the vision" i've been with the bulls in a minute has been this dude running point surrounded by a bunch of athletic wings who can defend and are eager to run the break

there's probably not a particularly high ceiling there, but at the very least you could have the nucleus of a plus bench unit. it's something?

[NecessaryEvil]

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[RSP83]

Damn.. this Tre Jones situation reminds me of when we had Dinwiddie, Canaan, Jerian Grant, Cam Payne, MCW. And we decided to cut Dinwiddie...

Does it make sense to pay Ayo, Jones, Coby, Lonzo and split their minutes? I'm thinking the odd man out is Lonzo with his injury history and tradeable contract.

Jones has been a really good fit with Coby on the backcourt.

[WindyCityBorn]

Tre Jones did very well in the marriage department it seems

Intelligent too with that Duke degree. A lot these athletes wife up IG escorts.

[WindyCityBorn]

Damn.. this Tre Jones situation reminds me of when we had Dinwiddie, Canaan, Jerian Grant, Cam Payne, MCW. And we decided to cut Dinwiddie...

Does it make sense to pay Ayo, Jones, Coby, Lonzo and split their minutes? I'm thinking the odd man out is Lonzo with his injury history and tradeable contract.

Jones has been a really good fit with Coby on the backcourt.

Ayo might be gone early next season. I don’t think he is starter for us.

[eierluke]

Lonzo ain't the one out. He is the one to teach the other guys wow to play intelligent basketball. Assistent coach on the floor.

[League Circles]

At this point I think it makes sense to keep Tre and just trade or draft-and-stash our second round pick this summer to make roster room:

1: Coby, Tre, Carter
2: Ball/Ayo/first round pick
3: Giddey, Huerter, Terry
4: Matas, Patrick, Phillips
5: Smith, Collins, Vuc

[eierluke]

At this point I think it makes sense to keep Tre and just trade or draft-and-stash our second round pick this summer to make roster room:

1: Coby, Tre, Carter
2: Ball/Ayo/first round pick
3: Giddey, Huerter, Terry
4: Matas, Patrick, Phillips
5: Smith, Collins, Vuc

I'm with you, let's figure out and develop what we already have in place.
We are just on pace to a #10 pick, so there is little hope for a superstar through the draft
But Giddey and White at least have shown some potential to become a #2/3 force on a team.
So best case we're just one star player away from escaping our current purgatory

[dawhizz]

He would have made a very good 2nd unit runner at PG if we hadn’t decided to jump the gun for absolutely no reason and sign Lonzo for essentially that same role.

[League Circles]

He would have made a very good 2nd unit runner at PG if we hadn’t decided to jump the gun for absolutely no reason and sign Lonzo for essentially that same role.

Well I think it's highly likely that we were going to imminently trade Ball (for peanuts) if he hadn't agreed to the extension (that's what the timing tells me). And Ball can play multiple positions and isn't really a traditional point anyway.

I was highly against keeping Tre due to our log jam of redundancy on "pretty good" players, but he really does bring a lot to the table, so I'm flipping now. We do have "too many guys" for next season, but while that does limit on-court opportunities for everyone, it also makes us much more flexible to potentially make a big trade. Re-signing Tre (in addition to Giddey) makes Giddey potentially a main component of a mid-season trade next year for a high level player.

But if we keep Tre on a multi year deal, I do think it makes sense to trade Ball and/or Ayo this summer, maybe for a proper shooter.

[sco]

He would have made a very good 2nd unit runner at PG if we hadn’t decided to jump the gun for absolutely no reason and sign Lonzo for essentially that same role.

The nice things about signing Lonzo are that he can play 1-3, IMO his contract is very tradeable for positive value. He and Jones could easily share the floor. Also, Zo is more comfortable outside the arc and Jones, inside.

I think the conversation should come down to Tre vs. Ayo. They really play the same role...ball handling defensive guard who scores opportunistically. I, like many here, prefer Jones. That said, Ayo is on a cheap deal for one more season (but probably can new on a cheap deal), and Jones will likely receive market interest, I'm guessing in the $10M-$12M range. He's moved from backup to low-end starter. I would think a lot of teams who have a non-tax MLE will be interested. If I was AK, I'd put an offer in at just above the tax payer MLE, just in case the market is inefficient. I may be wrong, but we could help him by facilitating a S&T with a team who is in the tax.

[boozapalooza]

Tre Jones did very well in the marriage department it seems

https://youtu.be/FaHoF81CRMM?si=4xBYjB6or90194Em

Well done Tre