There are 4 names I'd like from the Bulls with 1 of them pretty much ungettable in WCJ. The other 3 are OPJ, Young and Satoransky. If we have to eat a contract like Feliciano to get 2 of those guys, I'd do it. I don't want Markannen since we have all the high end offense we need with KP and Luka.
Not fully sure I'd trade Maxi, Curry or Brunson in a deal for 2 of those guys, but if I could get 3 of the Chi guys, I'd probably be ok with letting one of them go. Other than those ground rules, pretty much anything is up for grabs in my mind.
A few examples (didn't put a lot of work into these other than matching salaries):
Wright/DP/THJ and #18 for OPJ/Young
THJ/Wright/DP/Kleber/JJ and #31 for OPJ/Young/Satoransky/Feliciano
THJ for Satoransky/Young
I think OPJ is fully starter material in today's NBA and is the exact type of player we need to move forward with. Satoransky is a mid to lower end starter type and Young is pretty much in the same boat as the 4-8 guys on our roster with a different skillset than any of them have (that works really well in today's NBA), although he has started for 71% of the games he's played in the NBA.
As far as value from our guys: I think THJ is a guy that they can get to aggressively look at trade partners for Lavine while not having to bring back his specific position as replacement.
DP has the most negative value right now and I can't see why they would take him on except that his inclusion allows them to force a better draft pick from us, because of this and the infatuation with DP our FO has, he will probably not be included in any trades (much to my chagrin even though I think DP has a place on this team off the bench, just really dislike that contract).
Wright is a MLE player and is a better for you than he is for us guy IMO. They need PGs in the worst way and his inclusion is for that reason.
JJ is still on his rookie deal and will expire next year so his only real value is for salary matching and to see if he can do anything better there to deserve another contract in the NBA.
All of the deals we can make with Chi could give them immediate and long term cap relief which a rebuilding team mostly never needs to worry about, but with the players they have right now, they are worrying about. So a trade with them is about helping them save money while their on-court product stinks in order to hit another restart button.
Would love to do:
THJ/Wright/DP/JJ #18 and 31 for OPJ/Satoransky/Young
Luka/Brunson/MLE, vet min or undrafted
Satoransky/Curry/MLE, vet min or undrafted
OPJ/DFS/MKG, MLE, vet min or undrafted
Young/Kleber/MLE, vet min or undrafted
KP/WCS/Boban
Have plenty of giveaway contracts to make room for any FA that says yes in 21, if we want to. That is a really good gelling team that puts players in positions to succeed. We do damage in the playoffs next year. I would even swap out DFS for JJ in that trade if they really felt the need for him. That's a core that could stay together for a while and really play well IMO.
Not fully sure I'd trade Maxi, Curry or Brunson in a deal for 2 of those guys, but if I could get 3 of the Chi guys, I'd probably be ok with letting one of them go. Other than those ground rules, pretty much anything is up for grabs in my mind.
A few examples (didn't put a lot of work into these other than matching salaries):
Wright/DP/THJ and #18 for OPJ/Young
THJ/Wright/DP/Kleber/JJ and #31 for OPJ/Young/Satoransky/Feliciano
THJ for Satoransky/Young
I think OPJ is fully starter material in today's NBA and is the exact type of player we need to move forward with. Satoransky is a mid to lower end starter type and Young is pretty much in the same boat as the 4-8 guys on our roster with a different skillset than any of them have (that works really well in today's NBA), although he has started for 71% of the games he's played in the NBA.
As far as value from our guys: I think THJ is a guy that they can get to aggressively look at trade partners for Lavine while not having to bring back his specific position as replacement.
DP has the most negative value right now and I can't see why they would take him on except that his inclusion allows them to force a better draft pick from us, because of this and the infatuation with DP our FO has, he will probably not be included in any trades (much to my chagrin even though I think DP has a place on this team off the bench, just really dislike that contract).
Wright is a MLE player and is a better for you than he is for us guy IMO. They need PGs in the worst way and his inclusion is for that reason.
JJ is still on his rookie deal and will expire next year so his only real value is for salary matching and to see if he can do anything better there to deserve another contract in the NBA.
All of the deals we can make with Chi could give them immediate and long term cap relief which a rebuilding team mostly never needs to worry about, but with the players they have right now, they are worrying about. So a trade with them is about helping them save money while their on-court product stinks in order to hit another restart button.
Would love to do:
THJ/Wright/DP/JJ #18 and 31 for OPJ/Satoransky/Young
Luka/Brunson/MLE, vet min or undrafted
Satoransky/Curry/MLE, vet min or undrafted
OPJ/DFS/MKG, MLE, vet min or undrafted
Young/Kleber/MLE, vet min or undrafted
KP/WCS/Boban
Have plenty of giveaway contracts to make room for any FA that says yes in 21, if we want to. That is a really good gelling team that puts players in positions to succeed. We do damage in the playoffs next year. I would even swap out DFS for JJ in that trade if they really felt the need for him. That's a core that could stay together for a while and really play well IMO.