Kukoc-Lauri wrote:My trade proposals for Lavine are not personal shots on him, they are objecttive proposals based on insiders report, gm interwievs and body of work he puts. Bulls currently have more wins than Washington,Detroit and Minesotta. That is it. 4 seasons with Lavine with zero 30 wins, zero playoffs. Read all others teams forum it is rare fans would give even 2 frp for Lavine. Gsw would trade Wiseman and Minny pick for Beal no way they would do the same for Lavine. Bucks had option to trade 3 frp and 3 swaps for Lavine but they choose Holiday, all star in west who won playoff series against Blazers and put clamps on Dame. In head to head in january Holiday shut down Lavine. For me Lavine is still playing below average defense and make dumb decisions in crunch time. 4,5 turnovers per game is still way high. Brogdon,Brown,Young all are deserving playoff nod before Lavine. Beal,Irving,Harden based on whole career most likley too. I would love Lavine to became all star, because his status to refs and trade value would be higher, but there is lot of kidds sold on dunks and flashy logo threes and defend Lavine as his stans without realitty chek and are dellusional about his value. White and Carter dont have great trade value around league.
I don’t agree with nearly every post that you make. I honestly can’t tell if you’re being a troll or if you genuinely believe the points you try to make.
Post these ‘insider reports’ and ‘GM interviews’ and then break down your evaluation of his ‘body of work’ in the context of the TEAM.
As most people have pointed out to you, there are many things that are being ignored when evaluating Zach LaVine’s career. First, he’s had 6 head coaches in his 7 year NBA career. That type of instability makes it damn near impossible to play turnover free basketball. Not only is he learning a new system, but so are all his teammates.
Second, you can’t criticize a player for not making the playoffs when his supporting cast is either under-performing or out because of injuries. Look at the teams in the playoffs every year. Evaluate the ‘gap’ between the Bulls 2nd best player and any playoff teams 2nd best player. It’s simple, Markkanen and White haven’t lived up to expectations (yet). Zach LaVine has the defenses full attention and he doesn’t have a guy on the roster who can efficiently create space and make a basket. There is too much weight on his shoulders night in and night out. That isn’t a slight on LaVine, that’s a slight on the rest of the roster.
I don’t believe that fans are delusional about his value. I think the national media just hasn’t caught on to how much better he has gotten every year, which isn’t unusual considering they aren’t playing in the playoffs (national media). Averaging 27PPG, 5RPG, & 5APG and on the border of the legendary 50 - 40 - 90 club is insane for a 25 year old. I understand Bulls fans being frustrated with this team, but pointing fingers at LaVine instead of every other player on the team is asinine.
Personally, I hope they don’t trade LaVine and they find a way to add some more talent to this roster. If they were to trade him, it would be to get multiple high upside assets. For example, when the Bulls traded Jimmy Butler, it was the hope that you trade the better player at that time (Butler) for multiple pieces that have the ‘potential’ to become TWO ‘Jimmy Butler’ level players. In the Bulls case, they hoped 2 out of LaVine/Markkanen/Dunn would ascend to that level. Any LaVine deal that doesn’t offer that type of potential, doesn’t make any sense. The only argument is ‘tank for a better draft pick’ and that argument disappeared when they changed the lottery rules.