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[inconceivable]

Sidy they'll waive Rupert for...with Blake and Scoot back Caleb might end the season with the Remix

is Wesley better than Love?

 

[riverman]

is Wesley better than Love?

Yes but they are different and with Scoot coming back, Love can try to get another contract this summer. Wesley is the fastest guy on the team and doesn't need to score first. He should have a roster spot when our expiring contract guys walk in the off season.

 

[inconceivable]

Yes but they are different and with Scoot coming back, Love can try to get another contract this summer. Wesley is the fastest guy on the team and doesn't need to score first.

Wesley surprised me at the start of the season with how good he was but he's been out so long and Love has played superbly for a long stretch. It's crazy we have plenty of guards.

 

[KingSpeed]

Wesley surprised me at the start of the season with how good he was but he's been out so long and Love has played superbly for a long stretch. It's crazy we have plenty of guards.

Love has been fine, not superb. We win when he plays well but he doesn’t play well often enough. Once everyone is healthy, there aren’t regular minutes for him. Esp with the addition of Vit.

 

[inconceivable]

Love has been fine, not superb. We win when he plays well but he doesn’t play well often enough. Once everyone is healthy, there aren’t regular minutes for him. Esp with the addition of Vit.

I exaggerated. He surpassed expectations. In 7 hours or less, our team will be very different. Or not

 

[Boise Blazer]

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Zubac is nice. He gives Joker the most difficulty. I wonder what would it take to get him. Seems like Clippers are on a fire sale

Per Windhorst its more than Anthony Davis went for - which was two crappy picks.

Two decent picks should do it. The 2028 Orlando one we have and maybe another more highly protected one.

Personally I wouldn't do that. Zubac skill set is too similar to Clingan. We're not close enough to contend considering Zubac is almost 29. If we are sending out a pick for a PF/C it should be a more mobile one that can defend in space to give a different defensive look than Clingan or even play spot minutes together.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Hard to keep track of who the guards are on Chicago

Traded for Simons
Traded for Ivey
Traded for Dillingham
Traded away Dosunmu
Traded away Coby White

I think thats it - right?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Damn--Dosunmu for seconds? Good work by the Wolves.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Damn--Dosunmu for seconds? Good work by the Wolves.

Yeah theres been a lot of very useful role players dumped for pure salary dumps or very mediocre picks.

Even Anthony Davis was only traded for the 30th pick and a 21-30 pick... thats basically the same as 3-4 good second round picks. I would have much preferred to have Davis than Grant/Thybulle/RWIII - if only to shop him in the summer.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

 

[SharpesTriumph]

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Wow surprised the Hawks traded away both Vit and Kennard.

I wonder if they still would have done the Vit trade if they had moved Kennard first. Glad we did that move.

Another role player though that is sent away for mediocre 2nd round picks. If you are building a contender seems like its really possible to build out very good backups for 2nd round picks.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Heres the Bulls roster status



I was thinking Simons or Ivey would start - but their both listed as backups. I wonder if they will buy out Zach Collins tomorrow? I always liked him and would be interested in having him as a 3rd string option. Yang isn't ready to be part of the rotation and Timelord can't play back to backs.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Damn forgot the Bulls brought in Sexton by trade too.

Thats one of the biggest changes to a team's rotation I can recall that we have ever seen at the trade deadline.

 

[RR7]

 

[wizenheimer]

I can't keep track of what Atlanta had done; Memphis is another one

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Sheldon Shape]

I like what Atlanta has done. I expect a big second half from Kuminga.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Bastards.

 

[Chris Craig]

They wasted everyone's time

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

This is not bad. We continue to lose and get a lotto pick to trade. Then we look at making a deal in the offseason for a star. So that Chicago gets our 2027 pick. Obviously the risk there is Giannis on 1 year. I personally, want us to go after Bam Adebayo. I think he fits our team well.

 

[RR7]

I always love when the journalists reveal what a team's plan has been for a week or more, but they never once mentioned it(even though they're in the business of "leaks") the entire time during. Any tweets from Shams the past week talking about the Bucks looking for small salary deals to add to the team? Of course not.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[RR7]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

This looks like a really good deal for MN. Should we have tried to do it instead of that Czech guy. Ayo Dosunmu was rated top on ball defender a couple years ago and is averaging 15.0 points on 51% shooting and 45% from 3-point range.