06-21-2024, 04:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2024, 04:09 PM by KillerLeft.)
(06-21-2024, 03:59 PM)mvossman Wrote: Count me skeptical that somebody was going to pay 4 firsts for Caruso. Hell one of the only teams that can even do that just traded no picks for him. It was rumored that Nets turned down multiple firsts for Dorian as well. I think some of these rumored offers get quite a bit exaggerated at times.
I'm sure that's true about rumors being exaggerated,, but Caruso also wasn't traded, so nobody DID pay 4 firsts for him, whether the rumors are true or not. And, it COULD be true that 4 firsts is what it would've taken to convince Chicago to sell him at the time.
Honestly, I don't think they sold him, I really don't. I think they BOUGHT Giddey, and Caruso was the price they had to pay. It just doesn't feel like that to US, because Caruso is a player we talk about often for the Mavs (and because we just watched Giddey be a total albatross for OKC in a playoff series against our team). From the Bulls' perspective, they just got a 21 year old PG/offensive initiator (in other words, the most important player on the team) to replace Lonzo Ball. I bet they actually believe this is a quick path to being good.