Off-Season Rumblings

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The problem with trading for an established star is that we'd be acquiring a 2-year or 3-year contract. It doesn't give us much of a window to work with if the player won't extend. The best teams start by drafting a foundational star that they have on 7 or 8 years of team control. That gives the team some time to build and tweak around their star.

Lauri should be willing to extend and play here 5+ years, but he isn't quite the foundational star we need.

 

[homeytennis]

Lauri is/was an All Star. If Kessler rebounds, they make Collins something more than the Bermuda Triangle and Key progresses that is a decent nucleus to build around.

 

[jazznik]

Lauri is/was an All Star. If Kessler rebounds, they make Collins something more than the Bermuda Triangle and Key progresses that is a decent nucleus to build around.

If you want to build a team for the first round exit.

 

[stitches]

Given the choice of Lavine for “free” or BI at what I think his market will be… I would rather bet on Lavine.

Seems like a surefire path to being some sort of a cross between NOP, CHI and CHA...

 

[infection]

If we could get to Denver great but right now best we can do is a $59 ticket to Bentonville Arkansas with no promise of ever getting out… just save your money or drive to Atlanta to get a direct flight to the promised land.

Coming back to this, I just read this to my wife. She laughed and wanted to know where you’re finding $59 tickets to Bentonville because they’re usually a thousand.

 

[stitches]

Listened to Bulls Talk pod with KC Johnson who has been behind the reporting that the price on Zach is lower. They proposed a Zach for Isaac deal to Orlando. I think by how they were talking about Isaac that they don’t quite understand how good he was this year. But it was interesting. Isaac is a better trade package than JCx2 by a lot imo. I also don’t think Orlando does that. The fit there could be pretty good though and I hadn’t thought about that one. Might be more of a Cole Anthony for Lavine and maybe Orlando sends something else but thought it was interesting.

I would much rather trade for Isaac than Lavine. At least I can envision a role for Isaac on a contending team. What's the role of Lavine on a contender? Sixth man? For 45M a year?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Listened to Bulls Talk pod with KC Johnson who has been behind the reporting that the price on Zach is lower. They proposed a Zach for Isaac deal to Orlando. I think by how they were talking about Isaac that they don’t quite understand how good he was this year. But it was interesting. Isaac is a better trade package than JCx2 by a lot imo. I also don’t think Orlando does that. The fit there could be pretty good though and I hadn’t thought about that one. Might be more of a Cole Anthony for Lavine and maybe Orlando sends something else but thought it was interesting.

There's a lot of health risk with JI tho

 

[infection]

What's the role of Lavine on a contender?

I’m not sure about a contender, but I know what his role on this team would be. He’d occupy a Collins-like spot, where numerous people tout him being free, talk about how we landed an all star for nothing, and a year from now everyone just wanting an off-ramp but not thrilled about anymore asset dump or opportunity cost to offload him, nor thrilled about the kind of returning salary coming back to move him, so we begrudgingly move forward saying, “it’s fine. It’s not great but it’s fine.”

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If I knew LaVine would be healthy I wouldn't mind having him. He can be a very good player and I don't think Chicago has always been the best situation around him.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I’m not sure about a contender, but I know what his role on this team would be. He’d occupy a Collins-like spot, where numerous people tout him being free, talk about how we landed an all star for nothing, and a year from now everyone just wanting an off-ramp but not thrilled about anymore asset dump or opportunity cost to offload him, nor thrilled about the kind of returning salary coming back to move him, so we begrudgingly move forward saying, “it’s fine. It’s not great but it’s fine.”

Biggest problem with this comparison is LaVine is an all-star level player.

 

[oldtimer]

Lavine is not all star level. hes paid like he is, but he is nowhere near allstar. the bulls were better without him.

 

[oldtimer]

selfish, me first team second players can put up good numbers but they are empty calories