Peelboy wrote:I have no faith in this FO not to completely F it up in clearly obvious ways, but based on the rumors, there's at least a glimmer of a path to something useful occurring today and in the next few days.
1. S&T centered on PW for Kuminga. Assume JK gets something like 4/$110. That's a bit higher than Hollinger's value ($24M), but he's 22 and already has shown some really good skills (and some weaknesses). Seems like it fits the Giddey trade mold. Key here is no draft assets going to GSW, maybe a future 2d at most. I think a deal centered on PW+Jevon works. Carter is expiring and fits into GSW TPE. Pat seems a useful 3&D in their system, and with no pressure except to fill a role and a more structured development system there's some upside for them.
2. Trade Vuc to Suns in a Beal trade. I think Vuc+Collins+Terry works. Bulls get back #29 and a future FRP, which is light, ideally 2 future FRPs to get off that giant last year salary and return some useful players for Suns to go with Booker/Green.
3. At 12 and 29, draft a wing and a big. My ideal would be one of Queen/Maluach/Sorber at 12 and someone like Riley/Fleming/Saraf at 29. Alternately, maybe KJ/Essengue/Demin/CMB at 12 and someone like Beringer at 29 (that all seems less likely).
Your team is now: Coby (25), Ayo (26), Giddey (23), Matas (21), Kuminga (22), Phillips (22), and 2 draft picks (<21). Some potentially useful/flippable vets in Huerter, Lonzo, Jalen Smith. That's a reasonable set of young talent, 2 on big (but hopefully not onerous) contracts, and Coby as the big question mark either dealable at deadline or resignable depending on what he does this year.
Do I think AK can do something like that? No. More likely they deal draft capital to get off of Vuc and/or acquire JK, overpay JK (~$30M+), and/or reject deals that acquire assets for cap space (Beal).
I don't see him doing that, although it would certainly be fun to be on the Bulls board if those things happened.
