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SkyHook · Post #1 » by **SkyHook** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:06 pm

Simons for Williams with Phillips minimum contract to any third team who wants to take a flier on him.

Rationale:
—Celtics get under the first apron. (Combined with this, moving Niang + a couple of SRPs to the Nets would get them completely out of the tax if they wanted.)
—Bulls get off the Williams contract.

Thoughts?

Post #2 » by **165bows** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:16 pm

Been done to death, don't think Boston wants Williams' down stream money.

Godaddycurse · Post #3 » by **Godaddycurse** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:17 pm

chicago owes value

ChettheJet · Post #4 » by **ChettheJet** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:27 pm

The Bulls ADD to their guard glut which is a boneheaded move and leave themselves THIN in the front court. Vucevic, Collins at the 5, Buzelis, raw rookie Essengue and Smith shifted to the 4 where they didn't see fit to play him last year and Huerter and Terry to play the SF. If all you see are contracts and don't care about playing the actual games, you see a great trade.

Tony Snell · Post #5 » by **Tony Snell** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:45 pm

The Bulls should jump on any opportunity to dump PAW for an expiring. I understand the allure of getting under the apron for the Celtics but there has to be a better option available for Simons that Williams that can accomplish this without the long term money attached.

hugepatsfan · Post #6 » by **hugepatsfan** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 5:51 pm

ChettheJet wrote:The Bulls ADD to their guard glut which is a boneheaded move and leave themselves THIN in the front court. Vucevic, Collins at the 5, Buzelis, raw rookie Essengue and Smith shifted to the 4 where they didn't see fit to play him last year and Huerter and Terry to play the SF. If all you see are contracts and don't care about playing the actual games, you see a great trade.

I get your point but PWilliams is an uninspiring enough player that CHI should just look at the contracts and take this deal. You just take this and run for the huge financial savings. Between the expiring salaries on the pu-pu platter of expendable players in Simons, Huerter, Carter you can make a positional swap down the line. Also, you left Okoro off for SF.

Josh Giddey / Tre Jones / Jevon Carter
Coby White / Anfernee Simons / Ayo Dosunmu / Kevin Huerter
Isaac Okoro / (use one of the SGs at SF) / Dalen Terry
Buzelis / Essengue
Vucevic / Collins / Smith

Because Giddey is a 6'8" PG you can get away with using 3 guard lineups more than the average team which helps some. Obviously PWilliams fits better but he's just such an average player and that's such a long contract that you don't overthink it.